Restaurants

There’s a lot of pizza joints that have made a name on their signature crusts but only one can lay claim to the original Texas-style crust …

Call it by its name. It is not Taiwanese sushi, nor is it Taiwanese kimbap. Even more so, it is not remotely a Taiwanese burrito. As we close 2021 and open the new year, it is time to call dishes by their actual names.

Spotify is dinging us with our most listened to songs of this year, but our sweat pants keep reminding us how much great food we ate.

I’ll never forget the exact moment I was trying to find 2-inch wood screws at the Ace Hardware along Park Row in Arlington and smelled something.

Another month has gone by and another 30 or so restaurants have opened. While there have been whispers (and shouts too) about more on the way …

For more than two decades, Jasmine Café sat on the tiny, downtown-like strip lining Richardson’s Main Street, serving classic Mediterranean dishes, lots of thick (and very strong) Turkish coffee and of course, hookah. When Nameer Salman bought the business in 2012, Jasmine was a standard college-age hookah lounge and hangout…

Peter Tarantino refers to his new spot just across from Fair Park south of Deep Ellum as “in the Twilight Zone, deep deep….

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last two months, you’ve probably heard the news that Texas Monthly recently released their latest list of the Top 50 Barbecue restaurants in Texas.

Chicken is having a moment, and it doesn’t seem to be dying down (or should I say frying out?) anytime soon. First, there was the chicken …

If you travel around Southeast Asia, there is no doubt you will encounter some of the best street food on the planet. However, there …

There’s a certain stereotype for Texas pitmasters; a look, a stature and a smell. Burly, a little greasy.

Greenville Avenue Pizza Company (GAPCo) has been a go-to pizza destination for late-night slices on Lower Greenville since 2007. They opened their second location in East Dallas on Peavy Road in 2017. This November, they debuted their latest pizza destination in Richardson. GAPCo is located near Belt Line Road and…

Lots of “Ah man!” in the Observer’s downtown offices this week. The café on the bottom floor of the building posted a sign on their door that they’re done.

A new – and yet, somewhat familiar – seafood kitchen recently opened in Richardson and you’ll find a menu here that perfectly blends the unique flavors of the East Coast and Asian cuisine.

When Sfereco opened last month in Lewisville, in the space that was formerly Cavalli Pizza, it marked the completion of a remake of the Old Town Lewisville restaurant park.

In Dallas, brunch never goes out of season. But you could get tired of the same old brunch, whether it’s a get-dressed-up affair at a see-and-be-seen spot or a hangover helper and rowdy booze …

When the calendar rolls over to 2022, Dallas will have lost three of its more iconic restaurants. The first to fall was Wild About Harry’s. The hot dog and frozen custard …

Tucked away in Dallas’ Koreatown District on Royal Lane is a new Korean-inspired steak lounge. Intimate enough for date night, but still comfortable enough for family dinner,

Deep Ellum will soon be home to the first Electric Shuffle in the United States. This popular United Kingdom-based concept has two bars …

Hot news out of Houston. Shipley Do-Nuts has big expansion plans for North Texas. Next year they plan on adding 25 stores across North Texas through a new franchise agreement with HPL Capital LLC.

About seven years ago, friends Skye McDaniel and Lily Hanson came together to create what would become simply known as The Bake Sale, where they’d sell their homemade goods people came to love. Hanson moved to the Northeast until the pandemic brought her home.The duo did pivot during COVID to…

The Westin Southlake Hotel is opening a new restaurant this week that will bring in a bit of Southlake’s history and southern comfort to the area.