On Saturday, Dallas was rainy and dank, but inside the Addison Conference Center it was Chocolate Christmas. DallasChocolate.org’s annual Chocolate Conference & Festival offered the opportunity for chocolate makers both local and otherwise to showcase their chocolatey wares, and for anybody with a $20 to take it all in. See…
On a rainy Saturday, what could be better than sitting down with a freshly baked empanada filled with cheese, honey and figs? This past Saturday I found out. The answer is nothing. Nothing is better than that. I added pajama pants and a mug of hot chocolate, both of which…
It’s here! Fried Christmas!!! That delicious waft of funnel cake + corny dog + world’s biggest Frito pie + horse-ish ladyman stank you’ll get when you walk through the turnstiles at the fair is gonna hit you like a Lisa Frank double food rainbow. And you will love it. The…
For every gourmet $20 cheeseburger, there must be a McDonalds. For every independent Mexican restaurant that cooks fresh to order, there must be a Taco Bell. For every $40 steak, there must be … a really cheap steak. You get the idea. So, barbecue food is popular round these parts…
I’d say that Saturday’s Dine Around Uptown was a success. And of course, I define success as a solid buzz peppered with bites of delightful food and a celebrity sighting (Paula Deen popped out of a limo at ZaZa), all while being whisked from place to place by paid DDs…
Our Best of Dallas® 2012 issue is on the stands, and to accompany it, we’ve been counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. This is the last one this year, but if there’s a dish you think we missed, leave it in the comments or email me…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The turkey sandwich is undoubtedly one of the most boring creations…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Way back in February I blogged about a mystical chicken sandwich…
Nick Badovinus, the man behind the Neighborhood Services restaurant group, has opened a new restaurant and bar, Tried and True (2405 N. Henderson Ave.). The restaurant has taken over the location that previously housed Neighborhood Services Tavern, and while the space hasn’t changed much architecturally (a few walls have been…
It was bound to happen. Dallas has been elevating the burger ever since The Mansion on Turtle Creek started topping beef patties with rare blue cheese that tasted of gym socks and serving them alongside fries dressed in truffle oil. Now every bar with pretensions of grandeur charges at least…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Typically, babaganoush is about a point or two higher than hummus…
GOGHEE Korean BBQ Tacos is opening in its new location today at 4895 LBJ Freeway (northwest quadrant, just west of Inwood Road). Their original spot was just a tiny drive-thru spot with no indoor dining. But, they needed more elbow room for all that kimchee slinging, so they upgraded to…
More booze and more space–that’s what’s new at the new Addison Liberty Burger location. I cozied up to the bar the day after its grand opening (and yes, it just opened September 11, despite the sign off the Tollway being up for months) and found myself next to a pressed-collar…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You have only seconds after the bowl arrives to take in…
For the past few weeks, the University of North Texas campus has been much abuzz with the anticipation of several new restaurants opening on the ground level of the new Fry Street development. Now occupying the former home of the Flying Tomato is a Chipotle with a spaceship-like study hall…
Max’s Wine Dive (3600 McKinney Ave.), uptown’s newest culinary addition, opened last Wednesday in the space that once housed Borders bookstore. The Texas-based restaurant and wine bar originated in Houston in 2006 and has since expanded to Austin, San Antonio and now, Dallas. The restaurant is spacious, with large windows…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Restaurant Y Taquería Cristina tacos may be greasy as hell, but…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The name Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine might refer to a style…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The best seats in Samar undoubtedly line the back bar. Many…
See Also: The Lobster Roll Smack Down The East Hampton Sandwich Company opened Wednesday in Snider Plaza (Lovers and Hillcrest). Owner Hunter Pond recently ditched law school to test his hand in the local restaurant business (he makes no bones about it – he emphatically hated law school). When Pond…
Ten years ago, downtown Plano was pretty slow as far as downtowns go. Jorg’s Café Vienna, serving delicate schnitzels and imported beers, had just opened, but there were no other interesting restaurants. There was a costume shop called the Queen of Hearts, but that would eventually close. There were (and…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. When Gretchen and Sonny Williams bought the Highland Park Pharmacy in…
