Pupusería La Pasadita may be one of the smallest restaurants in Dallas. It’s a stretch even to call the ramshackle takeout joint a restaurant. This is a food truck without wheels. There’s no seating, unless you count the sad metal bench sitting on the curb out front, and there’s little…
Boca Chica Tapas & Tequila recently opened above the old Bailey’s Prime Plus space at the Shops at Park Lane. Designed by the always-swank Plan B Group, this spot specializes in stiff drinks and modern (yet, sometimes ancient) Mexican fare. This little mouth is the latest footprint from Restaurants America,…
And you thought nothing exciting was going to happen this week. Silly you! Whataburger has brought back a limited batch of its spicy ketchup. So, rent a U-Haul and find the keys to the storage unit, it’s time to stockpile. Last year I interviewed chef John Kleifgen, who was at…
I have tried to get to Baby Back Shak so many times. It keeps eccentric hours for someone who lives far away, and I’ve just never managed to sort it out. The other day though, I found myself in southern Dallas with an hour to kill, and hey presto. I…
Another busy month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in February, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: The…
Dallas certainly knows it’s way around a brunch. What use to be an occasion-driven affair, has taken on the role of a more casual, sobering three-hour revival. With Dallas’ always-expanding restaurant population, here are some new spots you should consider. Jack’s Southern Comfort Food There’s one (really important) key word…
The Corner Bar is making its attempt to be a gustatory den of the highest order. Skim the menu and you’ll see all the buzzwords you expect to see associated with Dallas’ fine-dining restaurants. Tom Spicer’s greens make multiple appearances, and there are hot dogs from Luscher’s Red Hots. The…
Sometimes a brisket-loving expatriate Brit just needs a taste of home, so we’ve sent our Englishman in BBQ Sauce on a trek to sample Dallas’ version of cream tea. We hope Anglo-American relations will withstand the stress. Deep down, I knew that Maudee’s, with its understanding of appropriate tea and…
John Paul Valverde and his partner Miguel Vicéns have a knack for envisioning and executing compelling spaces. Their design business Coevál Studio kept them busy with color palettes, lighting fixtures and layout before they decided to dive headfirst into the restaurant business itself. They opened Campo Modern Country Bistro and…
Plano-based Frito-Lay continues its flavor-palooza with new beer-battered onion ring flavored Ruffles, said to offer “guys the ultimate party snack.” Sorry, ladies. You just have to stick to plain ol’ Ruffles with ridges. Ruffles MAX beer-battered onion rings complements any tailgating party or guys’ weekend and is available nationwide for…
The LOT (7530 E. Grand Ave.), located off the Santa Fe Trail in the enormous space that once housed the Backyard Beach Bar, opens its doors to the public today. The East Dallas restaurant and beer garden is the product of some serious teamwork; restauranteur John McBride (El Fenix), food…
Twisted Root Burger Co. has been running a burger “special” for the month of February. Called the “If This is Wrong… I don’t Want to be Right,” it comes with a half-pound beef patty topped cheddar cheese, a fried egg and two strips of bacon all between two glazed doughnuts…
When I was sitting at the bar at Lucia, slurping down exceptional hand-made pasta dressed in a creamy sea urchin sauce and garnished with salty, toasted breadcrumbs, I asked chef David Uygur where he got the uni. The chef gave me a sort of surprised and sarcastic look as he…
I went on a previous trip to Fort Worth where I hit three places in a day, but against everyone’s better advice I ignored Angelo’s Bar-B-Que, on the wonderfully named White Settlement Road. On Saturday I put that right. Why couldn’t they just drop the White from White Settlement Road?…
If you ask chef John Tesar why he named his restaurant after the tool, he’ll tell you “a spoon is the only kitchen utensil you can’t live without.” He has a point. It’s hard to do anything with liquid in a kitchen without the dished characteristic that makes a spoon…
Rosemont, restauranteur Tracy Miller’s ode to casual but elegant breakfast and lunch, appears to have closed. A source tells City of Ate that the staff was informed yesterday that the restaurant would cease operations immediately. Miller couldn’t be reached for comment this morning, but the restaurant is locked, unlit and…
Cream Tea. It’s very important to British people. That’s why I capitalized each of the two delightful words that make it up. It’s also extremely straightforward. Upon possession of English Breakfast Tea (which we just call “tea”) and acquisition of a scone (I’m not sure what level I need to…
It’s been haunting me for weeks now. The memory of perfect pastrami, tucked between two slices of perfectly toasted rye, with sharp mustard that had a serious bite. I’ve sampled a number of different house-cured deli meats around Dallas, and many of them have been pretty good, but this sandwich,…
McKinney Avenue, the vein that cuts through Uptown and supplies all connected to it with endless varieties of bars and restaurants, has a new offering for its people: Belly & Trumpet. Miles away from the New York City-modeled, gourmet hot dog purveyor The Bowery that sat in its place mere…
The longtime uptown seafood staple Hook Line and Sinker has opened a second location at 17602 Preston Road, a bit north of Keller Springs, in an old Taco Cabaña. The original seafood shack first opened on Lemmon in May of 1996. Hook Line and Sinker is relic of uptown, prior…
What’s better than shack barbecue? Nothing. Or so I thought, until I was tipped off about the next level up of ridiculousness: Gas station barbecue. That’s right. Smokie’s is a full-on barbecue restaurant, with a menu that if anything is a little too big, inside a gas station (or a…
Los Torres Taquería opened last June, and like many small, family-owned Latino restaurants in Dallas, it began quietly turning out spicy, heady Mexican cooking right under the city’s nose. Business has been a little slow, said Ramiro Torres, who runs the restaurant with wife Irene and her sister Evangelina, but…
