According to new signage up in Preston Center, Dallas can soon expect another notch in its Vietnamese restaurant belt. The new Miss Chi Vietnamese appears to be from the folks behind Tanoshi Ramen, which itself is a new noodle restaurant in Deep Ellum. Joey and Chi Le are the pair…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. When I first came to America I was a man adrift. Sure, I had a family I loved,…
Back in March, Liberty Burger, the fast-exmpanding local chain of casual burger joints, announced that it would be opening a third location in the Lakewood Shopping Center, 1904 Abrams Parkway. Their doors have finally opened. The first Liberty Burger opened back in 2011 and garnered praise from our swearbomb-dropping editor…
Texas pride is a funny thing. There are natives and newcomers to every state who have pride in their chunk of the States. For a lot of people Texas, unofficially the Don’t Mess With State, couples that with haughtiness. But the guys behind Lone Star Attitude want to undo that…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. Popular opinion of barbecue sides is that they should support the primary meat. Cole slaw cools the mouth…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. In case you weren’t aware, there is a position taken by many Texas barbecue enthusiasts that a most…
The Woolworth is the newest downtown watering hole, located in one of the funkiest parts of the city center (we dig it, Mayor Rawlings). This new drinkery inhabits the old Stone Street Martini Lounge space. It’s a little bit easier to find than the last joint was, thanks to the…
Dee Lincoln could have opened any kind of restaurant on Howell Street, but she decided to stick with what she knows best. The restaurant maven is widely known as a co-founder of the Del Frisco’s empire, built almost entirely on a foundation of well-seared beef. And while Dallas needs another…
Dallas is not a hot dog city. This is evidenced by the lack of hot dog carts patrolling streets downtown. Sure, there are a few hot dog shops scattered around, but the tube-steak is in no way a significant contributor to the local culinary culture. There is, however, a surge…
Good news for those of you who like quick bites and meeting your daily recommended allotment of vegetables. Crisp Salad Company has announced that it will open its Lower Greenville location on December 4, giving Dallasites another place to score roughage on the go. Crisp Salad Company is a build-your-own-salad…
Dude, Sweet Chocolate, the city’s sauciest chocolatier, has opened up a new permanent store at 1925 Greenville Avenue, just down from the new Truck Yard and Trader Joe’s. The spot quietly opened Friday and will have a grand opening this Friday at 7 p.m. Katherine Clapner opened her first little…
East Hampton Sandwich Co. is opening its new location in Plano’s Shops at Legacy on Wednesday, just in time for you to don flannel, drink cider and do whatever else it is that people in the Hamptons do when they aren’t inhaling lobster rolls. Founder Hunter Pond hoped to open…
If you’ve had the cheesesteak at the Truck Yard and found it to be life changing, congratulations. You’ve just found one of the better sandwiches served in Dallas and a homage to a great Philadelphian classic. The Truck Yard has gotten a lot of attention for its food trucks but…
Dallas’ Truck Yard: A Guided Tour from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. We asked Leslie Brenner to give us a video tour of the Truck Yard but she was too busy Googling “Los Angeles food critic openings West Side please mmmmmm the beach,” so we settled for crack video intern,…
With your backside sinking into the crosshatched nylon of a well-loved lawn chair, a cold beer in your fist and perhaps a few crumpled napkins piled into a grease-stained paper tray at your feet, it might be hard to imagine Dallas was ever hard on food trucks. Jason Boso’s Truck…
Eddie Deen is a big name in the local catering business that’s been around for almost 20 years. The Dallas-based company has pushed plates of barbecue at a bevy of swank and high-profile places and events including the state Capitol, the Olympics and Washington, D.C., where in one night they…
LUCK joined the fast-growing Trinity Groves restaurant sprawl last week. The restaurant, which focuses on locally sourced beer and fare and everything else, was created by chefs and owners Jeff Dietzman, Ned Steel and Daniel Pittman (executive chef). Dietzman and Steele met at the Central Market cooking school, where they…
For some people pizza is a simple question: pepperoni or meat lovers? Toppings are a source of unending variation and argument, but just as important is the style and preparation of the pizza. And to help clarify the differences in those styles (and to get some pretty slick marketing out…
Thai food is pretty ubiquitous now, and while a succulent pad see ew or a cozy tom kha gai are wonderful and mouth-watering, most Thai dishes have started to taste a little safe. Maybe it’s the fact that you can find red curries every few blocks, or that pad thai…
I know you were planning on taking it easy the next few weeks. Thanksgiving in only a month away, and the gustatory excess always starts a few weeks early. Buttery baked goods, excess alcohol, sausage, gravy and the inability to say no to anything (unless it’s green beans (unless they’re…
We once again surface from the depths of Craigslist to bring you news from the underscape. Well, not really the depths, since this doesn’t involve any weird sex or a dresser drawer you’ve had since college. Rather, we bring you more burger news. Specifically, Grub Burger Bar is looking to…
The three of us had our spoons at the ready the second the dessert plate landed on the table. Smothered with whipped cream, flecked with freeze-dried strawberries, nuts and tiny cubes of pineapple, and flanked by scoops of ice cream, the plate looked a lot like most brownie sundaes. “This…
