In June 2018, Lowest Greenville lost one of its best low-key hangouts, the Blind Butcher. Today, a bar and restaurant called Alamo Club takes its place. It’s an “upscale neighborhood restaurant and bar serving American classics in an old-school comfortable setting,” according to a press release. The concept comes from Austin…
Pasha Heidari and Sam Wynne come together to bring us our favorite new divey nice bar … or maybe our new favorite fancy dive bar.
Some restaurants make some dishes better than others on the same menu. That’s definitely the case at Tacos Mariachi for its brunch menu at its new Greenville Avenue location. If you’re there for the normal menu, the campechano ($5.75) will make you happy with carne asada, grilled octopus, sauteed shrimp,…
The Grape is discontinuing its Sunday brunch so that chef-owner Brian Luscher can reboot the long-running Greenville Avenue bistro.
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. Time is money. Think of all the times you’ve waited — and waited — to get…
OK, so it’s just across the I-30 border from Oak Cliff, making it technically West Dallas, but Sylvan Thirty is close enough that Oak Cliff finally gets one thing the neighborhood doesn’t have much of: a place to grab a quick banh mi. Banh Mi Station,a fast-casual restaurant owned by Kevin…
February is a fine month to celebrate biscuits. After a month of well-intentioned self-denial in January that maybe included a new gym membership, and before March when spring weather means the shedding of belly-hiding sweaters, February feels like a built-in cheat month. February is also the month we honor the…
Marco Vazquez smiles. He’s just finished plating a steaming double cheeseburger inside a plastic basket, sent it out to the quiet dining room, and he mentions that Flaming Burger is family-owned. It took a question or two later to determine that Vazquez, who calls himself the cook, is part of…
A familiar — if sexist — trope is that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. While this hackneyed saying has its roots in the home, in the restaurant world, less than 7 percent of head chefs and restaurant owners are women. In the new documentary A Fine Line, first-time…
Perle on Maple created a Singles Awareness Day cocktail worthy of a self-love toast.
The mood is getting sticky at Mike’s Chicken. Just before high noon, the entryway swells with hungry customers. We are eyeing each other, twitching with anticipation in between orders. With each name that’s called out, the people who have been waiting, patiently or otherwise, blast lasers from their eyes in…
If you’ve somehow managed to make it to the day before Valentine’s Day and have yet to secure plans for the evening — that’s living dangerously, my friend — Luck has made it easy with a Valentine’s cupcake and craft beer pairing. A $25 ticket gets you two flights: one…
Developers have long been trying to turn the West 7th District in Fort Worth into a dining and retail destination, to mixed results, but now, Dallas concepts are preparing to open locations at the Crockett Row at West 7th development. Several businesses are opening at Crockett Row over the next…
For neighbors watching it go up and the commuters driving around it, construction of Uptown luxury live/work development Union Dallas has taken an eternity. But soon, there will be a dining establishment worth visiting at Union even for those who don’t live/work there. The Henry opens Wednesday, offering a spot…
Peak Restaurant, which opened on Belt Line Road in Irving last July, is a sports bar in a suburb with precious few places to drink. It’s also a proudly Nepali-Tibetan kitchen with stellar traditional food.
Between the Buns, Dallas Observer’s mini food fest celebrating the lovable slider sandwich, returns in March for its second year, and there’s some serious slider talent in this year’s lineup. Everyone knows Dallas steakhouse Knife makes a mean burger, and the same is true for Deep Ellum slider-centric restaurant Easy…
On Saturday morning, nearly 2,500 people converged on Dallas Farmers Market for the third annual brunch fest the Morning After, bringing dozens of Dallas restaurants together to celebrate all things brunch. It was a cold, blustery day — Did we spot a little snow flurry, or had we just had…
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. If you’re looking for an Italian spot that’ll knock your socks off without knocking all the…
A California-based Mediterranean chain is opening two new locations in Dallas. Daphne’s Mediterranean is a fast-casual restaurant that is committed to what they call “healthy and wholesome cuisine.” This 30-year-old brand operates 21 locations in California. Their new restaurants in Preston Hollow Village and at the Village on the Parkway,…
Cochon555 may be one of the best food events Dallas has to offer. For those unaware, Cochon555 is a celebration of heritage raised pork, and Dallas is the first stop on a nine-city tour where local chefs prepare their best pork dishes. This year’s event was held at Four Seasons…
In this week’s roundup of Dallas-area food news, North Oak Cliff is getting an Irish pub, Legacy West gets two new vendors and Deep Ellum gets a shiny new oyster bar: Legacy Hall, the food hall at Legacy West, has two additions: Blush Wine Bar on the first floor and…
Is it weird that I wish every coffee shop had its own built-in dog park, even though I don’t have a dog?
