Shops & Markets

Australian-based gelateria and pastry shop Zero Gradi in downtown Dallas – sister store and neighbor of 400 Gradi – is serving some amazing pastries and desserts.

The State Fair of Texas closed out another season on Oct. 17. In 24 days more than 2.2 million people passed through the gates to enjoy all sorts of food, fun and revelry.

To say the State Fair of Texas is all about plowing through 6,700 calories in one afternoon is selling it short. Criminally so. As with many other things last year, we realized the true value of this dipped and fried event only after it was taken away from us.

We may need to rename October “Foodie Festival Month” in Dallas. It’s not like we need another made-up food holiday, but there’s definitely going to be a lot of eating and drinking going on this month

The Big Tex Choice Awards are the cream of the crop foods at the State Fair each year. This year there are 43 items entered into the competition.

Last week, just in time for opening day on Friday, the State Fair of Texas published a list of keto and Whole 30 food available at the fair.

Today is National Coffee Day, and you can celebrate at your favorite local coffee shop, or check out a couple of special events today.

With opening day tomorrow, the State Fair of Texas is releasing news and updates at a rapid pace. One of the news items reported by Sarah Blaskovich

Every year when it’s State Fair time, foodies start stirring up Tweet-storms and online chatter about the insane culinary creations entered in the Big Tex Choice Awards.

With less than 10 days till opening day, the State Fair of Texas has released a list of new foods to try and the schedule for the Celebrity Chef Kitchen in the Creative Arts Building. Between all that and the Big Tex Choice Awards winners,

The State Fair of Texas is back, y’all! After a year-long hiatus that means The Big Texas Choice Awards are back too. We have ten more savory and sweet foods for us to try when we return to the fair.

Dutch Bros Coffee, which we’ll refer to as “Bro! Coffee” from here on out (keep reading), opened in Pantego (aka Arlington’s ticket trap) this week. This is only the second such store in North Texas, the other is on Custard Road in McKinney and it’s collected nothing but five-star Google reviews…

On Wednesday morning, Dallas mayor Eric Johnson Tweeted an idea he had for the State Fair of Texas. An idea he was “sure to be as popular as ole Big Tex himself.” Ready? Drumroll …

At just after 1 a.m. Thursday, the State Fair of Texas announced the 32 dishes that will advance to the semifinal round of the Big Tex Choice Awards this year. With 70 days till opening day, the time frame during which you could read food news in Dallas and simultaneously…

If there was a queen of The State Fair of Texas, it was Wanda “Fernie” Winter. She held court at The Dock, her domain at the fairgrounds, after bringing funnel cakes

Have you ever showed up to the State Fair of Texas with a covered dish? If not, you’re missing out on one of the fair’s best annual traditions — the cooking contests.

After a year in a holding pattern (mostly, anyway) five months into 2021 and the Dallas restaurant scene is busy with new openings. Which is great to see. We’ve rounded up a highlight reel from the past few weeks.

Recently there was a coffee kerfuffle that captured the attention of a lot of East Dallas, a bean roaster in Brooklyn and Yelp. The full story is here, but in the shortest of all explanations, Melody Vo fancied a proper cup of Vietnamese coffee.

Wednesday afternoon Melody Vo ordered a Vietnamese coffee at Toasted in Dallas. When she took her first sip, she immediately knew it was a cold brew mixed with condensed milk, not the stronger espresso-like pour-over typically used in Vietnamese coffee. Vo took her coffee back to the counter, sure she’d…

If you’re one who is, at least on occasion, motivated by food but hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, we’ve got some potential gaming-changing news. The James Beard semifinalist baker Clyde Greenhouse of Kessler Baking Studio is offering a sweet incentive. Greenhouse started baking more than 20 years ago and in 2014…

A red-winged mural cast on the wide side of Black Coffee in Fort Worth is reminiscent of a Phoenix floating above an outline of the city skyline. A directive, “Create Change,” is painted across the bottom. The striking colors and art on the exterior are carried throughout this standalone coffee…

One of the things I most miss from Normal Times is unexpected interactions; so it was a pleasure to run into Feargal McKinney, the owner of The Old Monk, as I arrived to try its new coffee service. “We live just the other side of Abrams [Road], and I’ve had my…