Nothing hits the spot after a night of bar-hopping quite like a good brunch — a meal with enough sodium and caloric load to make you feel like something that closely approximates a human being. But ideally this meal consists of more than salt and fat alone: The perfect hangover…
There’s nothing like a fresh, juicy peach at the peak of Texas peach season. This time of year, pastry chefs showcase its succulence in everything from cobblers to ice cream, and Kate Weiser Chocolate took the peach dessert to the next level with their limited-edition, life-sized chocolate peaches. These white…
There are a few things to know about the burgers at Dallas Beer Kitchen before walking through the door. There are two. One burger has a nearly-raw jalapeño, sliced into a canoe and chopped into big pieces, that delivers a punch across the face like Indiana Jones with heat. That…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. When it comes to staples of Southern cuisine — or American fare in general — there may be…
Sprezzatura is a fun Italian word that means “studied nonchalance,” the art of preparing methodically but acting as if no preparation was necessary. A fashion-conscious friend says the word describes “a man who spends two hours doing his hair up so it looks like he just rolled out of bed.”…
Temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s this week, and the humidity is off the charts. Though we really don’t want to admit it, summer has finally come to DFW, which means we’re on the lookout for summer-friendly fare at our favorite restaurants. Denton brewpub Barley & Board’s…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It’s nearly impossible to mis-order at Deep Ellum’s Monkey King Noodle Company — the menu is small but…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Some dishes we love because they combine differing primary tastes. Sweet and sour sauce, for instance, or sweet-spicy…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. There are certain foods that might, at first, seem like magic. How are they made? Think about the…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. The menu at Goodfriend Package is not complicated. Pastrami and rye, roast beef, club sandwich, B.L.T — they’re…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Despite what it may say when people are looking, Dallas loves toast — and why not? It’s quick,…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. God damn, it’s hot out there, and it’s only June, which means we’ve got many sweaty miles ahead…
Picture the quintessential brunch spot. What does it look like? Tucked into the heart of East Dallas’ Junius Heights neighborhood, the idyllic Garden Cafe spot fits right in with the surrounding historic homes. Inside, a friendly staff awaits to take customers’ orders from the menu written with adoring detail by…
After nearly a year in business, the lunchtime word is out in East Dallas on One90 Smoked Meats. The unassuming location on Northwest Highway — with just a five-barstool dining room — is home to unique barbecue sandwiches and some of the best chicken tacos around. The lunch rush on…
A great burger has returned. A few weeks ago, in the final hours before Midway Point closed down, the feeling inside the unpretentious sports bar just off LBJ Freeway was intensely bittersweet. Next door, In-N-Out Burger’s line swelled with cars. Midway’s menu, a sheet of Xeroxed paper, had items blacked…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Down at Pecan Lodge, putting cheese on top of brisket is heresy. But put them together in a…
It was raining cats and dogs. I was sitting with Alan Govenar in Mis Cazuelas in East Dallas. We were waiting for Kaleta Doolin, his wife. Govenar is an author, filmmaker and founding director of the upcoming Museum of Street Culture — among other things. Doolin is a brilliant artist,…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It’s getting to be that time of year when the idea of eating a full meal before setting…
The Dallas Museum of Art’s north entrance has a new outdoor pavilion with a crepe café. Socca is named after the style of crepe it serves, a chickpea-based savory pancake popular in the far south of France. Pronounced “SOAK-uh,” rather than the way Bostonians say “soccer,” the socca originates in…
Vivo 53’s new, insane, topping-covered, confection-filled sundaes are every Instagrammer’s dream come true, which is probably why the restaurant is encouraging customers to upload and tag photos of their own sundae experiences for a chance to win a sundae a week for the next year. They likely won’t have any…
Simple, yet fancy. Cheap, yet luxurious. Tiny, yet hugely flavorful. Sweet, tart, fatty, puckery. Lucia’s most famous appetizer costs only $1, but it contains multitudes, and we recommend ordering multitudes of it. It’s the foie gras-stuffed prune, a treat that sounds like the territory of one-percenters but costs less than…
In a city of shrines to meat — barbecue joints, steakhouses, burger bars, bacon tastings — the Blind Butcher is one of the most holy. Its rotating selection of house-made sausage is justly famous, as are the poutines, pastrami egg rolls and bacon-studded ice cream sandwich. But in 2016, chef…
