The Lost Art of the Drive-Through
Even as Dallas begins to partially reopen today, over the past six weeks of confinement I’ve become fond of the drive-through. I’m not the only one. My fondness is shared by the woman stopped in her...
View ArticleMi Cocina’s Ray Washburne: ‘I’d Rather Not Open at All Than at 25 Percent.’...
Ray Washburne is an interesting fellow. Personally, I love the guy. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. He once owned an alternative weekly where I worked (meaning he does dumb things with his...
View ArticleWhat Last Weekend Looked Like as Dallas Reopened
Last weekend was a trial run. Texas reopened, and it was a test case of a gradually reawakened public sphere. We knew the numbers of COVID-19 cases in Dallas were not on the decline. We knew certain...
View ArticleThe Workers on Dallas’ Food Frontline
We’ve heard a lot from business owners and restaurateurs and big-name chefs. Especially now, as we cover re-openings, ever-evolving safety guidelines, and government loan snafus, theirs are the voices...
View ArticleThe Relief and Struggle of Receiving Restaurant Support Funds
It remains an unpredictable time to run a restaurant. Last week, figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the “largest employment decline occurred in leisure and hospitality, where...
View ArticleAn Ode to the Dearly Departed Highland Park Cafeteria
If you ever wanted to time travel back to the 1950s, all you needed to do was to walk through the heavy glass doors of Highland Park Cafeteria, in Casa Linda Plaza. Forever an institution, the Highland...
View ArticleNick Badovinus Is Back
Nick Badovinus is re-entering the arena. The prolific restaurateur reopened his opulent Design District steakhouse, Town Hearth, last night as well as two Neighborhood Services locations—on Lovers Lane...
View ArticleHow Curfews Are Affecting Restaurants in Dallas
A lot has happened this week. As protests in Dallas continue, so too does the pandemic and the reopening of Texas’ economy. This week Dallas County saw a record-high spike in cases, which was a...
View ArticleDallas Restaurants Can Operate at 75 Percent Capacity This Friday
As restaurants tiptoe into opening on the coasts, in cities like Los Angeles and New York in the first stage of reentry into any form of in-dining service, Dallas is already in stage three. Bars were...
View ArticleHere’s Where to Bask in the Glory of Peaches in Dallas
A juicy, perfect peach is a marvel. Maggie Huff, pastry chef at Homewood, knows this. When they arrive, fuzzy orbs ushering in a long and delicious season, they open the door to possibility. “One of...
View ArticleSo You Want To Go Out To Eat. Not So Fast.
Restaurants in Texas that reopened with 75 percent indoor occupancy levels have been rolled back to half capacity. Bars were ordered to close by noon. (Restaurant patios for now can operate as usual...
View Article11 Dallas Restaurants With Makeshift Pantries That Stock the Essentials
In the wake of coronavirus closures that began in March, a bounty of makeshift pantries in restaurants sprung up to meet our needs, from house-made queso and butter to umami-bomb vegan XO sauce and...
View ArticleSandoitchi Slings a Japanese Sandwich So Buzzworthy It’s Hard to Get Your...
There is an art to the Japanese sando, a pressed miracle of simple fillings sandwiched between fluffy, pillowy milk bread. There’s an art, too, in rising to prominence as astronomically fast as the...
View ArticleHow Long Will Restaurant Dining Rooms Remain Open?
Restaurants haven’t had much time to consider what safe dining in the near future realistically looks like. But that might not matter. With the spread of rising coronavirus cases in Texas—Dallas County...
View ArticleCBD Provision’s Pig’s Head Is Back
Per the Joule, CBD Provision’s famous crispy pig’s head carnitas is back. I saw this last night and immediately went a little giddy. In case you missed it—but how could you have?—that was the...
View ArticlePetra and the Beast Reopens Tastings in a Redesigned Outdoor Space
As soon as dining rooms shuttered on March 16, Petra and the Beast began running an operation with curbside pickup Wednesday through Sunday for to-go fare, charcuterie boards, and larder goods that...
View ArticleOf Lawsuits and Loopholes: North Texas Bars, Music Venues Find a Way to Survive
In March, businesses deemed “non-essential” spent a few weeks in the dark during a county-wide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus. Months later, as the state began to reopen and allowed bars...
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