The Tex-Mex segment in Dallas is en fuego. Within the circulation boundaries of Preston Hollow People and Park Cities People alone, there are at least 12 Tex-Mex restaurants including Rafa’s, Mesero (2), Odelay, Mi Cocina (2), Fernando’s, El Fenix, Muchacho, and Jalisco Norte. That doesn’t include two Chipotles, one Taco Joint, a Velvet Taco and two upscale predominantly Mexican,...Read More
It’s been 19 months since Eataly Dallas opened. I checked my credit card, and, in those 19 months, I’ve spent close to $5,000 there. How? It was easy. The truth is, I love the place. If you’ve traveled to Italy, you likely hang on to memories of the pizza you ate at a tiny restaurant at the...Read More
When she was 30, Franchesca Nor had her first baby, an aqua, navy, and seafoam progeny named Dive Coastal Cuisine. Her son, Archer James, was born in 2016. Both have matured and evolved; nourished the body, soul, and heart; and given back. Dive continues to be a restaurant phenom, serving fresh, sustainable, non-GMO, organic salads, seafood,...Read More
Today, February 6 is New Zealand Day and to celebrate, let’s talk about the first New Zealand-inspired restaurant in Dallas: Quarter Acre. The restaurant is led by Chef Toby Archibald, himself a Kiwi with almost two decades of cooking in acclaimed restaurants, including Café Boulud, Bullion, and most recently as the Chef du Cuisine of...Read More
The big food news of the week is that the iconic subterranean steak house, Dakota’s, is opening to the public Monday, Sept. 13. The restaurant hosted a media preview Thursday and it was sublime. I LOVED it – every single element of the experience. From the live piano tunes that smoothed the transition from hot,...Read More
April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom Holiday tables under the trees April in Paris, this is a feeling That no one can ever reprise -Yip Harberg If you can’t make it to Paris in April, the next best thing might just be to visit Parigi, the Oak Lawn Avenue restaurant named after the City of Light. Parigi, the...Read More
Some of my earliest food memories are of my father making gumbo in a big, black cast-iron Dutch oven with me observing unsafely from a chair while he patiently stirred the roux until it turned the shade of a dice-shaped Kraft caramel. The smell and sound of the “Holy Trinity” of onions, celery, and green...Read More
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
