The sun had just dipped below the horizon. A car did a doughnut in a store parking lot, screaming and sending up clouds of white smoke into the thick air. Other cars headed north on Harry Hines Boulevard, inspired by the display, and suddenly gunned it to the next stoplight…
It’s unassuming as you turn onto San Jacinto Street from North Haskell Avenue. The Old East Dallas spot nearly looks like it’s not open for business. But it is, and it’s scooping flavorful shreds of ice in to-go containers to keep us cool all summer long. Ruby’s Sno-Balls is serving…
For more than five weeks, aesthetically pleasing photos of sandwiches have been scrolling across Instagram for Dallas users. And every week, Sandoitchi, a new pop-up providing these Japanese sandwiches, has been selling out. It’s not a surprising phenomenon. This type of sandwich, popular for a quick meal in Japan, graced…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. It may be a tough time for our country — politically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally — but that doesn’t mean we can’t strive to make America kind again…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Dino’s Subs in Arlington is celebrating its 40th year in business this year. Over that time, many have grown up going to this sandwich shop and are now…
They scramble eggs in the morning, wrapped with veggies and potatoes in a blistered roti, but that’s not why you should stand in line at the brightest food stand at the Dallas Farmers Market. This many miles into quarantine, cooking, for some of us, has devolved into the most primal…
A Deep Ellum favorite is sliding over to Grapevine. Easy Slider is set to open its second physical location in a new food hall in the North Texas suburb this fall. Harvest Hall comes as part of new development project Grapevine Main, a $105 million transit-oriented project located at the…
From Across the Pond has been serving English fare in North Richland Hills for more than a decade. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it hit them hard. “We literally did 99% of our business through dine-in,” owner Lee Herdman says. “Take-out was maybe 1% of our business.” “We used…
For July and August, we’re bringing Chilled to Go, weekly posts on the best things you can get for takeout to beat the heat. I could tell by the way they whipped their car into the parking space that they were on a mission. The driver had pulled in at…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. For months now, chefs in town have been posting about a certain to-go container full of sauce-drenched meatballs from Il Bracco in University Park. That’s for good reason…
Good to Go is a column in which our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. One of the strangest food moments of the year has to be ordering takeout from a luxury steakhouse during a pandemic. The Town Hearth parking lot was…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Bánh xèo can be an incredibly satisfying dish. The crispy rice pancake that’s stuffed with bean sprouts and frequently shrimp can be messy when you wrap it with…
He’s been a bartender in Dallas for 15 years — nearly every bit of it behind the same bar — then Joel Morales found himself delivering burgers to doorsteps in the neighborhood. It was late in May when the Peak Inn reopened, and he was hunting for every angle possible,…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Blues Burgers wasn’t my first choice. Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que had been selling shoebox lunches, symbolic of oppression during the age of Jim Crow. I had intended to get…
Historically speaking, when opening a new restaurant, owners wouldn’t typically plan for a pandemic. If there’s anything we’ve learned during COVID-19, it’s that optimizing a store for service during an international health crisis may be the new normal. Such is the case for Michelle Bonds, owner of Trova Wine and…
For July and August, we’re bringing Chilled to Go: weekly posts on the best things you can get for takeout to beat the heat. For $2 you can make your tongue turn orange, perk up with some sugar and cool the heck off in one of our summer afternoons. TC…
Porchetta is a signpost that leads to great things. In Rome, you’ll see them in the salumeria windows, some halved like a gemstone. The cross section reveals ores of fennel, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper stuffed loin, wrapped and cinched in pork belly. It’s rolled up in the shape of…
Months ago, just after critic Brian Reinhart had already visited and raved about the flavors coming out of Ka-Tip Thai Street Food, I tasted something I hadn’t experienced since sitting outside some restaurant in Bangkok years ago. The soup, rice dishes and appetizers we tried were wonderful, but the first…
It’s nearly eight months later than planned, but La Tarte Tropézienne is fully open in downtown Dallas. Fully open in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, that is, offering curbside takeout. But considering they were waiting on permits in mid-January for a place they had wanted to open in November,…
Good to Go is a column in whicjhour food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. At one cute little diner, guests can enjoy burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs and milkshakes, all at an affordable price. Granted, Hunky’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers has closed much of the…
Yelp updated its Local Economic Impact Report June 25 and reported that from March 1 to late June, 23,981 restaurants across the United States have closed. Locally, it doesn’t seem like we’ve seen the full spate of closings yet. In many cases, it’s hard to determine if a restaurant is…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. There is something so wonderful about fulfilling a craving you’ve had for weeks. I’ve been thinking about mango sticky rice (khao neow ma muang) since Mother’s Day, when…
