Host the Perfect Pool Party This Weekend

Crave DFW 5/15 11:37A Steven Doyle

Summer in Dallas is not for the timid. It is hot, it is relentless, and it demands a game plan. If you are hosting a pool party this season, the smartest thing you can do is stop trying to play bartender the whole afternoon and make one great...

Come for the Lobster Roll, Stay for Everything Else: A Nantucket Guide

Crave DFW 5/15 7:56A Steven Doyle

There is a moment, usually right after the ferry rounds Brant Point and the harbor comes into full view, when Nantucket stops looking like a place you read about and starts looking real. The old gray-shingled buildings. The white clapboard. A...

This Is the Italian White Wine You’ve Been Missing

Crave DFW 5/15 5:44A Steven Doyle

Most people have written off Soave entirely. That s understandable. For decades the name meant cheap, thin Italian white wine — the kind of thing that ends up in a carafe at a red-checkered-tablecloth...

Republic Wine Castle Opens in Johnson City With Texas Wine, Boots, Hats, and Big Plans

Texas Wine Lover 5/14 12:23A Jeff Cope

Back in January, the announcement that Republic Boot Company had purchased the iconic former 290 Wine Castle property in Johnson City created a massive buzz across Texas wine and Hill Country tourism circles. The idea of combining handcrafted...

A Great Enchilada: Mia’s Tex-Mex

Crave DFW 5/13 7:09A Steven Doyle

In 1981, Ana and Tiburcio Enriquez opened a small Tex-Mex restaurant on Lemmon Avenue. They had spent years managing El Chico locations and knew the business from the inside out. What they built at...

Retro Movie Review: Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Crave DFW 5/13 6:37A Steven Doyle

There are war films that show you what war looks like, and there are war films that show you what war does to people. The Bridge on the River Kwai belongs firmly in the second category, which is why it still matters nearly seventy years after...

Hendy’s on Henderson Refreshes the Menu and the Patio Season Has Officially Started

Crave DFW 5/13 5:50A Steven Doyle

Hendy s on Henderson just launched its spring menu, and if your last visit was a while ago, this is a reasonable excuse to go back. The restaurant opened last summer in the former Sfuzzi space — walls...

A Food Hall Favorite Grows Up: Beren Meze & Grill House Opens

Crave DFW 5/13 5:30A Steven Doyle

Charlie Unlu spent more than a decade managing expensive dining rooms — steakhouses, luxury hotels, the Dallas Cowboys organization. He understood restaurants from every angle. What none of those jobs...

Tango Room is One of the Best Steakhouses in Dallas and Most People Don’t Know It Exists

Crave DFW 5/12 11:12A Steven Doyle

There s no sign outside. You pull up to Hi Line Drive, the valet points you toward a door, and you walk through velvet drapes into Tango Room . Sixty seats. Mahogany walls, burgundy booths, brass...

May Happenings at Hotel Vin, Grapevine, The Ricardo Marriott, Hotel Mockingbird

Crave DFW 5/12 9:17A Steven Doyle

Coury Hospitality has been quietly building one of the more interesting collections of hotels in North Texas — Hotel Vin in Grapevine, The Ricardo Marriott in Westlake, and the newly rebranded Hotel...

North Texas Wine Jam Brings Wine, Music, and Creative Culture to Lost Oak Winery This June

Texas Wine Lover 5/12 1:07A Jeff Cope

A brand-new Texas wine festival is making its debut this summer, and it sounds like one North Texas wine lovers will not want to miss. The inaugural North Texas Wine Jam is coming to Lost Oak Winery on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 3 p.m. to 9...

The Ultimate Texas Wine Country Road Trip: A Weekend Tour of Some Hill Country Wineries

Texas Wine Lover 5/11 4:18A Gus Hall

Texas is the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the country, and most people still don’t believe that when you tell them. Then you hand them a glass of Pedernales Cellars Tempranillo and watch their face change. The Hill Country deserves a...

At What Point Does Wine Consumption Become a Legal Risk for Drivers?

Texas Wine Lover 5/11 4:08A Gus Hall

Wine has a way of feeling harmless, especially when it is part of something relaxed like dinner, a small gathering, or a quiet evening out. Nothing about it seems rushed or risky, so it is easy to believe you are still in control, even after a...

The Zalat Pizza Empire Started with the Love of Late Night Dining

Crave DFW 5/8 11:31A Steven Doyle

Khanh Nguyen was eight years old when his family fled Vietnam in 1975. His father was a general in the South Vietnamese army and the governor of a mountain province called DaLat — and when the country...

Are Millennials Saving or Reinventing the Wine Industry?

Texas Wine Lover 5/8 10:44A Gus Hall

A Generation That Pops the Question Instantly The first sip unleashes the question like a cork: are millennials saving wine… or are they slowly drinking it to death? According to the purists, these brunch millennials, natural-wine connoisseurs,...