The wood-frame housing of the 5th Street Patio Cafe near historic downtown Frisco conveys the illusion of authenticity to passersby. Owner and chef Kristy McDonald says many people think the restaurant was set in an old, refurbished neighborhood home, but this is not the case. The houses that used to…
You forgot about your New Year’s resolution months ago, so pizza and barbecue plates aren’t out of the question — but it’s summer in Texas, so maybe it’s a good time to try slightly lighter versions. If you wanna treat yourself in a halfway healthy manner, sample one of these…
The most underestimated breakfast food in the arsenal is the meatball. There’s something about garlic-studded pork spheres, screaming awake in a sizzling-hot pan, that sends an ancestral happiness ricocheting down the strands of your DNA. Meatballs are a serene village vacation compared with the gray static that you feel when…
Stop into Whiskey Ranch to check out their new seasonal cocktail menu.
The Box Garden, the self-described patio on steroids that’s the newest addition to the burgeoning Legacy West development in Plano, opened for business the weekend of May 18, with singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe headlining the festivities. In addition to being a live entertainment venue, the Box Garden sports several bars and, for…
Dallas has enough brunch places that you can try them all without repeating a spot, but one spot in Deep Ellum might tempt you to go a second time. Or a third. Harlowe MXM sits at the northwest corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Main Street, offering a brunch menu…
May the fontina be with you at Cane Rosso’s Star Wars pizza celebration. To commemorate the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Cane Rosso is rolling out Ham Solo pizzas. Including three different types of ham — because when it comes to processed pork, there can’t be too many varieties…
The Asian-fusion boom in Dallas has yet to bust, and this week another new restaurant has thrown its hat in the pan-Asian ring: Tracy and Kent Rathbun’s Imoto, “an upscale dining experience serving favorites from various Asian cultures in a contemporary style, with sharable plates and a traditional sushi bar,”…
As mock life coach and YouTube comedian JP Sears observes, “Being gluten-intolerant is the hottest trend in the New Age community since we found out you don’t have to eat animals. Gluten is the new animal you don’t have to eat.” The gluten-free diet is hot. What could be the…
Dallas’ next culinary revolution began in a quiet specialty grocery store in Irving, a small shop where boxes of imported foods line the metal shelving all the way up to the ceiling. Here, in 2004, a woman named Boonmie Phennara fired up a Bunsen burner to make dinner for visiting…
Everyone loves a comeback. Antonio Swad, founder of iconic American chains like Wingstop and Pizza Patrón, knows this. After selling Wingstop in 2003 and Pizza Patrón in 2017, he started his newest concept, Porch Swing, back on his home turf and opening sometime early this summer. At 3855 W. Emporium…
Finding a new neighborhood hangout isn’t always an easy charge in Dallas — unless you happen to walk into the Mercado 369 artisan gallery in Oak Cliff and make your way to the back. Nestled amid breathtaking hand-worked pieces that come from all corners of the Americas you’ll find a…
Dallas Tiki Week is coming up, and they want you to join them for their annual fête, the Bermuda Triangle.
One in three Americans does not get enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why get more sleep when you can send not-so-healthy amounts of caffeine coursing through your veins? The Dallas-Fort Worth coffee scene is well equipped to accommodate. If you find yourself in need…
The surface of the sun seems to have descended on Dallas early this year, which means it’s time to transition to summer drinking mode. After all, nobody wants to drink a pitcher of Brandy Alexanders when it’s 95 degrees outside. Chill out this weekend with one of these summery Dallas…
What would you do for your kids? For most people, the answer is pretty simple: anything. That’s just what Debra Moore did to get her youngest son, Caleb, through college. Her anything, however, was starting a mobile popcorn concession company — Mamma Moore’s Gourmet Popcorn — in 2012. “My husband…
Lowest Greenville gets a new bar and restaurant Wednesday — Laurel Tavern, “a casual but elevated modern American bar and restaurant with an intentional focus on high quality but approachable food, cocktails and superior hospitality.” That’s gibberish, of course — the words casual, elevated, modern and approachable need to be…
The Sweet Tooth hotel is the exact kind of luscious that Dallas needs. Created by Cole and Jencey Keeton, the “hotel” is a sprinkle-crusted, sugar-coated, neon-backlit beacon for those in search of eclectic, playful and diabetes-enducing artwork. Separated into five unique rooms, each subsection of the art and retail pop-up…
While there’s really no such thing as a healthy cocktail, one that offers a vegan workaround for egg white and the promise of detoxifying activated charcoal is about as good as it’s going to get. But you better believe we’re excited to see aquafaba on more cocktail menus.
The Dallas dining scene can be pretty fickle. We see it all the time: Trendy restaurants backed by such-and-such prestigious company, closed sooner than expected. And that’s just one of the reasons so many chefs are bypassing the traditional brick-and-mortar to home in on the pop-up concept. Rent per square…
The automated voice you know as Google Maps announces over the phone’s speaker, “Right turn at Whataburger.” The orange burger hut is the last sign of Texas you’ll see, at least for the moment, if you’re headed to Aloha Hawaiian BBQ. The view from Aloha’s front door is a heat mirage…
Did your invite to Price Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding get lost in the mail? Not to worry — the Hotel St. Germain and the Rustic are hosting royal wedding-inspired events that are guaranteed to make you forget all about the U.S. Postal Service’s failings. The Rustic is keeping things…
