If getting drunk and unleashing your inner artist sounds like a good time but you’d rather not hassle with cleaning oil paint off your cat later, give this BYOB Richardson art studio a try. Professional artists will guide you through each class to ensure you end up with a real masterpiece you can take home […]
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The very best dish at Genroku Sushi, a strip mall find in Richardson, isn’t sushi. The basil chicken, served in the wok in which it’s cooked, is a fabulous exposition of fresh basil, chopped ginger, star anise and soy sauce. Like the sea clam soup and scallion beef, the chicken dish references the restaurant’s Taiwanese […]
Searching for a bar north of Addison won’t yield too many results. But, should you find yourself near Preston and Frankfurt, Grover’s has all the staples of the neighborhood bars to the south. The space is warm, with a stained concrete floor and an exposed red-brick wall. The stone bar sits high and looks up […]
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Happy Lemon, a Taiwan-based boba tea company, is famous for bubble teas, citrusy teas and slushies, as well as bubble waffles and salted cheese drinks. The menu is extensive and complicated for someone with no experience in cheese drinks, ice and sugar ratios, or boba, but in our experience the staff is super helpful with […]
The specialty here is extraordinary noodles, handmade to order. Place an order for beef noodle soup or minced pork noodles and the chef appears at a long, prominently placed counter, forming dough and flamboyantly teasing it out to great length. He slams the dough against the counter, spins it out mid-air and tugs it all […]
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This versatile North Dallas eatery seemingly does it all, from killer chaat – street snacks – to Desi-style pizzas topped with curry spices and paneer. The chaat is some of the area’s best, and probably the finest within Dallas city limits, but it’s the crisp-bottomed, warmly spiced pizza that has won our hearts and occasionally […]
Delicious, exotic, startlingly good food is served in this stark but tasteful little suburban Japanese dining room.
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Whatever the explanation, this Richardson institution isn’t living up to its outsize reputation. Superior dumplings – at places such as Imperial Cuisine or Jeng Chi – aren’t too far away. Even First Emperor, right across the street, has its merits.
Owner and pastry chef Maricsa Trejo cut her pastry teeth at Oak in Dallas and then alongside famed pastry chef Stephen Collucci in New York City before branching out on her own. During the week, you’ll find her lovely pastries, including croissants, cruffins and kouign amanns at coffee shops around the city. Then on the […]
The first of Loire Valley native Patrick Leon Esquerr