Cookie lovers, make your way to Kessler Baking Studio in North Oak Cliff. This bakery sits in a tan, Craftsman-style house on North Beckley Avenue, on the same block as neighborhood favorites Spiral Diner and Jonathon’s Oak Cliff. Opened five years ago by Clyde Greenhouse, this charming bakeshop serves gourmet…
A Dallasite who helped launch Deep Ellum Distillery is leaving our city, state and region — and he’s taking his skills with him. Reade Huddleston, 27, is leaving this weekend to be the head of production at Headframe Spirits in Butte, Montana. A graduate of St. Mark’s School of Texas,…
The French Room Bar offers a bright gin cocktail, the C&C, and a respite from the heat.
Recently, Texas Monthly ran an article about Barton Springs Mill in Dripping Springs, where miller James Brown is persuading farmers around the state to grow the kind of grains that basked under the sun a century ago. Texas Monthly called the endeavor the “last frontier of the farm-to-table movement.” The…
Music fans in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have spent a good bit of time in recent years debating the merits and follies of the always-eventful music festival landscape around town. Some start small and grow bigger each year with enormous support, some seem to bust out of the gate with…
There’s a common thread throughout nearly all of Dallas restaurants serving brunch on weekends: the mimosa. While some of us prefer the superior bloody mary, when we’re at brunch, there are tables all around us topped with Champagne flutes filled with sparkling booze and orange juice. Sometimes places might go…
Eddie Campbell, the popular bartender known as “Lucky” to many, is bringing Uptown the Clover Club, a “supper club experience” with big-band music setting the atmosphere at the Cedar Springs Road location. Brad Woy, Campbell’s business partner, is helping bring the Clover Club to life. The two own Standard Pour…
I scream, you scream, we all scream … for DizziCream? DizziCream is one of the products sold under DizziBrands, a collection of alcohol-infused desserts showing up in Dallas. Already a hit in restaurants such as BuzzBrews and the Rustic, DizziBrands is hoping to become a household name with the opening…
West End’s Tutta’s Pizza is hosting a four-course vegan pizza party to launch its new vegan menu. Jeremy Scott’s team is debuting nine new vegan pizzas, and they’ll serve vegan appetizers and desserts. What: Tutta’s Vegan Pizza Party When: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Where: Tutta’s Pizza, 1710 N. Record…
Viridescent Kitchen, a vegan kitchen, opened its doors last month in North Plano. But it’s more than just a kitchen: It’s also a market, event space and vegan business incubator. Viridescent was opened by Gabrielle Reyes, a vegan chef and cooking show host, and Laura Thornthwaite, a yoga teacher and…
Actor Mark Wahlberg decided to make an appearance at the Dallas Cowboys’ practice in Oxnard, California, where he hinted at opening a restaurant. Monday, suspicions were confirmed, when Wahlburgers sent a statement announcing plans to open a location of its burger restaurant this fall at The Star, the Cowboys’ headquarters and…
The Netflix original show Sugar Rush has bakers compete against each other for a prize of $10,000. Most recently, those competing involved a couple of familiar faces from Dallas. The premiere of the second season included Ashton Snyder and Lio Botello, owners of Sugar Daddy’s Cakery. The two competed against other…
Adding to the growing list of Fort Worth barbecue restaurants giving Dallas competition is the first wheel-less setup of Not Just Q, a smoked meats eatery set among 10 other fast-casual stalls in Cowtown’s first food hall: the Food Hall at Crockett Row. You may recall Not Just Q as…
DFW Restaurant Week is upon us, and you should partake. If you know what it is, here’s the list of restaurants. You’ve always been ahead of the curve, and that’s what we like about you. Go ahead and claim your table. If you’re new to this game, no worries. We’ll…
La Viuda Negra brings a neighborhood mezcal bar with authentic and creative cocktails.
The Chefs for Farmers Food and Wine Festival returns to Dallas this November, connecting food purveyors and restaurants while giving attendees a culinary experience. This annual, three-day event began in 2010 as a single farm-to-table dinner. Since then, it has progressively expanded into a multiple-day festival, with various dinners and…
It wasn’t that long ago that Dallas-Fort Worth was without a selection of craft breweries, with only mass-produced brews distributed while the availability of craft beers was little to none. Now we have an array of quality craft brews spread throughout the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, with the number drastically…
Don’t let our name fool you: Even though we’re the Dallas Observer, we love nothing more than sharing great barbecue finds from all over the Dallas-Fort Worth area. And judging from our latest travels, Fort Worth is absolutely killing it in new barbecue right now. There is immense joy to…
In case you aren’t aware, this is a tremendous week to celebrate our favorite beverage. On Wednesday, Peticolas Brewing in the Design District hinted on social media that they will begin canning some of their award-winning beer on Sept. 1, the first day Texas craft breweries can legally sell beer…
After devoting nearly six years of his life to his Trinity Groves restaurant, chef Daniel Pittman is taking a step back. As of Thursday, Aug. 1, he was no longer the executive chef and co-owner of LUCK (Local Urban Craft Kitchen). “I called (Thursday) my last day. Instead of being…
When picking a place to watch the big game, it’s hard to find a sports bar in Dallas that has quality food and isn’t insufferably crowded. Plano’s newest addition, Shark Club, is seeking to break that stereotype with an elevated sports bar in an upscale atmosphere. Connected to the Sandman…
Street’s Fine Chicken’s Ford’s Last Word is a quite traditional Last Word is made with Fords Gin.
