Cover Story
To the casual observer, Dallas would seem perfectly positioned to be a great city for quality Texas barbecue. But here is the ugly truth: Dallas does not do barbecue well. This may seem a curious admission given the topic at hand, but there you have it. Too many local proprietors too often go for...
Features
1. A well-smoked meat will have a thick crust. Pellets of black pepper or other spices indicate a rub has been used. Intense, smoky flavor resides here.
2. Cooking brisket slowly at a low temperature encourages the intramuscular fat to melt into the meat and create a silky...
Features
In 1909, city leaders realized they needed a water source for Dallas’ growing population. They honed in on White Rock Creek. Two years later, a little creek 10 miles east of Dallas was primped and primed and ready to become a lake. But a drought would cause a three-year gap between the completion...
Features
The windows of the new Winspear Opera House have a name: the Annette and Harold Simmons Signature Glass Façade. Ascending 60 feet, it was designed to create a seamless flow from the exterior park to the interior lobby. It is ironic that a monument to transparency would be made possible by a $5...
Pulse
Pappas Brothers Steakhouse$150 for 1-ounce pour$595 for 1-ounce pour of Louis XIII Black...
Taste
When it opened last spring, Bella was poised to be the bell of the Uptown ball. Created by Nick...
Scene
It takes a lot to stand out at the annual Crystal Charity Ball. You’ve got Dallas’ biggest...
Taste
For its pies alone, Norma’s Cafe merits our worship. We don’t have many places that make great...
Business
Things looked different at lone star Park six years ago. On a spring day in 2004, at a...
Special Advertising
Understanding more about heart disease is a critical first step in identifying your risk factors....
Taste
The talented folks behind Smoke, the new upscale-ish locavore-meets-barbecue restaurant adjacent...
Pulse
To begin, two propositions. first, you know you have reached curmudgeonhood when small things...
Pulse
Q: In 2005, you quit working on Duke Nukem Forever—an infamous shoot-’em-up video game that at...
Style
Being married to a professional hockey player has its perks. Staying in one place is not among...
Publishers Note
Organic change comes to a city so incrementally that often we don’t notice it. I certainly hadn’t...
Pulse
Mary Suhm now faces the toughest task a Dallas city manager has, more daunting than budgets,...
Events
At 29, Reunion Arena bit the dust. By November, its posts loomed like vigilant dolmens while...
Pulse
Every story is about place. Where you stand, where you stood, where you are in relation to the...
Taste
If you live south of 635, there has to be something great to get you to drive all the way up to...
Ender
While I realize that there is nothing more tedious than listening to someone brag about his...
