Lakewood & East Dallas BubbleLife

There’s a Burger on Lower Greenville You Need to Know About

Fri, 01 May 2026 09:24:17 Z

(Crave DFW) Jeff Bekavac opened Goodwins in May 2024 in the old Blue Goose space on Greenville. He named it after the cross street. He s been in Dallas kitchens for years — Neighborhood Services, Cane Rosso — and this is his first real shot at doing it his own...

Austin’s Best Oyster Bar Is Finally Coming to Dallas: Here’s What to Expect

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:56:52 Z

(Crave DFW) Dallas has been waiting for Clark s Oyster Bar longer than it should have had to. The Austin institution opened in 2012, became one of the most copied seafood concepts in Texas, expanded to Aspen, Houston, and Montecito — and somehow Dallas kept...

Mother’s Day at The French Room Is One of Dallas’s Great Annual Traditions

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:20:25 Z

(Crave DFW) The French Room inside The Adolphus has been one of the great rooms in Dallas since the hotel opened in 1912. Adolphus Busch built it on the beer fortune he made in St. Louis, and the design — vaulted ceilings, Corinthian columns, twin Murano glass...

The Charlotte on Henderson Is a Brunch Worth Planning Around

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:50:44 Z

(Crave DFW) Wyl Lima grew up in Keene, Texas, which is not a place most people have heard of. It s a small town built around Southwestern Adventist University, a school that draws students from over a hundred countries. Lima was born in Angola, moved to Texas at...

Retro Movie Review: The Last Picture Show (1971)

Fri, 01 May 2026 06:45:36 Z

(Crave DFW) There is a scene in The Last Picture Show where Sam the Lion takes two teenage boys fishing at a tank on the edge of town. Early morning, flat Texas light, nobody saying much. Ben Johnson starts talking about a woman he loved forty years before — how...

Inside the Underground Listening Bar That’s Quietly Changing Dallas Nightlife

Fri, 01 May 2026 06:17:41 Z

(Crave DFW) Shyboy Hi-Fi has been open for two months and it s already doing something Dallas nightlife hasn t seen before. The venue sits underground at 1313 Main Street in the former bank vaults of The Drakestone — nine-foot OJAS speakers, acoustics tuned by...

Flock & Fresh Opens Saturday on Greenville Avenue with a Michelin Chef Behind the Menu

Fri, 01 May 2026 05:26:16 Z

(Crave DFW) Wan Kim knows both ends of the dining spectrum. He runs Smoothie King, a chain with over a thousand locations worldwide. He also built Nuri Steakhouse in Uptown Dallas — a $20 million Korean steakhouse that the Wall Street Journal named one of three...

Traditional Welsh Dishes Making a Comeback in Modern Kitchens

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:47:55 Z

(Crave DFW) Traditional Welsh cuisine is experiencing a quiet but meaningful revival in both home kitchens and restaurants. Rooted in practical farmhouse cooking, these dishes were shaped by locally available ingredients such as lamb, dairy, oats, leeks, and...

I Scream Gelato Continues US Expansion with First Michigan Franchise

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:57:24 Z

(Restaurant News) Growing gelato brand expands its national footprint with new Midwest market Michigan ( RestaurantNews.com ) I Scream Gelato , the frozen treat franchise known for its authentic, house-made Italian gelato, has announced its newest location coming...

Denton’s Osteria Il Muro Is a James Beard Finalist. It Seats 22 People

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:42:35 Z

(Crave DFW) There is a restaurant in Denton called Osteria Il Muro with 22 seats, a backyard garden, and a menu that changes every single day. It is one of the hardest reservations in North Texas. People set calendar alarms for the last Monday of each month —...

Five Colorado Towns Worth Every Mile of the Detour

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:18:34 Z

(Crave DFW) Everyone knows Aspen. Everyone knows Vail. You book the flight, you rent the gear, you pay the resort prices, and you come home having seen the version of Colorado that was designed to be seen — groomed, expensive, and full of people doing exactly...

Prana: The Most Intimate Dinner in Dallas Comes from One of Its Most Decorated Chefs

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:52:56 Z

(Crave DFW) Vijay Sadhu Vijay Sadhu has been one of the most interesting chefs in Dallas for a long time. He opened Samar with Stephan Pyles and watched it become a James Beard semifinalist. He ran the kitchen at the W Hotel s Cook Hall . He beat Bobby Flay on...

The Best Tortilla in Dallas Is About to Have Its Own Restaurant

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:05:00 Z

(Crave DFW) The tortilla is the first thing you need to understand about Molino Olōyō. Not the filling, not the protein, not the salsa. The tortilla. That s where this whole operation begins, and once you taste one, you ll understand why chef Olivia López has...

$5 Cinco De Mayo Specials at Vaqueros BBQ in Allen

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:56:38 Z

(Crave DFW) If you re looking for a reason to get out on May 5th and don t want to fight a generic margarita crowd, Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q in Allen is running $5 specials all day and actually has the food to back it up. The deal is simple: $5 margaritas, $5...

The Best Mother’s Day Brunches in DFW for 2026

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:11:43 Z

(Crave DFW) Mother s Day falls on Sunday, May 10 this year, and if you haven t made a reservation, now is the time. Restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth are pulling out the good stuff — prix fixe menus, skyline views, afternoon teas, and a few places that don t...

The Village Dallas Hosts the Dallas Margarita Festival

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:39:01 Z

(Crave DFW) Cinco de Mayo falls on a Monday this year, which means the weekend before it is fair game for the kind of day-drinking that the holiday was practically invented to justify. Dallas has its answer ready. The Dallas Margarita Festival lands at The...

Sant Ambroeus Picks Dallas for Its First Texas Location

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:25:51 Z

(Crave DFW) If you have spent any time in New York and wandered into one of those rooms on the Upper East Side or in the West Village where the espresso is perfect and the pastel-colored cakes look like they came from a set designer s dream, you already know...

Wine Society of Texas Announces 2026 Scholarship Program Awards

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:39:13 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) Press Release The Wine Society of Texas (WST), a 501c3 non-profit educational organization, is pleased to announce that it will be awarding scholarships totaling $11,000 in support of four students. These students are: (a) attending institutions in...

55 Seventy with Chef David Uygur of Lucia for Exclusive Dinner on May 4

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:30:37 Z

(Crave DFW) 55 Seventy continues its 2026 Guest Chef Series on Monday, May 4 with David Uygur, chef-owner of Lucia . The dinner is members-only and limited in size. Lucia has a long-standing reputation in Dallas for a tightly run kitchen built on house-made...

Farmers Markets in DFW & What Produce is Best in Spring

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:01:50 Z

(Crave DFW) Farmers market season is back, and with it the question every Dallas cook eventually asks: which one is actually worth the Saturday morning. There are dozens of markets in the metroplex, and they are not all the same thing. Some are real...

Toss a Crave-Style Cocktail Party

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:01:09 Z

(Crave DFW) The cocktail party that works is the one that does less than it should. Twelve passed bites do not work. Three signature cocktails do not work. A sit-down menu pretending to be a cocktail party does not work. What works is five small things you can...

Omar Flores Announces Maroma to Open May 4

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:19:26 Z

(Crave DFW) Omar Flores has another one coming. Maroma , the latest project from Big Dill Hospitality and the Marshi family, opens Monday, May 4 in the Design District at 1333 Oak Lawn Avenue, on the ground floor of the new Thirteen Thirty Three Building. The...

May Restaurant Deals for National Hamburger Month, Teachers and Nurses, Cinco de Mayo, and More!

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:27:26 Z

(Restaurant News) May restaurant deals are arriving in full force, offering a packed calendar of flavor-focused celebrations and meaningful appreciation events throughout the month. Guests can dive into specialized menus honoring National Barbecue Month , National...

Happy Hour: Five Whiskies, One Cocktail

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:52:02 Z

(Crave DFW) A good whiskey shelf does not need to be deep. It needs to be honest. One bottle for a Tuesday night when all you want is a finger of something warm over ice, one for a dinner party where somebody is going to ask for an old fashioned, one for the...

Kyle Allen Winemaker Profile

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:29:16 Z

(Texas Wine Lover) This month’s featured Winemaker Profile is Kyle Allen from Turtle Creek Vineyard . The tasting room at their vineyard is a gorgeous facility with the tasting room and vineyard overlooking Turtle Creek and the beautiful hillside. There is also a...

Long Weekends for Camping at Glen Rose

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:01:35 Z

(Crave DFW) Dallas does not have the mountains or the coast. What we have is a good road in a lot of directions, and a handful of small towns close enough to reach in an afternoon but far enough to feel like somewhere else. Glen Rose is one of them. Ninety...

Shopping Made Simple at HEB

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:10:32 Z

(Crave DFW) For decades, HEB was the grocery store Texans kept a shared secret about. If you grew up in Kerrville, Corpus, or San Antonio, you knew. If you lived in Dallas or Fort Worth, you had to settle for hearing about it from in-laws or picking up a cooler...