I got a tip about a duck recently, and based on the source and the fact that I haven’t had great duck in ages, I heeded the man’s advice within days. If you’ve had great Peking duck, you know that it is a revelation and one of the world’s very…
Sidle up next to the well-heeled crowd at FT33’s long, marble bar, and you’ll quickly discover an array of exciting creations incubating in the bartenders’ laboratory. Whiskey ages in barrels by the window, mascerated lemon peels await Old Fashioneds and wisps of fog from liquid nitrogen-chilled cocktails float in the…
After a week filled with reschedules and delays, Nick Badovinus opened the doors of the new Off-Site Kitchen for the first time last Friday. Customers immediately spilled like running water through the front door and down a ramp to filled the dining room. The relocated Design District restaurant was supposed…
Almost everything about little Texas Tapas is modest. Eleven bottles of liquor sit on a floating shelf behind the bar. Historic Dallas photos hang above. There’s one long granite bar, no beers on tap (a tall fridge has Deep Ellum cans and other bottles), and one big handful of tables…
Today, Pizza Hut will release an edible abomination into our midst. An unnatural beast created by a team of irresponsible do-badders. The Pizza Hut pizza will have a hot-dog-stuffed crust and will cost $12. As Jurassic Park’s Jeff Goldblum would say (imagine his giant Jeff Goldblum ears waving in the…
If you haven’t made the drive up to McKinney in a while, now may be the time to gas up your car. The quaint little town to our north is becoming almost as well known for its travel-worthy restaurants as it is for police assaults. The latest restaurant to open, which…
It’s hard opening a Mexican restaurant in a Tex-Mex town. Customers smell a whiff of cumin in the air and immediately expect frozen margaritas and free chips and salsa. Dallas has been serving up enchilada plates with refried beans for so long it’s taken over an entire culinary identity, which…
Fuel City, the gasoline-selling, taco-slinging, car-washing super station, will open a fourth location in Fort Worth. DFW.com reports owner John Benda says he hopes the location will be ready for next year’s summer driving season. In the meantime another Fuel City is expected to open in McKinney this fall. The…
If you love ramen but you hate eating while you stand at Ten in Sylvan 30, and if you crave chasu but don’t want to drive all the way to Raman Hakata in Addison, the next restaurant to compete for your ramen dollars will open on Greenville Avenue on June…
Dallas is the obvious choice for a burger chain looking to expand its market share. As a city, we consume more burgers than the rest of the planet combined (probably not true), which is evidenced by the sheer number of burger joints spread out across this city. If you did…
Everyone knows the most authentic banh mi sandwiches are served in the suburbs, where they come wrapped in paper and cost two dollars and some change. You could buy the whole office lunch at prices like that, depending on the size of your office and how generous you’re feeling, and…
Most times when critic Daniel Vaughn writes up a notable brisket for Texas Monthly’s BBQ Blog, the story is prefaced by a tank of gas and a few hours behind the wheel. That’s great if you’re the kind of person who relishes a Sunday drive. Epic journeys make smoked meats…
You’ve got to hand it to Kent Rathbun. Outside of his Iron Chef accomplishments, he’s damn near the most important, influential guy in Dallas dining. After more than a decade as a successful restaurateur and three great restaurants, Rathbun is ready to try his hand at something a little more…
The Texas Rangers rolled out some mouth-watering, stomach-upsetting new concession items this season: a state fair stand with nothing but fried foods, nachos with tater tots instead of tortilla chips, bacon beer. There is also a thing called the “sausage sundae.” But that’s all on the ground level, where the…
“I need one spicy mazemen ramen,” Matthew Hoa, the baby-faced executive chef at Dallas’ newest ramen shop, Ten, announced. Sous chef Christian Koelling cranked the heat on a sauté pan, spun around to the other side of the galley and started chopping roast pork belly. “Hai,” he offered, softly. In…
NorthPark Center will be getting a new restaurant this fall. Wait! Don’t go! This restaurant is actually interesting. Where you’d expect another moderately priced Phil Romano chain restaurant, this new spot looks like it could be reason enough for a trip to the mall whether you need a new pair…
Headed to Tallywackers? I have one piece of advice for you: take a sweater. While I didn’t see the dial when I visited recently, I’d guess the thermostat was set to meat locker, as evidenced not only by my own shivers but those of the scantily clad waiters that surrounded…
Nearly half a year into Café Momentum’s opening, it’s safe to say they’ve hit their stride. It’s no easy feat for any restaurant, but Café Momentum isn’t just any restaurant — it’s also a second chance. Here, young men released from the city’s juvenile justice department receive paid job- and…
When Daniel Vaughn reviews a barbecue joint on his frequent jaunts throughout the state in search of the Holy Barbecue Grail, he knows the only way to form a real opinion on a spot is to order basically one of everything. So he was glad I was tagging along this…
On-Premise opened recently in Deep Ellum. Of all of the remodels I’ve witnessed since I started covering the Dallas dining scene, this is by far the most transformative. Remember Lemongrass, the Vietnamese restaurant that served up an excellent bowl of pho in Deep Ellum? There isn’t a trace of that old…
Jefferson Boulevard continued its gentrification march earlier this week when Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams opened its first standalone business in the Jefferson Tower project. The small storefront with a walk-up window is now selling the crazy flavors creator Aaron Barker has become known for, and for the rest of this…
I get to Fort Worth a handful of times a year, usually to check out a performance at Bass Hall or to putz around the museums. Last summer my infrequent visits became permanently appended with a mandatory visit to Melt Ice Creams. I won’t leave Fort Worth until I’ve had…
