Why did The Dallas Morning News‘ Leslie Brenner decide to give up her anonymity? In an interview on KERA’s Think program, she addressed the criticism that her five star rating system is too demanding. She thinks the idea that her … Continue reading
Are you ready for The Fresh Market, which opens in the Arboretum Village at 8 a.m. Dec. 3? That’s in the new shopping center going up at the hot, hot intersection of Gaston and Garland Road near the White Rock … Continue reading
The Shops at Park Lane announced Wednesday it would get a “flagship” Starbucks. What’s that? A spokeswoman for the shopping center at Highway 75 and Park Lane couldn’t confirm very many details about the new space, but she did say … Continue reading
Chef Eddy Thretipthuangsin plans to open his second Fort Worth restaurant in less than a year. Thretipthuangsin is already executive chef at Bite City Grill on West 7th Street and will move over a few blocks to open Kin Kin Urban Thai in January … Continue reading
In case you’ve been sitting on the edge of your seat wondering whether I’d manage to review Proof + Pantry, the two-month-old One Arts Plaza restaurant from Michael Martensen and Sal Jafar II, you can stop wondering: The review will … Continue reading
Flower Mound has a lot of chain restaurants, says Chester, Connecticut, transplant chef Chris Flahaven. He opened Prime Farm to Table in late September and calls it “like a downtown Dallas restaurant — in Flower Mound.” Back in Connecticut, Flahaven … Continue reading
If you don’t feel like cooking on Thanksgiving, Deep Ellum barbecue joint Pecan Lodge will do the work for you — for a price. It’s selling smoked turkeys ($109) and whole briskets ($125), among other items. Pecan Lodge is known … Continue reading
Coffee shop and wine bar hybrid Ascension, which sprung up in the Design District in late 2012, is expanding to Uptown. D-FW’s second Ascension is expected to open at the Crescent, near the Crescent Hotel, in spring 2015. The new … Continue reading
Kent Rathbun, chef behind Abacus, Jasper’s and a private event space called the Kitchen at 6130, has plans to open a new restaurant in summer 2015. Plans call for a Jasper’s — Rathbun’s fourth — in Richardson as part of a … Continue reading
It’s been nearly a year since chef Dominique Ansel trademarked his Cronut — the croissant/doughnut hybrid that spawned two-hour waits in NYC and general breakfast hysteria. This year, croissant doughnut spinoffs have arrived in Texas. Today, Dunkin’ Donuts officially debuts … Continue reading
