There was a whiff of rebellion in the air. Or maybe it was hopeful optimism. Late last decade, there seemed to be a growing number of people revolting against resolutions, seeing them as a trap. Akin to adulting. Then, my hopes were dispelled when headline after headline attempted to lure…
Going plant-based just got a whole lot easier — at least, if you’re in North Oak Cliff. At the new Lucky Mouth Grocery in the Bishop Arts District, customers can buy plant-based food, snacks and cleaning products. Lucky Mouth is from husband-and-wife duo David Miers and Adriana Martinez, having first started as an…
While brunch can mean getting spiffy’d up to sip mimosas and be seen doing so, sometimes it’s a relief to head somewhere for the meal in a T-shirt and whatever pants you may have worn the day before. And if you’re in East Dallas, that might take you to Lake…
Just about two weeks ago, Teasom quietly opened in West Village, where founder Minji Son is hoping to bring Dallas a new kind of drink experience. “We want to be the gateway into the tea world,” she says. The space is appropriately small — at least, you’ll see it and…
If there’s one thing we hear when talking to local restaurateurs, it’s this: Dallas loves brunch. To celebrate that, we’re all going to sip brunch cocktails and try the best brunch foods our city has to offer at the Dallas Observer’s annual Morning After festival. This event won’t take over…
Before Sandwich Hag was overtaken by severe popularity thanks to Bon Appétit, I went to this stand in the Cedars and got the same thing: a lemongrass pork banh mi. If I had a friend with me, add an order of the tofu spring rolls (with extra peanut sauce, because…
After months of waiting and years of brewing beer in rented spaces, Manhattan Project Beer Company has a home, and it’s open to the public. Karl and Misty Sanford and Jeremy Brodt hoped to open their new brewery in October, but issues with city health inspections and permits caused weeks…
Queso Beso sounds like a funny restaurant name, like one you wouldn’t want to say out loud, but when entering this spot in the heart of the downtown, your focus can go elsewhere. The remodel of this space was executed well, bringing in an extreme amount of welcomed light compared…
Flora Street Cafe and its restaurant-within-a-restaurant, Fauna, are closed. The two restaurants, both owned by Dallas chef Stephan Pyles, are shutting down as Pyles retires from the restaurant business and moves into hospitality consulting, the company announced in a release Thursday afternoon. “It’s a bittersweet moment to be exiting the…
Let’s start with a game. Ready? OK: So, what would go in a drink called Dez Caught It? We’ll get back to that in a minute. First, a new pizza spot has opened in Uptown across from Christies Sports Bar & Grill, at 2916 McKinney Ave., in what was most…
For our most recent brunch, we stopped into La Reunion — that not-a-bar, not-a-coffee-shop, not-a-sit-down-restaurant place we recently wrote about. One immediate issue is by design, it seems: When one walks in, they don’t know where to go. You encounter a coffee bar, then you’re asked if you want to…
We all know southern Dallas could use more restaurants, and it could absolutely use grocery stores selling fast food. I like to think we have people working on it (and I’ll just keep passive aggressively mentioning it in stories until they do). But there are some places serving good food,…
If there were a theme to Dallas restaurant openings in 2019, it was this: Good food comes in small dining rooms.
There are marshmallows you get in a bag at the grocery store — the kind you can smell through the plastic as you approach that section in the aisle. Then there are real marshmallows — the ones that make you realize there can be a real freshness to these creations,…
By the seventh day Popeyes completed their work, and they rested. The work had been done; the good news of a single sandwich’s return rolled through the air like thunder. The people clamored into the streets. Postmates drivers wept as dove-white smoke emitted from the Popeyes Basilica. The air filled…
For months, we’ve known Nick Badovinus was going to open a place on Lowest Greenville. That neighborhood description might be off, though. We’re talking “lower” than that, closer to Palapas: a place our critic Brian Reinhart isn’t dying to visit, but one I personally love, TBH. This is trendier than…
When we spoke to chef Suki Otsuki after she took over Meddlesome Moth, she was confident about a few things, one of them being: This Design District spot needs brunch. And brunch it now has. Along with those seemingly countless beers on tap, there’s a menu that looks enticing. Reading…
Just going to be honest here: I’m fascinated by Waffle House for a variety of reasons. For example, FEMA’s Waffle House Index, which the agency uses to determine the level of assistance a community needs after a storm. Or the time on Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain said it was a…
While upscale Italian concepts can be found throughout Dallas, perhaps one of the best bangs for your buck is lunch at Partenope Ristorante in downtown Dallas. Named for the queen of Naples, Partenope serves a chic selection of Neopolitan pizzas, hearty pastas and other expected plates for an Italian menu. Going to…
We go to brunch every week — not because we love mimosas or carving time out of the weekend for another egg dish, but because we consider it a service as we carve a path through the increasing number of joints serving brunch. We went to different ones in 2018,…
For months, frequenters of the Strip on Cedar Springs Road have been wondering what will become of the old Zephyr Bakery. Early next year, they can look forward to some old favorites. Roy G’s will be a new rainbow-themed bar concept by Gene Street Jr., along with siblings Mariel and…
Coming next spring to White Rock Center is a new neighborhood bar and eatery, BarNone. Husband-and-wife duo Todd and Jennifer Dickerson are breaking ground on this spot in hopes of bringing a comfortable, feel-good hangout spot to their Northeast Dallas neighborhood. “It’s a bar first, in my mind,” Todd says…
