It’s safe to say that we’ve been looking forward to the opening of the Smoky Rose in East Dallas for some time. We’ve salivated over the photos of “refined rustic” meats that littered their press release, and wondered just how a “chef-driven smokehouse” would play out. Located just across the…
Almost exactly a month after the fast-casual seafood restaurant C’Viche closed up shop on Lower Greenville due to anemic sales, its sister restaurant, Clark Food and Wine, has also closed. The news broke on Monday, the day after Christmas, with plans to close up shop the following night. It’s a…
It starts with a good roll. Every morning, Top Knot makes fresh Parker House-style buns. The result is a butter-sheened cloud with a delicately thin shell. With a few flakes of Kosher salt on top, you have one of the best damn bread bites in Dallas. You’ll find the roll…
When I first heard that Tacos Mariachi has a Thursdays-only chile relleno taco, on which the poblano pepper is stuffed with veggies and topped with adobo-marinated shrimp, I knew I needed to stuff one or several into my face as soon as the calendar rolled back around to Thursday. Except,…
Clearly the fried chicken epidemic shows no signs of slowing, as West Dallas restaurant development Trinity Groves announced today that it’s closing another restaurant: Resto Gastro Bistro, which will be replaced by a concept called Fat Chicken. Trinity Groves, the country’s first and only restaurant incubator and a leading force in…
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 feels like it changes every day, right before our eyes. The construction cranes whirl around in…
On the whole, the dining experience at Zåtar is spot on with excellent food, a clean restaurant, and quick, friendly service. So much more than “just another attempt at authentic cuisine”, Deep Ellum scored big here, and good riddance to the bar whose space it took over.
At the tail end of what many agree has been a heartbreaking year full of surprise restaurant closures, Monkey House Noodle Co.’s soft opening of their new Carrollton location is a glimmer of hope for the future, a breath of fresh air saturated with the pungent aftertaste of chili oil…
Let’s celebrate some hamburgers. It’s easy to feel pangs of despair: Dallas has lost some new classics, in a blunt way, right before the end of this year. Like something from Tolkien, Remedy’s super yet simple burger is sailing off into the Grey Havens. On the Lamb had a nearly…
Even though we’ve lost a few spots as 2016 trudged arduously toward its welcome conclusion, we’ve also gained a few new restaurants over the last few weeks. Since we’ve all got a little extra time over the next week or two — or in case you’re just too busy to…
We’ll spare you the oft-used 2016 Dumpster fire metaphor, but it’s never been more apt: Cow Tipping Creamery, the Austin artisanal soft-serve food truck that opened a Dallas outpost in March, is closing that East Dallas shop by New Year’s Eve. Jay Jerrier, owner of Cane Rosso and Zoli’s, bought…
PK’s Fine Wine & Spirits, a locally owned liquor store with four locations in Dallas, quietly shuttered all four locations, with customers arriving to purchase holiday alcohol only to find the doors locked. The phone number for several locations has already been disconnected, though PK’s has not noted the closure…
You want Le Royale with cheese, go to Paris. You want Cheesecake Royale, go to Little Forest Hills. Groovy little places (Good Pagoda, Hypnotic Donuts) are popping up all over the decayed charm that is Garland Road, but this family-owned bakery has been in business since before it was trendy…
For Lower Greenville’s understated little bar Dallas Beer Kitchen, it’s been a state fair-ride of a year. Early into 2016, the bar shut down after construction laced its way across Greenville Avenue. Five days after shutting down forever, it reopened with different owners but still plagued by the torn-up streets directly…
Celebrity chef Tim Love has a new walk-up window for the beer-soaked masses in Fort Worth’s Stockyards. His Texas Red Chili from Lonesome Dove Western Bistro menu headlines the quick-serve window at his White Elephant Saloon that offers something warm and filling on a cold afternoon or evening.
Let’s get this out of the way first: Spiral Diner does not have a vegan burger that mimics the taste of a beef and bacon burger. A good cheeseburger, topped with undulating, crispy bacon, lives in a different place along the spectrum of joy. You’re not going to take a…
$300. Three hundred dollars. That’s how much it costs for a season-ticket-holding or suite-holding Dallas Cowboys fan to skip tailgating and have a pre-home-game meal at the new AT&T Stadium Club. To be fair, the restaurant offers one hell of a hook: that fee covers unlimited buffet food and drink…
It’s been a busy year for barbecue aficionados in the Dallas area. The “barbecue boom” of the last several years seems to show no signs of tapering off, which is a good thing for those always on the hunt for the next great spot for smoked meats. Here at the…
2016 was a year of change, promise, upheaval and disappointment in the Dallas restaurant scene. Few establishments embodied that full range of emotion quite like Deep Ellum’s “elevated-southern” kitchen, Filament. When it opened in December 2015, Filament had all sorts of exciting things going for it. It was the second…
Ben and Jon Lee were improbable restaurant owners in 2011. Aged 25 and 23, respectively, the brothers had no restaurant or culinary experience, no loans and no investors. They didn’t understand food costs. They didn’t have a marketing budget. They didn’t know anything about bookkeeping, or how to find a…
Mercury is retrograding so hard right now, you guys. In terms of Dallas dining news, the week started sad and by Friday had snowballed into downright bizarre. Is it moon madness? End-of-year fatigue? Anybody wanna blame it on Obama? Who knows, but somebody needs to go burn some sage in…
Well, that’s the end of this saga. On the Lamb in Deep Ellum just posted the following message to their Facebook page: Yesterday we reported that, after news broke that chef Ross Demers had abruptly left the restaurant after dinner service on Friday, the restaurant shuttered and blamed an oven…
