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Our 'Down South' Recs for the Next Time Cardi B Wants Soul Food in Dallas
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (139+ words) Dallas Observer Audience Survey: Tell Us What You Think of Us Cardi B was in Dallas this past weekend for her Little Miss Drama tour. We missed the Bronx-born, Grammy-winning rapper's Instagram plea for restaurants to try while she was…...
First Look: Sawaii Indian Restaurant Brings Mughlai Heat to Castle Hills, Lewisville
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (629+ words) Free Things To Do in Dallas (and Beyond) This Weekend After spending a few years in Little Elm, Sawaii Indian Restaurant pulled up stakes in 2025 and moved to the Castle Hills area of Lewisville (or Carrollton; it's confusing). It's right…...
Who Needs Book Club When We Have The Bread Club? It Opens in Uptown Next Week
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (428+ words) Free Things To Do in Dallas (and Beyond) This Weekend While it would be amazing to meetup and exchange bread and pastries, this isn't actually a bread club. Feels Like Home, the hospitality group behind Michelin-starred Mamani, Bar Colette and…...
Slutty Celebrity Restaurant Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (468+ words) Dallas Observer'Audience Survey Now Open When Aisha "Pinky" Cole's first restaurant burned down, the legend of her multi-million-dollar comeback story rose from the ashes. After promoting her vegan lifestyle to more than a million Instagram followers, her next move was…...
Yikes, Trader Joe's Issued Recall of Frozen Food Products
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (136+ words) Dallas Observer'Audience Survey Now Open On Feb. 20, the grocery retailer issued a recall for Chicken Fried Rice products, stating they "may be contaminated with foreign material." And by foreign material, Trader Joe's means "specifically, glass." On March 3, the grocer added…...
Deep Ellum's New Deal: The Struggle, The Shift and a New Restaurant Row
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1076+ words) Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week We want to love Deep Ellum, we really do. But when it continues throwing up roadblocks " both literal and figurative " between us and our'burgers and beer, it gets harder and harder to…...
The 10 Biggest Dallas Restaurant Openings in February
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (465+ words) Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week Has anyone ever heard of a restaurant inspired by "East Texas seafood joints? This month, that is new, plus some other fresh faces around the neighborhood. A Palestinian restaurant is packed with…...
The 8 Biggest Restaurants Closures in February: A Rough Month for Local Favorites
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (154+ words) Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week If we can all get past the allergies, patio season is among us, which means many of our favorite local restaurants survived the slowest months of the year.But not all of…...
3 Dallas Spots Make Texas Monthly's Best New Restaurants List
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (143+ words) Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week Texas Monthly's dining critic Paula Forbes traveled to Dallas more than any other city in Texas last year for one reason: audacity. Restaurants that opened between Nov 1, 2024 to Nov. 1, 2025 mainly focused on…...
Chicago-Style Pizza Tavern to Open in West Village This Week
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (284+ words) Best Things To Do in Dallas This Week The Chicago-inspired tavern, DL Mack's, will open its third Dallas restaurant in the West Village this Wednesday, March 4. The restaurant will take over the former Midici space. The menu, which is focused…...