Blow Your Paycheck on Dallas's Nine Finest Tasting Menus:
Looking to splurge on a fancy dinner for a birthday, an anniversary, or just a random Tuesday night? An elaborate multi-course tasting menu might just fit the bill. These extra-special — and extra-expensive — menus allow diners to experience a more focused culinary experience based on the chef's vision. Next time you're looking to drop some coin on a memorable meal, these nine Dallas...
The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants, July 2014:
It's that time once again: The Eater 38 has returned with a quarterly update. For the uninitiated, this is a map intended to help answer that age-old question, "Can you recommend a restaurant...?"
Restaurant Review: Local:
Though she recently opened new breakfast-and-lunch-only spot Rosemont a few doors down from Local, chef/owner Tracy Miller’s original restaurant hasn’t changed much since debuting in Deep Ellum’s historic Boyd Hotel in 2003. Local still has a lounge-like vibe that feels downtown cool. Miller’s cooking was and still is an exercise in delicious simplicity. But over the past nine years, the Dallas...
The Verdict on Mi Piaci, Local, Nora, and More:
Leslie Brenner awards Mi Piaci two stars. She praises the housemade pasta, but flavorless truffles, boring steak and overcooked tuna add up to a restaurant that "has lost the scent of its Italian inspiration". [DMN]
D Magazine revisited Tracy Miller's nine year old Deep Ellum gem Local. Although they found "nothing revelatory or challenging", the food, including seared foie gras with housemade...