Breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day. And at John’s Cafe, it’s goooood. John’s also serves up super cheapo lunches, but their breakfast is so otherworldly and giant, you’ll be so full of egg and coffee and awesome that when noon rolls around, you can just burp pancake…
Foremost among the many charms of Lucia, the homey Italian bistro that’s riveted local food lovers since it opened in Oak Cliff late last year, is the restaurant’s singularity. Eaters may swoon over chef David Uygar’s expert salumi or front-of-the-house deaconess Jennifer Uygar’s twinkle-eyed warmth, but neither food nor service…
For most of the crowd gathered there Sunday afternoon, the birthday bash at Spiral Diner was about celebrating three years of vegan eating in the always-friendly Oak Cliff spin-off, but for Mario Sanchez it was about something else entirely: “Retribution.” That was the word on Sanchez’s lips moments after he…
An expectant hush falls over the table as the waiter finally reappears, platter in hand. He ceremoniously and deftly dips and drops your meal, wishes you bon appetit and silently glides away. You admire the pretty midnight purple package before you and then, like a child at Christmas, joyously rip…
Some may argue that a Bloody Mary or a little hair of the dog is the best cure for a nasty hangover, but a cup of black coffee and a dozen or so doughnuts always seem to do the trick for us. Serious hangovers call for serious doughnuts, and the…
‘Well, here’s the deal,” Davey Griffin, associate professor of animal science at Texas A&M University, told me when he learned I planned to show up at an Oak Cliff packing plant for the Southwestern Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest. “It’s not a spectator sport.” Surely there’s a promoter somewhere who could…
BEE: Best Enchiladas Ever (brought to you by Monica Greene of Monica’s Aca Y Alla) calls itself an “enchiladeria.” To me, “enchiladeria” sounds like the immediate effects of eating one too many spicy enchiladas. “Dude, that meal gave me severe enchiladeria.” But, as it turns out, it just means that…
Let’s face it, you’ve been good to yourself. You’ve resisted the urge to patronize multi-caloric palaces of pleasure and instead have chosen to dine at Seasons 52, where every item on the menu is less than 475 calories. Well, now that you’ve polished off your ripe plum tomato flatbread and…
Burgers and fries will never be good for you. But the conceit behind Elevation Burger, a small chain that recently opened its first of three planned DFW locations in the Hillcrest Shopping Center, is that fast food could be good for the earth.Elevation Burger claims to be the only franchised…
Goghee To Go’s website says the restaurant offers “real food” with “100 percent real flavor.” I can back them up on this claim. They do serve real food. Goghee’s offers up tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tortas and nachos—only they’re all Korean barbecue-d up. It’s really not that much of a departure…
Whiskey Cake, the impressively thought-out pub by the Tollway in Plano, was designed for drinkers who don’t laugh when their bartenders spritz their cocktails with atomized oils and diners who don’t berate their servers when they learn their lukewarm tomato soup isn’t eligible for a quick nuke, because the kitchen…
Monica’s Aca Y Alla in Deep Ellum has been a neighborhood staple for years, weathering bad press and a bad economic climate with quality Tex Mex and great specials. But it’s still just another excellent Tex-Mex restaurant in Dallas. Yawwwwwwwn. We need something new. Different. And Monica came up with…
Just last week on the The Dallas Morning News’ Eats Blog, Leslie Brenner lamented the fact that “Tex-Mex is not Dallas’ strong suit,” and invited readers to submit an acceptable list of establishments. She listed El Ranchito, Cuquitas, Mias, and Mextopia as passing muster. I would have added Gonzales, Chitos,…
There’s not much ice left on the streets, but “cold” still seems an inadequate word to describe the weather outside. You can coat your outsides with scarves and mittens, but where does that leave your shivering insides? Dallasites cannot survive on hot toddies alone, which is why y’all should head…
There’s something way too special about the Mama’s Daughters’ original location on Irving Boulevard. It’s the perfect diner: great atmosphere, happy-snarky waitresses and an unspoken promise that when you leave, you’ll be stupid full of delicious food. (Bring your pie stomach. It’s game time.) I have an unholy love for…
A few milestones loom large in the sports world, so rare is the chance of their reoccurring. High on that list is the successful athlete-owned restaurant: Larry Bird, Johnny Unitas, George Brett and Dwyane Wade are among the many, many talented sports stars who couldn’t make a go of steak…
A few dozen Oak Cliff residents and barbecue addicts braved the frozen streets and frigid temperatures to enjoy opening day this morning at Lockhart Smokehouse, the highly awaited new ‘cue joint in the Bishop Arts District. As of 1 p.m., the place was out of meat, but luckily Dude Food…
If you’re in town for the Big Game and want to know if Big D features anything other than barbecue and chicken-fried steak, head down the Dart Green Line to superstar national chef Tom Colicchio’s Craft and enjoy an elegant brunch, featuring Short Rib and Shishito Pepper Hash. Served with…
Everyone’s trying to cash in on the Super Bowl, from those renting their homes for the week, to restaurants and bars offering cheap drinks and food specials to lure in crowds for watching parties. For restaurants that opened their doors in January, the timing couldn’t be better, but for the…
“Dallas, huh?” a Michigander friend asked me upon hearing I’d moved here. “Bet you don’t get much sushi.” Actually, I corrected him, there’s extraordinary sushi here. Sushi’s the perfect fit for Dallas, a city with a bustling airport, a growing Asian and Asian-American population and an affection for high price…
The specialty dish at B.B.Bop’s is the Korean dish bibimbap (which sounds exactly the same if you say it drunk or sober), or as their signage describes it: rice bowls. The restaurant offers a couple of different roads for your rice bowl experience: build-your-own (for you picky bitches) or order…
It’s probably unfair to show up in winter at a restaurant that touts its fresh, seasonal cuisine. Diners who rushed to eat at Brownstone when it opened last summer were feted with Mother Nature’s version of a ticker-tape parade: The kitchen all but pelted them with kernels of Silver Queen…
