Hat Tricks Sports Bar & Grill

Owned by former Cowboys special teams coach Joe Avezzano, Hat Tricks boasts that it’s the best small live music venue in North Texas. Not surprisingly, America’s Team paraphernalia lays claim to most of the wall space, which surrounds a large central bar, pool tables and video games. The bar has a regular base of mostly […]

Jason’s Deli

Just who is this Jason fellow, anyway? Jason’s Deli was founded by a guy named Joe in Beaumont, Texas in 1976, so no clues there – but whoever Jason is, he’s obviously got a penchant for salad bars and soft-serve. All 200-plus locations of the fast-casual deli chain showcase the aforementioned offerings, plus a large […]

Kabayan Filipino Store & Café

With locations in Dallas and Lewisville, Kabayan Filipino Store & Café offers both a market for Filipino staples, groceries and treats as well as a restaurant that has a good variety of Filipino fare served cafeteria-style at an affordable price. Options include pork bicol, a stew of pork chunks with ginger, garlic, shrimp paste and […]

Lava Cantina

Located in the chic northern suburb of The Colony, Lava Cantina is another spot where you can do it all: get your music fix, get your fill of food and tip back a few drinks. The food is described as Creole with a Mexican twist, an interesting way of spicing up an already spicy cuisine. […]

MoonGlow

Chef Akira Imamura had more than 20 years of restaurant experience in his native Japan but always dreamed of coming to the US. He wanted to present his own vision of a fusion cuisine that combines elements of Japanese, Italian and French cooking, and he wanted to do it in an elegant and refined setting. […]

Motor City Pizza

At Motor City Pizza, you can order a four-cylinder (four slices) or an eight-cylinder. A four-cylinder should comfortably feed two, but if you have a particularly voracious appetite, you might be able to polish one off by yourself. For hardcore carnivores, we suggest the Hoffa for a four-cylinder) Named after the infamous Teamsters Union president […]

Ojeda’s Mexican Restaurant

Ojeda’s is unabashedly Tex-Mex, without even a hint of “Fresh-Mex,” “Mod-Mex” or any other such stabs at upscale Mexican and/or healthy food. Sometimes you just gotta have a chili relleno or some enchiladas smothered in greasy chili, and if that’s what you’re craving, Ojeda’s is the place for you. Other menu options include tacos, fajitas, […]

Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe

We look at it as the poor man’s Pappadeaux, with humbler aspirations and much humbler prices. Funny thing is, the more we go there, the more we like it; it’s gotten to the point where we’d rather sit at a tin-topped table at Razzoo’s than wait in line at Pappadeaux. The blackened tilapia fillet, for […]