Tacos El Metro, a Mexico City-style taqueria, opened April 9, on the southeast corner of Walnut Hill and Marsh Lane. The restaurant serves authentic, casual Mexico City-style fare including tacos, quesadillas, tostadas, and traditional desserts. Created by Sergio Quijano, a familiar face for long-time Nonna diners where he was the beverage director, Tacos El Metro...Read More
The much-anticipated Knife Italian restaurant opens today at the Ritz-Carlton Las Colinas. Knife Italian is Michelin-starred Chef John Tesar’s first Italian restaurant, after winning awards and accolades with seafood and steakhouses in Dallas, Orlando, and California. The Knife Italian menu is a testament to Tesar’s prodigious culinary skills, heavy with fresh, raw seafood and dry-aged steaks....Read More
I have a confession to make; I sinned at The Saint, the Lower Gaston restaurant that opened last year in the space formerly occupied by Two Sisters Catering. It wasn’t easy to hold back on some of the rich menu items there, so I didn’t, and neither should you. Delivered by Las Vegas-based Hooper Hospitality...Read More
One of my greatest luxuries in life is to go to a spa for a few days to immerse myself in a culture of body, mind, and spiritual wellness. Sure, there are magnificent resorts that include a spa as a guest amenity to enjoy while on vacation; but visiting a spa resort, an enveloping oasis...Read More
A spontaneous lunch last week with my friend Margaret led us to UnaVida, the new Mexican restaurant in the West Village. The restaurant opened Nov. 27 in the former Taco Diner space and is already creating quite a buzz. After the abrupt closing of Homewood on Feb. 14, 2023, Matt McCallister appeared to be keeping...Read More
Does anyone remember when Linda Evans assured us all that “Being 40 isn’t fatal?” Indeed, those of us who have turned 40 can attest that life continues to be great after passing that milestone. Is the same true for restaurants? It depends on the restaurant, but with the upcoming 40th birthday of Dakota’s Steakhouse, I would...Read More
Have you ever had a favorite little watering hole you’re so enamored with you think, “Someday, I’m going to open a place like this”? For Lisa and Will Murphy of Preston Hollow, that someday came in late July when they opened Zest Café in Snider Plaza. The opening was the culmination of two years of...Read More
There are just a handful of female celebrity chefs in the country, and Dallas is home to the best: Tiffany Derry. Tiffany is the very definition of a celebrity chef; she regularly stars in top-rated national television programs, has appeared multiple times on Times Square billboards, has cooked for major celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, is...Read More
Malai Kitchen’s in-house-made rice noodles are the food equivalent of luscious, soft white velvet. These noodles are different from all the other noodles in North Texas because they are made using a noodle machine designed and built in Vietnam just for Malai Kitchen. It’s a bespoke noodle maker, if you will. Yasmin and Braden Wages frequently...Read More
Brunch Up, Big D! Crown Block, the gorgeous restaurant atop Reunion Tower has been a hit since it opened in April, and now diners have another reason to experience it: Brunch. Reservations are now open and available for brunch starting this Sunday, September 24, and it’s certain to be the most sought-after brunch reservation in...Read More