I cannot wait until my March edition of Texas Monthly arrives, when I can see the layout of Patricia Sharpe’s best new restaurants in Texas for 2020. I’ll have to find time to make my way to all of them, but of course, we’ll take time here to nod to…
David Zhu was tired of the downtown grocery store dance. You’re probably familiar with the struggle if you live in the heart of Dallas: the eternal circling of Uptown, downtown and anywhere near the high-rises to find a single open parking spot. He’d been living at the AMLI in the…
Lochland’s opened in East Dallas earlier this month, another Irish pub from Peter and Cheryl Kenny, the former who was born and raised in Ireland and the latter in Dallas. This is the fourth spot for the couple, including the longstanding Dubliner on Greenville Avenue and The Gin Mill on…
Monday morning started with various people sharing news that Nosh Bistro was closed. I called chef Avner Samuel, who would not confirm the news, but gave no indication of any news in the short conversation. We also reached out to the restaurant’s PR team, and later received a composed email,…
Five pilots sat around a table over lunch recently, discussing gumbo, cargo flights out of Winnipeg and getting stuck in a holding pattern. They were at Ardmore Municipal Airport in Oklahoma watching planes come and go from the dining room at Jake’s Joint. The chef-driven restaurant adjacent to the runway…
Fount Board and Table opened in Uptown late last year, in the spot that was formerly another coffee house, Crooked Tree Coffeehouse. In October, we spoke with the owner of the new spot, Olivia Genthe, who is a big fan of that piece of real estate. She explained she wanted…
Recently while driving north along Hampton Road on a Friday afternoon, I noticed a line of cars wrapped around an orange-ish building. I immediately hung a U-turn from the middle lane because there was an obvious fuss about something, and I saw the word “Burger.” I joined the drive-thru line…
Rise No. 1, the souffle restaurant in North Dallas, recently closed its location in Houston but is soon to open in Austin. And outside of that news, there’s a crawfish souffle you can get right now. The restaurant had a playful Instagram post about it (a crawfish does not arrive poking…
Last month Community Beer Company in Dallas celebrated its seventh anniversary with a major shindig inside its Design District taproom. Although it’s hard to believe now, given that craft breweries and brewpubs have enveloped North Texas, a seventh birthday means Community is among the new-era pioneers of the local beer…
HIDE brings back its 25 best-selling cocktails to celebrate its 3rd anniversary.
I remember when Meso Maya opened near downtown about eight years ago: There was hype. Walking in on a Sunday morning for brunch in 2020, that appears to still be the case. You’re asked if you have a reservation at the host stand, and look around with that tinge of…
It’s no secret that many of Dallas’ chefs and restaurateurs are products of El Centro College’s Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality program. People such as Chris Vogeli of III Forks and Janice Provost of Parigi are among alumni of the junior college and constantly recruit students of the program to work…
The Stewpot Alliance Soup’s On luncheon and art sale returns Feb. 20, and tickets are only available until 10 a.m. Thursday. As usual, we’ll see some of Dallas’ top chefs while the event raises funds for the Stewpot, an agency that is also marking 45 years of serving people experiencing…
Finding love in Big D can be exhausting. It’s like The Hunger Games of dating. If you’re lining up reservations to test their love or prove yours, you’ve got it all wrong. The real merits of a relationship are best validated in a dumpster-fire manner. Or at minimum, a well-tested…
Deep Ellum’s Revolver Taco Lounge is loved by many for its incredible tacos. The ingredients are at times boundary-pushing for some who might not be used to it, like chingones escamoles de Oaxaca (ant larvae that tastes like butter). The spot consistently ranks among the best, here and elsewhere. If…
When Katherine Clapner expanded Dude, Sweet Chocolate to downtown, she inherited two small rooms in the space, and now she’s making the most out of them. Thursday through Saturday, there are seatings to have bubbles and chocolate with your certain someone (or your best friend, who cares?). What: Dude, Sweet…
The griddle at Maple and Motor should have its own ASMR channel. The shushing hiss that washes over you from beef frying in its own grease causes the same wave of “euphoric tingling” as the autonomous sensory meridian response videos out there. A minute after the doors unlock, before the music…
Kyle St. Clair opened his restaurant without knowing what would be on the menu. After working as an attorney, St. Clair turned his hobby of barbecue into a business: One90 Smoked Meats. Before opening One90, St. Clair and his friends would sell smoked meats out of his backyard. At the…
It was a year ago this month that 407 BBQ in Argyle moved down FM 407 to a new home. Gone was the single-wide trailer, now replaced with a large building and yet larger kitchen to accommodate the growing popularity of owner Bryan McLarty’s barbecue venture. When we first visited…
All the pork took over the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas on Sunday. Cochon555, the nose-to-tail culinary event supporting family farmers and educating buyers, had chefs taking entire pigs (we’re talking about 200 pounds) and creating something worthy of winning. Chefs this year included Lance McWhorter…
Two rival Naples-style pizzerias are open downtown. But one menu is stronger across the board.
It’s possible your favorite restaurant has a little “provided by” section on its menu and “Profound Microfarms” is listed there. If so, that’s because Jeff Bednar decided a few years ago to leave his job in real estate and start growing things. Many of the top restaurants in Dallas get…
