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...

BOĆE Coasters Review

Texas Wine Lover 6/18 12:30A Jeff Cope

We received the product for review and all opinions are our own. Some links are affiliate links meaning at no additional cost to you, this site may get a small commission if you make a purchase. I have done many wine accessory reviews over the...

Flamant in Plano Deals an Adventurous Menu with a Wild Brunch Option

Crave DFW 6/17 10:07A Steven Doyle

Tanner Agar describes Flamant as the restaurant where you can have a European vacation without leaving Plano. That sounds like marketing copy until you sit down at a table on the waterfront patio at...

Tacos El Metro Is the Real Thing

Crave DFW 6/17 8:44A Steven Doyle

Sergio Quijano grew up in Mexico City and worked his first job at a place called Dulcería El Metro — a candy shop near one of the city s subway stations, which is where the name of his restaurant...

Dallas Finally Gets a Seat at the Lone Star Dinner Series; Mamani Is the Reason

Crave DFW 6/17 6:37A Steven Doyle

The Lone Star Dinner Series has been running for two years. Austin s Hestia launched it as a way to bring acclaimed Texas kitchens into its live-fire dining room for one-night collaborative dinners — a chef swap concept that sounds simple and is...

Walla Walla, Washington: The Wine Country Trip You Haven’t Taken Yet

Crave DFW 6/17 6:07A Steven Doyle

Most wine regions announce themselves. Walla Walla doesn t bother. Set in the southeastern corner of Washington State, four hours from Seattle, surrounded by wheat fields and framed by the Blue...