Here at the Observer, we’ve tried to highlight the brave efforts of restaurateurs struggling to keep staff employed and customers fed after this damn virus took away the in-house dining they specialize in. Not all of them could. Some got creative. Chef John Tesar reports that a whole lot of…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Armando Aguilar was having a great month. The Dallas native got hired to a new executive chef job at a local bar that’s a semifinalist for a James…
As soon as I saw it on the online menu for takeout at Red Stix Asian Street Food, I knew I had to have the duck fat-fried rice. Some of my closer friends know I’ll pretty much order anything that has the word “duck” in it, but there’s so much…
Forcing yourself to get your food only to-go can make you look back a bit. At least, it has for me since I recently ordered something I frequently got in college: Cowboy Chicken. It still holds up. The quick-serve restaurant has been around since 1981, and while we’re focusing on…
I’ll start with a disclaimer: I’m not a doctor. I have no expert knowledge about the coronavirus or COVID-19, the illness that results from it. But I am someone eating takeout every day at this point (it’s my job now, after all), exploring as many tips as possible on how…
The first step to a successful picnic in the time of COVID-19 is to find your own corner of the park — or, better yet, to find your own park entirely. After Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted out a warning March 28 that the trails around White Rock Lake…
Well, here we all are, crushing this shelter-in-place thing, for better and worse. Honestly, we’re super proud of you. Mom-level proud. For that, you should treat yourself! And help a local small business or baker at the same time. Air high-fives all over the place. Below are some ideas to…
Out of an abundance of caution and in order to follow the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Dallas Observer is postponing its scheduled Iron Fork 2020 date (April 29) until Aug. 12. All tickets purchased for the prior date will be honored.
Dating in the time of COVID-19 is tricky. Unless you’re using Zoom in a very creepy way, we know you single readers out there have your quarantine boo who’s still allowed to come over. Or maybe you even wound up cohabitating a bit ahead of schedule. Good luck getting your…
What we love about restaurants is evolving these days, and one new important aspect is how well the food travels. For that well-accomplished task alone, you should add Brick and Bones in Deep Ellum to your list of places to get takeout. First note: It has the city’s amended emergency…
I first went into Brown Bag Provisions on my birthday. Which was March 17. Which was also the first day Dallas restaurants were closed for in-house dining. But at this Design District establishment, which opened March 9, things were still busy. Sure, people were getting items such as a stellar…
Within days of the coronavirus landing in Dallas, Homewood had a plan to help not just itself but its suppliers. The restaurant is serving family-style meals to go in enormous bags, and it’s also selling boxes of produce fresh from local farms, containing fruits, veggies, eggs and slabs of meat…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. It feels like an eternity since Jonathon’s Oak Cliff wasn’t mentioned as the place to go for chicken and waffles in Dallas. Their perfectly seasoned fried chicken that…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. There are two sheets of paper taped on the window in the drive-thru at Bubba’s Cooks Country. It’s a typewritten note from the owners. It’s longer than you…
Pad Thai is great. But is it even better as carry-out leftovers the next day?
Welcome to Good to Go, a column in which our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers.
Pickle fries and sofrito cheesesteaks are some of the brilliant ideas coming from a Deep Ellum bar.
The Texas Rangers’ hospitality group, Delaware North Sportservice, opened their kitchen yesterday for a media preview of the fine foods that sports fans and concert goers will be able to enjoy in the new Globe Life Field. Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson were supposed to be the first concert this…
Burmese food, from the country of Myanmar, is a cuisine not pervasive in Dallas. While you can easily find food from many Asian countries in Dallas-Fort Worth, Burmese food is seemingly underrepresented. Myanmar is in Southeast Asia, bordered by Thailand, Laos, India, China and Bangladesh. The flavors of its food…
With so much mediocre gravy in the world, finding a decent one can make your day. And you can at a spot in University Park — it’s a standby for fried chicken and has been there long enough to be an established staple. In fact, when I was 6, I…
If you’ve been to Asian Mint, you know that it’s chef Nikky Phinyawatana’s mission to feed your soul as well as your body. She even has a YouTube channel called “Nikky Feeding Souls,” in which she shows her travels through Thailand and how she carefully sources her ingredients. With each…
Enchiladas are the first meal I remember. There was a Monterrey House catty-corner from my preschool in Houston and when my parents were late and I was the last kid picked-up, they’d make amends by feeding me. And after digging the candy out of the chips (please comment if you…
