Restaurants

In one of the least likely places for a high-end restaurant, Foxyco surprises with its summery cocktails and defiantly big-flavored menu.

If there’s one thing Dallas isn’t hurting for, it’s doughnut shops. But slide over to Fort Worth and it can be slim pickings. Melvin Roberson has been taking advantage of that for years with his food truck and catering company Dough Boy Donuts. Now he’s turned his sweet success into…

It seems in the Dallas restaurant scene there’s a never-ending pursuit to be the next name in raw fish. If it’s not a poke joint, it’s a sushi bar, and if it’s not a sushi bar, it’s a place like Namo. The yet-to-be-opened West Village fixture wants to nudge conventional…

Is it lazy, simple or efficient to take your regular menu, throw it over eggs and call it brunch? Let’s talk about that. There’s no doubt that Taco Y Vino offers a tranquil setting in its adorable little house in North Oak Cliff. And there’s probably not much more you…

Vegan comfort food has made its way to West Dallas. Da Munchies is a hole-in-the-wall, mostly takeout joint that serves comfort food to herbivores and omnivores alike. But it’s Da Munchies’ vegan menu that has people flocking from all over the city. Owned by sisters Elizabeth Anderson and Angela Alexander,…

You can only find Bingbox in one of two places: their original New York City location and their newest outpost in Dallas’ Trinity Groves.  Do we feel that makes us special? Yeah, OK, a little bit. What’s truly special about this Korean shaved ice joint, though, is texture — their…

On a Sunday afternoon, Elm Street is clogged by cars. It’s just after 1 p.m., and the horns blast and the brake lights stutter. Sidewalks are flowing with people. Inside Shoals Sound & Service is an alleviating quiet. The bartender walks to the end of the counter, fiddles with the…

A British chef and his Dallas-native wife have opened an authentic fish and chips restaurant in Richardson: Fish & Fizz.

A lovely Oak Cliff spot with a lovely menu expanded its sights to brunch last weekend, bringing waffles and Bloody Mary cocktails to Jefferson Boulevard. Small Brewpub was busy enough Sunday, in its first weekend of brunch service, that some of the after-church crowd was forced to brave the 100-degree…

East Hampton Sandwich Company was Dallas’ first foray into the world of “fine-casual” dining. Owner and St. Mary’s School of Law dropout Hunter Pond operates 10 locations of the upscale sandwich shop in Dallas and Houston, with more planned, as the company is growing at four locations a year -…

At 3:15 p.m. on a weekday, R&B is polished-clean and empty. It won’t be long. It’s a brief breath of air before the plunge: over the weekend, the night crew will sear oblong beef patties until 4 a.m. The first late-night service went fine. A surge of Dallasites showed up…

DFW Restaurant Week kicks off this Thursday in Fort Worth.

Fachini feels fancy, but the food doesn’t live up to the tuxedos.

Tapas Castile opened in Trinity Groves at the beginning of 2018, in the former Casa Rubia space. Co-owned by FT33 alumnae Jessica Kate-Martinez and Kendra Valentine, it is a “modernista” take on a traditional Spanish tapas bar, featuring local Texas products and proteins whenever possible. The name is a celebration…

Meet Vanessa Sampson, whose company A Cake Maker has blown up, with celebrities like Cardi B commissioning extreme cakes from the Dallas cake-maker.

Approximately 150 yards north of the historic Rockwall downtown square, home to restaurants like Zanata and the Fatted Calf, is Bin 303, a family-owned tribute to Texas gastronomy. Owned by Mat and Breean Nugent, Bin 303 is the culinary brainchild of the two food industry pros. “I have a bachelor’s…

There’s not much of a view at Haystack. The beer and burger joint is nudged into a strip mall overlooking a typical Dallas parking lot partially fenced off, its asphalt blanketed by a layer of dust from construction. Just above the strip mall, a tower of Turtle Creek condominiums blocks…

Del Frisco’s Grille has launched a new brunch menu, giving Uptown another spot to soak up hangovers with waffles and eggs. Just after opening at 10 a.m., it’s quieter here than the crowd that never seems to dwindle at Bread Winners across the street. The menu’s large enough, even though…

Poke Bop. Pok the Raw Bar. Malibu Poke. Poke O. Go Fish Poke. Bowls and Tacos. Poke Sushi Roll. Cbowls Poke. Mola Mola Poke. Hoki Poki. These are just a few of the poke restaurants that have opened in Dallas in the last two years, and we’re not even mentioning…

Most everyone knows the Merc, one of the most iconic structures in the downtown Dallas skyline with its mid-century clock and steeple. But unless you live in one of the residences there or know someone who does, you might not have had a reason to visit the 31-story Art Deco…

After sipping cocktails in the lounge of Moviehouse and Eatery, a dine-in theater in McKinney, you check your watch to find your showtime is approaching. You make your way to your theater and into a cool brown leather seat and find a food menu so diverse, it gives Alamo Drafthouse’s…

In this week’s roundup of Dallas food news, The Theodore throws in the towel, Bishop Arts gets overloaded with ice cream, and there’s even more Asian and Asian-inspired cuisine on the way. NorthPark’s quirkiest restaurant, the Wes Anderson-inspired The Theodore, closed yesterday, GuideLive reports. The restaurant opened in 2015 with…