A couple of days ago, Deep Ellum Brewing Company posted on their Facebook page that they’re serving lunch now — a full menu that includes elote-covered tater tots, pizza, tacos and beer. After my car’s tires squeal in anticipation, I plop into the cool steel taproom. Little bar games are on…
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. In an era of over-the-top food, Carbone’s menu is refreshingly simple. Linguine with shrimp scampi. Spaghetti and meatballs…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, long-standing North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. It’s around noon at Barbec’s, and I’m overcome with a strange, uncomfortable feeling. I’m clutching the spiral…
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. A good dumpling is a revelation. A good soup dumpling is life-affirming. At Fortune House, you can’t go…
At the small tables of an underground dinner, a couple might be paired with another random couple who will become Facebook friends by the end of the evening. With a casual dress code, BYOB and good food, chef David Anthony Temple’s underground dinners give diners another option outside of the…
After months of waiting, there is much rejoicing among DFW’s barbecue faithful. With a week of soft openings under their belt, Heim Barbecue & Catering officially opened their brick and mortar location on Magnolia Avenue in Fort Worth on Saturday, Aug. 6. We’ll start with the bad news first: Yes,…
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. If this list of our 100 favorite dishes of 2016 came in any particular order, this one would…
Like most cuisines that arrive on American shores, Thai food has undergone a transformation in its new country. Flavors are adapted or softened for American palates, and hits like pad thai become mainstream staples. Yummy Thai on Royal Lane in Irving is a rare, but unconvincing, glimpse at the Thai…
Tostilocos are, among other things, an expression of the true unbridled passion Latinos share for a good snack. Your mouth cannot hold all the flavors that are going on all at once here, and that is on purpose. There’s a reason this snack’s name means “crazy chips” in Spanish. Street…
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. Right now in Dallas, it seems harder to find a restaurant that doesn’t serve charcuterie — the arrangement…
I once took my mom to a traditional ramen restaurant and watched as she nervously prodded the steaming bowl of noodles and broth with her chopsticks for 30 minutes. Like many people, her experience with ramen has been limited to the little plastic packages or dinky Styrofoam cups of instant…
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 list of ingredients is so ridiculous, there’s no way any mere human can say no to The…
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. Few things are as soul-restoring as a good bowl of chicken soup. On the last Sunday of every…
Walking through the double red doors of Mad Batter Baker is a pleasant trip down the rabbit hole. The Alice in Wonderland-inspired bakery manages a whimsical charm without needlessly beating you over the head with it. The walls at the back are a patchwork of artwork, some of it for sale…
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. I’m a big fan of the rice-less sushi roll. It cuts out the middle man and yields a…
Seafood may not immediately come to mind when we think of brunch menus, but more and more local menus are incorporating seafood beyond a bagel with lox. There are oysters at Boulevardier and catfish po’boys at Ida Claire, for instance. And no place embraces this more than TJ’s Seafood. The original…
The saga of Pie Tap has been unfolding slowly for nearly two years. When Rich Hicks, the restaurateur behind Mooyah Burgers and Tin Star Taco Bar, which he later sold, announced plans for the restaurant’s first location to open on Henderson Avenue, some people in the neighborhood fought his plans 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. Some dishes are so warm and comforting that the chef might as well wander out of the kitchen,…
There must be only a handful of diners left in America where you can smoke cigarettes right next to the open kitchen and read a newspaper. 2016 has made visiting timeless diners a very real need: It’s a year that makes hyperbole seem tame. How do you let off steam…
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. Meddlesome Moth excels at two things: selecting craft beers and makin’ snacks. Even the most obsessively on-the-hunt beer…
Garden Cafe manager and chef Mark Wootton may spend his time perfecting the consistency of the grits at his restaurant, but now he has another focus: exotic mushrooms, kombucha, books and potato chips. Wootton has taken his love for good quality local product next door, opening up a grocery store…
In an interview with the musician Questlove, Chicago chef Dave Beran talks about the perils of creating a signature “hit” dish. “That can put a halt to your progress,” he explains. “When you have that hit, you don’t want to stop doing it.” Earlier this year, chef and Dallas icon…
