Inside Wu Wei Din, Where the Soup Dumplings Come with a History Lesson

Crave DFW 8/5 8:40A Steven Doyle

Wu Wei Din Chinese Cuisine  started in a tiny Plano storefront around 2016, opened by Taiwan native Todd Hung with a singular focus: bring the wontons, noodles, and dumplings of his home island to...

Inside Charlie’s Creole Kitchen, Lower Greenville’s Longtime Cajun Fixture

Crave DFW 8/5 7:13A Steven Doyle

Charlie s Creole Kitchen  has been serving Cajun and Creole food on Lower Greenville since 1989, longer than almost anything else on that stretch of Greenville Avenue, and for most of that history it...

Why So Serious? Giant Pizza-By-The-Slice in Deep Ellum

Crave DFW 8/5 6:32A Steven Doyle

At the intersection of grit and indulgence in Dallas’s Deep Ellum neighborhood, Serious Pizza has carved out a name for itself—not through gimmicks, but by doubling down on what it does best: giant,...

Pollo Rosa Vineyard and Winery Grower Profile

Texas Wine Lover 8/4 3:39A Jeff Cope

This month's Grower Profile features Duane and Donna Patrick of Pollo Rosa Vineyard and Winery. Besides having a popular winery, the couple grows a vineyard next to the winery and is also working on two other small vineyards. Read More

Café Dior by Dominique Crenn, One Year Later: What’s Changed

Crave DFW 8/3 9:48A Steven Doyle

Drapé Tart Beets, feta cheese, Leche de Tigre Café Dior by Dominique Crenn is still one of the more unusual things happening in Dallas dining, and it s still going strong more than a year after it...

El Molino’s Second Dallas Location Opens August 10 in Preston Royal

Crave DFW 8/3 9:14A Steven Doyle

El Molino is opening a second Dallas location, and this one comes with more room to work with. Vandelay Companies opens the new restaurant in Preston Royal Shopping Center on Monday, August 10 , a...

Sarti Rosa Just Landed at Renny’s, and Dallas Is Already Drinking It Up

Crave DFW 8/3 6:33A Steven Doyle

Sarti Rosa is the new one. Unlike the classic anise-flavored Sarti Sambuca, which traces back generations,  Sarti Rosa  is a genuinely modern addition to the lineup from Casa Luigi Sarti & Figli , the...

Meridian’s Chef Collective Welcomes Phillip Halff for a One-Night Dinner August 12

Crave DFW 8/3 5:44A Steven Doyle

Meridian is handing part of its kitchen over again. On  Wednesday, August 12 , the modern American restaurant at The Village Dallas continues its Chef Collective series with a one-night collaboration between executive chef  Eduardo Osorio  and...

Kilo Is Bringing Gram-Precise Coffee to Snider Plaza

Crave DFW 7/30 8:53A Steven Doyle

Alex Vu taught himself to fix an espresso machine by watching videos online, working the equipment at his family s Vietnamese restaurant, V s House, in North Richland Hills. That repair job turned into a real obsession with dialing in a cup of...

The Dallas Morning News Is Finally Hiring a Restaurant Critic Again (Maybe)

Crave DFW 7/30 8:22A Steven Doyle

For more than four years, the largest newspaper in Dallas hasn t run a formal restaurant review. That s changing. A new job posting for a Food Editor at the Dallas Morning News confirms the paper is...

Graham Elliot’s Fort Worth Restaurant Group Is Finally Coming to Dallas

Crave DFW 7/29 8:58A Steven Doyle

Graham Elliot s first restaurant job in Texas was at the Mansion on Turtle Creek, working the line under Dean Fearing before either of them had a television deal to their name. More than two decades...

Sketches of Spain Just Closed, and The Wild Detectives Is Taking Over the Space

Crave DFW 7/29 8:37A Steven Doyle

Sketches of Spain served its last pintxo on July 19, closing the book on six years as Oak Cliff s only pincho bar. The Bishop Arts spot built its following on Basque-style small plates meant to be...

DFW Restaurant Week Turns 30 This Year, and Reservations Are Already Open

Crave DFW 7/29 6:44A Steven Doyle

DFW Restaurant Week has been running long enough to outlast most of the restaurants that participated in its first year, and this August it hits a real milestone: 30 years, making it the...

Opa! Greek Taverna Is Still Rowlett’s Best Excuse to Shout Across a Dining Room

Crave DFW 7/29 5:59A Steven Doyle

Lamb Kostas Lazanas describes himself as half Greek and half redneck, and that combination turns out to be exactly what Rowlett needed. He grew up training under Charlie Venetis at Opa Grille as a...

Marie’s Kitchen Is a Full Filipino Menu Hiding Inside a Dallas Office Building

Crave DFW 7/29 5:28A Steven Doyle

Longinisa Finding Marie s Kitchen the first time involves a little faith. The restaurant sits at 11910 Greenville Ave., inside a building called Forest Green that mostly houses medical offices and...