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The lead chefs at The Remedy.
Back in March, we learned that The Grape's Danyele McPherson had been tapped to open a new restaurant on Greenville Avenue. We knew the new spot, dubbed The Remedy, was coming from the same folks that brought HG Sply ...
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It's become an annual tradition, and I'm not sure how. While other food-freaks try to consume deep-fried everything at the State Fair of Texas, I get to know one dish -- always the winner of the Big Tex Choice Awards -- a little more intimately.
So...
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Despite a modest campaign to right puffy-taco wrongs, there remains a great rift in Dallas' puffy-taco universe. The issue centers around an impostor, a sham, a fraudulent taco promising supple puffiness that never makes its way to the plate. You'll ...
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Henderson Tap House's Big Tex Burger with cheddar and a big bummer of an onion ring
Everything is big at the Henderson Tap House. The patio is hugely open and resort-like with a long row of misters guarding the rolled up garage doors. SPORTS and B...
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Rush Patisserie's Samantha Rush
The Dallas of 20 years ago exists only on the margins of the current culinary climate. There are more restaurants in this city than ever, and the focus of the chefs who run its best restaurants has shifted dramatica...
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Silky, porky goodness from Tei-An.
After coming from New York City, Proof + Pantry chef Kyle McClelland knew that Dallas had some big shoes to fill when it came to good eats. Fortunately, the city's restaurants have provided this East Coaster wit...
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"It's an infinite loop of pressure to tolerate whatever bullshit so that you can make money," says author and former Dallas server Merritt Tierce.
Like any other job, being a server comes with its share of shittiness. Working all day on your feet ...
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The octopus (left) and the roast chicken (right) and the charcuterie board (way back there on the right).
"Dinner in Trinity Groves?"
It's a question that so often sends my potential dining companions running for the hill country, a trail of with...
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It's "sal-VAH-hay"? Really?
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good -- or at least non-lethal -- lunch for less than 10 bucks.
People saying "Ooooooh" at their food: 14
Times I wondered why there was a full-length mirr...
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Chef Blythe Beck's spin on the pumpkin "latte" and the Tom--ahem--Fallins cocktail
In Happy Endings, we travel the part of the globe that says "Dallas" in search of great desserts and great places to eat them.
It's opening weekend for Chef Beck B...
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Thursday evenings are good for doing life stuff -- washing the car, balancing the check book, the sort of activities that lend themselves to the steady drumbeat of functional adulthood.
This Thursday, though, why not forgo those things in lieu of e...
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I think you look like this, probably. Let's be friends.
Hey Leslie Brenner!
I don't know you. I'm Alice. I don't know what you look like, but lots of chefs in town tell me they know what you look like, and that you're never truly dining secretly ...
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For last week's Best of Dallas 2014 issue, we've been counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me.
Many readers submitted suggestions for this yea...
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At the start of October, CBD Provisions announced it would offer the first version of what they say will become a monthly special. Every day from 4 p.m. till 6 p.m., you can slap $12 down on the bar and receive a Lakewood Till and Toil and a chubby w...
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An outsider looking in.
The ascension of Dallas' culinary scene has been a curious thing to watch from the sidelines. As a diner, Dallasites have more restaurants to choose from than ever, helmed by some of the country's brightest up-and-coming c...
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For last week's Best of Dallas 2014 issue, we've been counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me.
I'm not sure why, but I get a disproportionate ...
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Like everyone else in town, we've told you already about Leslie Brenner's recent visit to Proof + Pantry. The dining critic at the Dallas Morning News visited the restaurant last Thursday in preparation for a review, and the meal went as most meals d...
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Beer comes forth from these handles, or so the Ancient Vietnamese Legend goes
Last summer, Texas laws governing alcohol sales changed slightly -- not nearly as much as they should have -- allowing a brewer operating under a "brewpub" license to ...
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For last week's Best of Dallas 2014 issue, we've been counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me.
When I first read about So&So's in Uptown, and ...
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The scene of last week's VERY DRAMATIC showdown.
Leslie Brenner, the Dallas Morning News' food critic, isn't the most popular journalist in town. In the past few months, she's taken fire from chefs and diners alike who say Brenner doesn't understa...
