After months of anticipation, Pop Diner (3600 McKinneyAve.) has officially opened its doors to the West Village. The 24-hour diner, located next to Max’s Wine Dive, celebrated its soft-opening this morning. At quarter past eleven, owner Nik Gjonaj boisterously announced to his staff (who’d been darting around in their lime…
Last night Hofmann’s Hots held a media preview at their new hot dog restaurant in Trinity Groves. They gave out a bunch of free hot dogs, and a lot of bloggers and reporters from newspapers took pictures and conducted interviews. The fast food restaurant is brought to you by the…
J. Pepe’s Tex Mex at 3619 Greenville Ave. was oddly empty during lunch on an otherwise picturesque day for a plate of nachos on the patio. Party’s over, folks. Everybody out of the pool. Pegasus News got the scoop late last week from long-time owner Jimmy Bharmao that they have…
I couldn’t wait any longer. I’m a sucker for good seafood, and Marc Cassel’s new casual restaurant promised oysters on the half shell, fish and chips, sandwiches and more. Cassel leased the space right next to Goodfriend and Good 2 Go, rounding out a trio of restaurants offering tacos and…
Meso Maya has a very likable chef working its kitchen. If you sit at the bar at downtown’s newest Mexican restaurant, which opened last December, you’ll easily find Nico Sanchez. Just over the bottles of tequila stacked behind the bar like a yellow sunset you’ll see him in the open…
In this week’s news feature, Observer staff writer Brantley Hargrove takes an in-depth look at the demise of Irving-based snack food company Hostess. The photos that accompany the story feature Hostess products strategically places in CSI-type scenarios. Below are a few of my favorite photos from the shoot. Also, make…
Mia’s, Rafa’s, Desperados, Matt’s, El Fenix — certainly I haven’t eaten all the beef fajitas in Dallas, but I’ve eaten quite a few versions. I’ve been looking for perfectly cooked skirt steak, and most renditions I’ve had have been extremely tough and dry. See also: – Tasting the Worst Fajitas…
Another busy month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in January, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Sunset…
The concept of a mobile barbecue food truck, which may appear next to me at any moment in any situation, is a health danger on a par with snakes, shoddily constructed buildings and being fired out of a cannon into the sun. Especially snakes. I really hate snakes. Previously, I…
Nancy! You can’t publish things like this! Your experience with chicken wings sucks because you’ve been eating shitty wings. If you’re going to be a food critic who appeals to the masses you have to enjoy this bar food classic — it’s imperative. And I promise, if you find the…
While I’ve been searching for hand-built gyros in vain, the trompo, a vertical spit stacked with a cone of marinated pork, has been spinning in a handful of taquerias all over Dallas. The best part is most of them are made by hand. My favorite so far is served at…
I am back from a recent lunch at a run-down tiny shack in Lewisville, and I am still delighted at barbecue. I mean, it’s just amazing. How does it taste that good? Is it magic? Do they put LSD in it? Why is it that the grimier and smaller the…
It was cold outside when I first dined at Lucia. The last few leaves clung to the trees and acorns crunched under my boots as I paced back and forth in front of the restaurant’s front door. A single menu taped to the window teased the charcuterie, pastas, heritage pork…
Dallas business woman, Brooke Humphries (entrepreneur behind Acme F&B, It’ll Do and Barcadia) has ventured into the ever-booming coffee shop business. Humphies’ opened Mudsmith Coffee (2114 Greenville Ave.) on lower Greenville in the space squished between World Beer Co. and the Single Wide that once housed Shade. The space is…
Recently I had the opportunity to check out the new Magnolia Cheese Co. at 1251 W. Magnolia Ave. in Fort Worth. The local-focused artisan cheese shop has received some great reviews and I was in the area, so decided to swing by. The Magnolia Cheese Co. is true to its…
The small neighborhood grocery store Green Grocer, originally out of Chicago, held a grand opening party this weekend at its new location at 3614 Greenville Ave. So, what’s that mean? Well, essentially, it means you can shop there now. But, why should you? Green Grocer is a small version of…
I can’t hide it any more, guys. I’ve started to vaguely understand what this brisket business is all about. As you might be able to see from the archives, I have eaten a fair amount of brisket over the last eight months or so. I know it should be moist,…
The new, new, old Sunset is back. And this time it has gone tiki-style. Wednesday marked the grand re-reopening of the bar on Ross Avenue, this time with Free Range Concepts owners Josh Sepkowitz and Kyle Noonan and celebutender Lucky Campbell heading up the bar program. According to the bar’s…
Joyce And Gigi’s opened quietly four weeks ago with four pyramid-shaped heaters casting towering flames to call to cars as they drive down Ross Avenue. Without the heaters you’d zip right past the restaurant. It’s tucked into a recently renovated space on Hall Street. Joyce Stenvall and Gigliola Aguilera have…
Thai Express, once located on Inwood Road, received a facelift, a name change and was relocated to its new home on Oak Lawn late last year. Si Lom Thai Asian Fusion has been open in the quiet basement suite at 3300 Oak Lawn Ave. (that once housed Daniele Osteria and…
The Standard Pour opened last March, promising a cocktail den with food as slinky as its old-school cocktails in the heart of Uptown. Just less than a year later it has grown into a bustling restaurant, packed to the hilt on weekends and filled with a respectable crowd even late…
Editor’s note: Finally, to wrap up National Pie Day, Englishman Gavin Cleaver takes a break from huffing oak smoke to tell us about some of his nation’s favorite filled pastry treats. Read this and ask yourself how English cuisine ever got such a bad reputation. Custard Tart Wikipiedia (not a…
