How to Date Successfully in Fort Worth, TX

Crave DFW 5/20 5:34A Steven Doyle

Fort Worth has more than a million people and nearly half of its adult population is unmarried. On paper, the dating pool is substantial. In practice, the city ranks 75th on Zumper s 2025 list of best...

There’s a Name in Fort Worth Barbecue You Should Know: Jonny Butch

Crave DFW 5/19 7:32A Steven Doyle

Most people in Dallas haven t heard of Jonny Butch yet. That s going to change. Butch works the pits at Goldee s Barbecue in Fort Worth — the operation at 4645 Dick Price Road that Texas Monthly has ranked number one in the state, that the New...

Two New Mexican Spots Are Coming to Lower Greenville This Summer

Crave DFW 5/19 7:12A Steven Doyle

Lower Greenville is getting two new Mexican concepts this summer, and they re coming from the same person: Jon Garay, the SMU grad and Mexico City native who co-founded Chilangos Tacos back in 2019...

Avra Introduces Elevated New Lunch Experience

Crave DFW 5/19 6:11A Steven Doyle

Avra Estiatorio , the acclaimed Greek dining destination celebrated for its pristine seafood and refined Mediterranean cuisine , is pleased to announce the launch of its new lunch experience, now...

Rex’s Seafood Is Leaving the Dallas Farmers Market After Eleven Years

Crave DFW 5/19 6:01A Steven Doyle

Rex s Seafood closed its Dallas Farmers Market location on Sunday, May 17. The space at 920 S. Harwood St. will go to Dock Local this summer. The lease came up for renewal and the two sides couldn t...

InSo Las Colinas Is Now Serving Weekend Brunch

Crave DFW 5/19 5:40A Steven Doyle

There s a version of Las Colinas dining that s been running on autopilot for years — safe menus, familiar formats, nothing that asks much of you. InSo is not that. The restaurant opened at 3165 Regent...

The Village Beach Club Marks the Start of Summer 2026

Crave DFW 5/19 4:53A Steven Doyle

The Village Dallas  announces the Village Beach Club’s Summer 2026 season, featuring an expanded full season of programming that spans music, sports, wellness and major holiday celebrations. Back with...

A Perfect Weekend on McKinney Historic Square

Crave DFW 5/19 3:47A Steven Doyle

McKinney s historic square is about 30 miles north of Dallas and worth every one of them. The buildings date to the 1800s, the shops are locally owned, and on a good weekend the whole thing hums in a...

Morgan Lee Winemaker Profile

Texas Wine Lover 5/19 12:13A Jeff Cope

At Covington Cellars , winemaker Morgan Lee brings a unique perspective shaped by more than two decades in the wine industry and a passion for crafting wines that are both thoughtful and approachable. While the winery’s roots are in Washington,...

Dinner, Brunch, and Everything In Between at Encina

Crave DFW 5/14 11:05A Steven Doyle

Matt Balke grew up in Uvalde, a small ranching town near San Antonio where the Spanish name for the place was once Encina — holm oak. He left for Texas Tech, then changed course and enrolled at the...

Meridian Launches “Meridian’s Chef Collective,” a New Dining Series

Crave DFW 5/14 9:54A Steven Doyle

Meridian has been on a quiet roll since reopening at The Village Dallas last fall under executive chef Eduardo Osorio, and now the restaurant is doing something genuinely interesting with the...

The Best Breakfast Burritos & Tacos in Dallas

Crave DFW 5/14 8:49A Steven Doyle

Austin gets the credit. It always does. The breakfast taco conversation in Texas starts and ends there, and if you want to argue about it you ll lose, because Juan in a Million has been in East Austin...

Rose’s Bluebonnet Sandwich Shop: The Dallas Burger Legend Nobody Could Find

Crave DFW 5/14 8:01A Steven Doyle

The address was 4515 Greenville Avenue, but that didn t help much. The building sat back off the street, down an alley near Yale Boulevard, behind nothing that looked like a restaurant. No sign. No...

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...

Malai Kitchen is a Thai Paradise

Crave DFW 5/12 7:18A Steven Doyle

Ahi Tacos When Malai Kitchen opened in West Village in January 2011, the landlord pulled Braden and Yasmin Wages aside and told them he didn t think the concept had legs. Thai and Vietnamese food in a...