Maybe Rick Perry’s “come check out Texas” campaign is really paying off. According to Austin360.com, Union Square Hospitality Group has announced their first ever restaurant opening in Austin in late 2014. Which means Texas is getting its very first Shake Shack. Shake Shack is famous not just for its legendary…
CBD Provisions opened earlier this month inside The Joule Hotel, in the space where Charlie Palmer used to live. The restaurant’s menu, which was created by Chef Michael Sindoni, includes a mix of small plates, including a pickle jar ($5), pig tails ($11) and kale salad ($10); sandwiches, like a…
Homesickness can be a bear. It skews your thoughts and wrings enjoyment from things that should bring you pleasure. Each experience in a new environment is unfairly judged against memories that have been glazed over with sweet nostalgia. When you’ve got it bad, nothing measures up. I’m talking about doughnuts,…
Last week a reader tipped us off that Kozy Kitchen, the casual restaurant on McKinney Avenue with a penchant for local ingredients, would be opening a second location. This week chef and owner Nick Nicholas Pavageaux confirmed the new restaurant, saying he held a soft opening last Wednesday and is…
Dallas restaurateur Yaser Khalaf has partnered with Najat Kaanache for a new Moroccan restaurant, Souk (which means marketplace or bazaar), located in the entertainment district Trinity Groves, just west of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Stefania Morandi, a graduate of Politecnico di Milano and designer for Trinity Groves, created the…
When Kitchen LTO opened earlier this summer, the “permanent pop-up” promised to be at least the most interesting restaurant at Trinity Groves. Before it, the development that sprang up at the end of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge had only produced mediocre barbecue and hot dogs. Now a flashy marquee…
Chef Patton Robertson of Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck is teaming up with a few local chefs next week to host a Japanese dinner. His guests include Teiichi Sakuria of Tei-An, Matt Raso of Nobu, along with Scott Drewno from The Source (another Wolfgang Puck restaurant) in Washington D.C. Each…
The Shell Shack in Uptown opened last week, in the spot where the hot-dog centric The Stand used to be. The Shell Shack specializes in piles of crustaceans. Bibs are highly suggested. This is the first Shell Shack, which is owned by a group of people that dabble in a…
Earlier this week I received a box containing assorted pecans, shortbread cookies and a number of other items from a company called Bandera Foods. All of it was delicious, but the Smokin’ Pecans were near transcendent. They were light, had a crisp, airy texture and were laced with a subtle…
The new restaurant and bar Nickel And Rye, at 2523 McKinney Ave., smartly opens today to accommodate the throngs of TX/OU revelers who will hit Uptown at any moment. This “libations and hashery” spot is located in the old Uptown Bar and Grill space and is owned by the group…
The famed Charlie Palmer checked out of boutique hotel The Joule recently, and today, CBD Provisions (1530 Main St.) opens as the hotel’s new anchor restaurant. CBD is owned by Consilient Hospitality, who also owns Hibiscus, Victor Tangos, The Porch, The Front Room at Hotel Lumen and multiple locations of…
Who knew that when Jay Jarrier was zipping around Dallas with a trailer-mounted pizza oven in 2010, he was sowing the seeds of a mini-pizza empire? Jerrier traversed this town like the Pizza Pied Piper, plying his followers with delicious Neapolitan rounds. His trailer kept him busy until he opened…
As we’ve previously discussed, being a vegan in Dallas isn’t a miserable and lonely existence, so long as you know how to navigate eating situations involving friends, family and coworkers. A crucial piece of information to have in your back pocket is a restaurant list. But not just any restaurant…
Mexican Sugar is a new restaurant opening in The Shops at Legacy in Plano this November. Created and developed by the management group Fork It Over LLC, which also owns Whiskey Cake and Velvet Taco, this spot will focus on dishes from Central and South America, anchored Mexican food. Mexican…
It’s not a stretch to compare our desire for chips and salsa to an addict’s lust for his drug of choice. We know they do us no good, and yet we pine. They seduce us with their golden sheen, glistening in the dim lighting of our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant. We…
On Sunday evening as most people in the universe were watching a chemist rig a gun in his trunk, the West End Pub was preparing for its very own finale. After 25 years of business in the West End, the self-described “neighborhood pub without a neighborhood” shut the doors for…
Meat Fight is an annual celebration of meat, meat, and meat that raises money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS). The event started just three years ago as a back yard barbecue, then graduated to a bigger space that would allow for more meat for more meatheads last year…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
Klyde Warren Park’s first official restaurant, Savor, has opened its doors to the public. Sort of. The restaurant, which calls itself a “modern gastropub,” is currently serving dinner, but plans to open for lunch in the next month or so. Savor (along with Relish, the restaurant’s smaller, more casual sibling)…
Right now, it’s three walls, a roof and a lot of rubble. But next year, the empty space between The Slip Inn and Form, near The Pearl Cup off Henderson Avenue, will be home to Black Forest Biergarten, a German-style beer garden owned by Blake and Di Ann Bogus. “We’re…
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Texas barbecue: You and I know it’s the best. More importantly, it’s a food where, if you leave the state, you’ll notice other states do barbecue in strange and terrifying ways that make you feel wrong. Once I went to Oklahoma (this is how all great stories start, I know),…
