Chef John Tesar’s latest culinary project, Spoon Bar & Kitchen (8220 Westchester Drive) is now open in Preston Center (directly across from Hopdoddy Burger Bar). The dinner menu offers raw caviar, oyster and crudo options, salads, pasta (including house-made fusilli with red wine braised octopus served with bone marrow and…
Les Bon Temps (my key board doesn’t allow me to explain the phonetics in French, but in Texas we’d say “Lay-bon-ton”) opened across from Shed 2 in the Farmer’s Market this past summer. Chef Patricia Killingsworth, originally from Mississippi, previously owned a local catering and personal chef business, PK’s Main…
Earlier this summer a bad plate of oysters at Acme F&B left a bad taste in my mouth. Poorly shucked oysters at Chesterfield left me feeling burned, too. At nicer restaurants, oysters from northern waters can run up to $3 a shell and when they aren’t perfect they can be…
The latest restaurant from restaurant mogul Alberto Lombardi, Café Des Artistes is a Cali-Euro brasserie inside the former Screen Door space in One Arts Plaza…
I can’t believe burger week is coming to a close, but it had to end sometime. One can only eat so many burgers before enjoyment is lost and the cheese from one burger experience melts into another. We had six smackdowns that each pit two popular Dallas burgers against one…
With burgers, like many things, beauty is in the mouth of the be-eater. While I’ve been running around town looking for my perfect burger, I realize that everyone has their favorites, and no amount of smackdownin’ is going to change the mind of a devoted burger enthusiast. I polled the…
Dairy-ette’s Formica counter tops and shiny, red bar stools are the marker of a burger joint with some serious history, but if you need more proof, the push-board menu drives it home — they’ve been serving burgers for more than 50 years. Order a cheeseburger here and a few minutes…
The City of Ate has spent the past week parsing and pummeling through the Dallas burger scene. We can all personally attest to the wide girth of our coverage, which includes buns, off-the-beaten-path burgers, Korean burgers, smackdowns and more. See Also: Burger Week But, if we’re really going to discuss…
I am taking burger week seriously, everybody. Very seriously. Do you know how seriously? Normally, I do no research, display a startling lack of expertise, write a couple of swears, tell a crass joke and then insult everyone in the comments. That won’t fly during this crucial period. I’ve got…
Of all the smackdowns I’ve ever done, none has been so crystal clear. I stopped by Liberty Burger first and ordered their namesake topped with cheese and bacon. Each cost me an extra buck, and the cheese I received was American. As I paid, I watched the cooks behind the…
Bolla at the Stoneleigh Hotel has been replaced with T/X, a chic Texas-inspired restaurant and bar. The menu is upscale on-the-range, sort of like wearing Wranglers and a white button down with pearl snaps, with a pair of ostrich skin boots. All with lots of starch. Some headliners include lobster…
I’m perplexed. The first time I had an Angry Dog burger more than a year ago, I was really disappointed. The meat was way over-cooked, the cheese wasn’t melted and gooey, and I walked out of the restaurant smelling like a teenager who had just put in a double-shift at…
The bun of a hamburger is what draws me in. In terms of burger dynamics, it’s your workhorse, a testament to the amount of love in the burger-maker’s labor. A slather of soft butter followed by a soft sizzle on a well-seasoned grill can resuscitate even a languid bun. Delicate…
At 2 a.m. on a recent Saturday, the intersection of Knox Street, Henderson Avenue and Central Expressway was a tangled mess of cars and tipsy foot traffic. That’s often the case late on the weekends. Sissy’s, Victor Tangos and Hibiscus all stop serving plates before midnight, but The Dram, The…
We’re halfway through burger week, so we thought we’d take a break from the carnivorous coverage and take a look at this video from the folks at PETA. Dubbed Stay Firm and Fresh, the newly released video suggests that men who adopt a vegan diet might be better in bed…
We don’t respect much here at the Dallas Observer, but when it comes to Texas barbecue, there’s one guy whose word is holy writ: BBQ Snob Daniel Vaughn, whose Full Custom Gospel BBQ blog is the go-to guide for sniffing out the best smoked meat in the state. So for…
Here’s how it went down. I dropped into Twisted Root at 11:30, refreshed and ready to pummel my arteries with some serious burger action. The line started at the register and reached to the door. I was at the end of it. See Also: Burger Smackdown: Dive Bar Class, Club…
What a day to celebrate choice. Regardless of what some may like to believe, really the most important choice most of us will make this week (honestly, any week) is which burger to eat. So many choices. Well, we’re here to help you with the electoral map of burgers. As…
I love Club Schmitz. I think it’s one of the best bars in Dallas, and as far as I can tell the hipsters have yet to ruin the place with Sunday night karaoke. This burger, though, needs some work if it’s going to stand up to the history that’s swaying…
For Burger Week, we asked former City of ate contributor and King of the Taco Trail José Ralat-Maldanado to put down his crown and introduce Aters to Mexican-style hamburgers. For more of José’s reports from Dallas’ huge and growing taco scene, be sure to pay him a visit at The…
Our first smackdown of the week pits two burger joints in close proximity to Observer headquarters. I’ve eaten at both restaurants more often than I care to admit, but this is the first time I’d raced to Maple & Motor minutes after leaving Off-Site Kitchen with a Locals Only burger…
Originally we ran this guide for Off-The-Beaten-Path Burgers for National Cheeseburger Day, but we’re updating it now on account of our very own Burger Week. We’ve also lost one and gained two. But, who are we kidding? “Reasons” for burger posts are arbitrary. We could rinse and repeat all day…
