Pat's Pick
July 5, 2016
When Not in Rome
Dallas chef Julian Barsotti’s Sprezza does as the Romans do.
Pat's Pick
Patricia Sharpe’s restaurant column on the places and people who shape Texas’s dining scene
Pat's Pick
June 15, 2016
Nipped in the Bud
When Austin’s vegetable-forward restaurant Gardner failed, the proprietors transformed it into Chicon, a place aimed at the (adobo-rubbed) meat and (fingerling) potatoes crowd.
Pat's Pick
April 20, 2016
A Cut Above
Dallas Asian-fusion restaurant Top Knot may be the newest member from the Uchi family, but it’s nobody’s kid brother.
Pat's Pick
March 23, 2016
Start the Presses
Felipe Armenta’s secluded spot in Fort Worth serves up light steakhouse fare with a few surprises.
Pat's Pick
February 24, 2016
Seattle Homesick Blues
Dallas chef Nick Badovinus has brought the Pacific Northwest to North Texas, brine included.
Pat's Pick
January 27, 2016
Idea Factory
The contemporary Southern restaurant Filament is bringing light to Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood.
Pat's Pick
December 23, 2015
In With the Old
The building may be aged, but the food at San Antonio’s Brigid is up-to-date.
Pat's Pick
November 18, 2015
Ford Fusion
State of Grace may be new, but it evokes memories of old Houston.
Pat's Pick
October 21, 2015
No Bull
A new Spanish-style restaurant, Bullfight, puts Austin’s once sketchy Airport Boulevard right in the middle of the dining arena.
Pat's Pick
September 17, 2015
Get Him to the Greek
How Evan Turner opened the taverna Helen in a fit of passion—and brought Houston a modern twist on dolmades.
Pat's Pick
August 13, 2015
To The Woodlands . . .
Are Houston’s suburbs ready for “gel spheres” and “carbonated pineapple conserve”?
Pat's Pick
June 12, 2015
Serves Austin Right
At Italic, the couple behind 24 Diner, Easy Tiger, and Arro worked out the kinks before they opened their doors.
Pat's Pick
May 13, 2015
Take Ten
At the Dallas ramen shop Ten, you have to stand to eat the food—all the better to give it the ovation it deserves.
Pat's Pick
April 10, 2015
You Say Potato, I Say Batata
Houston’s Oporto Fooding House is almost certainly the finest Italian-Portuguese-Indian fusion restaurant in the world.
Pat's Pick
March 18, 2015
Their Beautiful Launderette
What happens when veterans of two of Austin’s finest Mexican and Thai restaurants try their hand at Mediterranean cuisine? Very delicious things.
Pat's Pick
January 14, 2015
What the Hay?
Yes, a key ingredient at Austin’s Gardner usually comes in the form of a bale. But you wouldn’t want to squander these astonishing dishes on a horse.
Pat's Pick
December 11, 2014
It’s Getting Haute Out Here
Le Cep’s contemporary French cuisine drags Fort Worth’s culinary scene into the twenty-first century. Don’t have a cow, monsieur.
Pat's Pick
November 7, 2014
To Dai For
Nose-to-tail, locally sourced, and heavy on the protein: Austin chef Jesse Griffiths’s Dai Due moves from the supper club circuit to a permanent home.
Pat's Pick
October 13, 2014
Peace Out
Despite its name, Pax Americana is not exactly a tranquil space. But after one taste of chef Adam Dorris’s menu, who could stay calm?
Pat's Pick
September 12, 2014
Southern State of Mind
Get your biscuits down to Austin and revel in a new take on classic Southern meals at Olamaie.
Pat's Pick
August 7, 2014
The Feast of Stephan
Gloriously novel flavors permeate the menu at Stephan Pyles’s latest venture, San Salvaje.
Pat's Pick
May 13, 2014
Texas Dreamin’
California chefs Bradley and Bryan Ogden give the Lone Star State a whirl.
Pat's Pick
April 11, 2014
You Never Can Tell
The setting and wine list may be sophisticated, but down-to-earth French fare gives Austin’s La V everyday appeal.
Pat's Pick
May 13, 2013
Something in the Waters
Chef Jon Bonnell’s new venture is the biggest fish to surface in Fort Worth’s West 7th development.
Pat's Pick
April 12, 2013
Boot and Thai
Austin’s modern new Thai restaurant Sway takes a clue from Down Under.
Pat's Pick
February 12, 2013
Hunger + Games
At Houston’s theatrical Pass, to dine is to be entertained.