Jun 18, 2013
The Design District just keeps getting better. We wrote about a Thai restaurant coming to the neighborhood a few months ago and are excited to announce that PakPao Thai Food will be opening at 1628 OakLawn this Friday, June 21. If you’re familiar with Oak or Uptown’s Belly and Trumpet, you’re familiar with husband/wife duo Richard [...]
May 29, 2013
The Design District in its present iteration has been committed to championing top quality, locally owned restaurants since its inception. That commitment manifested itself in the form of a “no nationals” policy as far as businesses and leasing were concerned. In other words, the Design District wasn’t going to have a Starbucks a Chili’s or [...]
Apr 03, 2013
To celebrate their third anniversary the Meddlesome Moth is hosting their 3rd annual April Ale week and beer lovers, you may want to clear your schedules. The celebration begins on Monday with the Moth’s signature Monday night beer dinner, this time featuring six courses and seven beers from the wonderful Green Flash Brewery in San Diego. [...]
Mar 13, 2013
Last week I mentioned you were running out of excuses not to visit the critically acclaimed FT33, if you had any to begin with. Well, here’s one more reason to drop into FT33 tonight. This week it was announced that executive Chef and Owner Matt McCallister is among the 100 finalists for Food & Wine [...]
Mar 07, 2013
Editor’s Note: I guess it’s food week here on dallasdesigndistrict.com! Today’s post is brought to you by special contributor Chase Heckendorn, founder and owner of DallasTxLofts.com. After spending a number of decades as a haven for antique dealers, furniture manufacturers and retailers, the Dallas Design District has seen widespread growth over the past few [...]
Mar 06, 2013
It’s official. Local food bloggers broke the news this morning that the Design District will add another new restaurant to its list this summer. Richard and Tiffanee Ellman are no strangers to doing business in the neighborhood. The husband-wife duo also own the award-winning Oak, and just recently opened a new spot in Uptown. This time, however, [...]
Mar 05, 2013
In its relatively brief life-span, FT33 has generated a whole lot of buzz in the Dallas food world. It was named one of the most anticipated openings of the fall by a slew of local publications and in the aftermath has received glowing reviews from some of Dallas’ top food critics. Several months after its [...]
Feb 26, 2013
The James Beard Foundation awards have been equated to the Academy Awards of the culinary world and this year Dallas’ restaurants finally received the recognition they deserve. Each year the James Beard Awards honor restaurants and chefs throughout the country for excellence in the restaurant industry. This year restaurants from throughout Dallas were nominated for [...]
Nov 20, 2012
Those crafty beer nerds over at the Meddlesome Moth are always on their A-game. There are few places in Dallas I would rather drink a beer than perched on a leather barstool at the massive, dark, beautiful bar at The Moth. There are also few times I enjoy drinking beer more than at the beginning of winter, [...]
Nov 08, 2012
Last night, after dropping by the Roche Bobois grand opening party (more on that fabulousness soon), my boyfriend, Andrew, and I decided it might be fun to grab a cocktail. In an impulse decision, we decided to stop in and see if we could get a place at the bar at FT33. Lucky for us, [...]
