D Magazine August 2014
Cover Story
The Best of Big D 2014
The stars come out for our annual celebration of the city’s best and brightest. Prepare to be dazzled.
Features
Crime
When the Bough Breaks
Joniah Baker was just 11 months old when his parents rushed him to the ER. It fell to Sergeant Brenda Nichols and her team to determine what had happened.
Profiles
The Wild Ride of Benny Binion
Before he moved to Vegas and invented the World Series of Poker, he bootlegged whiskey and killed at least one man in Dallas. A new book, Blood Aces, from which this excerpt was taken, chronicles the early life of the gambling legend.
Publications
The Fox Reality TV Show That Tore a Family Apart
Renovate My Family spent half a million to build this house. For the Biggins brood, it was the beginning of the end.
Business
The Gateway to Oak Cliff
The Oak Farms Dairy factory is one of the best opportunities for the city’s future. If highways don’t get in the way first.
Business
Who Let Sam’s Club Into Uptown Dallas?
It’s so controversial because it shows why we can’t fix our city.
Fashion
How Dallas Dresses: Lucrecia Trejo Waggoner
For the ceramics artist, Dallas is her second life.
Publications
How to Shop Deep Ellum
Store owner Brandon Castillo is helping to reinvigorate his neighborhood, one venture at a time.
Publications
Restaurant Review: San Salvaje
Stephan Pyles puts his modern signature on Latin American cuisine.
Nightlife
Bar Review: Bowen House
The cocktail menu at this Uptown haunt changes with the customers.
Publications
Restaurant Review: Palapas Seafood Bar
The Greenville Avenue spot offers fare from the Sinaloa state on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Publications
Restaurant Review: Lucia
Yes, you’re still going to have to plan ahead to land a table. For good reason.
Publications
Restaurant Review: Stratos Global Greek Taverna
The Northwest Dallas staple keeps proudly making a spectacle of itself.
