The Hot Pot at Yoshi Shabu Shabu in Plano Has Been Perfected Over 140 Years

Crave DFW 6/29 7:12A Steven Doyle

The Itoyama family has been making shabu shabu in Osaka for five generations. That is approximately 140 years of one family doing one thing, refining the same dipping sauces, sourcing the same quality...

The Mansion on Turtle Creek: A History of the Most Important Restaurant in Dallas

Crave DFW 6/29 6:27A Steven Doyle

In 1908, cotton magnate Sheppard W. King and his wife Bertha Wilcox went to Europe and came home with a vision. They wanted a house unlike anything in Dallas — something palatial, something European,...

Kalachandji’s on Gurley Avenue Has Been Feeding Dallas Since 1982

Crave DFW 6/29 5:47A Steven Doyle

The address is on Gurley Avenue in East Dallas, a quiet residential street that gives no indication of what s at the end of it. You pull into a parking lot, walk through a gate, and find yourself on...

Best Bar Bits in Dallas Right Now

Crave DFW 6/26 5:48A Steven Doyle

There s a specific type of evening that Dallas does well and doesn t talk about enough. You re at the bar. There s a good martini in front of you. The room is the right amount of loud. And instead of committing to a full dinner, you order two or...

Bright Cocktails to Fend Off the Heat & Where to Find Them

Crave DFW 6/26 5:18A Steven Doyle

A hundred degrees in Dallas calls for one of two things: air conditioning or a drink cold enough to make you forget the heat for a few minutes. The bars that understand this are not the ones handing...

Bubala Cafe & Grill Brings Uzbek and Eastern European Food to North Dallas

Crave DFW 6/23 6:46A Steven Doyle

There are not many restaurants in North Dallas where you can order pilaf with tender slow-cooked beef and fragrant rice, follow it with lamb chops off the grill, and then find yourself dancing with...

Henk’s European Deli & Black Forest Bakery Has Been on Blackwell Street for Over 50 Years

Crave DFW 6/23 5:57A Steven Doyle

There is a small building on Blackwell Street, just off Northwest Highway by the Half Price Books , that has been quietly doing things the right way for over fifty years. Henk s European Deli & Black...

2026 International Women’s Wine Competition – Texas Results

Texas Wine Lover 6/19 12:27A Jeff Cope

Winners have been announced in the 19th annual Women’s International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWWSC). The competition, which took place recently in Santa Rosa, Calif., was founded on the premise...

Father’s Day in Dallas: Where to Take Dad This Sunday

Crave DFW 6/18 12:26P Steven Doyle

Father s Day falls on Sunday, June 21, and Dallas has no shortage of places to take the man who insists he doesn t need anything. Whether Dad wants a three-course lunch at one of the most celebrated...

Flying Fish Adds “Surf N’ Turf” Special for Summer is a Head Shaker

Crave DFW 6/18 11:48A Steven Doyle

Flying Fish restaurants across North Texas are presenting their version of Surf and Turf through August 31. Peel back the lid on tinned Portuguese sardines in olive oil ($12) or a can of all beef Vienna sausages ($15), both served alongside...

Zaguán Has Been Feeding Oak Lawn Since 2002

Crave DFW 6/18 10:15A Steven Doyle

Before Carlos Branger opened a restaurant, he threw dinner parties. He d moved to Texas from the Andean region of Venezuela, near the Colombian border, and when friends came over he cooked the things...

Smittox Brewing Just Opened in Oak Cliff. It’s Been 28 Years in the Making

Crave DFW 6/18 9:30A Steven Doyle

Kuumba Smith started brewing beer in 1998. That same year, his Short Order Porter — an imperial breakfast porter built on coffee, maple syrup, cacao nibs, and hazelnut — won the Riverside Shootout...

Ghost Pizza Just Opened in Lake Highlands; The Story Behind It Goes Back to 1949

Crave DFW 6/18 9:08A Steven Doyle

In October 2019, a tornado tore through Preston Hollow and destroyed Pizza by Marco — the pizzeria that Joe Nuccio had started in 1949 on Carroll Avenue and eventually moved to Preston Royal Village...

Sixty Vines Is Throwing an All-Day Summer Solstice Brunch on June 27

Crave DFW 6/18 8:45A Steven Doyle

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, and Sixty Vines in Uptown is treating it accordingly. On Saturday, June 27, the restaurant at 500 Crescent Court is running an all-day Summer...

BOĆE Coasters Review

Texas Wine Lover 6/18 12:30A Jeff Cope

We received the product for review and all opinions are our own. Some links are affiliate links meaning at no additional cost to you, this site may get a small commission if you make a purchase. I have done many wine accessory reviews over the...