Dallas Invented the Frozen Margarita, Here’s Where to Drink One This Weekend

Crave DFW 7/1 8:37A Steven Doyle

The frozen margarita was invented in Dallas. The machine that made it is in the Smithsonian, sitting next to Julia Child s kitchen and the first Tupperware. And somehow, fifty-five years later, this...

The 16th Annual Brass Knuckle Corn Dog Beatdown happens Friday, July 4th

Crave DFW 7/1 7:43A Steven Doyle

Every July 4th since 2009, a group of mostly amateur eaters has gathered at a bar on Greenville Avenue, sat down in front of a basket of corn dogs, and spent fifteen minutes regretting every decision that led them to that table. The crowd packs...

A Brief and Delicious History of the Hot Dog — and the Best Places to Get One in Dallas

Crave DFW 7/1 6:41A Steven Doyle

Americans will eat approximately 150 million hot dogs on July 4th. Not over the weekend. On the day itself. That is a number that requires a moment of genuine reflection — and possibly a glass of...

Pecan Lodge Has Been the Benchmark for Dallas Barbecue for Over a Decade

Crave DFW 7/1 5:57A Steven Doyle

Justin Fourton grew up going to his grandfather s ranch in Abilene — a place called Pecan Lodge. The old man taught him how to build a fire, how to manage a smoker, and how to wait. That last part turns out to be the most important. Good barbecue...

Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards

Texas Wine Lover 6/30 4:31A Jeff Cope

While I was in North Central Texas, I made a point to visit Cresson Bluff Winery and Vineyards located in Cresson, Texas. The winery and vineyard were easy to find just southwest of Cresson, directly off US Highway 377.     After parking next to...

Halcyon Dallas Does Brunch Right

Crave DFW 6/25 9:12A Steven Doyle

Halcyon has been doing its thing at 2900 Greenville Avenue long enough that it s become part of the Greenville Avenue furniture — a coffee bar, full bar, all-day café, and weekend brunch room that...

Meridian in The Village Is Running Better Than Ever

Crave DFW 6/25 8:06A Steven Doyle

Eduardo Osorio came to Dallas for one reason: to take over the kitchen at Meridian. He left Los Angeles, where he had been working his way through serious restaurants — Catch Hospitality, the 50 Eggs...

Señor Oink Is a One-Pig Show

Crave DFW 6/24 6:30A Steven Doyle

The name gives it away before you walk in. Señor Oink is a carnitas taquería in Farmers Branch that serves one thing — pork — and has exactly zero apologies about it. Mauricio Gallegos, who also owns...

Rollin Joe’s to Open Late Summer/Early Fall Near SMU

Crave DFW 6/24 5:20A Steven Doyle

Rollin Joe’s , a new beverage-forward concept blending  premium coffee, espresso-driven drinks, matcha, teas, refreshers, smoothies, energy beverages and elevated grab-and-go bites  is set to open in ...

Seven Dallas Restaurants You Probably Haven’t Heard of and You Should

Crave DFW 6/22 7:37A Steven Doyle

Dallas food media chases the same story over and over. The new opening. The James Beard nomination. The celebrity chef. The hospitality group with four other restaurants already running. Those stories...

Cafe Momentum Started Lesson Fifteen Years Ago, Now It’s Changing the Country

Crave DFW 6/22 6:36A Steven Doyle

In 2008, Chad Houser was co-owner of Parigi on Maple Avenue and had just been nominated as Dallas s best up-and-coming chef. He had sold his house to buy into the restaurant, watched the economy...

Genet Mulugeta Opened Lalibela Because Her Friends Wouldn’t Stop Coming to Dinner

Crave DFW 6/22 5:51A Steven Doyle

Genet Mulugeta s friends were the problem. She had moved to Dallas from Lalibela — a city in northern Ethiopia so old that pilgrims have been walking to it for eight hundred years to see the eleven...

Retro Movie Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Crave DFW 6/19 9:53A Steven Doyle

Stanley Kubrick read more than forty books about nuclear war before he made this film, and what he concluded was that nobody really knew anything and the whole situation was absurd. That conclusion is...

Your Dallas Weekend Guide: June 19-21

Crave DFW 6/19 5:19A Steven Doyle

This is one of those weekends where Dallas stacks everything on top of itself. Father s Day, Juneteenth, the World Cup still running, a free block party in the Arts District, and a music calendar that goes from Randy Rogers to Killswitch Engage...

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...