Gemma

When Gemma opened, it was a Dallas pioneer, bringing along the dressy-casual seasonal cuisine from co-owners Allison Yoder and Stephen Rogers’ last home in Napa. In 2023, they updated the space and refreshed the menu with American, French and Italian comfort foods, although they kept some of their best hits like the rabbit on pappardelle […]

Genroku Sushi & Grill

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 […]

Georgie

Chef R.J. Yoakum studied at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry, and his arrival in Dallas coincided with a stylistic change to the former Knox Henderson steakhouse. Celebrity chef Curtis Stone’s name was quietly dropped, and Yoakum turned the menu on its ear. Gone are boring takes on steaks served at inflated celebrity chef prices, replaced with […]

Gilley’s Dallas

There’s been a lot of confusion surrounding Gilley’s ever since South Side Music Hall opened. The entire building is known as Gilley’s Complex, but the big question is: Which of the complex’s four venues is actually known as Gilley’s? Here’s the lowdown: Gilley’s is South Side Music Hall. It’s called Gilley’s when Country and Western […]

Ginger Man

This Ginger Man location in an old two-story house really takes the “public house” origins of the word seriously. The pub offers up picnic style seating in the beer garden out back, an upstairs lounge with its own bar, and a balcony with still more picnic tables under a covered patio. This Ginger Man has […]