Carrollton/Farmers Branch in Dallas Observer
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Paparazzi Pizza’s location is anything but glitzy, cozied up to a dry cleaner shop in a Carrollton strip mall, but the menu is more adventurous than you’d expect from a neighborhood pizzeria. Of course, it has all the usual suspects like pepperoni-topped pies, calzones and sub sandwiches, but the real standouts here are the Mediterranean […]
Next door to her already lauded Roots Southern Table, Radici is chef Tiffany Derry’s homage to the Italian-style cooking with which she began her career. To develop Radici’s menu, Derry traveled to Italy for culinary and cultural inspiration, and shows in her interpretations of the Italian classics. Pastas are on point, but Radici’s real work […]
One of the Dallas area’s newest churrascarias-where “gauchos” tote around skewers of roasted, simply seasoned meat and you dine until you explode-bears more than a passing resemblance to Texas de Brazil, which popularized the Brazilian steakhouse concept in the metroplex. The cuts of meat and even the items in the expansive salad bar are similar, […]
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Chef Tiffany Derry’s triumphant Farmers Branch restaurant oozes joy. The customers are happy, the staff is enthusiastic, the mood is like a family reunion and the food tastes like a celebration. Derry’s kitchen serves up Southern fare inspired by her Louisiana roots, and traditional and modern takes are brilliantly blended together by Derry and her […]
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One of the biggest galleries in the city, this 16,000-square-foot Addison warehouse looks mighty generic from the outside, but it boasts a massive collection of works from the 19th and 20th centuries. As the name implies, there is some Southwest art, but Impressionist, Western and contemporary styles are also represented, and there are also bronze […]
As the only Sri Lankan restaurant in North Texas – and one of maybe a half-dozen anywhere in America outside of New York and California – SpicyZest would be notable even if it weren’t especially good. Run by husband-and-wife duo Nimidu Senaratne and Chamari Walliwallagedara, SpicyZest produces outstanding food, ranging from fusion snacks like the […]
Good, reasonably priced steak with largely uninspiring sides in a comfortable, well-serviced atmosphere. Ringside at Sullivan’s bar hops with swing and blues Friday and Saturday.
This North Dallas Japanese restaurant is an all-rounder, serving very good examples of just about everything you could want. The ramen is some of the best in Dallas – more flavorful and less aggressively salty than bowls from many ramen specialists – and the specialty sushi rolls don’t go over-the-top. They do include unusual preparations, […]
Some of the best tea in the DFW area-sold by the cup or in bulk for home brewing-and the best tisane. What the hell is tisane? Well, the roots, bark and herbs are used to make tea around the world. The kitchen leans toward old home-style dishes, emphasizing the cooking of moms who had to […]
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Carrollton may not have Hawaii’s natural beauty, but thanks to Teriyaki 4 U, it has a restaurant that brilliantly re-creates the flavors of a Hawaiian lunch plate. Owner Grace Koo uses a wood-fired grill to infuse Teriyaki 4 U’s proteins with a subtle hint of smoke, and she and chef-partner Joshua Bonee have created a […]
While Thai restaurants in North Texas are plentiful, not many offer Isan food, a cuisine originating in the northeast region of Thailand that has some Lao influence. Tomyumkung Thai Café in Carrollton, however, is one of the few that does, along with a variety of other Thai dishes served up in an authentic manner occasionally […]