Restaurants

We know it’s not technically possible, but forgive us for claiming to feel the tension radiating from our social media feed over the last few days.

The window is finally open. After many months of great anticipation, the black painted cinder blocks that make up the squat square building next to Hurtado’s Barbecue

Richard Rawlings, owner of Gas Monkey Garage and of Fast N’ Loud fame is opening a new restaurant and music venue at the Mercer Boardwalk development along LBJ Freeway near Luna Road in Farmers Branch.

The best way to preserve historic buildings is to make good use of them, and chef and restaurateur Nick Badovinus is doing that with his new National Anthem restaurant.

CultureMap reported earlier this week that the Cosmic Café is closing. For about a quarter of a century, Cosmic Cafe on Oak Lawn Avenue was a vegetarian mainstay with an easy vibe.

When the four-decade-old Dallas institution The Grape made the tough decision to close its doors for good, the city mourned.

It’s a risky business the days to fuse styles of food. In these prickly times, what seems like the harmless blending of cooking technics and styles can easily blow up.

I’m a fan of eating delicious food in unlikely places: tacos in a gas station, whiskey behind a questionable back door and lemon pepper wings in places similar to where T-Pain once fell in love.

Firebird Fowl recently opened in Uptown Dallas at 2816 Fairmount St., in the former coop that used to house Nick & Sam’s Grill and Martini Ranch.

It’s easy to let your ego get in the way when sending someone a text reading, “Want to go to CheapSteaks?”

Sylvan Avenue Tavern recently opened at the mixed-use development Sylvan Thirty. It’s a sister bar of Bryan Street Tavern (owned by the same group) and sits above TEN Ramen.

With beautiful fall weather on the way and the busy holiday season barreling down on us, new restaurant openings are happening faster than a…

Lucky’s Hot Chicken has signed possibly the first local sponsorship of a college athlete. SMU wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. is welcome to eat all the hot chicken he can handle for the rest of the football season.

Walking into Harper’s, you can tell it’s been about six weeks since it opened: It still smells like some fresh construction, it’s not packed on a weekday evening…

Just in time for the Texas/OU game, the popular Japanese barbecue joint Manpuku is opening The Niku Bar, an outdoor space showcasing an extensive drink menu and Japanese tapas.

One could argue that Italian mom-and-pop restaurants in Dallas are essentially like churches or 7-Eleven’s: there is one on every corner and they’re pretty much all the same.

Dim Sum has finally arrived in Deep Ellum. In the space previously occupied by Beauty Bar, Neon Kitten offers small plates of dim sum, sushi and izakaya …

Another hot chicken sandwich spot is entering the highly competitive spicy bird market. Hot Chicks Chicken is a locally-born concept that started in Plano

It was one of our favorite spots of 2021; the beer garden at Oak Cliff Brewing Company, nestled in a glade of trees flanked by the taco truck, Tacos La Gloria.

So long, and thanks for all the tacos. I’ve been the Dallas Observer’s food critic for five and a half years and 144 formal restaurant reviews, but that ride ends October 1. I’m quitting to pursue my dream career: full-time Instagram influencer. Just kidding. Something else is in the works,…

Over the last few months, new places have continued to open at The Village Apartments and it’s quickly becoming “the place to be.”

Pitmaster Leo Morales boasts that his new barbecue joint, Parry Avenue Barbecue Company, serves the best ribs in Texas.