It didn’t take long for the Trinity Groves spot where Chino Chinatown was to get something else. This time, it’s apparently broadly Chinese food, with a name I’m trying to delay actually typing: Sum Dang Good Chinese. A release Wednesday mentioned how Chino Chinatown, which closed mid-February, was one of…
From the minds of Street’s Fine Chicken, Liberty Burger and an old favorite, Snookie’s, comes Roy G’s, a rainbow-themed bar offering a spectrum of shots, cocktails and bar food. Roy G’s occupies the space formerly held by Zephyr Bakery Cafe and has since been revamped to a dive bar. Inside…
It’s been 20 years since his restaurant opened, and Mike Snider is just now finding the room for a cheeseburger. In 2000, he held a “restaurant shower” — the community showed up with booths and tables and slices of tile that were headed for the dumpster, because Deep Ellum adapts…
Nestled in the side-bosom of the Gables Villa Rosa on Cedar Springs Road, next to the Ill Minster Pub, Toluca is an organic Mexican food restaurant that opened in November. Co-owner TJ Franks has been around for a while: He also has Southpaw’s Grill, which started peddling clean organic meals way-WAY…
I can never get past eggs Benedict or pancakes when checking out a new brunch menu. It’s fun to see how differently two very basic breakfast items can be made. Plus, how could anyone choose between something savory versus sweet for brunch? That’s why it’s always good to bring friends…
This Saturday, Hurtado Barbecue is set to open its first restaurant in Arlington’s Urban Union District, a mix of restaurants, breweries and shops set in refurbished industrial buildings. Hurtado is particularly adept at marketing on their Facebook page. The pictures of wagyu tomahawk steaks and brisket tacos are likely to…
New Orleans cuisine has had a home in North Irving for 32 years. Po’ Melvin’s Down Home Cooking is a family-owned and operated restaurant serving Louisiana classics like po’ boys, red beans and rice, gumbo, jalapeño cornbread, and fried shrimp and catfish. The restaurant, at West Walnut Hill Lane and…
You might want to start getting your head around the idea of eating insects as a source of protein. If one were to earnestly break down the differences between eating, say, beef from a cow raised at a giant feedlot and a small grasshopper, any heebie-jeebies toward the latter might…
The season of Dallas-area restaurant closures isn’t over yet. Earlier this week, Water Grill, the seafood spot in Uptown, shut down operations. A chain based in California, which prided itself on sustainable and ultra-fresh seafood, Water Grill drew local praise for its beautiful dining area, including a copper-topped bar, leather…
It’s not hard to find a good ramen joint in Dallas. There’s probably a ramen shop within walking distance of your apartment. Contrary to the stereotype, though, eating ramen every day may burn a hole in your wallet. Sure, you can buy several blocks of Maruchan ramen for 25 cents…
Allow us to play culinary cartographer for a moment. Your humble author thinks it is high time to carve off a portion of Fort Worth’s Southside Historic District and rename it the Barbecue District. Hear us out: Five years ago, Travis and Emma Heim parked their eponymous food truck next…
When Red Stix Asian Street Food departed the ranks of Plano’s troubled Legacy Hall food hall concept last March, chef-owner Uno Immanivong already had a second act lined up for her fast-casual concept. And the new location, just across the street from Southern Methodist University, is an inspired pairing of…
I cannot wait until my March edition of Texas Monthly arrives, when I can see the layout of Patricia Sharpe’s best new restaurants in Texas for 2020. I’ll have to find time to make my way to all of them, but of course, we’ll take time here to nod to…
David Zhu was tired of the downtown grocery store dance. You’re probably familiar with the struggle if you live in the heart of Dallas: the eternal circling of Uptown, downtown and anywhere near the high-rises to find a single open parking spot. He’d been living at the AMLI in the…
Lochland’s opened in East Dallas earlier this month, another Irish pub from Peter and Cheryl Kenny, the former who was born and raised in Ireland and the latter in Dallas. This is the fourth spot for the couple, including the longstanding Dubliner on Greenville Avenue and The Gin Mill on…
Five pilots sat around a table over lunch recently, discussing gumbo, cargo flights out of Winnipeg and getting stuck in a holding pattern. They were at Ardmore Municipal Airport in Oklahoma watching planes come and go from the dining room at Jake’s Joint. The chef-driven restaurant adjacent to the runway…
Fount Board and Table opened in Uptown late last year, in the spot that was formerly another coffee house, Crooked Tree Coffeehouse. In October, we spoke with the owner of the new spot, Olivia Genthe, who is a big fan of that piece of real estate. She explained she wanted…
Recently while driving north along Hampton Road on a Friday afternoon, I noticed a line of cars wrapped around an orange-ish building. I immediately hung a U-turn from the middle lane because there was an obvious fuss about something, and I saw the word “Burger.” I joined the drive-thru line…
Rise No. 1, the souffle restaurant in North Dallas, recently closed its location in Houston but is soon to open in Austin. And outside of that news, there’s a crawfish souffle you can get right now. The restaurant had a playful Instagram post about it (a crawfish does not arrive poking…
I remember when Meso Maya opened near downtown about eight years ago: There was hype. Walking in on a Sunday morning for brunch in 2020, that appears to still be the case. You’re asked if you have a reservation at the host stand, and look around with that tinge of…
It’s no secret that many of Dallas’ chefs and restaurateurs are products of El Centro College’s Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality program. People such as Chris Vogeli of III Forks and Janice Provost of Parigi are among alumni of the junior college and constantly recruit students of the program to work…
The griddle at Maple and Motor should have its own ASMR channel. The shushing hiss that washes over you from beef frying in its own grease causes the same wave of “euphoric tingling” as the autonomous sensory meridian response videos out there. A minute after the doors unlock, before the music…
