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Retro Movie Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:53:06 Z

(Crave DFW) 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 the movie. It is the funniest film ever made...

Your Dallas Weekend Guide: June 19-21

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:19:01 Z

(Crave DFW) 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 to...

2026 International Women’s Wine Competition – Texas Results

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:27:12 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) 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 that the majority of wine purchased for home...

BOĆE Coasters Review

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:30:31 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) 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 years,...

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

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:07:38 Z

(Crave DFW) 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 Granite Park, order the wood-fired bread with...

Tacos El Metro Is the Real Thing

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:44:19 Z

(Crave DFW) 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 comes from. Not just the subway iconography covering...

Tiffany Derry Is Throwing a Crawfish Boil on June 28: Here’s What You Need to Know

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:13:46 Z

(Crave DFW) Chef Tiffany Derry and Tom Foley are hosting the Annual Crawfish Boil at Roots Southern Table on Sunday, June 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — and if you know anything about what Sunday afternoons look like at this restaurant in Farmers Branch, you...

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

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:37:43 Z

(Crave DFW) 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

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:07:39 Z

(Crave DFW) 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 Mountains, it is the American wine destination that the...

2026 Decanter World Wine Awards – Texas Results

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:02:00 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) The results of this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) were released, revealing a global wine landscape that is more diverse, competitive and exciting than ever before. As the world s largest wine competition, DWWA offers a unique snapshot of...

Burger Schmurger Returns to Lake Highlands Fourth of July Parade

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:08:23 Z

(Crave DFW) Burger Schmurger is bringing the sizzle back to the Lake Highlands Fourth of July Parade , returning for its third consecutive year with a burger-grilling parade trailer , festive giveaways and a community celebration that extends beyond the...

Escondido Has Been the Right Tex-Mex Answer in Preston Royal

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:54:00 Z

(Crave DFW) photos by Joey Stewart When Cantina Laredo closed at Preston Royal after more than twenty years, the neighborhood lost its Tex-Mex anchor and didn t have a replacement. Jon Alexis — who has run TJ s Seafood Market in the same neighborhood since 1989...

Cris & John Made a Move

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:36:44 Z

(Crave DFW) John Pham grew up in Ho Chi Minh City walking to his favorite street food carts, watching traffic and eating well for almost nothing. Cristina Mendez grew up on the other side of that equation — Mexican food, tacos, the flavors that define a...

Assembly Icehouse Is Adding an Adults-Only Lounge in Plano

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:57:34 Z

(Crave DFW) Assembly Icehouse opened in Plano s Assembly Park last November and has spent seven months becoming exactly the kind of neighborhood anchor that most new restaurants spend years trying to be. The family-friendly atmosphere, the comfort food, the...

Drake’s Hollywood Has Been Getting It Right on Lovers Lane

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:37:35 Z

(Crave DFW) There are restaurants built around food, and there are restaurants built around a feeling. Drake s Hollywood is the second kind, and it makes no apologies about that. The room at 5007 W. Lovers Lane near Briarwood is dim in the way that costs money...

Palladino’s Steak & Seafood Is Open Tonight in Preston Hollow

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:01:34 Z

(Crave DFW) Joseph Palladino spent years helping build Nick & Sam s into one of the most recognizable steakhouses in Dallas, then went to New York, opened Palladino s Steak & Seafood at Grand Central Terminal, watched it become one of the hottest openings in the...

Restaurant Franchise News from Handel’s Ice Cream, Urban Bird Hot Chicken, Konala, and More!

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:03:41 Z

(Restaurant News) The latest restaurant franchise news includes a multi-unit development agreement for Handel s Homemade Ice Cream to bring its premium, made-on-site ice cream and rotating seasonal flavors to the Chicago metropolitan market. In Sunset Valley, Urban...

Meredith Reed Winemaker Profile

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:57:47 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Some winemakers start their career in another field and then discover the wine industry, which leads them down a different path. Meredith Reed is someone who worked in the healthcare field, but once she discovered the wine industry, it was the change...

Six Family-Owned Restaurants Worth Your Loyalty in Dallas and Fort Worth

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:25:45 Z

(Crave DFW) There is a category of restaurant that no amount of new openings can replace: the place that a family built from nothing, that has fed the same neighborhood through multiple recessions and a pandemic, that carries recipes nobody wrote down because...

Lombardi Family Concepts Just Opened a Sports Lounge in Plano

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:15:28 Z

(Crave DFW) Alberto Lombardi has spent decades building some of the most reliable dining rooms in Dallas-Fort Worth — Bistro 31, Toulouse, Taverna, Lombardi Cucina Italiana. His newest concept is a sports bar, which sounds like a left turn until you spend five...

Mooala Milk

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:39:00 Z

(Crave DFW) By Chef Annie Greenslade As someone who pays close attention to quality ingredients, I am always searching for products that keep ingredients simple while still delivering incredible flavor, and I recently found exactly that with Mooala almond milk....

Popping Yolk Cafe and 19 More Restaurant News Headliners of the Past Week

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:53:09 Z

(Restaurant News) Popping Yolk Cafe, Handel s Ice Cream, White Castle, Downtown Flavortown, and Nothing Bundt Cakes lead RestaurantNews.com s Top 20 stories for the week ending June 14, 2026. 1) Popping Yolk Cafe Expands California Footprint with New Franchise...

Haute Sweets Is Doing Beignets for Father’s Day Weekend

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:28:55 Z

(Crave DFW) Most of what Chef Tida Pichakron makes at Haute Sweets Patisserie draws on her training at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone and her years at the Adolphus Hotel s French Room and the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas — precise macarons,...

There’s a Trinidadian Food Truck in the Dallas Area

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:12:27 Z

(Crave DFW) Trinidadian food doesn t show up on Dallas menus, period — and that makes Trini Style Bake n Shark & Tings one of the genuinely rare things in this city s food scene: a family-run food truck serving the real thing, the cooking of an island whose...

JG’s Old Fashioned Tastes Just Like It Should

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:13:37 Z

(Crave DFW) In 1985, John Green opened a burger joint on Greenville Avenue near 635 with no restaurant experience whatsoever. Six months in, he was done — overwhelmed, ready to sell. Morris and Susanne Bagheri bought it that same year with a plan: clean it up,...

Ellen’s Southern Kitchen Is Coming Back to Downtown Dallas

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:34:47 Z

(Crave DFW) Here s the part of the Ellen s story most people don t know: Ellen wasn t a great cook. Founder Joe Groves named the restaurant after his mother, and by his own account she was famously bad in the kitchen — which makes Ellen s Southern Kitchen either...

Botolino Is Quietly Making the Best Gelato in Dallas

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:12:14 Z

(Crave DFW) There s a small test that separates a real gelateria from a place that just sells frozen dessert with an Italian name on the sign: how it s served. Soft-serve machines and pre-scooped tubs mean one thing. Flat metal tins, the gelato mounded and...

Angela’s Cafe Has Been Feeding This Neighborhood for 25 Years

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:55:53 Z

(Crave DFW) There s a category of restaurant that exists in every city — the place that s been quietly doing the same thing well for a quarter century, sitting behind a strip center where even Uber drivers occasionally lose the plot trying to find it, serving a...

Community Beer Co. Is the Design District’s Best Bar-and-Kitchen Combo

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:37:48 Z

(Crave DFW) Most people who know Community Beer Co. know it for one thing: the beer. Fair enough — Community has been one of the foundational names in Texas craft brewing since 2013, and it s grown into the third-largest independent brewer in the state. What a...

Three Ways to Spend a Texas Evening on the Water Near Dallas

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:17:44 Z

(Crave DFW) Spirit of Dallas Texas summer evenings are made for the water, and two completely different experiences near Dallas prove it — one slow and quiet, the other lit up and moving. Both happen on lakes most Dallas residents drive past without a second...

Alberta, Get Ready! Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Arrives in Style at West Edmonton Mall June 26

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:04:11 Z

(Restaurant News) Canada s fastest-growing barbecue concept enters West Edmonton Mall for the first time with grand opening celebration featuring giveaways, discounts and award-winning barbecue Edmonton, Alberta ( RestaurantNews.com ) The ultimate shopping fuel is...

Your Dallas Weekend Guide: June 12-14

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:44:51 Z

(Crave DFW) The World Cup is here, the heat has arrived for good, and Dallas this weekend has more going on than any single itinerary can hold. Here s how to spend the next three days — hour by hour, with a mix of options across every price point so the weekend...

SĒR Signature Dining Series: Summer Prix Fixe

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:58:51 Z

(Crave DFW) SĒR Steak + Spirits is elevating summer dining with a three-course prix fixe experience available throughout June and July, set 27 floors above Dallas with sweeping skyline views. The menu begins with a choice of seasonal starters, from the...

Retro Movie Review: Rear Window (1954)

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:35:27 Z

(Crave DFW) Rear Window (1954) — Directed by Alfred Hitchcock . Starring James Stewart , Grace Kelly , Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr. 112 minutes. Rated PG. Alfred Hitchcock made films that asked you to be uncomfortable with yourself, and Rear...

Queens Head Pub Is Now Open in Deep Ellum

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:08:45 Z

(Crave DFW) Deep Ellum has a proper English pub now, and the timing could not be better. Queens Head Pub opened Tuesday at 2713 Elm Street — the former Green Room space — and it is the second concept from Eric Bradford and Deep Ellum Collective, the group that...

la Madeleine Welcomes Summer with Fresh Salads, Croissant Croutons and Strawberry Sweets

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:26:20 Z

(Restaurant News) Protein Bowl Seasonal collection features balsamic-marinated chicken, fresh strawberries and new French-inspired favorites Dallas, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) la Madeleine is welcoming summer with a new collection of seasonal salads and...

The Best Burger in the Park Cities is at a French Bistro

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:14:54 Z

(Crave DFW) Chef Eliott Azoulay trained at the École Ducasse in Paris, worked at La Fontaine de Mars on the Left Bank, and spent time at Le Petit Nice in Marseille — a three-Michelin-star restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean where the cooking is as serious...

San Juan on Any Budget: Where to Stay, What to Eat, and What to Do

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:49:15 Z

(Crave DFW) San Juan is the most underrated city in the American travel universe. It is an hour and a half from Miami by air, requires no passport, runs on US dollars, and delivers a food scene that Michelin recognized in 2023 as the only one in the Caribbean...

Nothing Bundt Cakes Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday with Sweet Summer Favorites

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:05:42 Z

(Restaurant News) Patriotic Decorated Cake America s No. 1 favorite brand is serving up JOY with America s Birthday Cake, patriotic treats and fan-favorite flavors Dallas, TX ( RestaurantNews.com ) Nothing Bundt Cakes is making it easy to share something sweet this...

Where to Find the Best Pupusas in Dallas

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:51:45 Z

(Crave DFW) A pupusa is El Salvador s national dish — a thick handmade corn tortilla stuffed before it hits the griddle, not after. The masa gets pressed around the filling by hand, sealed, and cooked until the outside crisps and the inside turns soft and...