Move over, Grandma, this ain’t your kind of comfort food. At least not anymore. Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen opened earlier this week in Lakewood Shopping Center, replacing the long-standing Dixie House that occupied the space at the corner of Gaston Avenue and Abrams Road for more than 35 years. After Dixie…
Located in the Harwood district, Happiest Hour occupies one of the center cuts of Dallas’ dining real estate. It’s also a massive piece of realty with over 12,000 square feet of space that has been given the modern industrial treatment. You’ve seen it before: Edison bulbs, oversize tubular furniture, hosts and…
A turkey burger is always a high-risk gamble: The probability of a turkey patty setting your hair on fire with its greatness, at most restaurants, is about the same likelihood as SETI receiving the broadcast of a thumbs-up emoji from a distant planet. A turkey burger is the menu item…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The griddle knob is turned up high. American cheese is cooling it above the counter in a…
Rockwall is about to get a new restaurant from 8020 Hospitality, the group behind Remedy, HG Sply Co. and chef Danyele McPherson: Standard Service, a “casual neighborhood restaurant/bar serving fresh Texas cuisine.” The restaurant opens Monday, Oct. 10, at 760 W. Ralph Hall Parkway. “It was really fun to create a menu…
Dallas doesn’t have enough great Chicago-style pizza. Down at the Joule, Americano is looking to change that. This fall, on Sunday and Monday nights, they’re serving Chicago-style pizza by the slice for $10. If you’re ashamed to be seen with a deep dish by the Cool Pizza Kids, an ultra-quiet…
From time to time, a new restaurant pops up here in Dallas that raises an eyebrow. OK, actually, it’s more like a couple times a week. It’s far more rare to find new spots that we can actually see becoming a second home. The lucky thing for anyone who happens…
The best way to learn your neighborhood is to eat and drink it. At first glance, Lakewood is a sprawl of good lunch and cold beer. There are piping-hot bowls of posole and bar snacks and enough crows on power lines to be in a movie’s apocalypse montage. Lakewood is…
Dallas takes brunch very seriously, as evidenced by the long lines and the people who seem almost eager to wait in them. Ida ClaireBrunch isn’t just for Dallas proper — some spots in the suburb do it well, like Ida Claire, where you’ll find a host of Southern and Louisiana-inspired…
It sounds impossible, but it’s real: Start, the healthy fast food and drive-thru alternative, has created a veggie burger that bests its own beef cheeseburger. It’s not magic. It’s a wild and beautiful Frankensteinian creation, consisting of roughly 28 ingredients that work together to form a vegetable and bean and…
In a hip Asian strip mall in Carrollton, the new Gen Korean BBQ presents a powerful combination of atmosphere and piles of tasty meats. It’s a memorable experience, though the price may keep it in special occasion territory for many. Fortunately, dining at Gen Korean is more affordable for lunch,…
Last month Sixty Vines opened its doors — and its taps — in Plano. It’s the latest restaurant from the group behind Velvet Taco, Ida Claire, Mexican Sugar and Whiskey Cake, which occupies the same shopping plaza as Sixty Vines. But proximity does not breed likeness in this instance. Where…
I recently polled my friends on Facebook to ask if a restaurant flier left on their cars’ windshields would make them more or less inclined to try said establishment. Mind you, it’s a small sample — and highly unscientific — but the vast majority of respondents hate the idea, with…
As part of our Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’ve been sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Best of Dallas is available online and in newsstands now, and here’s out last 100 fave of the year. If…
A few years ago, a night out in downtown Dallas meant either a fancy restaurant or a tourist trap. A few good restaurants were downtown, like CBD Provisions and the French Room, but not many of the kind of casual spots that graced Uptown and Deep Ellum. Residents commented on…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The lunch rush at Charco Broiler is a well-oiled machine. Rigo Dominguez, who mans the nearly 53-year-old…
If you like Asian food, you’re in luck — the DFW dining scene is seeing an influx of restaurants specializing in all manner of Asian fare. But it’s not all soup dumplings and egg tarts. Here are a few of the hottest new restaurants in DFW right now: Charlie Zhang’s…
Leading up to the Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. You could spend months on an obsessive quest across Dallas and its suburbs, searching for all the best…
Dining at Flora Street Cafe is a symphony, an echo of its Arts District digs. The first movement, showcasing inventive starters, begins lively and vibrant. Dessert is a finale that crescendos into exhilarating hues and triumphant flavors. In between, composition tends to overshadow flavors, but such is art — open…
Let’s face it: As much as we all love brunch, it tends to be one of the more homogeneous meals of the day — like the Sweden of eating occasions. But then again, brunch is also consumed with far less frequency than other meal genres, so while diners might look…
There were a few things I didn’t expect during my first trip to Little Woodrow’s, the new sports bar in a freshly developed complex on Ross Avenue. I’m at a small counter-top table with a big foldout menu. The place is vast, with exposed brick and unreachable ceilings. If you’re…
Just what Dallas needed: another steakhouse. But after visiting this swanky new spot, we can’t help but think that maybe we did need another. Del Frisco’s opened the new steakhouse last week smack dab in the middle of Dallas. So, behold the new two-floor, double-barred, sexy as hell Del Frisco’s Double…
