Celebration feels like a vacation. It has the smell of a hunting lodge, with lots of wood, stone and simple copper-topped tables. There are no appetizers, so decisions are focused. There are no reservations. Just rib-sticking meals you used to get at your great aunt’s house before she discovered Emeril and sank your inheritance into […]
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Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburger is known for its juicy, one-third- to one-half-pound burgers served up on poppy-seed-encrusted buns. Add-ons range from the typical (caramelized onions, mushrooms, bacon) to the slightly more exotic (guacamole, fried green tomatoes or poblano peppers). Fries are fairly standard, but skin-on and well-seasoned, and the habitually indecisive will be pleased to […]
Known for its clean, minimalist atmosphere and hefty foil-wrapped burritos the size (and weight) of a small infant, Chipotle pioneered the fast-casual, assembly line Mexican food genre that’s since grown to encompass chains like Qdoba and Baja Fresh. The protocol in Dallas / Fort Worth and elsewhere? Diners proceed single-file down the line and orchestrate […]
It’s been said that nothing good comes from someone or something named Chuy. This Tex-Mex restaurant chain nips that adage in the bud. Decorated in bright colors and kitschy send-ups of all things Tex-Mex, the first Chuy’s began offering popular favorites with a side of The King-Elvis Presley, that is-in 1982, when Mike Young and […]
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Restaurateur Alberto Lombardi breaks from Uptown to bring modest Italian fare to the North Park crowd-and in that setting, you could do far worse. Filling pasta dishes highlight the menu at Cibus (pronounced
An unprepossessing exterior hides a versatile eatery combining a casually sophisticated dinner restaurant, a power-lunch place, a gourmet to-go joint and more. The regional American menu rotates seafood, veal, game, pasta, fowl, beef, pork and lamb.
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In Snider Plaza, you can slum it or go haughty. At Cr
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This is the primo leather gay club in Dallas. In fact, it’s the only one. This hypermasculine joint is all about butch, beef and beer. DJ spins the techno while the gents size each other up. Don’t worry, the natives don’t bite but they might want to. Hot wax demos make for an interesting, if […]
Roman Murphy had been the executive chef at Lovers Seafood but now has found a new home at their latest venture, Dea, a fine-dining Italian restaurant that promises to “transport yourself to the European coast” and to “curate a culinary experience unlike any other” while serving “transportive cuisine in an elegant setting,” drawing inspiration from […]