A Los Angeles-based seafood chain has arrived in Uptown with high confidence, big ambitions and eyebrow-raising prices. Water Grill already has the swagger of a place that’s been a fixture for years, married to a menu that’s eager to impress Uptown crowds. Diners have come rushing in, but sometimes the…
Carrollton and Richardson are well known for Chinese and Korean fare, but Filipino cuisine is vastly underrepresented in the DFW area, which has only a handful of Filipino restaurants. Koya’s Place is a welcomed opening for those craving traditional Filipino dishes like bulalo, a beef and bone-marrow soup with potatoes,…
The atmosphere is laid back at Easy Slider’s new Deep Ellum restaurant, but there’s a faintly nervous energy around co-owner and operator Caroline Perini as she walks the room. It’s the anticipation that stems from transitioning from a food truck into a full-blown restaurant. Perini approaches customers, curious if the…
One of the hardest things to enjoy when you’re trying to cut back on meat is the sandwich. The best sandwiches on the planet are stacked with delicious animals. I’m certain that if hostile aliens, hell-bent on destroying Earth, would only try a Csavargo sandwich at Armoury in Deep Ellum…
As best as I can remember, my elementary school cafeteria didn’t have chefs. We did have several hair-netted lunch ladies who served up delicacies such as rectangular sliced pizza (if said pizza was topped with ground beef and cheddar cheese, it was dubbed “Mexican” pizza), and a mysterious shepherd’s pie…
Make those calories count this weekend by eating outside the box with one of these curious creations available around DFW. Chicken and Doughnuts at Fat Chicken 3011 Gulden Lane At Trinity Groves’ latest spot — another in Dallas’ long line of homages to the almighty chicken — diners love the Southern-inspired cocktails, pie…
At Smoke, like any decent barbecue spot, the smell hits you before you cross the threshold: that heady swirl of smoke and wood and fat that resonates to the core of Texan identity. It is that sensory prelude that one hopes is emblematic of intoxicating flavors to come. But sometimes…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. At 6 a.m. on Saturday, the morning of Dallas’ St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Todora family will…
FreshFin offers a healthy, gluten-free menu with signature bowls or the chance to make your own poke bowl with their quality ingredients.
There’s no need for Digg’s Tacos to have a cheeseburger that causes the addiction center of your brain to light up, but it’s on the menu regardless. When you place an order for their Burguesa, a just-under-seven-buck cheeseburger that’s topped with two impossibly crunchy onion rings, it gets called out to the…
The rumor was enticing. “Go to El Pueblo on Jefferson Avenue,” the rumor went, “for the best carnitas in North Texas.” With a promise like that, I couldn’t resist. And while I’m not qualified to declare these carnitas the best, the whisperings might be true. El Pueblo is a cheery,…
Fat Chicken offers great fried chicken, a little kitsch, and plenty of pies.
Next time you’re in the market for something sweet, skip the apple pie and molten chocolate cake and sample sweets outside your comfort zone. Dallas-Fort Worth has a vibrant international food scene, which means there’s no shortage of options. Here are our five favorites right now: Knefeh at Zatar 2825…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. Time is on my side at the Lakewood Landing. The jukebox, with a little help from Mick…
Just a few hundred feet from Shinsei, Tracy Rathbun and Lynae Fearing’s sushi bar and Asian fusion restaurant on Inwood, the duo has opened a new concept in what used to be Rex’s Seafood. Lovers Seafood and Market opened for lunch today, with plans to expand into dinner on Monday and…
There’s only one item on the menu at Knife that’s not from Knife, per se, and it’s easily one of the best soups in Dallas. It’s also one of the most comforting, creamy tomato soups you’ll find in this lifetime. Take your crusty grilled cheese by the hand, swipe it…
In spring of 2014, in a small, unassuming retail strip on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, Cheesesteak House opened with little ado. After hearing tales of its birth, I cruised west down Jefferson, my eyes peeled, not knowing exactly where it was. As I passed Mary Cliff Road, I…
When Samson’s Gourmet Hot Dogs closed last year, a lot of Oak Lawn residents mourned the loss of a favorite neighborhood hangout. But its replacement might be even better. Open Sesame Lebanese Grill opened this weekend without much publicity or heavy marketing. They want to ease into things, rather than…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. It’s 9 a.m., and through the vinyl slats of the Mozzarella Company, Elm Street’s long-standing cheese company, you can…
Some days, in this city, it feels like there’s no such thing as a restaurant without a hook — or, for that matter, a restaurant that doesn’t have an open kitchen, white subway tile and edison bulbs hanging from the ceiling. Sometimes, you just want to go somewhere … normal,…
Inside Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams in Oak Cliff, freezers and ice cream equipment still line the walls, with Simpsons memorabilia scattered around the room. Aaron Barker, the bearded, heavily tattooed creator of Carnival Barker’s, is also still inside, shuffling back and forth through the small room as he dismantles his…
Richardson boasts a decent list of restaurants in virtually all types of Asian cuisine, but its latest addition takes the taste of South Korea and pairs it with our own Lone Star State: Chicken Moto, a new eatery from the team behind Bbbop Seoul Kitchen. Luckily, we’re not talking cream…
