Monarch Is Turning Five and Throwing a Dinner Worth Showing Up For

Crave DFW 5/18 6:56A Steven Doyle

Chef Danny Grant Monarch turns five this month, and the wood-fired Italian restaurant on the 49th floor of The National is marking it with a five-course dinner on Thursday, May 28 at 6 p.m. The...

Punk Noir Opens in the Design District June 2 — 20 Courses, 26 Seats

Crave DFW 5/18 6:34A Steven Doyle

A new tasting menu restaurant called Punk Noir opens June 2 in Dallas Design District at 139 Turtle Creek Blvd. The concept is owned by Dallas natives John McKeel and his sons Cole and Clay, and it s...

Weinberger’s Deli Finally Has Room for Everyone

Crave DFW 5/18 6:04A Steven Doyle

The line outside Weinberger s Deli on Main Street in Grapevine has been a given for years. You show up at noon on a Saturday and there are people stacked out the door. The food earns it. The seating...

Crossroads Diner is Better Than Ever

Crave DFW 5/18 5:22A Steven Doyle

Tom Fleming has been cooking professionally since 1990. He spent decades in fine dining — the kind of kitchens where you don t leave until midnight and the pressure never really lets up. At some point...

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...