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If you're gonna be up at sunrise, we've got some barbecue suggestions to make your early rise worthwhile, like Mas Coffee Co. inside of Zavala's Barbecue in Grand Prairie.

Our Favorite Spots to Get Barbecue for Breakfast Across North Texas

By Chris Wolfgang

Apr 23, 2021

Wake up, sleepyheads. Since we were old enough to eat solid food, it was drilled into our heads that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Without getting all preachy on you, research shows that skipping breakfast encourages poor eating later in the day, while a solid breakfast...

A boudin kolache along with sausage and bacon croissant rolls from Cajun Donuts II in Garland.

You Need Some Boudin and Beignets for Breakfast from Cajun Donuts II

By Kristina Rowe

Mar 16, 2021

Even if it never occurred to you to wrap a spicy boudin sausage in sweet, fluffy bread and eat it for breakfast, you may find yourself nodding vigorously at the idea. It’s quite a good idea, and you can make it a reality at Cajun Donuts II in Garland. While...

Ever wonder why avocado toast became a thing? Now you know.

The Berni Bean Coffee Co. Brings Costa Rica to Dallas

By Kristina Rowe

Mar 16, 2021

If you can’t pin down how long you’ve been longing for a vacation, you’re not alone. But if you’re imaginative, a trip to Costa Rica could be as close as your next coffee break. Born and raised in Costa Rica in a family that’s been in the coffee business for...

A box of malasadas from B. doughnut, including the Homer. Guess which one is the Homer.

Malasadas: Doughnuts for People Who Don't Like Doughnuts

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Feb 17, 2021

B. doughnut suggests, per their website, their pastries are, "Doughnuts for those who don't really like doughnuts." But I love doughnuts, on a molecular level, and I also love their malasadas, so it might just be a matter of expectations. Titi Phommachanh is originally from Laos. His parents immigrated to...

A new cakelett creation at Leila Bakery and Cafe at Legacy Hall in Plano

Kelly Ball of Leila Bakery & Cafe on Cooking and Expanding North

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Jan 6, 2021

Kelly Ball, owner of Leila Bakery and Cafe, started selling her from-scratch baked goods at farmers markets in 2013 to much fanfare. Her pastry passion soon budded into a full-fledged business, and last fall, despite the pandemic, she opened her first storefront in East Dallas. While her hand-pressed pie crusts...

The mega-egg sandwich from AllGood Cafe at Exall Park

The Best Breakfast Sandwiches of 2020

By Taylor Adams

Dec 23, 2020

While breakfast may allegedly be the most important meal of the day and a favorite one for this writer, 2020 had fewer visits out for the meal than we intended. Upon putting together this list, that became obviously true, and we missed spending weekends finding new places actually cooking eggs...

One could sit with hot coffee in their hands and this view for quite a while.

Bonton Offers Vibrant Setting for COVID-Era Dining

By Taylor Adams

Dec 22, 2020

This year has offered us plenty of opportunities to change the way we live. One of those is eating outside. It’s not just about doing more of it, but accepting — during these months especially — that the utensils may freeze our hands, our food may chill more quickly and...

Build your own sandwich at Goodfriend, it all can start on a wonderfully made biscuit.

You’ll Find a Goodfriend in this Breakfast Sandwich

By Taylor Adams

Nov 27, 2020

There's one thing (of many) this writer and Sandwich Expert Nick Rallo agree upon: There's magic in a good breakfast sandwich. Even better is a place that does two things — opens daily and serves these meals on biscuits. Such a spot exists in East Dallas at Goodfriend Package. Observer...

Mini Doughnuts Have Arrived

By Taylor Adams

Nov 16, 2020

Just one county to the south, there’s a little trailer filling paper boats full of mini-doughnuts. These aren’t your typical fried rings of dough, but more cake-like treats designed to be topped with sweets before they’re devoured. And devouring is just the way to eat these little things from Romeros...

The Stubbs special: You need this breakfast sandwich.

The Stubbs Specials at Coppell Deli Are Breakfast Sandwiches for Bacon Lovers

By Kristina Rowe

Nov 4, 2020

Coppell Deli is more of a diner than a deli, but sandwiches absolutely play the starring role here. And if the sandwiches are stars, the breakfast sandwiches are the equivalent of an astronomer’s bright giants. The Stubbs breakfast sandwiches, named after the early-1990s Dallas Cowboys player Daniel Stubbs, are still...

Boulevardier is keeping the windows in its space open this winter to keep air flowing for customers.

‘Maybe We’ll Get Through This’: Neighbors Keep Bishop Arts Restaurants Going During Pandemic

By Taylor Adams

Nov 2, 2020

Walk down North Bishop Avenue on a Saturday, and it may seem like things are almost normal. Of course, they’re not. You’re actually in the new normal that’s seemingly here to stay. People are wearing masks, patio tables are spilling into parking spaces and you might be dodging groups of...

Make breakfast a little festive this weekend.

Make Your Scary Sweet with These Bishop Arts Doughnuts

By Taylor Adams

Oct 28, 2020

There are some festive sweet goods coming out of Bishop Arts this weekend worth breaking a keto diet. The Salty Donut, the doughnut shop bringing breakfast goods of total excess, has announced a few items to get us in the Halloween spirit, and we’re willing to get a sugar overload...

The $6 smoked sausage kolache at Brown Bag Provisions.

Fall Back for KST (Klobasnek Saving Time) with the Best in Dallas

By Nick Rallo

Oct 19, 2020

It’s that time of year again when the leaves redden, the pumpkins sleep on the porches, and you, all besweatered, warm your hands by the box of klobasneks in your passenger seat. “Want them warmed?” is a question Texans should know already — it means your bouquet of sausage rolls,...

Freshly made biscuits every Fridays will fill that spot in your soul.

Warm Biscuits and Seasonal Jelly to Fill Your Soul

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Oct 15, 2020

“I have all very yummy days,” is one of the first things Donna Collins told me about herself on the phone recently. It’s not a bad introduction. Collins is the jelly queen, even though she says there are many, all of whom she's worked or cooked with over the years. It...

Eat This: Breakfast (and Lunch) at Morales Restaurant

By Taylor Adams

Oct 14, 2020

There’s hardly ever a morning when a spicy guiso can’t hit the spot. One such place that accomplishes that is Morales Restaurant. Recent visits had us at the location on West Davis Street — on our latest stop, staff told us they're closing this location and opening another on South...

Good to Go: Leila Bakery and Cafe Offers Must-Haves as Fall Weather Approaches

By Taylor Adams

Oct 2, 2020

First, Kelly Ball wowed us with baked goods at farmers markets, then we heard she would open up her own brick-and-mortar. Ball had just gotten the dining room of Leila Bakery and Cafe running, then the pandemic swept over Dallas. “I think, as a bakery, we’ve been fortunate we haven’t...

The roscón is a sweet bread you'll want to have regularly in your house.

Good to Go: Carrollton’s El Portal Cafe Offers a Gateway to Sweet Goodness

By Taylor Adams

Sep 11, 2020

Good to Go is a column in which our food writers explore Dallas' restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. The white paper bag has just a touch of grease seeping through after a few minutes from when you pick it up. Inside is a simple-enough looking...

Good to Go: Tia Dora’s Breakfast Tacos Are a Worthy Weekday Stop

By Taylor Adams

Aug 17, 2020

Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas' restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Tia Dora’s Bakery is on our Top-100 Restaurants list for its breakfast, including a breakfast torta and a “superb plate” of chilaquiles verdes. Lately — meaning much of...

Bocce ball and outdoor seating at Sylvan Thirty

Good to Go: Shayna's Place in Sylvan Thirty Offers a Great Sandwich in a Quiet Space

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Aug 11, 2020

Sylvan Thirty was calm and quiet on a recent sun-soaked Saturday morning, which was a shame because in terms of outdoor seating in a busy urban center, it’s a peaceful space. There are even bocce ball courts. I never noticed them before; I was probably too busy running around. But,...

A sandwich with sausage, egg and cheddar on an everything bagel

Dallas Embraces New York Bodega-Style Bagels from Shug’s

By Paige Weaver

Aug 7, 2020

For months, Dallas awaited the opening of a Shug’s Bagels & More, a New York bagel shop promising to deliver “the bagel that Dallas deserves.” Dallasites have long lamented the lack of “real” bagels in the city, with chains such as Einstein’s accounting for most of our bagel options. Shug’s...

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