Café Brazil is celebrating four years at its Bishop Arts District location. Today from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., diners can get a free entrée and dessert with the purchase of a beverage. Entrée options include chicken crepes, Amazon salad, lemon pepper chicken pasta, pumpkin pancakes, apple chipotle chili and…
“Ooh, fried brisket pie!” exclamation count: 32 Shame level: Red “I liked the pulled-pork fried pie better than the brisket fried pie.” That’s you, when you go to Baker’s Ribs and order fried pies. Or, maybe you’ll be like, “You know what I want to do? On this day, I…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. Malai’s upscale Asian concept is right at home in the West…
We just got word that to honor a recent deal they made with Gulf, Fuel City’s famous little street tacos are $1 until midnight tonight. Located at 801 South Riverfront Boulevard, Fuel City has racked up a fair amount of “Best of” at the Observer including best tacos picadillos, best…
The much loved Dallas-based Pearl Cup Coffee today announced plans for a new location in Richardson at 2701 Custer Parkway in the II Creeks shopping center. This new spot will serve beer and wine in addition to coffee. This is the third area Pearl Cup Coffee shop. The other two…
Last week while I perused the aisles at Sara’s Market & Bakery in Richardson, Zaid Bayan, one of the owner’s son, excitedly directed me towards one of their most popular items in the store: sunflower seeds. Sara’s is a cornucopia of unique items from the Middle East, plus it has…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. Plates with many components often feel noisy to a diner who…
On a Sunday afternoon the pavement was hot: a shimmering expanse of concrete on the side of town where trees look like islands, and shade is a hard-to-find refuge. Keller’s Drive-In provides a little solace from the blaring sun. Eddie is a regular who’s been coming here since the place…
On Saturday, Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus News posted that the Dallas Bicycle Café on Northwest Highway is closed. Owner Armando Guerrero, who makes his real money in construction, is taking on a big project in Mexico. On May 12, Guerrero posted on his Facebook page that the spot is for…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. They’re all favorites, sure, but this dish really stands out. Enmoladas…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. St. Pete’s chili dog easily won our chili dog smack down,…
Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus New reported yesterday that Sullivan’s Steakhouse in North Dallas is closing. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, its last day will be June 30 and it’s looking for another Dallas location. While we always hate to see a place close, there’s one bit of good news…
If you’re looking for a place to holdout during the impending zombie apocalypse, a gas station in Little Elm may be the place. RaceTrac is opening a new 6,000-square-foot compound in the burgeoning city just on the northeast side of Lake Lewisville. The gas station, which, again, has 6,000 square…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. We all love burgers. No doubt. Wanna start a blog people…
Close your eyes. Take yourself away to some place in a Southern state east of Texas. You can choose whichever you prefer, but I’m going with the tree-lined hills of Tennessee. Make sure it’s rural, though, one of those small country towns where everyone has a garden and summer afternoons…
The apparently now required in every meatstaurant In Dallas cuts-of-meat mural count: 1 Guys burping count: 2 When I heard about Chop House Burger on Main Street, I instantly thought, “Oh, weren’t they on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and don’t they have another location in Arlington or somewhere?” And Google…
Since 1956, Norma’s Café has been serving hearty meals and Mile-High Cream Pies to Dallasites hankering for a little home-cooked goodness. This Thursday, June 21, they celebrate their 56th anniversary by offering three of their most popular meals for just $1.79, which was the original price for these dishes when…
Lower Greenville Avenue is looking damn good these days. The newly widened streets with inset parking makes it feel like the quiet downtown of a suburb, like Plano or perhaps Coppell. Even after dark, there’s noticibly less fear of being run over by a passing truck. It’s a good thing…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re 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. The name is simple but the cardboard basket you receive is…
Maybe you’ve been there. You’re all excited to check out the latest blockbuster at the NorthPark Center theater, and after spending 10 minutes jockeying around the lot and shunning the valet to find your own parking, you approach the ticket booth and your show is sold out. Not just the…
About a month ago we reported that the Fort Worth Food Truck Park slightly downgraded its curb appeal by ending its BYOB policy, after it started selling beer out of a new cantina. We suggested this was Dallas’ opening to trump FW on foodtruck parks. Well, the kids at LaGrange…
The first time I ate cabrito was at El Ranchito, a glorious palace of Mexican food specializing in Comida Norteña (that is, the regional dishes of northern Mexico) located on Oak Cliff’s Jefferson Boulevard…
