If there is one thing Dallas doesn’t have, well, any of, it’s British cuisine. We have pubs, but no legit places to find bangers n’ mash. Now, though, you can find the best of Britain’s contributions to the baking world at the Dallas Farmers Market. There may not be a…
Since opening in the Shops of Highland Park this September, Madrina has confidently elbowed its way onto most every “hot new” restaurant list. Why? Part of the draw has to be chef Julio Peraza’s French-inspired Mexican cuisine, which has been pared down to the catchy term “French-Mex.” It’s an intriguing…
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s raining, but you don’t care because you’re tucked in at the bar at CiboDivino with a glass of jammy red wine in your hand. The weather’s not quite cold, but it’s cool enough that your favorite flannel shirt — the one that’s…
Fall is officially here. We’ve had rain, full weeks below 80 degrees and an influx of gourds and pomegranates in our grocery stores. Restaurants all over Dallas are embracing autumn by whipping up seasonal dishes, with winter squash starring in many special menu items. If you love all things pumpkin…
Downtown McKinney hasn’t been known as a place for culinary excellence, but that’s about to change. With the arrival of restaurants such as Sugarbacon and the Dallas dining scene’s ever present moves north, soon we will all start hauling up Central Expressway for an interesting dinner. But why wait? Patina…
Downtown Denton is now home to a 24-hour diner. Detroit based Dix Coney Island moved in to the Scripture building and offers a variety of traditional American diner foods. Want chili-cheese fries at 4 a.m.? No problem. (Well, maybe a problem when you wake up.) Blueberry pancakes at midnight? They’ve got you. Pastrami…
“Brisket-stuffed onion rings.” They sound like the State Fair’s idea of an unholy miracle. Or like a mad scientist decided to start randomly mashing together all your favorite unhealthy foods. “Cookie dough pie! Bacon grilled cheese tacos! Sriracha guacamole lasagna!” But brisket-stuffed onion rings are a real thing. They’re a…
Uber Eats hit the streets of Dallas for the first time yesterday, giving office workers in a limited coverage area surrounding downtown access to new lunch options. The service fills cars equipped with hotboxes with meals from a rotating cast of local restaurants and stations them around the city. The…
What better way to celebrate International Stout Day than with a flight of stouts? We could think of a few things, included but not limited to: replacing all of the water in Niagra Falls with stout beer, watching a synchronized swimming team execute their moves in a pool of stout…
OK, we admit it. Shed 2 isn’t looking all that hot this second. But if you can suspend disbelief and find a little inspiration in the smells of fresh sawdust, you can start to glean what the new anchor for the Dallas Farmers Market will look like. Rex’s says they…
Rex’s Seafood and Chop House, the much-anticipated expansion of the original Rex’s, opened in Lakewood last week. If you’ve been to the Lovers/Inwood location, you pretty much know what to expect. The new location features similar chalkboard specials, the same Fridays-only lobster rolls, a small market where you can purchase…
Thanksgiving is just weeks away, and restaurants are releasing their annual take home Thanksgiving meal menus. Before we get too far, I feel I should admit I am against this sort of thing. The best way to celebrate the best food holiday of the year is to cook something and…
Surrounding double cheeseburgers, there’s always the jokes about arteries and marathons. Double cheesburgers are “heart-stopping” or “artery clogging” or “demon summoning.” I’m may be wrong about the last one. A double cheeseburger, by some miracle of mathematics, feels 4,000 percent worse on the nutritional shame scale than a single cheeseburger…
The last time I ate a fancied-up chicken-fried steak, I was at Tillman’s Roadhouse, where someone thought battered and fried filet mignon was a good way to command a higher price for a humble plate. The breading came loose the second my knife descended, revealing soft, medium-cooked meat. Red juices…
Ah, the chain restaurant. For decades a modern food movement has been pushing back against corporate processed food purveyors by embracing cuisine that requires fresh ingredients and care. Slow food is good for the environment, good for farmers and good for us, too, but all of this farm-to-table cookery neglects…
The end of October brings another handful of openings and closings for Dallas area restaurants. First, the good news: East Hampton Sandwich Co., 3888 Oak Lawn Ave., ehsandwich.com Fancy-pants sandwich makers East Hampton Sandwich Co. have opened another location. Now the smell of lobster rolls and roast beef grilled cheese…
Event: Diwali Mela When: October 31, 4 p.m.-midnight What: More Indian food than you will ever find inside the loop on any other day, including street food, kathi rolls, kulfi and more. Elephant rides, music, burning effigies and tens of thousands of Indian attendees. This is the biggest, most authentic…
Grocery stores might already be blasting Christmas tracks and selling canned pumpkin substitute, but believe it or not, Halloween is coming. With that in mind, and because I just can’t possibly talk about how much I hate candy corn any more, I asked a handful of local chefs and chocolatiers…
Eating at a Vietnamese restaurant is easy, right? Grab a couple spring rolls and a giant bowl of beef pho and you’re good. But some of Dallas’ best Vietnamese places, like Mot Hai Ba and Bistro B, challenge visitors to think outside the bowl and try something new. It’s time…
Just beyond a miniature herb garden in the Inwood Village, under a stretch of a royal blue awning, you’ll find an ornate, heavy wooden door. Open it and reveal an ethereal world of twinkling, skyward-stretching branches. It is in this magical space where the most amazingly fluffy soufflés imaginable are…
Marc Cuban’s TV show Shark Tank is bringing the Dallas area another sugar buzz. A few year’s ago the show gave Sweet Ballz the green light, and cake balls hit the shelves of local 7-Elevens and other stores. Now, Cuban is behind California-based Cinnaholic, and a first location opened in Southlake…
The Theodore will open in November at NorthPark mall with a star studded staff. The Turn the Tables Hospitality Group behind Smoke, Bolsa, Spork and more announced the opening, tucking a tasty nugget of information into the bio for co-owner Chris Jeffers. Movies have been used as inspiration for many elements…
