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Here’s Lookin’ at You, Velvet
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, it had to take over mine. Like Ingrid Bergman sauntering into...
La Marea’s Got You Covered
On a recent late Sunday afternoon visit to the new-ish Mexican seafood eatery La Marea, we discovered children –– everywhere. Sitting in chairs and...
Tex-Mex-i-burger Treats
There must be some invisible anti-burger barrier on North Main Street from Northside Drive to East Exchange Avenue. There are about a dozen or...
Sansom Park Café: Work in Progress
The Jacksboro Highway, once renowned for its rough-and-tumble casinos and their accompanying cardsharps, gangsters, and ne’er-do-wells, is not exactly a corridor of fine dining....
Praying for Pizza
A few years ago the restaurants gods apparently decided this city didn’t have enough pizza options. In their infinite wisdom, they bestowed on us,...
AF+B = Upscale Comfort
Dallas restaurateur Tristan Simon, founder and CEO of Consilient Hospitality, apparently knows trendy. In addition to five Dallas restaurants, including The Porch and Victor...
Scarfin’ at the Oldies
There’s an authenticity problem in this city’s restaurant scene. There are so many shiny new restaurants popping up, I often feel starved for a...
Peace Burger: Surf’s Up
When you read the menu at Peace Burger Dive Bar & Grill, the first thing that may come to mind is that this is...
Get Better Fast
It wasn’t that long ago you’d go to the Near Southside only for a doctor’s appointment or a chicken-fried steak from Massey’s. These days...
Pizza Snob: Pies in the Sky
If you accept what’s implied by the signage near Pizza Snob’s front door, putting more than four toppings on your pie is trés gauche....



















