Monkey King Noodle Co. is fast becoming a Deep Ellum institution. After two and a half successful years as a small takeout window, during which time Dallas city regulations shut down its informal collection of tables on the sidewalk, the restaurant has moved around the corner into a permanent home…
Sad news out of Henderson Avenue today: After 11 years, Hibiscus, the beloved New American restaurant specializing in perfectly cooked steak and an infamous ice box pie, will close after dinner service on Saturday night. Via a press release: “Though purely a business decision based on the lease expiring in…
Word got out back in March that Emporium Pies would be adding a third location in Deep Ellum, occupying a space next door to Pecan Lodge. Since then, details have been somewhat sparse as to when the spot would open. Last weekend, we detected a great disturbance in the pie…
Leading up to September’s 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. Small Brewpub may have pared down their menu recently, but one of our favorite Small dishes made the…
At first glance, a place like Sno Gourmet Shaved Ice might seem like a one-off gimmick. But its owner, George Rubio, has made it his life’s work to build the store into what it is today. While at the University of Texas in Austin, Rubio met a third-generation shaved ice…
Leading up to September’s 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. Trompo’s beginnings were rocky. Owner Luis Olvera started by selling his spit-roasted northern Mexican street tacos at shows…
There’s a new entry to the list of Dallas’ most expensive burgers. Over at TJ’s Seafood Market, the location on Preston Royal, they’re really going for it with a new menu: the Yacht Club Burger, a $17 burger (add grilled shrimp for an extra $5) topped with bacon glazed with whiskey. Just…
When DISH Cedar Springs ended its seven year run in February, it was with anticipation of things to come. Tim McEneny of NL Group (Front Room Tavern, DISH Preston Hollow) planned to revamp the space, the menu and the mission, eschewing DISH’s more formal approach in lieu of a lively and…
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. On a quiet weekday afternoon — quiet for Jimmy’s Food Store, anyway — owners Mike and Paul…
A few weeks since quietly opening across the street from The Joule downtown, the Browder Street Food Truck Plaza seems to have hit its stride. What used to be an empty space between two buildings — with a tiny patch of dirt depressingly referred to as a dog park —…
Leading up to September’s 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. At Jonathon’s Oak Cliff, brunch is serious business. By 9:30 a.m. last Sunday, there was already a wait…
Few foods scare Americans as much as blood sausage. A number of misconceptions aren’t helping. No, blood sausage does not taste like blood; there aren’t metallic or salty notes. No, the blood of a dead animal is not more inherently gross than the flesh of a dead animal. And, for…
Leading up to September’s 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. Choosing one Pecan Lodge meal to put on our 100 Favorite Dishes list is like choosing a favorite…
Leading up to September’s 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. Cattleack Barbeque has serious fun with their rotating feature items — particularly when they involve pastrami. We fell…
What would the world do without novelty burgers? They pop up all the time in Dallas. Earlier in the year, the Dallas Mavericks introduced the “Just-in Time” burger in honor of Justin Anderson, and it featured Old Bay-doused Texas Toast and a burger patty that’s easily the worst I’ve had…
Last Saturday, USC and Alabama fans transformed Deep Ellum — if only for a few hours — into a sea of crimson and red. The streets were closed for a car show and with that came more people — women in pin-up outfits and rockabilly chic, men in biker gear…
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved meatballs. They are a perfect orb of food and a staple in my house growing up. Load them them in a pot with some onion and garlic, remove them, let fresh tomato sauce simmer and drop them back in. To…
Leading up to September’s 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. Sous vide is nothing new by now, but hearing those words come from a server’s mouth still makes…
With its — ahem — unique shape, the jipangi ice cream at Carrollton’s Bubble Jipangi attracts a lot of attention. Though some have compared the puffed corn cone to a cane, “J” shape or a “pipe,” the snickers overhead in line confirm we’re not the only ones who noticed a…
Leading up to September’s 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. The Free Man has all the makings of a memorable Friday night: A dark, cozy room, live music,…
Noodle master Charlie Zhang, famous for his noodle-crafting showmanship during his time at Royal China, has branched out on his own. Imperial Noodle opened last week in Richardson, delivering entertainment along with a delicious meal. After entering the glitzy, auspiciously red restaurant, you catch sight of Zhang at work, crafting…
Follow the bright red tractor outside Hash House A Go Go, and you’ll soon tuck into heaping platefuls of “twisted farm food.” Everything here is as big as Texas itself. Happy hour munchies — chicken, pork and “taters” — are offered literally by the bucketful. Their version of a bloody…
