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, […]

Old 75 Beer Garden

Old 75 Beer Garden is on the southbound side of Central Expressway and is 20,000 square feet of picnic tables, oak trees, as well as two separate bars if you’d prefer to do your drinking under a roof. There’s a stage for live music that will be on hand most nights of the week. And […]

Olivella’s Pizza & Wine Shop

This tiny University Park outpost serves genuine Neapolitan pizza pies smoldered in a brick oven fueled by split oak. Housemade tomato sauce (secret process) is simmered from tomatoes imported from Italy. Housemade mozzarella too. Crust is thin, crackly, moist and pillowy in all the right places. When the ovens and cooks are riding on the […]

Olivella’s

Everyone knows Olivella’s for their pizza. The Dallas-based franchise has been serving up Neapolitan and Roman-style pies since 2006. Since then, it has branched out from its original location across from Southern Methodist University. Its newest locale offers something a bit different, though. For their new Deep Ellum spot, a pivot was in order. Here […]

Ollio Patisserie

Ollio Patisserie is a passion project of owner Golda Sumpon. After a two-decade career in IT, she followed her dream of opening a patisserie like those found in Europe. Everything at Ollio is made with the highest quality ingredients, from the almond flour that goes into every macaron to the Italian pistachio paste that’s a […]

On

The restaurant, located in a strip shopping center, is inviting from the moment you approach. You’re greeted by a covered outdoor patio that connects to the main bar through a large window that is open on nice weather days. Step inside and you’ll find yourself in a more sophisticated, yet still casual dining area and […]

On Premise

On Premise delivers what can only be described as a unique dining experience to its Deep Ellum customers. Metal gears and the dim glow of antique light fixtures loosely evoke a set for a steampunk film, with high-back chairs and Victorian couches adding to the theme. This is the backdrop for cliché dance music, but […]

On Rotation Brewery

On Rotation Brewery moved from their East Dallas home to the Braniff Centre at Love Field in 2021. They produce small-batch craft beer with chef-driven kitchen that serves elevated bar food with many gluten free options. In addition to a spacious bar and dining room, On Rotation also has an outdoor courtyard.

The Operators Club

This restaurant is located in the centrury old Coca Cola building in the West End. Glossy cement floors, exposed brick and high ceilings highlight the charm of this century-old space. Large windows allow outside light and all the doings outside to flood in. The fun menu here is served with a side of jazz hands. […]

Original Market Diner

Originally opened by the parents and grandparents of Jimmy Vergos in 1954, this diner is as authentic as diners come. The owner is Greek. (Everyone knows the only diners worth their salt are owned by Greeks.) The place has gone through several permutations, even suffering closure during the 1980s. The current incarnation, opened in 1989, […]

The Original Pancake House

Les Highet and Erma Hueneke founded the first Original Pancake House in Portland, Oregon, in 1953. Since then, the family and its franchisees have exported the beloved restaurant coast to coast. The popular breakfast giants at this everyday eatery are the Apple Pancake, a large pancake with sautéed apples and cinnamon sugar; and the Dutch […]