When asked if “eat the fucking cookie” — Cookie Shop’s attention-grabbing slogan — was her idea, owner McKenzie Mitchell giggles a bit before owning up to it. “We have a good time doing our job,” she says. “Nobody’s pissed when you hand them a cookie.” Her theory checks out. The…
The challenge was elegantly simple: How do you toast the divot left in the crown of a hollowed-out bun? They asked themselves: Do we jet a flame right into the buttered dent? A top bun glazed in butter, the white bread’s sugars charred from grill heat, toasting until a blackened…
Grassroots Kitchen, in the Elmwood neighborhood of Oak Cliff, is a humble and homey place. Like the other businesses around it, there are security bars on the doors and windows. Don’t let that dissuade you from going inside, where you’ll find the menu posted by the door, printed in black…
Wondering what to gift the brunch-lover on your Christmas list? We’ve got an idea: Presale starts today for the 2019 edition of the Morning After, a Dallas Observer brunch festival taking over the Dallas Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. A $30 presale ticket gets…
The Star has another new restaurant to entice Cowboys fans to the team’s headquarters: Howard Wang’s China Grill, a North Texas-based Chinese food and dim sum chain with locations in Uptown, Preston Hollow and Southlake. Originally set back because of construction delays, Howard Wang’s Frisco celebrated its grand opening yesterday…
It’s hours of crafting, and you mustn’t use machines. For Sandwich Hag owner and chef Reyna Duong, meatballs are nostalgia shaped by hand into tiny planet shapes. As a kid, she orbited around her aunts and sisters, gathering the troops for a breakfast of torn shards of baguette, cilantro sprigs,…
There’s something special about a French (or even French-inspired) bistro. It frequently has deep colors in decor complemented by natural light flowing through windows, the essence of espresso and pastry in the air and a menu featuring a richness and delicacy unique to French cuisine. Uptown’s Mercat Bistro offers that…
Al Biernat’s, a mainstay Dallas steakhouse for more than 20 years, has expanded into unlikely territory: vegan cuisine. In October, this classic steak and seafood restaurant debuted a four-item vegan menu. Both the Oak Lawn and newer North Dallas locations offer this special side menu. Al Biernat and his wife…
When Bet the House BBQ opened in Denton in 2014, the lines wound out the door immediately, and many a barbecue enthusiast was left meatless as the barbecue joint routinely sold out. Despite the restaurant’s popularity in Little D, four and a half years later, Bet the House has thrown…
It was around two years ago when David Haynes strode into work with UberEats on his mind. The business of kind strangers delivering food to our doorsteps was surging, much like it continues to do now, and the Stonedeck Pizza Pub owner had a need for speed. Pizza, it turns…
Khao is a multifaceted word in the Thai/Laos culture. By definition, it really just means “food” in general. But its cultural use is extremely broad. It can be stretched to “Come eat,” or “Let’s eat!” It can even be used in a general coming together way, as well. This exploration…
Having grown up in Oklahoma, I can confirm the classic one-liner: The reason Texas doesn’t fall off into the Gulf of Mexico is because Oklahoma sucks. It’s home to some of America’s lowest-paid teachers and coincidentally has the highest prison incarceration rate in the union. It’s the breeding ground of…
Nestled between a Campisi’s and a 24 Hour Fitness in the North Dallas/Richardson area, Angel Chicken Kitchen has been open since December 2017. Slowly but surely, the place has grown in stature as one of the best places to get chicken for suburbanites and those unafraid to go north of…
There’s something special about Nova. Maybe it’s that the staff frequently remembers the guests from visit to visit, or maybe it’s the warm glow of the lighting in the mid-century modern dining room that makes you feel at home. A large part of it is probably the fact that when…
Lark on the Park, the Arts District restaurant that overlooks Klyde Warren Park, is closing after dinner service on Sunday, according to a press release from the restaurant. Owners Shannon Wynne, Keith Schlabs and Larry Richardson say they plan to hold onto the space but replace it with something more affordable…
For most diners these days, City Hall Bistro is a likable neighborhood restaurant. For many of the bistro’s employees, it’s a redemption story. City Hall Bistro opened in summer 2017 to little fanfare — or at least, to less fanfare than the other restaurant in the Adolphus Hotel’s front lobby,…
Spend any time in and around the downtown McKinney area and you might find it hard not to wonder if this may be the area’s secret foodie destination. The square oozes with authentic charm, and the restaurant choices are plentiful. We’ve sung the praises of spots like Sugarbacon and Butcher…
Alvin Darrel Plaskoff, founder of long-running Dallas barbecue joint Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ, died just before Thanksgiving 2018.
After launching its original Southlake location in March, chef Evandro Caregnato has opened Delucca Gaucho Pizza & Wine’s second location in the Design District. At Delucca, guests can sample an extensive variety of pizzas in Brazilian gaucho fashion. “Gaucho style refers to the style of service, Caregnato says. “You pay a fixed…
It started as nostalgia. Last year’s golden age of burgers was heralded by the breaking of an American cheese cauldron over the nose of a ship made with ground brisket, short rib and dry-aged beef. The wistful memories of the drive-thru, some amidst fine dining, are impossible to miss: A…
If you’ve got friends and family visiting from out of town — or especially out of state — they’re gonna want one thing: a taste of Dallas. We may not have dusty, Wild West saloons with horses posted up out front, but there are a number of restaurants where visitors…
Perle on Maple may feel quiet when you walk in, but its brunch menu is worth a shot. It’s a fairly new spot in The Stoneleigh hotel. What’s most exciting is that executive chef Wade Burch is giving Uptown a taste of a French bistro, something we don’t have enough…
