Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. These days, five dollars doesn’t get you much. Throw in a downtown Dallas restaurant and you’re…
Sometimes you want to be healthy, and sometimes you don’t. SkinnyFats, West Village’s newest eatery, has you covered no matter what you choose. This Las Vegas-based restaurant pioneered the two-sided menu, with one side featuring “happy” indulgences and the other focused on “healthy” alternatives. In fact, this menu layout is…
Are we really suggesting that you let that brisket sit in warm, circulating water for 24 hours before throwing it briefly on the smoker? Why yes, yes we are.
Florida dessert franchise Better Than Sex is bringing a candle-lit dessert bar — with dishes like “Rim Jobs” and “Gang Bangs” — to Plano this summer. But the restaurant’s owner says this salacious spot has a purpose: to rekindle the fire among Plano moms and dads.
Even casual sports fans know about the Dream Team. Finally allowed to tap professionals to participate in the Olympics in 1992, Team USA picked the best basketball players the NBA had to offer and assembled what is widely considered the greatest sports team ever. The Dream Team ran roughshod over…
If you’re craving the spicy stir fries, rich soups and whole fried fish of Hunan, the new Hunan Bistro in Plano is equal to any rival in town.
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. Open-faced. Grass-fed. Wrapped in lettuce. Patties stuffed with cheese. There are a great deal of places…
Dallas has an ever-growing number of restaurants catering to the brunch crowd, but sometimes, the old standbys are the only thing that hits the spot. You know how long you’ll wait or the best time to go, you already know what you’re likely to order, and what you expect is…
Iron Fork — a Dallas Observer food event bringing together dozens of Dallas’ best restaurants for a night of food-sampling and beer-, cocktail- and wine-enjoying — is returning to Centennial Hall at Fair Park at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1. Along with a night of eating and drinking from more…
Chances are, you’ve had this kind of place in your restaurant rotation: It’s not inconvenient, it’s not too expensive and it’s OK. It’s also not great. You’re not mad about eating there, but you wonder why you return. That’s how we felt about a recent brunch at Ruins, a Deep…
Heim Barbecue opened its second location, Heim on the River, today in Northeast Fort Worth, and the barbecue joint will have new menu items like brisket and pulled pork tacos served on house-made brisket fat tortillas.
A California fast-casual restaurant offering farm-fresh salads, grain bowls and seasonal plates is coming to Uptown in May. Mixt, which launched in 2006 in San Francisco, has more than a dozen locations in California, and this Uptown location — at McKinney and Olive — will be its first outside the Golden…
Malibu Poke, the cheffy, quick-serve poke spot that opened in November 2017 in Turtle Creek Village, has opened a second Dallas location in Uptown at McKinney and Olive. The poke restaurant comes from restaurateur and seafood slinger Jon Alexis, of TJ’s Seafood Market and Grill. Malibu Poke was able to…
You might not have heard of Aunt Irene’s Kitchen in South Dallas, but the relatively new restaurant has a huge social media following and customers who wait an hour or more for seafood on weekends.
Lakewood has a new neighborhood haunt: Hillside Tavern, where you’ll find a perfect patty melt.
Hudson House’s Royal Bloody offers extra garnishes that really offer the royal treatment.
Vegetarians in Dallas now have expanded choices when dining at Taco Bell. On April 4, the national chain introduced its first-ever dedicated vegetarian menu, currently found only in DFW. The demand for vegetarian items is steady — already, about 9% of all items ordered at Taco Bell are either vegetarian…
Tom Thumb has opened a grocery store at The Union in Uptown Dallas, and you can drink beer (or wine) while you grocery shop.
Maskaras Mexican Grill should be famous for more than its collection of lucha libre memorabilia; the Oak Cliff taqueria serves stellar tacos, tortas, burritos and more.
Susie Guy rests on a worn-out stool at the counter, the barred windows obstructing traffic on Columbia Avenue, with a grilled cheese in one hand. It’s middle of the afternoon, and her kitchen hisses and hums in between service. The fry master drops a basket down of spiral-cut taters, and…
Just off the Cedar Springs strip is a perfect little place for brunch. Crickles and Co. has an unassuming space on Throckmorton Street, and at first glance, it may not seem user-friendly. It has a walk-up counter for ordering, you have to get your own silverware and you’ll spot little…
The final line-up was released today for this year’s Iron Fork, a Dallas food-lovers’ throwdown where you can sample eats from dozens of Dallas restaurants and watch a live chef cooking competition. This year’s Iron Fork goes down from 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at Centennial Hall at Fair Park, and the…
