France has French fries, Belgium has fries with mayo, Canada has poutine and America has home fries, waffle fries and hash browns. Everybody loves fried potatoes. But the potato originally comes from Peru, and sure enough, Peruvians have a trick up their sleeves too: deep-fried meat-stuffed mashed potatoes with hot…
A little patch of land on Peavy Road in East Dallas has a lot going for it: Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House, 20 Feet Seafood Joint, new sandwich spot/bottle shop Goodfriend Package, Cultivar Coffee and now, some artisan soft serve from Austin. Cow Tipping Creamery is now open inside…
Greenville Avenue wasn’t the only place where massive crowds gathered this weekend. With the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for drunken revelry and/or smoked meats, fans of the TV show Cake Boss flooded Preston Center early Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of Carlo’s Bakery. This is the 13th location for…
Maple Leaf Diner was created by Michael and Debra Delaurier, two Ontario transplants who, in missing their native dishes and recognizing Dallas’ semi-untapped poutine market, opened up shop in far North Dallas. While the menu does feature a few Canadian classics like poutine and peameal bacon, diners expecting to find…
Iron Fork, our annual showcase of the best of DFW food, is coming up fast. Today, we’re announcing a few of the 40 participating restaurants — and the two chefs who will go head-to-head in our Iron Fork Chef Competition. The two chefs duking it out on April 27 at Centennial…
What was long ago considered the unwanted scraps from a finely smoked brisket has rightly become a modern-day barbecue delicacy — a rich, indulgent pile of meat and fat and bark known as burnt ends. Legend has it, burnt ends used to practically be given away; the unattractive, fatty trimmings…
Sakhuu Express, a Thai takeout standby on Lemmon Avenue, has reinvented itself as something a little more interesting. The newly rebranded Sabaidee Lao & Thai Cuisine still carries a full list of Thai favorites, but the main focus is on food from Laos, which, despite being wedged between Thailand, China…
Folding meats, starches and other delights into dough and frying it isn’t a uniquely Argentine idea. You’ll find some variation of that theme on menus from Ghana to the Virgin Islands, but equating Empa Mundo’s empanadas to beef patties or pastelitos is like saying Jorge Luis Borges and Dora the…
The first Texas location of a California sushi restaurant is opening this summer on level one of the Galleria’s Alley, according to a press release. The 6,000-square foot Kabuki Japanese Restaurant will be the eatery’s 18th location. The “full-service, casual dining chain” first opened in 1991 and boasts a team of…
And Dallas rejoiced: Top Knot, Uchi’s laid-back little sister upstairs, has announced that Sunday brunch service begins this weekend, with Saturday brunch starting April 30. Service runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and no reservations are necessary, Top Knot says. So what’s on this menu? In classic Top Knot…
Having the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas is the fulfillment of a long-running dream. Some of my favorite things to do in the universe are A) see movie at the Drafthouse, B) order the enormous popcorn bowl (hosed with real butter and grated herb Parmesan) and C) wash it down with…
Covered in tattoos and wearing a shirt with an image of an ice cream cone with a skull on top of it, Aaron Barker is not your average ice cream shop owner. He’s a former journalist, guitar player for a local rock band called Street Arabs, and he has strong…
A new spot opening this summer at Malcolm X Boulevard and Commerce Street combines so many of our favorite things: tapas, hookah, alcohol and Lebanese food. Marc Mansour, co-owner and GM of Zåtar Lebanese Tapas & Bar, said the new spot will have tapas, specialty dishes and traditional Lebanese desserts like knefeh,…
Settling in from a solo tour throughout the South — and preparing for his opening slot for Third Eye Blind at Dallas Observer’s St. Patrick’s Day concert — Kirk Thurmond and the Millennials have been busy. So busy, in fact, that Thurmond recently quit his job at Oak Cliff’s Local Press…
The Dallas dining scene undoubtedly garners — nay, demands — most of the attention in North Texas, so our friends to the west are often overlooked. Yes, exciting things are happening right now with food in Dallas, but Fort Worth shouldn’t be treated like a spelling bee runner-up. Tillman’s Roadhouse…
Look, there’s nothing wrong with getting blasted on lukewarm green beer this St. Patrick’s Day, so long as you’re safe about it. We’re all adults, and being an adult sometimes means intentionally making questionable decisions in the name of classic American drinking holidays. Go nuts — drink a yard of…
Lick it up, Dallas. The new KISS-owned restaurant in The Colony is open, and it is massive. Rock & Brews, “a family-friendly rock-inspired experience” is a project from KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, who will make the trek to the Granscape development spot for a grand opening on May…
Eating at a new restaurant without expectations is a difficult task. The baggage of past experiences — that perfect steak, Mom’s mac and cheese, the first bite of Thai food — colors every diner’s expectations. I came to Fujiyama hoping to find Japanese tavern fare that lived up to my…
Meet your new food obsession: the lamington. Simple yet highly addictive, these delicious little cake squares are ubiquitous in Australian coffee houses. To an uninitiated Texan, however, they are nothing short of a revelation. For this “discovery,” we can thank Ascension Coffee owner/lamington smuggler Russell Hayward. Enlisting the talents of…
Downtown Dallas has a new lunch spot with a Mediterranean focus. Cafe Izmir, at the corner of Ervay Street and Pacific Avenue, is a second location of the successful Turkish spot on Greenville Avenue — and it might just be a compelling reason to stay downtown for dinner, too. The…
Sitting at Montlake Cut’s bar near the scale sailboat in the window is like being teleported to the shore. An Olympia Beer motion sign churns the name of the crisp beer from the Pacific Northwest, and Edison bulbs in a white cage bring the feel of below-decks on a boat…
Ah, spring break, our annual chance to find a warm beach, drink too many mojitos and come home with Zika virus. But if you can’t book plane tickets or get away to Padre this March, you can do the next best thing: Drive to Irving for a Puerto Rican meal…
