SANDWICHES, BURGERS, & CLASSICS. Baker Tracy German has created a wildly successful business selling whole cakes and slices of cake — strawberry, red velvet, German chocolate, Italian cream and so many more. 61 Osteria is expected to open Feb. 2, 2023 at 500 W. 7th St., Fort Worth. What restaurants should have been on this list? Southside Steaks & Cakes is at 3125 Al Lipscomb Way, Dallas. Y corner nyc guys stuff tech sports food drinks more beer. We were already fans of Restaurant Beatrice, the Oak Cliff restaurant from Zen Sushi chef-owner Michelle Carpenter.
Whatever February brings, there's a great restaurant or bar in North Texas for you on our monthly Hot List. Rapscallion is gone, replaced by stylish new restaurant Quarter Acre. Meridian is at 5650 Village Glen, Drive, Dallas. Loro is at 14999 Montfort Drive, Dallas/Addison. Cake Bar is at 3011 Gulden Lane (on the back side of Trinity Groves), Dallas. Y corner nyc guys stuff tech sports food drinks more on bcg.perspectives. Or, check out past Hot Lists to see which restaurants moved on and off: - January 2023 — the theme was healthy. Starship Bagel is at 1520 Elm St., Dallas. Fort Worth restaurant 61 Osteria comes from chef Blaine Staniford and restaurateur Dain "Adam" Jones, who both operate Grace and Little Red Wasp. Micro bakery Kuluntu, run by pastry chef Stephanie Leichtle-Chalklen, has gotten national attention recently as a semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery in the James Beard awards.
I'll get some basil-Parm potatoes on the side to share. There is no such thing as too many bagels in Dallas, and we're thrilled to have another shop to try. They famously won an award for their State Fair dessert in 2022 called Peanut Butter Paradise, making them the first family to win a Big Tex Choice Award on their first year in the contest. Y corner nyc guys stuff tech sports food drinks more with 72. You guys love this place! Roots Southern Table. We were delighted by the responses to our story about the 40-year-old Rockwall restaurant Culpepper.
Following the success of Loro in East Dallas, Texas chef duo Tyson Cole (Uchi) and Aaron Franklin (Franklin Barbecue) have opened a second Asian smokehouse in North Texas, in Addison. Others are emerging from Dry January for a drink, or, alternatively, choosing to extend the healthy eating or drinking for a few more weeks. Brazilian chef Junior Borges has been impressing us in Dallas for years, starting as a top chef during Uchi's prime. Motor City Pizza is at 1425 FM 407, Lewisville. Southside Steaks & Cakes. Culpepper was slated to close at the end of 2022 until a D-FW restaurateur made a last-minute deal to save it. Pre-orders open Saturdays at 10 a. m. and close Mondays at 10 p. Pick-up is on Thursday evenings only.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, starting at 4 p. m. Culpepper Cattle Co. in Rockwall. Some of you are keeping up with your New Year's resolutions. Chef Leo Kekoa worked at Nobu Dallas before breaking away to co-own his own restaurant, reports our special contributor Amanda Albee. Blackjack Pizza is at 2536 Martin Luther King Jr. We love the inclusion of owner Greg Tierney's Detroit-style pizza joint, but we wish Dallas' other great pizzerias made Yelp's list, too. Dallas isn't known for its cheesesteaks, but Southside Steaks & Cakes is one of the best examples of a local business serving really good Texas-style cheesesteaks. In the kitchen, Derry's food is thoughtful and smart, which is one reason why her Farmers Branch restaurant Roots Southern Table got national nods from Esquire and The New York Times. Lunch only on Wednesdays. That's not a knock on the other great, new restaurants that just debuted. I've got my eye on the Notorious burger with caramelized onions and jalapeños. Or Malaysian chicken bo ssam with yellow curry vinaigrette. Celebrated chef Tiffany Derry is making big waves beyond Dallas.
Dinner costs $73 per person with optional $40 additional charge for wine. Closed Sundays and Mondays. If you haven't been lured to Oak Cliff to pick up pastries or bread yet, special contributor Nick Rallo will help entice you: "Leichtle-Chalklen's focaccia is as fork-tender as wedding cake, adorned with rosemary threads and crackly bubbles, " he wrote in 2020. There are tons of unsweet and sweet teas to choose from, including stuff you've never heard of. You should go, if only to see for yourself the odd assortment of memorabilia, from a small airplane to a stuffed lion (apparently) shot by Teddy Roosevelt. Maybe it's too hard to pick a favorite. The restaurant also has an a la carte menu of cold raw fish, cooked fish, yakitori and temaki. Kathi's grandpa, Ferd Filger, was the first mayor of Riverside, Missouri and a Texaco gas distributor. Loro would be a great first-date spot or a jovial place for happy hour with colleagues. Then it's on to my favorite, the smoked prime bavette. Portillo's is at 4560 Destination Drive (at Grandscape), The Colony. Culpepper Cattle Co. is at 309 E. Interstate 30, Rockwall. Restaurant Beatrice. The incident threatened the restaurant's survival, especially because it happened after a tough two years during COVID-19.
As long as the winter weather in Dallas-Fort Worth isn't keeping you house-bound, February is a great month to make some restaurant plans. Menu changes weekly. HTeaO is on the lips of iced tea drinkers, y'all. We've seen a few omakase restaurants open in Dallas, and now, Frisco has one. Owner Oren Salomon has been making bagels in Lewisville since 2021, and he just opened a satellite shop in downtown Dallas in late January 2023, writes Albee.
February is also home to Valentine's Day, a sort of made-up holiday that's a good excuse to dine and drink with someone you love. Get unlimited access to for just $1 for 3 months. Restaurant Beatrice is at 1111 N. Beckley Road. SOUPS, SALADS, & SPUDS. At Kinzo Sushi, the chef chooses the items for the tasting menu, leaving diners to simply enjoy (for a flat fee of $90 to $170 per person, depending on the number of courses). A husband and wife who are "obsessed" with Champagne, as they put it, have opened a chic wine bar in Highland Park called Coupes. It's just an accurate observation, given the tens of thousands of people who have shown interest in this legendary Chicago fast-food restaurant since it opened in early January in The Colony.
Or, stop in with a friend for a Galentine's drink. Kinzo Sushi is at 14111 King Road, Frisco. For several years, Ed and Kathi made their living owning a gas station and car wash and have always enjoyed collecting gas station related memorabilia which they now display in the restaurants. It was a neighborhood victory when Blackjack Pizza reopened about a month ago, following a shocking story about how a teen driving a stolen car crashed into the restaurant in fall 2022. Toby Archibald, the chef-owner who hails from New Zealand, hopes to sell "Michelin-level food and service without the stiffness, " he said in a statement. MORE BAGELS, yes, please!
Dinner only, for now. I'll be back when the lines shorten for another Italian beef sandwich. Their commitment to soul food and their knowledge of Louisiana's influences from Afro-Caribbean, Vietnamese, Southern, Western European and others make Beatrice special in Dallas. If you're looking for a sweet treat for your sweetheart this month, scoot over to Cake Bar in Dallas' Trinity Groves. According to Yelp, the best pizzeria in Texas is Motor City Pizza in Lewisville.
In Arlington, Bedford, Burleson, Carrollton, Denton, Garland, Grapevine, Lake Worth, Plano and Weatherford. He opened a restaurant of his own, Meridian, in 2021, where he brought his Brazilian-American culinary point of view to a restaurant that served dishes that we'd never seen in Dallas.