Some comfort foods translate across all cultures and languages. Nearly everyone likes a hot bowl of noodle soup. Almost every cuisine has its sausage link. South Korea and southern America agree on the glories of fried chicken. It’s about time that koshari, the pride of Egypt, achieved that level of…
From the family behind Taverna, Toulouse and Bistro 31 comes Alberto Lombardi’s newest concept: Kai, an “original Asian restaurant with French influence” that opened Monday. The most recent addition to Plano’s Legacy West shopping district, Kai is directly above Toulouse, Lombardi’s popular French brasserie. It is a full-service sushi lounge complete…
“If you smell smoke, come on in” — that’s the message from owners of Louie King, a new Texas barbecue restaurant opening soon on Lower Greenville in the space formerly occupied by seafood institution Daddy Jack’s. Louie King’s owners — who also own Lower Greenville establishments Leela’s, ABV and the…
When Betty Ringer Ice Cream opened in Sylvan Thirty in summer of 2017, we quickly fell in love with the ice cream shop’s bold yet understated experimental flavors — Thai tea, goat cheese and cherry jam, blueberry lavender, olive oil. Some of the shop’s flavors were inspired by small-batch, chef-driven…
You don’t have to be a carnivore to eat well at the fair. Here are a few of our favorite meat-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes at the 2018 State Fair of Texas.
In early 2018, celebrity chef and restaurateur José Andrés opened a second location of his popular Washington, D.C., restaurant, Zaytinya, at the Star in Frisco. The Star serves as the official headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys, with an indoor field, practice space for the team and retail and entertainment spaces…
Meat Fight is an enigma. This barbecue festival doesn’t take itself too seriously (as evidenced by, well … everything about it), but at the same time, it exists for a serious reason: to raise funds “to visibly, directly, and immediately support people who are living with Multiple Sclerosis,” according to…
Union Bear is here to help make friends jealous with the aptly named Jelly Belly cocktail, a new offering on their fall menu that launches today, October 4. The whimsical name is what it sounds like, a sweet, tropical drink that Izack Lara created with your vacation needs in mind. No OOO necessary.
Dallas may not be in dire need of another place to get brunch, but Jack’s Kitchen deserves a spot on anyone’s brunch rotation. The East Dallas restaurant opened Aug. 1 and is slowly gaining a following, says Scott Jones, the restaurateur behind the concept. Jones was also the one behind…
As of Oct. 1, Victory Park has yet another new restaurant: Mesero, a new location of the Dallas upscale Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant that also has locations in Inwood Village, Prestonwood, Legacy West and Clearfork. The newest location is next door to new luxury movie theater Cinépolis. The restaurant, already…
Back in September, chef Anastacia Quinones broke the news to her Facebook friends: She was out as executive chef at the Cedars Socíal, the Cedars bar and restaurant she had helped rebrand as a modern Mexican restaurant with new owner Monica Greene and bar manager Leann Berry. Quinones had only been at Cedars Socíal…
Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters’ 10-5-1 Anniversary Party celebrates 10 years of OCCR, five years of Davis Street Espresso and one year of Five Mile Chocolate, OCCR’s bean-to-bar chocolate brand, and this year, all three are joining forces for one big party. Head to Oak Cliff for ice cream, brownies, Joy macarons,…
For Dallas beer-lovers, this week is an annual holiday you might have never heard a word about: Sour Week at Strangeways. For the entire week, every single tap at this craft beer dive is dedicated to the much-loved — and highly misunderstood — sour beer. “[It’s] one of our biggest…
When Sandra Montes prays for her restaurant, she asks for customers to come from the north, south, east and west. It appears someone out there is hearing her prayer. San Pedro’s Restaurante, a storefront off West Northwest Highway and Harry Hines specializing in Honduran food, recently celebrated its second birthday…
We’re not big on National (insert random food item) Days, but in this case, we’ll make an exception: Thursday, Oct. 4, is National Taco Day, and the Dallas Observer is celebrating by offering a discounted four-pack of tickets to this year’s Tacolandia, a taco festival taking over Dallas Farmers Market…
At CitySquare Cafe in downtown Dallas, nothing will cost you more than $10, and everything you eat supports the homeless and formerly homeless employees who are given jobs, resources and even rides to their new future.
Justin Bonard, a Cicerone formerly working at Meddlesome Moth, is opening Ten:One, an intimate cheese shop and beer and wine bar, in Denton.
Late into October 2012, Big Tex lost his jaw. It was a grim warning: Standing tall in the sky, unmoving, the lower half of his face erupted in roaring flames. Black smoke poured from his hat and into the sky over Fair Park. It was an omen. For what? In…
The State Fair of Texas opens today, and there are even more new, gut-busting items in this year’s food lineup. Drinks — both alcoholic and not — are popular this year, each concessionaire trying to outdo the next with their unique, possibly questionable concoctions. Kool-Aid Pickle-Dilly Sangria is one of…
One of Ocean Prime’s new cocktails is dessert in a glass.
What started as a battle cry has become a running joke: Don’t Uptown my Deep Ellum. Hell, it’s even a Bullzerk T-shirt. But it already feels too late. The commodification of Deep Ellum’s “grit” has already transformed the neighborhood, begetting one flash-in-the-pan trend after the next. Last Saturday night, when…
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 good or bad — over the years. Find a counter stool, and you’ll see the signs: Steel guitar croons over the speakers. Across the street,…
