Oak Cliff/South Dallas in Dallas Observer
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This cafe in the Elmwood neighborhood of South Dallas is an ode to fine tunes and single origin coffee. Relax on the couch or work in the spacious back patio area while nibbling on pastries from La Casita Bakeshop.
This is not your average brewpub, and the changes reach far beyond producing pints of beer that you actually want to drink. Small turns out plates of food that look like they belong in a Stephan Pyles restaurant and then somehow manages to charge you as little as 10 bucks for them. Misti Norris is […]
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The dining room at this elegant barbecue restaurant fills up at brunchtime – which is a bad beginning to a description of Smoke for two reasons. First, the kitchen does far better work at dinner than at brunch. And second, “elegant barbecue” is not nearly the oxymoron or hipster prank that it sounds. If you’re […]
Regulars at Smokey Joe’s know that its bricks of fabulously tender and minimally treated pork ribs are unbeatable. And owner Kris Manning’s personal passion happens to be brisket, which might be why his has become the best brisket between Cattleack and Waco. Its balance – not overly smoky, not harshly seasoned, fabulously tender and moist […]
Although this is not the original location, South Dallas Café has been the standard for soul food in Dallas. For almost 25 years, the Price family has been serving some of the best southern comfort food this side of the Mason-Dixon. Here you can enjoy soul food favorites like oxtail, smothered pork chops, collard greens, […]
Chef Terrill Burnett of South Polk Pizzeria once had another chef tell him, “We only sell winners,” and it’s a motto he lives by. When Burnett, who cut his chops at Nobu and Knife, got an opportunity to open this pizza spot, he studied all types of dough and settled on cross between Neapolitan and […]
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The Gilley’s Dallas Complex, home to The South Side Music Hall, is located just a few blocks south of downtown near the Convention Center. Opened in 2003 a few years after a fire gutted the original Gilley’s in Pasadena, Texas, Gilley’s Dallas has “El Toro,” the original mechanical bull made famous in Urban Cowboy, much […]
It’s entirely possible to live at South Side on Lamar and never leave your building. Besides 450 loft apartments with original maple floors and exposed brick, each with a unique floor plan, the complex also boasts a concierge, a rooftop pool, an art gallery, a business center, dry cleaner, a liquor store, a movie theater, […]
Southside Steaks and Cakes first popped up on many a radar when the family-owned restaurant in South Dallas – situated within 1,000 feet of Fair Park – was added as a concessionaire to the State Fair in 2021. Then, in 2022 fireworks went off when its prison-food-inspired Peanut Butter Paradise won a Big Tex Choice […]
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In the land of barbecue brisket and ground-beef tacos, vegans can rejoice at the presence of Spiral Diner. Owner Amy McNutt and husband/executive chef James M. Johnston have given Oak Cliff (and Fort Worth) a cornucopia of options attractive to the most dedicated carnivore. Try the “Ate” Layer Burrito, a tortilla stuffed with veggie taco […]
This municipal golf course in the picturesque Kessler Park area of Oak Cliff gets mighty crowded on the weekends, when the bargain course fees draw golfers of all skill levels from across the city to play 18 holes. The rather compact course is very hilly (yes, hills in North Texas) so expect to feel the […]
Stock and Barrel gets a great deal of its charm though chef Jon Stevens’ casual embrace of American nostalgia. A thick, juicy burger and wood-grilled steaks mimic plates that graced the tables set by middle-class suburban moms of so many past decades. They’re better, of course. The meatloaf here is made with wagyu beef and […]