Zalat Pizza Puts Butter Chicken on a Crust, and It Actually Works

Crave DFW 8/14 8:54A Steven Doyle

Zalat Pizza has never been shy about mashing up flavors that have no business working together until they do, and the newest one might be the boldest swing yet. Starting August 17, every Zalat Pizza location in Texas will start slinging a Butter...

Ko Thai Brings the Cow to Cowtown, and Fort Worth Was Ready

Crave DFW 8/14 6:50A Steven Doyle

Fort Worth has never had a shortage of good Thai food, but it has had a shortage of Thai food that looks like it belongs on Magnolia Avenue. Ko Thai closes that gap. It opened last year at 725 W...

Dallas-Fort Worth’s Next Six Weeks Are Loud, Then a Little Louder

Crave DFW 8/14 6:25A Steven Doyle

Dallas-Fort Worth is about to get loud. The next six weeks bring a run of arena rock, honky-tonk legends, and a few genuine bucket-list pairings, and the calendar only gets busier once the theaters...

Henderson Avenue’s Comeback Restaurant, Romy, is Still on Track for December

Crave DFW 8/14 5:22A Steven Doyle

Henderson Avenue s long-anticipated overhaul is close enough to done now that its restaurant lineup is starting to feel real.  PopUp Bagels  opened its second Dallas location on the street this summer.  Salt & Straw  made its Texas debut nearby....

Lounge Here Turns Chicken Fried Steak Into a Dinner and a Brunch Dish

Crave DFW 8/13 9:13A Steven Doyle

Lounge Here hides behind an unmarked strip center on Garland Road, the kind of exterior that gives away nothing about what s happening inside. Walk through the door and the room drops you into a retro...

Lufkin’s Cafe Del Rio Covers Both Sides of Texas Comfort Food

Crave DFW 8/13 7:32A Steven Doyle

The name suggests a border town, sun-bleached and dusty, somewhere along the Rio Grande.  Cafe Del Rio  is actually about as far from the border as Texas gets, sitting deep in the Piney Woods of...

Review: Vinxper Expert Adjustable Electric Wine Aerator

Texas Wine Lover 8/13 1:45A Jeff Cope

The Vinxper Expert takes electric wine aeration a step further with adjustable decanting from 0 to 240 minutes. I put it to the test to see how it compares with other electric aerators I have used. Read More

Both Loro Dallas locations Heat Up Late Summer with Favor & Fly by Jing Collaborations

Crave DFW 8/12 10:41A Steven Doyle

Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar is closing out summer with two collaborations running at both Dallas locations through the end of August, one built for heat-seekers and one built for parents who ve had...

Night Rooster, Months In: What’s Working and What Isn’t

Crave DFW 8/12 6:00A Steven Doyle

Sweet & Sour Halibut Night Rooster has had several months now to settle into its spot on the ground floor at 1000 N. Riverfront Blvd. in the Design District, on the ground floor below Hooper...

Truck Yard Is Opening in Richardson on September 1

Crave DFW 8/12 5:24A Steven Doyle

Richardson is getting its own version of the backyard party that s been packing the patio on Lower Greenville for more than a decade.  Truck Yard  is opening a new location at 740 S. Central...

Old Vine Texas and Burning Daylight Estate Winery in Mansfield

Texas Wine Lover 8/12 1:51A Jeff Cope

Old Vine Texas in Mansfield offers Texas wines, food, and featured tastings, including wines from nearby Burning Daylight Estate Winery. We stopped in to experience both in one visit. Read More

Dallas Food Bites: Closings, Openings, and Anniversaries Worth Knowing About

Crave DFW 8/11 9:33A Steven Doyle

Not every piece of Dallas food news needs its own headline, but stacked together, this week s smaller stories add up to a pretty full picture of where the city s eating and drinking scene is headed. A...

Five Dallas Restaurants Worth Booking During DFW Restaurant Week

Crave DFW 8/11 9:10A Steven Doyle

Every August, Dallas hands you a reason to finally book the table you ve been putting off. DFW Restaurant Week turns 30 this year, running from Preview Weekend on August 6 through the final stretch on September 7, and more than 150 restaurants...

Cookie Is Cooking: Tiffany Derry’s Mom Takes Over the Roots Kitchen

Crave DFW 8/11 7:49A Steven Doyle

Cookies Gumbo! Ask most chefs where they learned to cook and you get a story about culinary school, or a mentor, or some line cook who showed them how to hold a knife. Ask Tiffany Derry , and the...

What Makes French Press Coffee Different, and Where to Find a Good One in Dallas

Crave DFW 8/11 7:00A Steven Doyle

There s a reason the French press has outlasted every countertop gadget that s tried to replace it. No pods, no paper filters, no app to sync. Just coarse grounds, hot water, and a few minutes of...