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Bojangles Plans Big Biscuity Expansion into North Texas This Year

Bojangles Plans Big Biscuity Expansion into North Texas This Year

Dallasite Releases New Cookbook, A Best-Seller That We Can Vouch for

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Rainbowcat: Chef Misti Norris Blends Comic Books, the '80s & Food in New Concept

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Jan 10, 2022

Misti Norris, the James Beard-nominated chef at Petra and the Beast, is dabbling in a new project. Rainbowcat is a combination of two of her favorite loves:
Whataburger Has a New Limited Batch Spicy Ketchup in Stores Now

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Jan 5, 2022

Whataburger is embarking on the new year with reckless sauciness. Spicy ketchup from Whataburger first became a wild fixation in 2012 as a limited-batch offering, then ...
The Observer is Looking for Freelance Food Writers

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Jan 4, 2022

As we enter a new year and an ever-changing restaurant industry, we're once again looking for voices to help us find and tell stories about the food and drink scene across North Texas ...
Seven Years In: Dallas Restaurants That Endured and Others That Didn't

By Kristina Rowe
Dec 30, 2021

Dallas welcomed a whole slew of new restaurants in 2021. And while it’s always exciting to have something new to try, what happens when a place falls off the 'hot new places' list?
Where Have All the Busboys Gone?

By Kristina Rowe
Dec 22, 2021

For former sous chef David Gibson, last Christmas was a good one, considering what he’d endured in the months leading up to it. After 15 years of work in the service industry ...
KC Bar to Jackson Mahomes: "We survived a global pandemic, we’ll survive your ego."

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 21, 2021

One of the things that has certainly changed in the restaurant and bar industry over the past 18 months is the old adage that “the customers is always right.”
Midnight Rambler to Host Chef Misti Norris for Rainbow Cat Pop-Up Tuesday Evening

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 20, 2021

Chef Misti Norris loves a good pop-up. Her James Beard-nominated restaurant, Petra and the Beast, started as a pop-up ...
More Than Just a Cook, John Mueller Will Be Remembered As A Barbecue Icon

By Chris Wolfgang
Dec 17, 2021

Born into a family that's become synonymous with Texas barbecue, John Mueller could never break away from the call of smoking meats. In a 2013 profile ...
The Dallas Observer's Top 10 Food & Restaurant Articles in 2021

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 17, 2021

If we’re not eating, we’re thinking about our next meal, right? More precisely we’re thinking about our next chicken fried steak. The stories that logged the most flight time
The Best Things We Ate This Year

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 13, 2021

Spotify is dinging us with our most listened to songs of this year, but our sweat pants keep reminding us how much great food we ate.
Sfuzzi is Getting the Band Back Together; New Spot Set to Open in Early 2022

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 9, 2021

Starting way back in 1987 Sfuzzi brought a slice of debaucherous Italian heaven to Dallas. It’s had many iterations over the last two decades...
Eat Up: Our 2022 Top 100 Restaurants, A Fresh New Dozen

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 8, 2021

If one were to pick a word that best describes the restaurant scene over the past year, whiplash would be a good choice. Last December, we were sliding into a bleak ...
Meet Judith Covarrubias, Loro’s 5’1” Pitmaster Who Smokes 1,200 Pounds of Brisket a Week

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Dec 3, 2021

There’s a certain stereotype for Texas pitmasters; a look, a stature and a smell. Burly, a little greasy.
Sara Hangtagool Wants You to Get to Know the People Behind Thai Food Culture

By Taylor Adams
Nov 30, 2021

Selling food was never part of Sara Hangtagool's plan, but as she’s shared her food with local residents through pop-ups, she’s finding a greater opportunity that makes it worth pursuing: sharing Thai culture.
Raising Cane’s Is Raising Pay and Sending in Corporate Reinforcements

By Kristina Rowe
Nov 29, 2021

In October, the Baton Rouge-based fried chicken chain Raising Cane's announced they were looking to hire 10,000 people in 50 days, and they had a unique approach to doing it.
Meet the Family Behind Phở 544 and Their Stunning Vietnamese Dishes

By Felicia Lopez
Nov 29, 2021

Inside Phở 544, the atmosphere from the dining room all the way to the kitchen is quite different from its neighborhood’s quiet profile.
Eight Ways to Support Local Breweries, Bars and Restaurants on Small Business Saturday

By Kristina Rowe
Nov 26, 2021

In Dallas, it’s easy to include bars, restaurants and breweries in your Small Business Saturday shopping. Neighborhoods like Knox Henderson ...
One Less Great American Hero; The Iconic Dallas Sandwich Shop to Close After 47 Years

By Doyle Rader
Nov 24, 2021

When the calendar rolls over to 2022, Dallas will have lost three of its more iconic restaurants. The first to fall was Wild About Harry’s. The hot dog and frozen custard ...
Esquire Names Tiffany Derry’s Roots One of the Best New Restaurants America

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Nov 23, 2021

Last week Esquire magazine released its annual list of best new restaurants in America and, honestly, we couldn’t agree more. Chef Tiffany Derry’s Roots Southern Table in ...
Shipley Do-Nuts to Open 25 New Stores Next Year in DFW

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Nov 19, 2021

Hot news out of Houston. Shipley Do-Nuts has big expansion plans for North Texas. Next year they plan on adding 25 stores across North Texas through a new franchise agreement with HPL Capital LLC.