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TX Barbecue & Burgers: The Best Of Both Worlds

TX Barbecue & Burgers: The Best Of Both Worlds

Try Tapas and Sangria at Bulla Gastrobar for a Spanish Treat

Try Tapas and Sangria at Bulla Gastrobar for a Spanish Treat

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Tomyumkung Café: Duck In For Some Delicious Thai Cuisine

By Hank Vaughn
Sep 20, 2022

Tomyumkung Thai Café offers up Thai food, including Isan cuisine from northeast Thailand that has a Lao influence. They also have a decent amount of duck on the menu.
Sfuzzi's Fourth Incarnation Reminds Us That What Was Old Is New Again

By Chris Wolfgang
Sep 13, 2022

Most Dallas natives and long-time residents will recognize the Sfuzzi name. The first Sfuzzi restaurant opened in 1987 and quickly gained a rabid following for its blend of great Italian ...
Yasmin Wages on the Slow and Steady Success of Malai Kitchen

By Alex Gonzalez
Aug 22, 2022

The early days were a bit rocky, but today Malai is a staple in West Village.
Review: Douglas Bar & Grill Knows the Value of Time, Money and Brisket

By Chris Wolfgang
Aug 16, 2022

We were just a few minutes into our chat with Doug Pickering about his new barbecue spot, Douglas Bar and Grill in Snider Plaza,
Review: Odelay Preaches Tex-Mex to The Masses

By Chris Wolfgang
Aug 2, 2022

Let's start this off by clarifying what Odelay isn't. Odelay is not an authentic Mexican restaurant. There are no chapulines (might we suggest El Oaxaqueño) or birria (might we suggest Maskara's) or carnitas (might we suggest Las Almas Rotas). Odelay is also not an attempt
First Look: The Cluckin, Chicken and Wings Paired with Tea to Tame the Fire

By Hank Vaughn
Jul 22, 2022

The Cluckin offers up Zabiha Halal chicken wings and tenders, beef hamburgers and sandwiches, along with teas, smoothies and fruit ades in farthest North Dallas.
Review: National Anthem Is a Mix Tape of Greatest Hits

By Chris Wolfgang
Jul 12, 2022

Of course there's a motorcycle. With Nick Badovinus’ knack for transforming dining rooms into feasts for the eyes, we were anxious to see what was in store for National Anthem, his newest venture in Dallas' East Quarter.
Sister Stakes Its Claim as Greenville Avenue's Next Iconic Bistro

By Chris Wolfgang
Jun 21, 2022

For 47 years, The Grape was a Lower Greenville institution in Dallas' dining scene. Brian and Courtney Luscher helmed The Grape for its final dozen years in its role
Review: Toussaint Brasserie Won't Be a Downtown Secret For Long

By Chris Wolfgang
May 3, 2022

It wasn’t that long ago that downtown Dallas was a place for the 9-to-5 crowd to go to work and not much else. Downtown was viewed solely as a commercial district, and when the workers left their jobs in the skyscrapers at the end of the day ...
Review: Even With Service Missteps, Tian Tian Is An Authentic Chinese Food Destination In North Dallas

By Chris Wolfgang
Mar 31, 2022

While Dallas has its share of notable Chinese restaurants, it's unique among major cities in not having a predominantly-Chinese neighborhood within the city limits ...
Review: Everyone Needs a Comforting Hug, and British-Themed Harwood Arms Delivers

By Chris Wolfgang
Feb 23, 2022

It’s hard to pin down exactly when it happened, but over the past two decades or so, the line between a restaurant and a bar has been significantly blurred ...
Review: Sail Away with Suburban Yacht Club & Smartly Executed Fare

By Chris Wolfgang
Jan 25, 2022

It borders on cliché or hackneyed, but the numbers don’t lie: a lot of Californians have packed up their belongings and fled the West Coast to make Texas their new home.
Review: Âme Gives Soul to Indian Fare with a Classic French Flare

By Chris Wolfgang
Nov 16, 2021

The word âme means soul in French; one syllable pronounced with a simple meditative-like uhm. Nestled in the center of the Bishop Arts District ...
Review: Loro Gives a Master Class on Blending Asian Cuisine and Barbecue

By Chris Wolfgang
Oct 12, 2021

It's a risky business the days to fuse styles of food. In these prickly times, what seems like the harmless blending of cooking technics and styles can easily blow up.
Our Departing Restaurant Critic Reflects on Five Years of Great Food and Great Memories

By Brian Reinhart
Sep 30, 2021

So long, and thanks for all the tacos. I’ve been the Dallas Observer’s food critic for five and a half years and 144 formal restaurant reviews, but that ride ends October 1. I’m quitting to pursue my dream career: full-time Instagram influencer. Just kidding. Something else is in the works,...
Windmills Is a Brewery, Indian Restaurant, Jazz Lounge, Library and Almost Everything Else

By Brian Reinhart
Sep 21, 2021

I’m at the chaat cafe. I’m at the brewery. I’m at the combination chaat cafe and brewery. And that’s not even half the story at Windmills, the Dallas area’s most eclectic new venue for eating, drinking and, well, everything else...
Review: Roots Southern Table Is the Restaurant of the Year

By Brian Reinhart
Sep 7, 2021

The last two years have been bleak for restaurants. Just about everyone lost a bit of hope counting bills and waiting for government aid that never comes. Everyone except maybe chef Tiffany Derry.
Review: Meridian Upends American Expectations of Brazilian Food

By Brian Reinhart
Aug 23, 2021

It’s an anchor for a gleaming new development inside the sprawling apartment complex The Village. It’s a clear bid to attract food tourists from across the country. It’s a bold attack on Americans’ stereotypes of Brazilian food, and a creative reinvention of Brazilian culinary tradition.
Review: Asian Fusion Foods and Street Snacks Collide at Metro Dallas’ Hottest Restaurant

By Brian Reinhart
Aug 9, 2021

Let’s talk about the hottest new restaurant in the Dallas area. It’s so popular that on weekend nights reservations are required to get in the door. It’s so trendy that even midweek the line for a table piles up at the door.
Review: Petra and the Beast Serves Delicious Inventions Without Pretensions

By Brian Reinhart
Jul 20, 2021

Four years ago, chef Misti Norris told me about her idea for a temporary pop-up restaurant, which would go on a trial run for six months. “I want to do charcuterie and noodles,” she said then. “The perfect pairing, right? Everyone’s favorite things.”

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