A Dallas Drive-In That Made National Headlines

Crave DFW 5/7 11:20A Steven Doyle

In February 1940, a teenage girl from Houston named Josephine Powell appeared on the cover of Life magazine. She was wearing a drum majorette outfit with very short shorts, a plumed hat, and boots....

This Restaurant East Dallas is Better Than It Has Ever Been

Crave DFW 5/7 10:37A Steven Doyle

Urbano Cafe should not still be open. Mitch and Kristen Kauffman founded it in 2009 in the century-old building on Fitzhugh that also houses Jimmy s Food Store, ran it for 15 years, and decided they...

Morning Coffee, Afternoon Beer, One Very Good Cuban Sandwich

Crave DFW 5/7 10:13A Steven Doyle

Most places try to be one thing and do it well. Chad and Nellie Montgomery looked at that idea and went a different direction. Civil Pour at 8061 Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas is a specialty coffee shop...

K Estate Vineyards Debuts New Food-and-Wine Pairings Following Major Renovation

Texas Wine Lover 5/7 3:22A Jeff Cope

The tasting was complimentary and all opinions are our own. K Estate Vineyards , one of the premier tasting rooms on the renowned Wine Road 290 between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, has just launched curated food and wine pairings, featuring...

AM/FM Is the Best Thing to Happen to the Design District in Years

Crave DFW 5/6 5:56A Steven Doyle

Ferris Wheeler s ran for eight years on Market Center Boulevard before it closed last fall — a big backyard, a stage, cold beer, and barbecue. It was a good run. What replaced it is something harder...

Michael Dickey of Veraison Hills Vineyard Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 5/5 3:56A Jeff Cope

Michael and Deanna Dickey We previously showcased Michael Dickey as the original Winemaker Profile for Longhorn Cellars. Both Michael and his wife, Deanna, started in the wine industry with multiple locations for their Veraison Hills Vineyard ,...

Pangea Has a New Address and Downtown Dallas Is Better For It

Crave DFW 5/4 7:42A Steven Doyle

Kevin Ashade was born in Dallas, grew up in the U.K. and Nigeria, came back to Texas, went to the Culinary Institute of America, and spent years inside some of the most serious hotel dining rooms in...

Dallas Margarita Guide: 12 of the Best in the City Right Now

Crave DFW 5/4 6:48A Steven Doyle

On the night Mariano Martinez opened his restaurant in Dallas in 1971, his bartenders nearly quit. The blended margaritas were coming out different every single time — some icy, some half-melted, some...

Cinco de Mayo at Luna Roja: Downtown Dallas Has Its Party

Crave DFW 5/4 6:03A Steven Doyle

Luna Roja opened on April 2 in downtown Dallas, and it hit the ground doing something nobody else in the AT&T Discovery District was doing. The restaurant sits at 1525 Elm Street inside the Hilton...

Omar Flores Behind Muchacho and Whistle Britches Opens Maroma in the Design District Today

Crave DFW 5/4 5:50A Steven Doyle

Omar Flores grew up in El Paso helping his father run family restaurants. Not as a dishwasher, not clearing plates — actually in the kitchen, learning how things worked from the time he was old enough...

Dock Local to Open at Dallas Farmers Market Summer 2026

Crave DFW 5/4 5:25A Steven Doyle

Dock Local , the  premium casual coastal cuisine concept founded by Chef Brett Curtis , is expanding its Dallas footprint with a highly anticipated  new location at the Dallas Farmers Market opening...

There’s a Burger on Lower Greenville You Need to Know About

Crave DFW 5/1 9:24A Steven Doyle

Jeff Bekavac opened Goodwins in May 2024 in the old Blue Goose space on Greenville. He named it after the cross street. He s been in Dallas kitchens for years — Neighborhood Services, Cane Rosso — and...

Austin’s Best Oyster Bar Is Finally Coming to Dallas: Here’s What to Expect

Crave DFW 5/1 8:56A Steven Doyle

Dallas has been waiting for Clark s Oyster Bar longer than it should have had to. The Austin institution opened in 2012, became one of the most copied seafood concepts in Texas, expanded to Aspen,...

Mother’s Day at The French Room Is One of Dallas’s Great Annual Traditions

Crave DFW 5/1 8:20A Steven Doyle

The French Room inside The Adolphus has been one of the great rooms in Dallas since the hotel opened in 1912. Adolphus Busch built it on the beer fortune he made in St. Louis, and the design — vaulted...

The Charlotte on Henderson Is a Brunch Worth Planning Around

Crave DFW 5/1 7:50A Steven Doyle

Wyl Lima grew up in Keene, Texas, which is not a place most people have heard of. It s a small town built around Southwestern Adventist University, a school that draws students from over a hundred...