Lombardi Family Concepts Just Opened a Sports Lounge in Plano

Crave DFW 6/15 5:15A Steven Doyle

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,...

There’s a Trinidadian Food Truck in the Dallas Area

Crave DFW 6/12 10:12A Steven Doyle

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...

Botolino Is Quietly Making the Best Gelato in Dallas

Crave DFW 6/12 8:12A Steven Doyle

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...

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

Crave DFW 6/12 7:17A Steven Doyle

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...

Your Dallas Weekend Guide: June 12-14

Crave DFW 6/12 5:44A Steven Doyle

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...

Queens Head Pub Is Now Open in Deep Ellum

Crave DFW 6/11 11:08A Steven Doyle

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...

Where to Find the Best Pupusas in Dallas

Crave DFW 6/11 8:51A Steven Doyle

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...

The World Cup Is Here, Here’s How Dallas Is Going to Spend the Next Five Weeks

Crave DFW 6/11 8:31A Steven Doyle

The FIFA World Cup 2026 opened yesterday in Mexico City and it does not slow down from here. Dallas is one of 11 United States host cities and AT&T Stadium in Arlington is one of the tournament s anchor venues — nine matches in total, including a...

Grapevine, Texas: A Summer Destination for Grown-Up Getaways

Texas Wine Lover 6/11 2:47A Jeff Cope

Press Release Grapevine is the ideal destination in North Texas for refreshing adult getaways and day trips this summer. Located on the shores of Lake Grapevine and home to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, this Vintage Texas destination...

Shohei Takamatsu Brought Japanese Food to Dallas, The City’s Best Chefs Learned from What He Built

Crave DFW 6/10 6:54A Steven Doyle

Shohei Takamatsu died on April 26, 2026, just over a week before his 95th birthday, and the obituaries that followed described him correctly as a pioneer of Japanese cuisine in Dallas. What they...

Texas Finally Has Its Own Oyster Farms: Dallas Is Starting to Notice

Crave DFW 6/10 6:22A Steven Doyle

For most of its history, Texas has been an oyster-eating state that couldn t grow its own. The Gulf of Mexico runs along 367 miles of Texas coastline, and for decades the wild oyster beds out there...

The Best Pizza in Dallas: Every Style, Every Neighborhood

Crave DFW 6/10 6:01A Steven Doyle

Dallas is not a pizza city the way New Haven or New York is a pizza city, but it has become something more interesting: a city where nearly every serious style of the form is being made at a high...

The CraveDFW Dallas Master Dining Guide

Crave DFW 6/10 5:33A Steven Doyle

Twenty years of covering this city and the one thing that hasn t changed is that Dallas keeps surprising people who think they already know it. What follows is every dining guide CraveDFW has...

The Richardson and Garland Dining Guide: Where to Dine in Dallas’s Most Diverse Corridor

Crave DFW 6/9 8:20A Steven Doyle

The stretch of North Texas running east from US-75 through Richardson and into Garland is one of the most genuinely diverse dining corridors in the country. This is not a marketing phrase. Richardson has one of the highest concentrations of...

Sea Breeze to Host Gerard Bertrand French Flair Wine Dinner Monday, June 29

Crave DFW 6/9 7:19A Steven Doyle

Sea Breeze Fish Market & Grill, North Texas’ most beloved family-owned seafood restaurant, will host French winemaker Gérard Bertrand for an elegant culinary evening with a French flair on Monday,...