It begins, as some of the best meats do, behind pit doors. A ground beef patty snoozes for a while inside a sauna of smoke. The hand-formed beef discs, dusty from Lakewood Smokehouse’s barbecue seasoning, rest in a gray cloud until they’ve hit a rosy-middle temperature. If you like your…
When I first walked into Express Kabob, the restaurant was empty. Not just empty of customers — empty, period. As the door shut behind me, the sound attracted the attention of no employees. I tried opening and closing the door again. No luck. I picked a chair up and dropped…
Food is culture, food is art, food is family. There’s no better representation of this than Maroches Bakery in North Oak Cliff. The bakery started informally more than 18 years ago in the Tellez family home when neighbors started asking about the delicious smells coming from the apartment. The Tellezes…
Chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, eggs Benedict — in a city that brunches as hard as Dallas, it’s easy to fall in a brunch rut. This weekend, take your brunch to the next level with one of these completely over-the-top Dallas-area brunch dishes. Zoli’s chicken and waffle cannoli Zoli’s…
A good brunch offers a hodgepodge of traditional breakfast and lunch options, a boon for the indecisive among us. A hearty brunch is the first step to curing last night’s hangover, and the fact that drinking is encouraged at brunch gives you a chance to take the edge off the…
Lala’s Mexican Café is a fast-casual restaurant that focuses on clean food. Lala’s, owned by Michelle Mireles of One Arts Plaza’s Jorge’s TexMex Café, opened last fall in Preston Center. With Lala’s (named after her grandmother), Mireles is taking her traditional family cuisine and infusing it with a modern, healthy…
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman announced Monday that he’s opening his first restaurant and “entertainment concept” at Texas Live in the Arlington Entertainment District. It’s called — wait for it — Troy’s. “Plans for the venue were shared by Aikman as part of an exclusive first look at the…
Talk to any food critic or writer in town and you’ll quickly learn that it’s not hyperbole to call FT33 — Matt McCallister’s forward-thinking ode to the uber-local and uber-seasonal — the best restaurant in Dallas. Over the restaurant’s six years, McCallister and his team have raised the bar for…
This place is hard to find. It’s not visible from the street but is tucked away in East Dallas across from Home Depot. Getting to Casa Linda Salvadorian Cuisine feels almost like a trek into Central America. “We just got our storefront sign up two weeks ago,” co-owner Blanca García…
A family-owned Rhode Island restaurant that provides employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities, is coming to Sylvan Thirty. This is the first Texas location for Shayna’s Place, a sandwich and coffee shop inspired by owner Lou Olerio’s cousin Shayna, who has Down syndrome, according to a press release. “Shayna’s Place…
It’s heating up in Dallas, and we’re not just talking about the temperature. If you’re looking to check out one of the city’s hottest new bars and restaurants, here’s where to start. You may notice a trend — let’s hope you dig Italian food. Sixty Vines UptownOne of Plano’s best…
Deep Ellum has a new bar from the team behind Armoury — and although Ruins has a distinctive Mexican accent, it feels a whole lot like Armoury. That’s not a bad thing. Ruins is still in its “soft open” phase, with the grand opening party scheduled for Wednesday, but it’s…
It was a mistake, like discovering a crisp $100 bill on the sidewalk. A case full of tater tots arrived on Andrew Chen’s doorstep. Monkey King Noodle Company’s sides, like bok choy charred with garlic and cucumber points soaking in a head-clearing spicy vinegar bath, are street food gems after…
Trap brunch. Trap yoga. Trap & Paint. The list goes on when it comes to the trap-inspired events that have been popping up in Dallas. But Bangers and Brunch, an annual series created by Good Culture that mixes trap music (a Southern sub-genre of hip-hop that first surfaced in the…
Cooper’s Meat Market is the newest addition to Sylvan Thirty, the food-heavy mixed-use development at the intersection of West Dallas and Oak Cliff. Facing Fort Worth Avenue and next to Cox Farms Market, it bills itself a custom meat market and steakhouse. Cooper’s is the second location of this family-owned…
Those who’ve eaten at the Feed Lot may have also eaten from the feed lot at Fischer’s Meat Market in Muenster. Fischer’s, northwest of Dallas, ships beef and German sausage to restaurants and stores in Dallas and across the country as far away as Alaska, says Penny Fischer, whose husband,…
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 the good or bad — over the years. It’s quiet at Goff’s after lunch. Except for the hiss of the charcoal grill and the fry oil,…
Uptown has another restaurant ready for you to spend your money — and this one comes with a lengthy wine list and knowledgeable staff to guide you through it. Plano’s Sixty Vines is now in Crescent Court, offering 40 wines on tap and a full menu of California-meets-Italian fare. Oversized…
Not all of Plano’s Sichuan restaurants are alike. Some, like Little Sichuan, stash their traditional dishes in a binder of specialty items kept separate from the usual litany of wontons and stir-fries. Some, like Fish House, specialize in live seafood straight from the tank, coated red with spices or served…
It’s not all about three squares a day. There’s a lot of creativity in the Dallas dessert scene right now. Celebrate that with a taste of something unexpected from one of these Dallas dessert spots. Bisous Bisous Patisserie’s number cakes Have a birthday or anniversary coming up and you’re not…
Fachini, chef Julian Barsotti’s new tribute to classic Italian-American cooking, is officially open. And Barsotti, owner of Dallas favorites Nonna, Carbone’s and Sprezza, has big plans for the new restaurant. At Fachini, theatricality and retro cool will be the orders of the day. Snazzily attired waiters — expect full tuxedos…
A new barbecue joint is coming to the old Daddy Jack’s space on Lowest Greenville: Louie King BBQ, which aims to “fuse Texas barbecue traditions with contemporary design and innovative food and beverage offerings,” according to a press release. But there’s a twist: Louie King isn’t funded yet, and owners…
