Taylor Adams
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Dallas, TX, United States
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Thid Jai's Hangtagool Wants You to Get to Know the People Behind Thai Food Culture
For Sara Hangtagool, selling food was never part of her plan. But as she’s shared her food with area residents through pop-ups, she’s finding a greater opportunity that makes it worth pursuing: sharing Thai culture. → Read More
After COVID Diversion, The Bake Sale is Back On
About seven years ago, friends Skye McDaniel and Lily Hanson came together to create what would become simply known as The Bake Sale, where they’d sell their homemade goods people came to love. Hanson moved to the Northeast, and they did pivot during COVID to have one bake sale, but now they’re looking to bring the whole experience back in full force. → Read More
UNT Marks 10 Years With Nation's First All-Vegan Dining Hall
This month, the school celebrates the decade anniversary of the Mean Greens Cafe, which serves house-made, plant-based dishes in a variety of cuisines. → Read More
Garden Cafe Adds Beer, Wine and PTO in Revamped Reopening
In the spring of 2020, Mark Wootton pivoted like so many others did by making his restaurant takeout only, doing his best to translate his homestyle Southern-style meals into suitable assortments in Styrofoam. → Read More
Four Corners Brewing Co. Wins 14 Awards for Series at the 2021 Dallas International Film Festival
Dallas’ Four Corners Brewing Co. dove into film with its video series Vida, Well Crafted, and came out with 14 Telly Awards at the 2021 Dallas International Film Festival. → Read More
The Music is Loud and the Vibe is Cheery at Badovinus' National Anthem
The best way to preserve historic buildings is to make good use of them, and chef and restaurateur Nick Badovinus is doing that with his new National Anthem restaurant. → Read More
The New York Times Anoints Tiffany Derry's Roots Southern Table as Top 50 in Nation
About a month ago, the Dallas Observer said Roots Southern Table was the restaurant of the year. Now, The New York Times has chimed in with agreement. → Read More
First Look: Deep Ellum’s CheapSteaks Offers More than a Buck to Save
This recently opened spot offers a nice steak at a more-than-reasonable price. They also have music seven days a week. → Read More
First Look: A Giant Ball of Ice and Flames at Harper's in Deep Ellum
Another restaurant from Milkshake Concepts, Harper's, opened recently in The Epic in Deep Ellum. The menu is globally inspired with local touches and a side of Instagramable fare. → Read More
Eat This: Passion Fruit-Milk Chocolate Cake at Bisous Bisous
As Valentine’s Day approaches, bakeries and restaurants will put together multi-course meals (hopefully lacking molten-chocolate cakes) and bakeries will display heart-shaped and pink-frosted sweet goods. Bisous Bisous Patisserie in Uptown will abide with red and pink cookies shaped like hearts, lips and Xs and Os, white chocolate-strawberry cream puffs and... → Read More
Nana B's Provides Wonderful Soul Food in Joppa
There’s a new restaurant in the Dallas neighborhood of Joppa, and it smells like home. Nana B’s Soul Food Kitchen has dishes that may make you think of your mom or grandmother. You won’t find a menu on a website, nor will you see one on a permanent display on... → Read More
Uncle Uber’s Fries Hold Up in Takeout Age, as Does Its Burger
Last year changed much about how we eat meals from our favorite restaurants. One of those adaptations involved french fries: We praised executions that held up through the drive home, and learned to just eat them on the way to not risk soggy cuts of potato. At Uncle Uber’s Sammich Shop, you can get hand-cut fries... → Read More
Macellaio Closes, Makes Room for Lucia's New Dining Room
A staple in both Bishop Arts and the city of Dallas dining, Lucia will move to North Bishop Avenue in 2021. → Read More
Twitter Responds to Sen. John Cornyn's Brisket
Twitterverse responds after Sen. John Cornyn posts a less-than-appetizing photo of brisket Christmas Eve. → Read More
The Best Breakfast Sandwiches of 2020
Most of this year made us get our food to go; turns out, some of the best of those meals were breakfast sandwiches from Dallas restaurants. → Read More
Bonton Offers Vibrant Setting for COVID-Era Dining
This patio dining offers more than open-air dining; it also offers picturesque views in Southern Dallas. → Read More
The 20 Best Bites of 2020 in Dallas
This is a season of looking back and looking ahead, and we’ve done so as we look forward to the best 100 restaurants in Dallas and recount some of the best dishes we had over the last year (most of which were in takeout containers). → Read More
Dallas City Council Approves Program for Parklets as Bishop Arts Gets a Permanent One
The Dallas City Council has approved creating a program, Street Seats, which will allow for private or public parklet options and the use of up to two curbside parking spaces. → Read More
La Nueva’s Spicy Tacos Warm Us On Coldest Days
Every so often, Dallas gets a day in December that actually feels like winter. Many of us rejoice for the air feeling like the proper season before we realize we’re underdressed and the car’s heater just doesn’t work quickly enough.It’s days like those when we need a spicy guiso. → Read More
10 of the Most-Read Dallas Observer Food Stories of 2020
Here are some of the most-read food-related pieces in the Dallas Observer over the last year. Before we look forward to vaccines, getting together with others one day and sitting beside strangers as we sip perfect Manhattans at our favorite bar, let’s take a look back. → Read More