With the holidays — and that bastard 2017 — behind us, we’ve launched into a time of year marked by openings. New bars and restaurants are popping up every week, and it’s hard to keep track of it all. If you’re looking for something new, here are a few places…
In this week’s Dallas-area food news roundup, there are big shakeups at both an Uptown cocktail bar and a Frisco barbecue joint, and a new “restaurant lounge” opens on Cedar Springs: Big changes at an Uptown mainstay: Local veteran Eddie “Lucky” Campbell bought out the owners of the Standard Pour,…
After 14 years on McKinney Avenue, Idle Rich Pub is closing after service Tuesday, Jan. 23, according to a Facebook post. The bar is closing because its lease is up, owner Feargal McKinney says. “I have had 14 great years at the Idle, met many new friends and invaluable employees,”…
Musume, the forthcoming Asian-fusion restaurant opening in the Arts District, has set an open date: Wednesday, Jan. 24. Under executive chef Ken Lumpkin, the restaurant will focus on “world-class sushi and contemporary Asian fusion cuisine” and boasts the “largest selection of sake in Texas … with more than 100 labels, as…
Avocado toast. An egg-white omelet. A spinach-forward frittata. These are sensible brunches, brunches that can be paired with a mimosa that’s heavy on the OJ and light on the bubbly. Brunches good for fueling a busy, productive day ahead. Make no mistake about it: You can have a type-A brunch…
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. There was one thing on the menu. Just after Y2K, Mahbub Zaman’s taco stand was a solo…
Peasant Pizzeria sits on the corner of Cedar Springs and Reagan, in a space most recently occupied by the short-lived Q Tacos at Macho’s Cantina. Inspired by L.A.’s Pizzeria Mozza, owner Robert Colombo spent two years developing the concept. The menu offers a variety of classic Italian dishes, but at Peasant,…
There’s a moment of surprise when you enter the Mockingbird Diner. The ceilings are sky-high and vaulted. There are no winding hallways; it’s an open-concept floor surrounded by clean, sharp white walls. Up high on the south wall is a long, thin rectangle of a window. This new restaurant —…
Crudo Italian, which started in Plano before it was sold, is resurrecting this week in a new location: Preston Center. Chef and partner Javier Perez will helm the new restaurant, which opens Jan. 19 for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. The menu focuses “on handmade artisan pastas and gnocchi, the best…
Winter is really not messing around this year. As the temperature sometimes jumps and drops 30 degrees in one day, Dallas is experiencing a climate fatigue of sorts, and the short days have us stuffing ourselves with soul-warming comfort food. Assuming it’s safe to be out on the roads, visit…
Dallas seems to be digging grilled cheese. In November, Melted opened in the Cedars, bringing with it a local-beer-centric bar and both classic and fancified grilled cheese sandwiches like the That’s All Folks ($11.95), made with pulled pork, ham, mustard, Swiss and pickles on hefty griddled sourdough. Yesterday, on the third…
The pizza-making at Zoli’s is righteous. Hold up a slice of the thin-crust round pie. Notice how the crust is crisp all the way through to the center. No matter how many toppings Zoli’s loads onto its pizzas, the middle never gets soggy or goes limp. Toppings don’t slide off…
Big news today from restaurateur Tyson Cole and his Hai Hospitality group: Top Knot, the casual little sister to upscale sushi spot Uchi, is closing Jan. 14 and re-opening on Jan. 31 as Uchiba, according to a press release. The new concept will be more bar-focused than its predecessor Top…
In the last two years, Lower Greenville — particularly Lowest Greenville, with its high concentration of food and drink destinations — has seen a number of high-profile restaurant closures. Clark Food & Wine, C’Viche and Remedy closed in 2016, with some owners citing heavy construction and parking issues as factors…
The window-side tables at Veracruz Cafe in the Bishop Arts District make for excellent people-watching. They afford views of the rosy-cheeked toddler and his grandfather as they loiter outside of their home and of the quick-walking passersby who clip by the toddler in hot pursuit of a piece of pie,…
Pun intended, there’s no showboating at 20 Feet Seafood Joint. Cod is fried until it’s encased a golden orb of batter. Most things are served in a foil-lined plastic basket because some of the best, most emotional food is served in a basket that’ll never disintegrate from the Earth. Chef Marc…
As the Dallas food scene grows, so does its options for vegan diners. Last year, vegan-focused lifestyle magazine VegNews named Dallas a top 10 vegan city. Dallas is home to a host of well-known and well-loved vegan restaurants, including Spiral Diner, El Palote Panaderia, V-Eats and Loving Hut. These restaurants are…
The French Room is still The French Room. In fact, it’s more The French Room than it had been in decades. A no-expense-spared restoration has returned the dining room to the elegance of its original look, closer to the way the restaurant appeared when it opened in 1912. Gone are…
If your New Year’s resolution is to stop potentially poisoning yourself by eating raw cookie dough, things are looking up. Next month, the Dough Dough opens its first storefront on the northwest corner of Preston Road and Forest Lane, introducing the safely edible “raw” cookie dough concept to Dallas. Not everyone…
A few weeks back, we shared the life-changing news that Dallas was about to get its first slider festival: Between the Buns, an afternoon dedicated to everyone’s favorite tiny sandwiches. From 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, the Dallas Farmers Market will be overtaken by these tiny sandwiches, and attendees…
Twenty-eight years after he opened Dodie’s Cajun Diner on Greenville Avenue, Charlie McGuinness was required to change its name. McGuinness moved to Dallas in the 1970s from New Orleans, and he’d opened up a Cajun-classics spot in a city where it wasn’t easy to find grandma’s gumbo recipe. Now, McGuinness…
Unless you have traveled to India or are of Indian origin, you’ve likely never experienced the spicy, comforting delight that is to be found in a hot Indian breakfast. Unlike the legendary American and English breakfasts, there are no bacon or sausages in the vegetarian Indian breakfast, but there are…
