Restaurants

Out of the food events the Observer does, I hear many people talk specifically about how they love the brunch event. Morning After takes over part of the Dallas Farmers Market to bring us some fantastic bites from a meal that’s become a highlight of our week. Even if you’re…

LUCK at Trinity Groves and Casa Komali on Cole Avenue have closed. We got a tip midday Friday about LUCK (Local Urban Craft Kitchen), but management denied they were closing. Then, hours later, word slipped out to more people. That’s one struggle with closing: It’s an insanely emotional time, and…

Dallas and barbecue seem to go hand-in-hand, so it should come as no surprise that a new barbecue concept plans to expand to our fair city. Sugarfire Smoke House originally hails from St. Louis but recently announced plans to expand to Dallas at 6750 Abrams Road, between Vickery Meadow and…

Trompo is still around. Plenty has been written about Luis Olvera moving his taco spot to Oak Cliff, but it’s still hard for people to make their way there. The former ChildCareGroup location is now split into small business operations, and you have to know where you’re going to get…

You might be hard-pressed to find inexpensive food and cocktail options in the Design District. At most bars and restaurants, nearly every cocktail will cost you double-digit prices. But at Meddlesome Moth, there’s a new happy hour, where Design District bar hoppers can eat, drink and be merry in style,…

I feel like I haven’t been able to go a day the last two weeks without people talking about Oishii: They were about to work there, they were raving about it or they’re talking about the news that’s now officially out: A second location has arrived for the restaurant. This…

A fancy French patisserie out of St. Tropez, France, will soon be peddling its exclusive pastries in our fair city. Adjacent to The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas, this will be the first location for La Tarte Tropézienne outside of France, with a planned opening date in late February. (They’re…

Jaxon Texas Kitchen and Beer Garden will open in downtown Dallas this spring, with chef David Gilbert at the head of the kitchen as executive chef. “We’re really taking a modern approach to a lot of traditional Texas dishes,” he says, noting that flavors come from all areas of Texas,…

Even before you’ve had your first bite of food at Kendall Karsen’s Upscale Soul Food, you’re immersed in the family of its chef and owner, Kevin Winston. Look down at the tables. Into their tops, Winston carves names and numbers: the name of his grandmother, Aunt Lou, who in his…

Maybe it sounds funny, but there are memories fused into Todd David’s bologna sandwich. He prefers it the old- fashioned way: Three-ish slices slapped onto white bread (the squishy, misted-with-whatever-chemical-that-makes-it-last-for-decades kind) with a swirl of spicy-sweet mustard. The best way to devour this version is in front of the open…

If you eat fast food on a semi-regular basis — and you’re reading a story about fast food so you probably do — you may have noted an uptick in bacon items over the last year or so. The conspiracy theory is that this is driven by tariffs. American pork…

There was a whiff of rebellion in the air. Or maybe it was hopeful optimism. Late last decade, there seemed to be a growing number of people revolting against resolutions, seeing them as a trap. Akin to adulting. Then, my hopes were dispelled when headline after headline attempted to lure…

Going plant-based just got a whole lot easier — at least, if you’re in North Oak Cliff. At the new Lucky Mouth Grocery in the Bishop Arts District, customers can buy plant-based food, snacks and cleaning products. Lucky Mouth is from husband-and-wife duo David Miers and Adriana Martinez, having first started as an…

While brunch can mean getting spiffy’d up to sip mimosas and be seen doing so, sometimes it’s a relief to head somewhere for the meal in a T-shirt and whatever pants you may have worn the day before. And if you’re in East Dallas, that might take you to Lake…

Just about two weeks ago, Teasom quietly opened in West Village, where founder Minji Son is hoping to bring Dallas a new kind of drink experience. “We want to be the gateway into the tea world,” she says. The space is appropriately small — at least, you’ll see it and…

If there’s one thing we hear when talking to local restaurateurs, it’s this: Dallas loves brunch. To celebrate that, we’re all going to sip brunch cocktails and try the best brunch foods our city has to offer at the Dallas Observer’s annual Morning After festival. This event won’t take over…

Before Sandwich Hag was overtaken by severe popularity thanks to Bon Appétit, I went to this stand in the Cedars and got the same thing: a lemongrass pork banh mi. If I had a friend with me, add an order of the tofu spring rolls (with extra peanut sauce, because…

After months of waiting and years of brewing beer in rented spaces, Manhattan Project Beer Company has a home, and it’s open to the public. Karl and Misty Sanford and Jeremy Brodt hoped to open their new brewery in October, but issues with city health inspections and permits caused weeks…

Queso Beso sounds like a funny restaurant name, like one you wouldn’t want to say out loud, but when entering this spot in the heart of the downtown, your focus can go elsewhere. The remodel of this space was executed well, bringing in an extreme amount of welcomed light compared…

Flora Street Cafe and its restaurant-within-a-restaurant, Fauna, are closed. The two restaurants, both owned by Dallas chef Stephan Pyles, are shutting down as Pyles retires from the restaurant business and moves into hospitality consulting, the company announced in a release Thursday afternoon. “It’s a bittersweet moment to be exiting the…

Let’s start with a game. Ready? OK: So, what would go in a drink called Dez Caught It?  We’ll get back to that in a minute. First, a new pizza spot has opened in Uptown across from Christies Sports Bar & Grill, at 2916 McKinney Ave., in what was most…