Surrounding double cheeseburgers, there’s always the jokes about arteries and marathons. Double cheesburgers are “heart-stopping” or “artery clogging” or “demon summoning.” I’m may be wrong about the last one. A double cheeseburger, by some miracle of mathematics, feels 4,000 percent worse on the nutritional shame scale than a single cheeseburger…
The last time I ate a fancied-up chicken-fried steak, I was at Tillman’s Roadhouse, where someone thought battered and fried filet mignon was a good way to command a higher price for a humble plate. The breading came loose the second my knife descended, revealing soft, medium-cooked meat. Red juices…
Ah, the chain restaurant. For decades a modern food movement has been pushing back against corporate processed food purveyors by embracing cuisine that requires fresh ingredients and care. Slow food is good for the environment, good for farmers and good for us, too, but all of this farm-to-table cookery neglects…
The end of October brings another handful of openings and closings for Dallas area restaurants. First, the good news: East Hampton Sandwich Co., 3888 Oak Lawn Ave., ehsandwich.com Fancy-pants sandwich makers East Hampton Sandwich Co. have opened another location. Now the smell of lobster rolls and roast beef grilled cheese…
Event: Diwali Mela When: October 31, 4 p.m.-midnight What: More Indian food than you will ever find inside the loop on any other day, including street food, kathi rolls, kulfi and more. Elephant rides, music, burning effigies and tens of thousands of Indian attendees. This is the biggest, most authentic…
Grocery stores might already be blasting Christmas tracks and selling canned pumpkin substitute, but believe it or not, Halloween is coming. With that in mind, and because I just can’t possibly talk about how much I hate candy corn any more, I asked a handful of local chefs and chocolatiers…
Eating at a Vietnamese restaurant is easy, right? Grab a couple spring rolls and a giant bowl of beef pho and you’re good. But some of Dallas’ best Vietnamese places, like Mot Hai Ba and Bistro B, challenge visitors to think outside the bowl and try something new. It’s time…
Just beyond a miniature herb garden in the Inwood Village, under a stretch of a royal blue awning, you’ll find an ornate, heavy wooden door. Open it and reveal an ethereal world of twinkling, skyward-stretching branches. It is in this magical space where the most amazingly fluffy soufflés imaginable are…
Marc Cuban’s TV show Shark Tank is bringing the Dallas area another sugar buzz. A few year’s ago the show gave Sweet Ballz the green light, and cake balls hit the shelves of local 7-Elevens and other stores. Now, Cuban is behind California-based Cinnaholic, and a first location opened in Southlake…
The Theodore will open in November at NorthPark mall with a star studded staff. The Turn the Tables Hospitality Group behind Smoke, Bolsa, Spork and more announced the opening, tucking a tasty nugget of information into the bio for co-owner Chris Jeffers. Movies have been used as inspiration for many elements…
Saravana Bhavan’s dining room will never win a beauty contest. The building at the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Valley Ranch Parkway in Irving reminded me of a miniature Holiday Inn Express or some corporate diner when I first walked in the door. Or maybe a Bank of America? The…
“Never talk money, politics or religion” in polite conversation, they say (whoever “they” are). Add “cake” to that list — opinions on the subject quickly fire up debate on opposing sides. For some, it’s all about the icing. Whether you prefer a thick, grainy buttercream, an airy, whipped frosting, or…
Firebird Restaurant Group announced a new expansion late last week. Owner Mike Karns is responsible for Meso Maya, La Ventana, Snuffer’s and scores of El Fenix locations among others. Now he’ll have two new restaurants in Fort Worth, a third Meso Maya and a new concept called Tortaco are expected…
Dallas’ pizza scene is light-years ahead of where it was just a few years ago. The addition of Zoli’s, Zalat and Cane Rosso finally means that Dallasites (and transplants from places with actual pizza) can enjoy a decent slice that doesn’t make them want to hop the next plane to…
It’s pretty clear that the Dallas Cowboys season is going to be a real stinker, but that doesn’t mean most of us won’t keep watching them play. We’re just going to suffer. Luckily, CBD Provisions is providing some pretty swank eating options to help you forget what’s happening on the…
Michelle learned to love ramen as a teenager, growing up in Singapore and traveling around Asia with her family. Brian is newer to the scene: He didn’t even try instant ramen in college. Together, they’re hunting for DFW’s best ramen. The Shop: Sushi Bayashi in Trinity Groves The Atmosphere: While…
It was a hot day in Dallas (like those are hard to come by). I had spent minute after sweltering minute wandering Klyde Warren Park aimlessly from booth to booth tasting and photographing and smiling and eating and searching and chatting and all I wanted to do was dunk my…
Beau Bellomy’s estimate for a late summer opening for Rex’s at the Market was a bit too optimistic. Bellomy stopped working at his father’s original location of Rex’s on Lovers Lane this spring. Then rains pushed back construction of the common elements of Shed 1 at the Dallas Farmers Market,…
Flower Mound has a new restaurant opening today. The Table is the work of Bruce Wills, Ty Wellborn and chef Ray Skradzinski. The team worked together recently in that great restaurant up in the sky Five Sixty. The Table will serve a lunch and dinner menu of modern American cuisine with…
Give John Franke credit. The corporate chef at Fork It Over Restaurants listens and moves quickly when he hears something is amiss at one of his restaurants. Between my visits and the writing of this review, Franke and his team have made considerable updates to the menu at Ida Claire,…
The first thing you notice on the Armoury D.E. brunch menu is the French Toast Von Chocula. That’s the classic Count Chocula cereal living gloriously in French toast. One cocktail comes with cookie crisps and a whole egg. Beyond brunch, there’s the awesomely named Darkwing Drums: Five duck wings, deep…
When Jonathon Erdeljac created his first monster burger at his Oak Cliff cafe Jonathon’s, it nearly killed one of our writers. “The Nooner” boasts a half-pound beef patty, a handful of ham, Swiss, thick-cut bacon, American cheese, tomato, mayo and a fried egg plus a huge side of fries. The…
