“If you smell smoke, come on in” — that’s the message from owners of Louie King, a new Texas barbecue restaurant opening soon on Lower Greenville in the space formerly occupied by seafood institution Daddy Jack’s. Louie King’s owners — who also own Lower Greenville establishments Leela’s, ABV and the…
When Betty Ringer Ice Cream opened in Sylvan Thirty in summer of 2017, we quickly fell in love with the ice cream shop’s bold yet understated experimental flavors — Thai tea, goat cheese and cherry jam, blueberry lavender, olive oil. Some of the shop’s flavors were inspired by small-batch, chef-driven…
You don’t have to be a carnivore to eat well at the fair. Here are a few of our favorite meat-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes at the 2018 State Fair of Texas.
Dallas may not be in dire need of another place to get brunch, but Jack’s Kitchen deserves a spot on anyone’s brunch rotation. The East Dallas restaurant opened Aug. 1 and is slowly gaining a following, says Scott Jones, the restaurateur behind the concept. Jones was also the one behind…
As of Oct. 1, Victory Park has yet another new restaurant: Mesero, a new location of the Dallas upscale Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant that also has locations in Inwood Village, Prestonwood, Legacy West and Clearfork. The newest location is next door to new luxury movie theater Cinépolis. The restaurant, already…
When Sandra Montes prays for her restaurant, she asks for customers to come from the north, south, east and west. It appears someone out there is hearing her prayer. San Pedro’s Restaurante, a storefront off West Northwest Highway and Harry Hines specializing in Honduran food, recently celebrated its second birthday…
Justin Bonard, a Cicerone formerly working at Meddlesome Moth, is opening Ten:One, an intimate cheese shop and beer and wine bar, in Denton.
Late into October 2012, Big Tex lost his jaw. It was a grim warning: Standing tall in the sky, unmoving, the lower half of his face erupted in roaring flames. Black smoke poured from his hat and into the sky over Fair Park. It was an omen. For what? In…
What started as a battle cry has become a running joke: Don’t Uptown my Deep Ellum. Hell, it’s even a Bullzerk T-shirt. But it already feels too late. The commodification of Deep Ellum’s “grit” has already transformed the neighborhood, begetting one flash-in-the-pan trend after the next. Last Saturday night, when…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for good or bad — over the years. Find a counter stool, and you’ll see the signs: Steel guitar croons over the speakers. Across the street,…
This is Texas, which means we all have an image in our head of what a tray of great barbecue looks like. There’s definitely some brisket in our tray, pencil-width slices fanned perfectly with a peppery black bark and a deep pink smoke ring. We’ve got some sausage, too, and…
We had to make a lot of difficult choices for our annual Best Of Dallas issue — but few were harder than determining the winner of the title Best Bar Food. We are living in the golden age of Dallas bar food, and a half-dozen watering holes all deserve the…
“It’s like make believe,” a guest said of the Japanese sweet potatoes. But really, it could have referred to the entire meal. Maison Saint James is an invite-only culinary experience curated by Dallasite Marie St. James. Most recently, James teamed up with Tim Lavender of LAV’s Kitchen Table for a…
In the retail chocolate world, Christmas and Valentine’s Day reign supreme. “Christmas is my strongest holiday of all — I spend my entire year waiting for the weather to drop 20 and 30 degrees so I can actually do business,” says Katherine Clapner, owner of Dallas chocolatier Dude, Sweet Chocolate…
Running a restaurant out of a convenience store or gas station isn’t anything new — but a homestyle, checkered tablecloth Italian restaurant operating out of a convenience store isn’t exactly the grab-and-go sandwiches you might be used to. Keith Steinhour stands tall with a pile of wild hair on top…
As Dallas has rightly evolved past “Pan-Asian” cuisine, new restaurants Imoto and Musume double-down on the tired food trend.
If you’re looking for a quick bite in the Arts District, there’s a new restaurant open at KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts: The Artisan, which offers “a variety of hot and cold offerings daily at the walk-up dining counter, featuring regional flavors as well as global cuisine,” according to a press…
Inside the Dulceria, it’s warm and quiet. The air, heavy with the scent of toasted cheese and griddled bread, seems to mute the sounds of the cafe like snowfall. Sure, there’s the airy splat sound of a mustard bottle occasionally, which is the yellow light that signals that you’re about…
The quaint town square in downtown Carrollton feels like a place that time forgot. A quilt store, candy shop, old-fashioned ice cream spot, an old American Legion Hall — it feels like wandering around dusty small-town Texas, despite being situated directly between I-35 and a DART rail line towering overhead…
Not far from Sprezza and the Grapevine on Maple Avenue, a new restaurant opened on Monday: Merchant House, “a new American and globally inspired menu taking on a combination of shared items and entrees to create a fully social dining experience, allowing guests to choose from ‘selfish’ and ‘selfless’ sections,”…
When you’re on the hunt for vegan fare, there are a growing number of places you can go in DFW — but it’s likely you don’t think DeSoto. James McGee wanted to change that — so he opened Peace, Love & Eatz, a vegan/vegetarian spot off Belt Line Road. “I’ve…
Some people like to paint with watercolors, some do handstands on a yoga mat. Others might debate philosophy at a hipster coffee joint. For Brandon Mohon — outside of his 9-to-5 gig and raising his daughter with his wife — that creative outlet in his spare time is spent amid…
