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Le PasSage Brings an All-Star Culinary Lineup to a Stylish Katy Trail Patio

Brian Reinhart — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:45:42 +0000

For many Dallas diners, the news that the team behind Georgie and Knox Bistro was branching into Asian food, in a swanky new building right on the Katy Trail, was exciting enough. But in an unusual twist, restaurant industry insiders were even more excited about Le PasSage than the general public. The reason: Le PasSage … Continued

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Richardson’s New Venezuelan Restaurant Takes Fried Cheese to the Next Level

Brian Reinhart — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:49:07 +0000

Sometimes the best way to order at a restaurant is to take a wild guess. That’s how I found out about aguïtas de sapo, Venezuela’s bold, spectacular innovation in the realm of fried-cheese technology. This ain’t no mozzarella stick. The cheese is cut into enormous, inch-thick planks. When it emerges from the fryer, it looks … Continued

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A High-End Korean Steakhouse Might Jolt Dallas Out of Its Late Summer Dining Doldrums

Brian Reinhart — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:55:22 +0000

While Dallas has been distracted and excited by the impending arrival of Michelin stars, the parade of new restaurant openings has slowed to a trickle. In part, that’s because summer is a quiet season. And also, in part, it’s because many of our most interesting newcomers recently are casual spots, from the Indonesian hole-in-the-wall Bali … Continued

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Dig Into This Plano Newcomer’s Soup Dumplings and Hand-Pulled Noodles

Brian Reinhart — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:42:42 +0000

If you want a Chinese food recommendation in Plano, you could do worse than to simply drive to the corners of Coit Road and Park Boulevard and eat, well, anywhere. Hunan Bistro’s fiercely spicy specialties are dazzling, Turan is our region’s only Uyghur restaurant, Tao Rice Roll is open for breakfast, and China Blue has … Continued

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Mot Hai Ba’s Peja Krstic to Open a Modern American Bistro in the Old Boulevardier Space

Brian Reinhart — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:43:15 +0000

When Boulevardier closed this April after a 12-year run of success in Bishop Arts, it left a gap in Oak Cliff’s bistro market. We mourned one of the neighborhood’s best date-night spots, a hub of the local community where you could often find other restaurants’ chefs on their nights off. Good news, though: the former … Continued

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Reyna Duong Reflects on How Sandwich Hag Changed Her Life and Dallas’ Food Scene

Brian Reinhart — Fri, 31 May 2024 19:29:45 +0000

On Saturday, May 18, Sandwich Hag served its final bánh mì. In its almost seven-year run at its Cedars location, Sandwich Hag built a sterling reputation for its food, with each bánh mì’s fillings made from scratch. But it was also famous for non-edible reasons: its “no assholes” policy to protect employees and customers from … Continued

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Try the Whole Roast Pig at This Mexico City-Inspired New Taco Spot

Brian Reinhart — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:33:08 +0000

There’s a casual new taco restaurant north of Love Field and west of Preston Hollow—and it comes from restaurateurs with serious fine dining pedigree. Tacos El Metro is the brainchild of Sergio Quijano, a Mexico City native, and Michael Garcia, a Peruvian-American chef. The duo met working at Julian Barsotti’s Italian restaurants in and around … Continued

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East Dallas’ All-Time Favorite Fries Are (Kinda, Almost) Back

Brian Reinhart — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:33:33 +0000

It’s hard to overstate the hold that 20 Feet Seafood Joint still has on the minds of East Dallasites. The restaurant, beloved for lobster rolls, fried fish baskets, and a generous BYOB policy, closed in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. Its neighbors still lament it. Once upon a time, D Magazine had a … Continued

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Starship Bagel’s Third Location Opens April 12—and Brings the Bakery Full Circle

Brian Reinhart — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:37:13 +0000

A little more than four years ago, Oren Salomon planned to open his “dream bagel shop” in Far North Dallas. It would have fresh bagels made that morning, hot coffee, plenty of seating, and a family-friendly vibe. Then the pandemic hit, and Salomon scaled back his business plan. He took on a cheaper lease in … Continued

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Let’s Say One Last Farewell to Boulevardier

Brian Reinhart — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Every big-city neighborhood needs a good bistro. “Needs” might be a strong word—a bistro is not quite as important as a fire station—but if you’re going to live somewhere, you’d like to know that you can take your date or your friends somewhere a little bit nice, not too fancy, and have a terrific salad, … Continued

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New Restaurant Openings, Closings, and Where to Eat This April in Dallas

Nataly Keomoungkhoun — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:39:31 +0000

You’ll find no shortage of new places to dine this month, especially at chains that have opened in Dallas recently. Those have been headlined by the pita pocket restaurant Miznon in Deep Ellum and New York-based Kati Roll Company downtown. After you’ve watched the solar eclipse, there are a few gems to check out this … Continued

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Vinito Is the Little Wine Shop That Could—Sell Mexican Wine

Nataly Keomoungkhoun — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Arturo Flores and Eduardo Mendoza didn’t have any mentors, but they’re living out a dream. In his bottle shop, Vinito, just off Jefferson Boulevard in the heart of Oak Cliff, Flores, 27, knows the gateway to introducing his Mexican oenological elixirs: a natural red wine from Querétaro. It’s from a winemaker known for making terrific … Continued

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