Independent Bar & Kitchen

With a European comfort food concept, Independent Bar & Kitchen is a monumental addition to the Deep Ellum restaurant scene. The restaurant has a gorgeous front patio for diners and windows that open wide. The dining room has a to-die-for antique mirror and a stunning ceiling of engraved black tiles. There are 20 brass beer […]

Iron Cactus

Like many business that found success in Austin, this Austin standby now has branch in Dallas. Here, you’ll find the same slick, modern trappings down to the neon glow and clean decorative lines. Iron Cactus offers gussied-up Tex-Mex (lobster tacos, anyone?), which can be paired with more than 75 tequilas. Perhaps you’d like tequila in […]

Jorge’s Tex-Mex Cafe

A Midland-Odessa transplant founded by Jorge Veloz Sr., this One Arts Plaza outpost was opened in 2008 by Veloz and family. The overall ambiance is one typical of Tex-Mex eateries the world over. However, its proximity to Dallas performing arts institutions gives it a more sophisticated sheen for the event-night crowd. Suits and evening wear […]

Junction Craft Kitchen

Just about every street corner in Dallas harbors a Southern fare kitchen offering deviled eggs, pork belly, burgers and the inevitable shrimp and grits. Many of them are good; some are excellent; most are forgettable. All, even the good ones, sort of run together. Except for the most daring of them all: Junction Craft Kitchen. […]

JusMex

While the restaurant’s name implies the only eats here are just Mexican, there is more to it than that. This is especially true of breakfast. For the first meal of the day, customers can grub on pancake and egg specials. Skip those. Go for their popular chilaquiles or the weightier two breakfast-burrito platter. The lunch […]

Ka-Tip Thai Street Food

From the minute it opened, Ka-Tip offered probably the best Thai food in Dallas city limits. Nearly everything on Ka-Tip’s tiny menu is sensational, and spicy-sour noodle soups like tom yum are perfect both for takeout and for winter months. Because the kitchen here doesn’t Americanize, sweeten or tone down its flavors and ingredients, each […]

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas

Kadampa Meditation Center Texas is part of an international spiritual community dedicated to achieving world peace through following the Buddhist path. You will find a warm, friendly community here, who strives to exemplify Buddhist practice through public service. This includes providing everyone, regardless of background, experience or belief, the opportunity to learn how to achieve […]

Kanpai Coffee+Beer Garden

Kanpai in deep ellum is a day-to-night venue that fuese Asian-inspired cuisine, coffe and cocktails, with a side of live local music and a massive outdoor space. Co-owned by chef Micheal Carranza, who earned a Micheline star for his omakase restaurant Tare in Austin, Kanpai offers a relaxed atmosphere a night out or remote works. […]

Kessaku

Fifty floors atop The National building in downtown sits Michelin-star chef Danny Grants’ cocktail and sushi den, Kessaku. To find it, take the elevators to Monarch on the 49th floor, but instead of going to the restaurant, take a left into a hallway and head upstairs. You’ll find a posh cocktail lounge with floor-to-ceiling windows […]