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January 27, 2016
A First Look at Top Knot, Dallas’s New Restaurant From The Uchi People
A look inside Top Knot, Dallas's new Japanese-Mediterranean-Latin American fusion restaurant.
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December 6, 2015
Los Torres Taqueria, Home to One of Our Top Tacos in Dallas, Has Closed
An ode to the drowned taco, one of the best tacos in Dallas.
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August 4, 2015
Bon Appétit Names Austin and Dallas Restaurants to Its 2015 Favorite Fifty List but Snubs Houston
Four Texas restaurants are in the running for the magazine’s best restaurants list.
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April 1, 2014
Food & Wine Magazine Names Three Texans to Its 2014 List of the Best New Chefs in America
Justin Yu, Paul Qui, and Matt McCallister make the prestigious list.
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October 26, 2012
In Honor of Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day: Three Delicious Chicken Fried Steaks in Houston, Dallas, and Austin
Yesterday, I revealed that I would feature three unique chicken fried steaks on the blog in celebration of Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day. So, who are the lucky honorees? Congratulations to Olivia in Austin, Beaver’s in Houston, and Bone Daddy’s in Dallas.
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October 23, 2012
A Conversation with Nathan Tate of Boulevardier
For October, Pat Sharpe selected Boulevardier, a modern French bistro in Dallas, as Pat’s Pick. I spoke with Nathan Tate, executive chef of Boulevardier, about his brand new restaurant, French food, and his favorite dishes on the menu. (In case you haven’t heard,
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September 20, 2012
Check Out These Pumpkin Dishes from All Around Texas
Fall is upon us and you know what that means: pumpkins! Yes, these orange gourds are already making their way into local farmers markets and Texas restaurants. I’m pretty crazy about pumpkins and the eclectic culinary creations they inspire, so I decided to reach out to a number of Texas chefs and see
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August 29, 2012
Erin McKool of Start Talks Reinventing Traditional Drive-Through Restaurants
In late July, Erin McKool opened a drive-through restaurant in Dallas called Start. For years, McKool had planned to open her own restaurant, but was never sure of what concept she wanted to undertake. Two-and-a-half years ago when the idea for Start finally came to fruition, McKool knew she had something spectacular on her hands. Start is
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July 18, 2012
Bowery, An Upscale Hot Dog Restaurant, Opens in Dallas Today
Attention Dallas foodies: Bowery – an upscale hot dog restaurant on McKinney Avenue – is opening its doors to the public today. The restaurant’s menu includes a host of American classics, such as an upscale Korn Dog and a spicy Chili Kicker, with a number of global
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June 29, 2012
Michael Rypka of Torchy’s Tacos talks Expansion and Secret Menu
Torchy’s Tacos is quickly making the rounds in Texas. The taco madness all began at a small trailer in Austin. That little trailer helped sprout several brick-and-mortar locations. Over time, Torchy’s grew and is now exploding onto the Dallas and Houston culinary scenes. The taco establishment seems to be opening a new location
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June 11, 2012
Want to “Hangout” with Tre Wilcox?
In a previous post, we highlighted an opportunity to virtually hangout with Tyson Cole of Uchi and Uchiko in Austin. Today, Google+ and Zagat join forces again to present yet another virtual culinary gathering. But this time,
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November 2, 2011
Remember the Alamo, It’s “Top Chef: Texas” Time, Y’all!
We heard the rumors that the show was coming (and that producers tried to shut down tweets about it). We've read about the state tax breaks and the lawsuit and the omission of our biggest (and completely food-rich) city,
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October 19, 2011
TMBBQFest, “23 Pitmasters in 23 Days:” Baker’s Ribs
Editor’s Note: The Texas Monthly BBQ Festival is almost here! Each day until then, we’ll be talking to one of the featured pitmasters, with questions from TM staffers, esteemed BBQ experts, Twitter followers and you, the readers of this blog.Today we bring youJoe Duncan, 61, of Baker's
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October 12, 2011
TMBBQFest, “23 Pitmasters in 23 Days”: Big Daddy’s Roadhouse BBQ
Editor’s Note: The Texas Monthly BBQ Festival is almost here! Each day until then, we’ll be talking to one of the featured pitmasters, with questions from TM staffers, esteemed BBQ experts, Twitter followers and you, the readers of this blog.Today we bring you Joe Arriago, 33 of
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September 7, 2011
BBQ Snob: Dallas Enjoys a BBQ Renaissance
Editor's Note: Daniel Vaughn, writing under the name BBQ Snob, runs the Full Custom Gospel BBQ blog and will also be writing about barbecue for Texas Monthly. This is his first column. Texas barbecue is having a moment. It seems like every time I turned around this
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November 4, 2009
Help for Brussels Sprouts (And Believe Me, They Need It)
Oh, my bad. I dissed Brussels sprouts. This is going to get me in big trouble with the other half of humanity, which adores the bitter little edible marbles. Anyhoo, even though I see a lot of announcements for cooking classes, this one caught my eye. Anything that’s being taught
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September 2, 2009
A Tease on Tesar’s
If you’re the type who MUST be first with everything, today would be a good time to check out chef John Tesar’s new restaurant in the Woodlands (north of Houston). It’s opening, yes, today, so you know the poor guy is probably ready to set his hair on fire about
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July 22, 2009
The Fifty Best Burgers in Texas: The List
You can access the full story on texasmonthly.com (subscriber-only), but here’s the list, just to get your tastebuds revved up. Also, there are lots of related burger sidebars that we couldn’t squeeze into the magazine. Check them out. The list is ranked in order of our preference from one to
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March 11, 2009
Tributes to Matt
These tributes to well-loved Dallas restaurateur and native Austinite Matt Martinez, Jr., who is ill with brain cancer and has entered hospice care, come from other blogs in the Dallas area. Fort Worth journalist June Naylor wrote, “[Matt’s dad] Matt Sr. taught my mom to make his famous shrimp enchiladas
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February 12, 2009
Kent Rathbun’s Latest
News flash: Big-time Dallas chef Kent Rathbun is going casual. On Feb. 23, he will open Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen at 6130 Luther Lane, 214-890-1103. He says it will feature the kinds of dishes he ccoks for the family, and that he grew up eating himself. Hmmmmm. I’m