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Love on a Budget: 8 Classy But Affordable Date-Night Dinners in Dallas

It feels like date night keeps getting more and more expensive. The prices at hot new restaurant openings are trending ever upward. As diners look for innovative, interesting concepts that don’t thin out our wallets, industry investors seem more excited to invest in high-concept eateries that cater to the comfortably...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 22: Bacon Burnt Ends at Heim BBQ

Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We all know this by now, right? That Heim's bacon burnt ends are basically heaven-sent meat candy? Well...
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Sturgill Simpson Shows Off Guitar Prowess During Flawed Dallas Show

Sturgill Simpson with Fantastic Negrito Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 First things first: Sturgill Simpson is a great lead guitarist. Letting the audience know that he doesn’t need hotshot Estonian Telecaster master Laur Joamets seemed to be Simpson’s primary concern at Friday night’s show. Joamets and...
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Four Dallas Desserts You Need In Your Life Right Now

Sometimes a gal (or guy) just needs a little excess sugar. Maybe you've had a bad day — maybe you've had the best day — or maybe you're just so over the whole keto diet thing, but if you're looking to get sweet this weekend, these are the desserts that...
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Best Things to Do in Dallas This Weekend

Friday At the center of the concrete landscape that is downtown Dallas sits a cozy little urban green space that regularly hosts food trucks, concerts, art installations and various other activities on the cheap. Klyde Warren Park, 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, is no doubt a local favorite for lazing around...
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You Deserve a Chicken Parmesan Sandwich at Carbone’s

Chicken Parmesan is the sandwich equivalent of a deep breath. Breathe in and let warming tomato sauce and hand-stretched mozzarella, forever complementing a peppery, crispy Milanese-esque chicken breast, fix you right up. Chicken parm is pure comfort, as iconic and New York-Italian as buttermilk-brined fried chicken styled with pickle discs...
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100 Favorites, No. 23: The Ol’ No. 7 at Norma’s Cafe

Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. If Ron Swanson were a real person and not a mustachioed character on Parks & Recreation, we would...
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100 Favorite Dishes, No. 24: The Mushroom Soup at The Grape

Leading up to September's Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we're sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. The bar twinkles. A gin martini that’s as cold and covered in ice as a Chicago street in...
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Dallas Observer Mixtape with Fantum

Brian Knolley has spent nearly three decades in the trenches of Dallas' house music scene. He can be seen laying down sides as part of the Our House crew or as a guest at parties all over the city. Knolley's experience comes through with every needle drop, every mix, every...
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Lee Park Becomes Forum for Debate Over Embattled Confederate Statue

They began gathering well before noon Wednesday, greeted by police and gathered around barricades surrounding Lee Park. They wanted action, either to see the statue of Robert E. Lee taken down after a Dallas City Council vote that seemed preordained, or to see it saved at the last minute. Around...