There’s something going on with the Asian food scene in Plano. We won’t call it a renaissance because that wouldn’t be fair. There has been delicious Asian food in the city for decades. I grew up there, and my fondest memories were of eating pho at Que Huong; teriyaki bento…
On one of the coldest days in Dallas, the diner in Oak Cliff feels too warm to be real. Chicken-fried steak, big as the sun and shimmering with pepper gravy, steams visibly; it’s ready to go in the kitchen window like a pie in the windowsill of an old cartoon…
Buried deep within the controversial Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is an early Christmas present for small- to medium-sized producers of beer, wine and spirits. In Part IX, Subpart A, you’ll find the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform section, and if you are a small producer of alcoholic beverages,…
Epic brunch festival The Morning After will once again take over Dallas Farmers Market on Sunday, Feb. 17, with tasty bites from more than 30 of Dallas’ best brunch spots. Attendees get to sample unlimited brunch bites and sip eight cocktail, Champagne or beer samples because this is brunch, and…
There’s a reason why Hattie’s is known for being Hattie’s — and recently, it’s a reason fraught with sadness. Estevan Galindo made Hattie’s what it is, according to chef Christopher Alexander. Now the community must move on without him. “He was probably the most underestimated culinary power that Dallas had,”…
Most restaurants fail within the first two years, which makes it no surprise that Dallas, too, frequently sees eateries shutter with little to no warning (at least for consumers). These closures can feel like a tiny heartbreak — we form close bonds with the businesses we frequent. We make memories…
In the window at T-swirl Crepe in Carrollton is a collection of life-sized, polymer crepes. These beauties are filled with fruit that will never rot, scoops of mossy green matcha ice cream that can’t melt and shrimp that will remain ever-fresh. They provide a startlingly accurate depiction of the food that inspired…
It wasn’t a long time ago, and it wasn’t a galaxy far away when Deep Ellum was, mostly, a place for beer, crispy fried things, cheeseburgers and pizza. The Texas comfort food pyramid was on full display: an iced-mug beer at Pete’s or a two-hander cheeseburger, free of frills, at Adair’s…
After a decade of stellar cocktails and solid late-night eats, Dallas cocktail forefather Victor Tangos is closing after service concludes on New Year’s Eve, bartender Carlos Marquez confirmed on Facebook. Over the years, Victor Tangos has been home to some of the city’s leading bar and culinary talent, from chefs Kirstyn…
2017 was a good year for eating. Of course, most years are good years for eating when you’re a food critic. But 2017 offered some truly delicious memories, and best of all, the fondest of taste memories are diverse. One of them was on a $150 tasting menu, but another…
Abacus bartender Jason Long whipped up this flip-style egg nog cocktail with a fun twist, a healthy helping of Tequila Avión Reposado.
If you’re reading this, it is likely that you have been charged with planning a New Year’s weekend gathering out on the town. The people who entrusted you with this responsibility are kind, wonderful people whom you feel lucky enough to call your friends. It’s funny, then, how your friends…
This time last year, looking back on 2016’s new bar offerings was a bit underwhelming. There were a couple of breakouts — one year in, Jettison is still one of the city’s best cocktail spots — but otherwise, the Dallas bar and cocktail scene didn’t get the shot in the…
Many white American food writers call tacos and other Mexican foods “humble,” but is a cuisine humble if its flavors are brash and bright, its traditions are worn with confidence and its sandwiches are so big they resemble ocean liners? There’s nothing humble about the tostadas at Frida’s Tacolandia. They…
American cheese should be the unofficial flag of Dallas in 2017. It could hang in the sky like a glittering yellow square, stiff and proud as the American flag on the moon. American cheese is the sigil of house Dallas, and it symbolizes, all jokes aside, a real movement in…
Christmas Day poses an interesting opportunity for dining. Or is it a conundrum? For those who celebrate the holiday, it could be an opportunity to perfect and present a feast of dishes from the home oven, but for many, leaving things to the professionals is best for everyone involved. No…
When family and friends come to town for the holidays, one question looms heavy over the entire visit: What the hell am I going to do with these people for the next several days? The easiest answer, of course, is eat, and you can’t truly experience Dallas cuisine without going…
It’s nearly impossible to detect when a seismic shift in your life is approaching. You must watch yourself and your surroundings carefully, and there may be coincidental signs. On a normal morning in Sanlitun, a bar district in Beijing, chef Andrew Dilda would walk out of his 40-story apartment building,…
91.3. According to the National Chicken Council, that’s how many pounds of chicken Americans will have consumed, per capita, in 2017. If that projection holds, it will mean that we as a country ate more of our fine, feathered friends than ever before in one year. And can you blame us?…
Construction ruptures the ground on Davis Street. Near its corner at Bishop Avenue, workers are standing in a carved-out rectangular slice in the middle of the road, and a massive crane reaches into the sky above Stock and Barrel. North Oak Cliff is, for better or worse, changing. On this…
Omni Hotels across the country are celebrating the season by rolling out twelve different cocktail options to take you through your own Twelve Days of Christmas. Even better, they’ve given us the recipes for all of them so we can enjoy them at home.
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. On an icy Christmas in Dallas about 34 years ago, Jesse Moreno Sr. scoured the neighborhood, looking…
