Dallas Archives

Oak & Eden Wheat & Honey

Honey is the first flavor that most people discern when drinking whiskey, making this infusion takes a good thing and makes it great.

By TM Promotions

There’s an Art to Having Fun!

Calling all Art Lovers: the award-winning Cottonwood Art Festival is back.

By TM Promotions

Epic Outdoors Garland

Make your mark epic by stepping outside and exploring all that Garland has to offer.

By TM Promotions

BBQ Joint Reviews |

June 7, 2022

Forget Gas Station Barbecue, Frisco Now Has Car Dealership Barbecue

The Texas-style ribs, crispy onion rings, and lemon squares at Earnest B’s BBQ will win over even the most skeptical ’cue fans.

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Smoked meats, sides, and Trini pepper sauce from Meshack's BBQ in Plano.

BBQ Joint Reviews |

May 27, 2022

Trinidadian Flavors Bring the Heat to North Texas’s Barbecue Scene

Smoked jerk chicken, Trini pepper sauce, and fry bread sandwiches shine alongside Willie Meshack's classic Texas-style meats in Plano.

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Recipes |

May 3, 2022

Carrot Cake

Dallas pastry chef Diana Zamora shares her version of this classic dessert, which is chock-full of the vegetable and stands at a towering five layers.

By Catherine Downes

Travel Guides |

April 22, 2022

Dallas City Guide

Your curated travel guide to Dallas, featuring where to eat and drink, stay, explore, and more.

By Texas Monthly

Sports |

February 8, 2022

Sumo Is Getting Big in Texas

Fighters in one of the state’s newest sumo clubs, in Dallas, want the sport to keep growing—without losing the traditions that define it.

By Madeleine Aggeler

Tacos |

January 27, 2022

This Stellar Dallas Joint Serves Up Fare From San Luis Potosí

While enchiladas are the specialty at Tortilleria La Potosina, the tacos also benefit from the fresh, handmade nixtamalized tortillas.

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Style & Design |

January 13, 2022

This Dallas Mansion Is a Dream Home—But for Whom?

Inside the $37.5 million University Park mega-mansion a couple is building on spec.

By Madeleine Aggeler

Jenny Nemlekar in her home studio in Dallas.

Made in Texas |

November 12, 2021

This Dallas-Area Handbag Designer Puts Her Engineering Background to Creative Use

Jenny Nemlekar, who makes custom leather bags from her suburban home studio, learned to knit as a way to communicate with her Vietnamese grandmother.

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Sports |

November 10, 2021

Westlake High School Football Coach Todd Dodge Might Be the Best Who Ever Did It

Good luck finding a Texan who’s lived a more complete football life than Westlake High School coach Todd Dodge. Now in his final season before retirement, the six-time state champion is looking to add one more trophy to his mantel.

By Joe Levin

Food & Drink |

September 15, 2021

Remembering Dotty Griffith, Pioneering Food Journalist

Over a career spanning three decades, Griffith chronicled the evolution of Texas from a culinary backwater to a major player on the national scene.

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Music |

July 30, 2021

Dallas Indie Rocker Alex Montenegro’s Mellow Debut Is Effortlessly Listenable

The 26-year-old, who performs as Skirts, makes lo-fi pop that's perfect for a lazy Sunday.

By Bryan C. Parker

Food & Drink |

July 29, 2021

Dallas Steakhouses Were Always Going to End Up Serving $1,000 Gold-Wrapped Slabs of Meat

Chef Nusret Gökçe, better known as Salt Bae, has brought his specific blend of showmanship to the beef capital of the world.

By Amanda Albee

Travel & Outdoors |

April 28, 2021

The Implausible Experience of Kayaking the Trinity River in Downtown Dallas

Since moving to Dallas a few years ago, I've wanted to paddle the glittering water I'd pass while driving.

By Alex Temblador

Joshua Ray Walker at the Double Wide bar, in Dallas, on May 27, 2021.

Music |

April 28, 2021

Joshua Ray Walker’s Music Is a Vivid Portrait of Working-class Life in Dallas

His country ballads tell stories about complex, imperfect people who call the city home.

By Jonny Auping

Business |

March 26, 2021

H-E-B Is Coming to DFW, and People Are Like OMG

The beloved supermarket chain, which has carefully guarded its intentions in North Texas, dropped a bombshell on Friday.

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Film & TV |

March 23, 2021

Alan Tudyk Is Ready to Be Taken Seriously

After decades of playing goofy sidekicks, the El Paso–born, Plano-bred actor finally has a leading role.

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The lounge in the Catbird restaurant at the Thompson Dallas.

Where To Stay Now |

March 17, 2021

Practice the Art of Staycationing at Three New Dallas Hotels

With packages designed for Texans, these new luxe lodging options feature museum-quality paintings, sculpture, and other artwork.

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Politics & Policy |

December 16, 2020

Gladden Pappin Wants to Make Conservatism Great Again

The University of Dallas professor is urging Republicans to build a post-Trump, big-tent, big-spending party that’s economically populist and socially conservative.

By Daniel Oppenheimer

Chef Justin Holt (fourth from left) and his staff at Salaryman, in Dallas, in October 2019.

Business |

November 18, 2020

Salaryman Permanently Closes as Chef Justin Holt Fights Leukemia

Holt’s partner, Trina Nishimura, who was the beverage director at the beloved ramen shop, shares their story with Texas Monthly.

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Politics & Policy |

November 16, 2020

What Does MAGA Look Like After Trump? This Weekend’s Protests Offer Clues.

In Dallas, the “Stop the Steal" events were more of a celebration than a wake.

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Politics & Policy |

October 29, 2020

The Unlikely Candidate Who Might Flip a Republican Stronghold

Three years ago, Candace Valenzuela was a college counselor. Now, she’s hoping to ride anti-Trump sentiment in the Dallas suburbs to a seat in Congress where, if elected, she’d be the first Afro-Latina.

By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

Arts & Entertainment |

September 4, 2020

The Weird, Wonderful Story of Texas’s First Radio Station

From its origins airing the banter of bored firefighters to its robust classical programming today, Dallas’s WRR-FM has filled an unusual niche on the airwaves for nearly a century.

By Brian Reinhart

News & Politics |

September 2, 2020

Remembering Wick Allison, Founder of D Magazine, a Fierce Critic and Champion of Dallas

One editor remembers his former boss as unreasonably demanding—and unafraid of investing in great journalism.

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Film & TV |

August 15, 2020

Jonathan Majors, the Star of HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country,’ Transforms His Rage Into Art

The actor, who grew up in the Dallas area, takes a leading role in the horror series adapted from the book of the same name.

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Interior of Sue Ellen's night club displays rainbow lights and a stage.

Business |

July 25, 2020

Texas’s Oldest Lesbian Bar Faces Its Latest Challenge: Surviving the Pandemic

A mainstay of Dallas queer nightlife, Sue Ellen's is thought to be one of about ten lesbian bars left in the U.S.

By Zoe Hammel and Trey Strange

Art |

July 10, 2020

Why Visual Artist Jammie Holmes Took George Floyd’s Last Words to the Sky

In a new digital exhibition at Dallas Contemporary, Holmes challenges viewers to advocate for justice.

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BBQ Joint Reviews |

July 6, 2020

Why We Should Support Old-school Joints Like Meshack’s Bar-Be-Que Shack

Although craft smoked meats are wonderful, there's nothing like eating ribs at a traditional Texas barbecue spot. And they are getting harder to find.

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Texas History |

June 25, 2020

“A Watershed Moment”: How Scholarship and Activism Finally Toppled a Texas Ranger Statue in Dallas

The removal of the statue is part of a larger reappraisal of the role of the Rangers in Texas history.

By Arielle Avila

Tacos |

June 11, 2020

Corn on the Cob Is a Cook’s Canvas at This Dallas Snack Shop

On National Elote Day, we’re craving the Middle Eastern-inspired za’atar street corn at Locura.

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Philip Archibald in front of store holding a gun

Politics & Policy |

May 29, 2020

The 29-Year-Old Bodybuilder Behind the Armed Effort to Reopen Texas

A month ago Philip Archibald was a frustrated small business owner locked inside his Dallas home. Now he commands a heavily armed network of anti-lockdown vigilantes, some with extremist leanings.

By Peter Holley

While shopping for dresses at the Boys & Girls Club Prom Dress Extravaganza, Jummy Loaye, 17, saw her dress and fell in love. “I just knew that’s what I wanted to wear,” the Advantage Academy senior says. Though she didn’t have too many plans, she just wanted to enjoy a special night with her friends. “We’re all leaving high school and won’t see each other as much,” she says. She’d been envisioning her own American prom since before moving to Dallas from Nigeria. “I always knew what prom was, especially because of the movies,” she says. “I wanted to experience it. I’ve shed tears a couple of times over this.” In high school, she was chosen to participate in the Leader in Me Program. “They take students that they believe can lead others and train them,” she explains. “Being chosen for that gave me a reason to be great. It became clearer that the younger ones are watching me; even my little siblings are watching.” This fall, Loaye plans to attend the University of North Texas and study business. She wants to run her own business one day, like her father, who sells Nigerian clothes. Though all the cancellations of senior events have made her sad, she’s trying to draw positive lessons from the experience. “I have learned that most times our plans don’t go through and that even when the plan doesn’t go through, it’s just a setback,” she says. “We get up and raise our heads to achieve higher than planned.”

News & Politics |

May 23, 2020

Dallas-Area High School Seniors Cope With a Semester—and Rites of Passage—Cut Short

Students have found themselves celebrating milestones like prom, graduation, and Eagle Scout ceremonies virtually because of the pandemic.

By Laura Lee Huttenbach and Mary Beth Koeth

Tacos |

April 27, 2020

How Twitter Helped a Dallas Restaurant Survive the Pandemic

Scrambling to become a takeout-only business, Los Molcajetes got a much-needed bump from a viral tweet.

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Tacos |

April 16, 2020

How One Mexican Restaurant Is Feeding Workers at Two Dallas Hospitals

José executive chef Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman and staff are making “five hundred sack lunches” a day to thank frontline health-care workers.

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Music |

March 20, 2020

Following Widespread Show Cancellations, Musicians and Programmers Across Texas Take Action

Smaller March festivals in places like Denton and McAllen were meant to raise funds for asylum seekers at the border and bolster local music communities.

By Lyndsay Knecht

Music |

March 5, 2020

Breaking Down the Dixie Chicks’ First New Single in 14 Years, ‘Gaslighter’

The beloved band released a song and an accompanying video this week.

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New Global Life Park in Arlington, Texas.

Sports |

February 28, 2020

The Texas Rangers’ Shiny New Stadium Embodies the ‘New Arlington’

It’s part of a bigger plan to make the North Texas city a destination.

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Texas History |

February 26, 2020

The Walking Tours Tracing Dallas’s Forgotten Black History

Through strolls along pedestrian bridges and historically black neighborhoods, local historians are elevating black Dallasites’ stories.

By Amal Ahmed

Tacos |

January 8, 2020

Taco Stop in Dallas Receives Hate Mail in Response to Owner’s Charity

After a national spotlight was cast on Emilia Flores’s coat donation program, an expletive-drenched letter arrives at her taqueria.

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Art |

December 9, 2019

On Texas Time: Ari Brielle, Dallas Visual Artist

The local artist talks about finding her medium, what she’s unlearning, and being an ”emerging artist.”

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This photo provided by the Mesquite Police Department shows Amber Guyger, taken Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

News & Politics |

December 5, 2018

What We Know About the Indictment of Amber Guyger

The Dallas police officer who shot and killed Botham Shen Jean in his own apartment, indicted for murder, now awaits trial. Here's a quick primer on where things stand.

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A sign from Amazon, which will be opening two new headquarters in the DC and NYC metro areas

The Culture |

November 14, 2018

Amazon HQ2 Isn’t Coming to Texas. That’s a Good Thing.

It would have been great for tech workers, but a disaster for infrastructure, equality, and the identities of Austin and Dallas.

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Business |

November 2, 2018

What Would Amazon’s HQ2 Do to the Austin and Dallas Housing Markets?

The tech giant is set to make its announcement within the next two months—but whatever happens, Austin and Dallas rents are likely to go up.

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A bronze elephant statue adorns the front yard of a house on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.

Best Thing In Texas |

October 18, 2018

The Best Thing in Texas: Dallas Yard Art Helped a Sick Little Girl Get Better

Mockingbird Lane’s "Elephant House" was a bright spot during a tough time.

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The Culture |

September 19, 2018

‘Dallas’ at 40: The Inside Story Behind the Show That Changed Texas Forever

How the trashiest, campiest show on television revolutionized pop culture, rebooted Texas’s reputation, and helped bring down the Romanian government. (Maybe!)

By Max Marshall