Unless some generous Dallasite steps in to save it, this past weekend was the final few days of regular service for Deep Ellum “small plate dining” spot Twenty Seven. Chef/owner David Anthony Temple, previously known for his underground dinners, announced the restaurant’s closure this weekend on social media: Dear Friends…
Unlike Dallas and its constant struggle over how to handle the Trinity River, Fort Worth embraced its water source by erecting along its banks apartments, a pavilion for concerts, running trails and coming in the summer of 2017, The River District, a new entertainment district carefully plotted against the Trinity…
There’s a certain amount of bravado that comes naturally to Texans. Two-thirds of our fair state’s residents were born here, and the adage goes that the other third got here as fast as they could. Call it swagger. Call it pride. “Don’t Mess With Texas” isn’t just a bumper sticker;…
Susan Sarich says she fell in love with Dallas immediately. She loves it so much, in fact, that the owner of California bakery chain SusieCakes is house-hunting here while she opens the bakery’s first location outside of Cali, on a bustling corner of Preston Center. “The neighborhood here has a…
It ended, as it should, with a great burger. In the final hours before closing down, while the line at In-N-Out grew mercilessly just next door, Midway Point moved on like a train. Each seat was filled at the horseshoe bar. Giant burgers made their way through the saloon-style doors,…
Texas may lead the nation in job growth, but it also leads in stereotypes: we’ve got plenty of guns, Bibles, cowboy boots, trucks and now (sigh) a reality TV show about how Dallas women allegedly behave. While all debatable but mostly true, one stereotype we’ve turned into a caricature of…
You don’t have to be a hardcore Catholic, lighting frankincense and headbanging to the Pope’s new rock album, to enjoy a good fish fry. This Friday, the Irving Heritage Society will hold their annual fish fry and cake auction to benefit the Irving Heritage Society. So whether you want to contribute…
It’s noon on a Sunday and all seems well at Top Knot. A man sits at one of the marble tables on the patio; his date appears to be a newspaper, a bowl of fresh fruit and a cocktail. Girlfriends catch up over glasses of freshly squeezed juice and plates…
Jermaine Brown is used to throwing ingredients together to make a good meal in a kitchen with his team around him. In a couple of weeks, the chef will do the same thing — but this time, with surprise ingredients and in front of an audience of strangers. Brown, the executive…
To consume traditional French cuisine, you can do one of two things: grab a passport and fly to Paris or drive to Oak Cliff. While one is a bit more enticing than the other, along West Davis Street, where each block is beginning to resemble Bishop Arts, there’s the relatively…
On Monday, Cultivar Coffee opened the doors to its first stand-alone coffee shop on an Oak Cliff block that seems to be attracting a lot of talent. At 313 Jefferson Blvd., in the same building that houses innovators like Small Brewpub and Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams, Cultivar brings a wide…
What frontier is left for Kate Weiser after conquering the world of chocolate? Ice cream. Fresh on the heels of being named one of the best chocolate shops in the world, Kate Weiser Chocolate is stepping up its ice cream game with three new designer sundaes. At $8 a pop, you…
Internet commenters have descended on the food industry like a plague of picky locusts, perplexing chefs and rewriting the rules of restaurant criticism. And out of all DFW’s dining options, the picky horde has decided that a tiny, unassuming gyro joint on the far side of Mesquite is, with a…
A ton of restaurants are coming to Deep Ellum right now, and on Wednesday, Pho Bowl joined the fray with Vietnamese fusion. At this counter-service spot, the food is fresh and comes out fast. The setting is cute and casual, with large tables that encourage diners to interact with each…
A rancher’s gloves clapping together, bats exploding from the Congress Avenue bridge, Tommy Lee Jones giving me a wink and a shoulder squeeze (on horseback), a Rangers game in July with that one guy hitting the snare drum — this is the movie-style montage that ran through my head when…
The whole idea of going to a farmers market is to support farmers and local businesses. Ideally, this is a place where you can get the best seasonal produce grown regionally. If you want to get food that was flown in from thousands of miles away, most grocery stores will…
If there’s truth to the idea that big surprises come in small packages, a Fort Worth trailer measuring roughly 10-by-10 and located in the parking lot of Avoca coffee on Magnolia Street is proof. After Tokyo Café was gutted by a 2014 fire, former head chef Kevin Martinez wasted no time forging…
What do good comedy and good cuisine have in common? They each take a familiar framework and start to break things, drawing new connections as they go. But the key, of course, is that things have to be broken carefully. Too heavy a hand threatens the audience’s sensibilities; too light…
Formerly known as Shed No. 2, The Market at Dallas Farmers Market looks like an enormous food court ripped out of a shopping mall, and vendors are packed in there like sardines. There’s still a great farmers market outside, but much has changed now that Dallas Farmers Market is privately…
Even in 2016, the steakhouse still seems to be an entity targeted at men. The Hall, which opened last week in Trinity Groves’ concourse of smart restaurants, remains true to its masculine form with a sports-bar-meets-steakhouse concept. A project inspired by Bob Sambol’s iconic Bob’s Steak and Chop House, The…
Step aside, macarons and over-the-top milkshakes: Kate Weiser and chef Andrea Meyer of Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie are teaming up this weekend to bring an inevitable future food trend to fruition: the Waffant, a “warm, buttery, flaky waffle croissant filled with fresh, next level ice cream flavor,” Weiser said. Let’s break…
Tucked quietly between a tire shop and Mr. Phil’s Bar-B-Que & Catfish, there’s a new taqueria bringing sublime Monterrey-style street tacos to the hungry people of Oak Cliff. Trompo opened quietly last weekend with a small but robust menu of authentic, flavorful Northern Mexico street food. Owner Luis Olvera left…
