This Austin-based chicken-wing chain clucks its bucks thanks to folks who come for the deals and the family restaurant/sports bar hybrid feel. This location, in the Old Town Shopping Center, shares real estate with many fast-casual brands, but none has wings doused in Fire in the Hole sauce. Break the record for most eaten and […]
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If you’re like us, you’ve seen the sign for Pocket Sandwich Theatre while driving down Mockingbird Lane and wondered if they had falafel. Alas, it’s not a takeout joint but a theater specializing in comedies and melodramas that encourage audience participation (think popcorn-throwing). Late nights feature everything from stand-up comedy and improv to burlesque. Also, […]
Poco Fiasco is a pizza and martini restaurant is the eleventh concept from Harwood Hospitality, which sister concepts include Elephant East and the pub Harwood Arms, both within a stone’s throw. Try The Donkey, a pizza topped diablo sauce, pepperoni, spicy Italian sausage, red onion and fennel pollen. It was loaded with meat and had […]
Pollo Campero–“country chicken”–is the Dallas outpost of a Guatemalan fast-food chain that is hugely popular in Central America. Legend has it that Guatemalans often carry boxes and bags full of Pollo Campero victuals on their flights to the United States, filling the plane with the aroma of fried chicken. The chicken is either distributed to […]
An excellent breakfast and lunch joint where the coffee is fresh and constantly replenished, the home fries are so good and crispy, they’re addictive, and the omelettes are almost as big as the hens that make them possible. Try the BBQ omelette, a house specialty filled with grilled chicken breast slices, mozzarella cheese, sautéed mushrooms […]
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Popeyes comes by its “Louisiana fast” motto honestly. Founded in 1972 in the New Orleans suburb of Arabi, the company still specializes in Big Easy-style spicy chicken, along with buttermilk biscuits. Now operating in more than 2,000 cities, Dallas / Fort Worth included, Popeyes is all about batter-dipped innovations such as Rip’n Chick’n, an oddly […]
In the heat of summer, finding places to have a drink that aren’t dark and air-conditioned caves becomes a challenge. Enter Henderson Avenue’s The Porch, a casual brasserie for those of us with no veranda at home. When the heat comes, fans blow a cooling but oddly humid mist that does its best to keep […]
Think Italian fast food, and pizza and its inside-out cousin calzone come to mind. Porta di Roma, located on the first floor of the Wilson Building, has those in all their gooey, saucy splendor. (Both are good, big and reasonably priced.) Better still, this buffet-like restaurant serves up a wide variety of pasta dishes, cooked […]
In the heart of Deep Ellum, Postino is a fun yet relaxed place to take in a little local culture through their huge roll up garage doors in front. They have an entire wall of vintage concert tickets gathered from the community and Postino fans across the country. Stare are the wall long enough and […]
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Arizone-based Postino Wine Cafe has more 25 restaurants across the US. There’s an emphasis on wine and sharable plates, like a charcuterie boards, flat breads and skillets of meatballs. The wine list is ineresting and varied with only a handful of big California reds. Been looking for a gruner veltliner from Austria? They got it. […]
The Barraco family’s culinary palace honors all that is good about Italian-American fare, and it’s hard to miss, as it’s next door to building with a trippy mural painted onto the façade. The Barracos’ eatery is located in a stand-alone building constructed by patriarch Jim Barraco Sr. in 1951. But, the restaurant itself didn’t open […]
Located on the ground floor of the iconic Wilson Building, The Press Box Grill is one of the busiest sports bar in downtown. A slew of TVs makes it great for catching a game, and the pup-friendly patio offers an inclusive front-row seat to the downtown scene. It has 36 beers on tap, two dozen […]
Primo Brothers Pizza offers a solid representation of New York-style pies – the kind of thin, crisp-crust slices you’ll want to fold in half for easy devouring. Framed black and white photos on the wall drive the New York theme home, and there are a couple televisions for all your SportsCenter-viewing needs. Lunch hour tends […]
Established by two cousins (“primos” in Spanish) in 1986, this popular eatery offers Tex-Mex family recipes and standards that draw area chefs and hospitality workers after their shifts. It’s easy to understand why, what with signature dishes like the piquant Tacos Camperos (a quartet of corn tortillas filled with onions, jalapeños, a cheese blend and […]
Project Pollo is on a mission to save chickens. So far, they boast that they have in fact saved over one million cluckers. This fast growing vegan-friendly concept is unique for its ability to replicate the taste and texture of chicken meat. Whether you bite into their Chickn wing drenched in herby garlic sauce, a […]
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Building off the same 96-hour dough recipe that their parent-restuarant Pie Tap uses, PT Neighborhood Pizzeria is a fast-causal restaurant serving pizza, sandwiches and salads near Love Field. Things are buzzing inside, just like the planes flying overhead; food is made fresh and moves out fast. They have a full bar and happy hour specials […]
Going to school was never fun, but Public School 214 has somehow found a way to make your classroom nostalgia perfectly charming. From the school-themed decor, including maps, globes and chalkboards, to the menu that is styled just like your old black-and-white composition book, Public School 214 is true to its theme without being tacky. […]
Unlike taquerias, you won’t find a pupuseria on every corner in most Dallas neighborhoods. But anyone who is a fan of great street tacos and tamales should head out to Pupuseria La Pasadita. Most of the pupuserias in Dallas are also taquerias, so you’re really getting the best of both worlds when you go to […]
