Some food is made for Instagram. Unicorn Frappuccinos, milkshakes with slices of pie on top, sushi doughnuts, Salt Bae: These stunts exist not because they taste good, but because people will post photos of them online. If they do taste good, it is often a happy mistake. Other foods are…
There are, as often happens in fits and spurts, a lot of restaurants opening in Dallas. But it feels as if the majority of new restaurants — or at least the ones that get all the press — aren’t exactly affordable in a city with modest increases in median income…
We’ve got more restaurants opening now than any mere mortal can keep up with, but we’re giving it the ol’ college try. If you’re looking to explore the new wave of 2018 Dallas dining, here are a few places to start. You may have to fight for a table, but…
This week, the Statler opened one of several new food and drink concepts: Scout, “a new social space that celebrates the spirit of the great outdoors,” according to a press release. The 12,000-square-foot space in the renovated Statler’s lobby has four bowling lanes, pool tables, foosball, a stage and pingpong…
It is already known that you’ll order the dish. It’s predestined from the moment you step inside the original Snuffer’s. On a recent visit, a server filled in the words before they were uttered. “I’m going to need to have …” I said in a haze, and she finished for…
The Modern Star Canyon Margarita at Stampede 66 is flash-frozen at your table with liquid nitrogen for a drink and a show.
Swing a dead cat on National Margarita Day, and you’ll hit a margarita special. You can get the drink for $2 at Taqueria la Ventana, $3 at Ten 50 BBQ or $5 at Mexican Sugar (or spring for the margarita flight for $15). Who doesn’t love a good, discounted tequila-based cocktail?…
Just under nine years ago, before a salad of raw, cubed fish painted with soy sauce became everyone’s favorite food fad, East Dallas’ Urbano Cafe had poke on the menu. Chef Keo Velasquez, who helped owner Mitch Kauffman get his kitchen off the ground, sparked casual pasta dishes with his…
It’s official: The Dallas food fad of 2018 is pho. Surprised? So are we. But restaurateurs across town have begun taking the beloved Vietnamese soup and transforming it in fascinating ways. At Sapp Sapp Lao & Thai Kitchen, we’re learning about the sheer diversity of traditional preparations across Southeast Asia,…
About a month ago, Misao Masuda quietly opened The Creek Cafe in the Lakewood Shopping Center. Masuda is new to Texas after cutting his culinary teeth at high-end restaurants in Japan and Hawaii. Now he’s here, serving breakfast and lunch from his small four-table eatery. The food is fast-casual, aimed at…
It’s been more than a year since Lower Greenville favorite Remedy closed to make way for a new concept, and now, we can finally get a taste of its replacement: Gung Ho. Brought to life by 8020 Hospitality — the group behind HG Sply Co., Standard Service and the late…
Damasita Izakaya opened in January on Royal Lane near Harry Hines Boulevard, in the heart of Dallas’ Korean neighborhood. One month later, the izakaya is keeping a low profile, without a website, social media page or any publicity at all except for some photos on Google Maps. But Damasita does…
Dallas may have been largely snubbed in this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards, but we fared pretty well in Texas Monthly’s list of the 2018 Best New Restaurants in Texas. Houston took the most slots in this year’s list, but a few solid Dallas contenders showed up, too. Sachet (from…
Doughnuts, chicken and waffles, French toast, mimosas, biscuits and gravy, bloody marys — if you made it to Saturday’s sold-out brunch festival the Morning After, you, too, likely ate your bodyweight in breakfast foods from some of the city’s best brunch institutions. Fest-goers got to vote for their favorite brunch…
In a city burgeoning with privately owned, chef-driven restaurants that are too often short lived, it’s easy to overlook Dallas’ quality chain restaurants. Often viewed as low quality, unoriginal and unhealthy, chains are omnipresent for a simple reason: They’ve mastered the formula of meeting customer demand while also making a…
Two months ago, Cristina Mendez and John Pham opened their first restaurant together. At the ripe age of 23, the couple decided to bring together the culinary bests of both of their cultures into Cris and John’s Vietnamese Street Food. Vietnamese street food is a slight misnomer. This is a far cry…
Dallas’ first slider festival hits Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday, March 24, and some serious slider talent has already signed onto the inaugural fest: Harlowe MXM Henry’s Majestic Pollo Campero Bucky Moonshine’s City Council Snuffer’s Cook Hall Haystack Burgers & Barley Dot’s Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard Fresh Art Foodie…
30 Rock’s iconic, mustard-stained matriarch Liz Lemon said it best: “I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich.” If your worldview is equally sandwich-based, there are a few Dallas sandwiches that should be on your must-eat list right now…
This week’s Dallas food news round-up includes several new restaurants, from a Southern California/Mexico-inspired diner to a whatever a “new-aged” Uptown restaurant might be. A combination restaurant and art gallery is coming to Uptown. PL8 Bistro and Gallery will open March 23, “bringing an innovative restaurant and art concept to…
Porchetta, when it’s done right, is the Sistine Chapel of the pig. It’s a Roman canvas, labored over for hours in tight quarters, primed with brine and seasonings, skin crackling after some light aging. Like the Apostolic Palace, there should be tours and respectful whispers while one gazes into sun-stroked…
This morning, the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its annual James Beard Awards, which are basically the food industry’s equivalent to the Grammys. And admittedly, Dallas didn’t exactly show up strong this year — but we do have one semifinalist, and it’s a nomination we 100 percent agree…
Sweet, salty, and boozy—all in one cocktail at Harlowe MXM.
