The old Beck’s Prime burger joint has been sitting empty for a year at the corner of Oak Lawn and Avondale avenues. It’s a premium location, with a huge wraparound patio and lower rent than the Highland Park businesses just blocks to the north. Chef Matt McCallister, formerly of the…
Saloons just aren’t what they used to be. In his recent, wildly entertaining book A Short History of Drunkenness, Mark Forsyth traced the history of the saloon beyond the Hollywood myth, to a time when the word denoted a tent with a couple of barrels of whiskey inside. Saloons of…
After a year and a half in business, Deep Ellum bar and restaurant IdleRye has closed, according to a sign on the front door. IdleRye opened in May 2017 and billed itself as a “modern American” restaurant with a twist — owners Ray Skradzinski’s Polish heritage and brothers Bruce and Daniel…
The bologna sandwich grows up (and glows up) at Lakewood Smokehouse.
As of this week, there’s a new restaurant in the West Dallas development Sylvan Thirty, and it’s a cafe with a cause: Shayna’s Place Cafe, a family-owned eatery “dedicated to providing employment opportunities for people with special needs,” according to a press release. The restaurant is in soft-open this week…
Street’s Fine Chicken has started serving brunch at its Forest Lane location, giving North Dallas an excuse to have excellent fried chicken in the morning. If you frequent the original location on Cedar Springs, you’ll feel an immediate difference in the northern location: It’s fast casual. For some, the fact…
What have we learned after two years of Nick Rallo’s All-American column? That there is no one way to create an indelible American restaurant.
Chalk depictions of Johnny Cash and Anthony Bourdain giving the finger hang on the walls of a new restaurant at The Shops at Willow Bend, where John Tesar recently opened a new location of his award-winning steakhouse, Knife. It would not be complete without the remnants of individuals who encapsulate…
Tulum, on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, is a hot vacation destination right now for Texans. It’s also a new restaurant that opened last week in Highland Park. “The first of its kind, Tulum is inspired by Dallas restaurateur Mike Karns and his wife, Valerie’s, favorite vacation spot,” according to a press…
When Victor Tangos closed, the Dallas cocktail scene went into a mourning period. VT was a cornerstone of the city’s craft cocktail scene, an industry hang through which many of Dallas’ biggest food and drink talent filtered during its 10-year run. As of last night, the former Victor Tangos space…
Lower Greenville’s Gung Ho launched brunch Oct. 20 with a menu involving some dishes with a Chinese twist, as well as some Chinese staples with American twists. How does orange chicken on top of waffles suit you? Last weekend brought temporary relief from rain, and the cool air coupled with…
Greenville Avenue is a scary place to operate a restaurant these days. With competition fierce, beloved restaurants like the Blind Butcher, Pints & Quarts and Bbbop have shuttered in the past year alone. But, as GuideLive reported today, one of Dallas’ most celebrated taco restaurants is ready to step in…
Drinking milkshakes can cure cancer!
We were bothered by the name of Dallas’ new barbecue restaurant, Louie King BBQ, even before the doors opened last week on their Greenville Avenue location. You might think of Louie’s, the iconic dive bar on Henderson, or Bar Louie, the chain of drinking establishments with seven locations in DFW. For…
The Charles is something special, in both the traditional and slang senses of the word, with stellar people-watching and dainty but well-crafted small plates in a dining room that defies description.
If you have ever awakened with a deep craving for some of the best kolaches and klobasneks in the state, you may have considered taking a long drive to West, Texas’ Czech Stop off Interstate 35. However, there are some not-too-shabby takes on this staple of traditional czech cuisine right…
Days after the Internet apocalypse, the line of cars at the drive-thru buckles awkwardly into Lemmon Avenue. Passing car horns begin their blurts immediately as irritated drivers zoom around the gridlock and mouth things from behind the wheel, but none of it deters those who are sandwich-patient. It’s the same…
First, the Buffalo chicken pizza bested David Haynes. The Stonedeck co-owner could envision its insane construction like Dr. Frankenstein: He wanted to splash a slow-cooked cayenne pepper sauce over a base of actually-good chicken — not the frosty, processed nubs you find on chains’ chicken pizzas — with blue cheese…
Pilotworks, a shared commercial kitchen space and food incubator that started in Brooklyn and opened locations nationwide, closed it doors without warning over the weekend. Having opened in Dallas at the beginning of 2018, this co-working space for independent food professionals offered budding small businesses a space to prep, cook…
Julianna Bradley and Whitney Amber Kendall are the co-owners of Radix Foods, a plant-based food operation here in Dallas. Radix, which celebrated its one-year anniversary this month, will be a vendor at the Texas Veggie Fair on Oct. 27, in Reverchon Park. Bradley became vegan six years ago after battling…
On a cold and rainy afternoon, workers put the finishing touches on countertops and painted walls ahead of the grand opening of the Grow Deoto Market Place, taking place Saturday Oct, 20. Aside from the vegan hot spot Peace, Love & Eatz, another eatery is bringing in appetites near and…
Jalisco Norte is making it easy to eat their upscale Mexican food even if you’re in a hurry. Yesterday, the restaurant launched Loncheria, a “walk-up market offering a condensed menu of chef Jose Meza’s authentic and approachable Mexican cuisine perfect for a quick meal on the patio or easy meal…
