Winsome Prime landed at 331 Singleton Boulevard in spring 2025 and immediately became the best reason to cross the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge on a weekend. The Black-owned Houston import opened at 331 Singleton Boulevard in spring 2025, and the brunch it runs Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 4pm is the most interesting weekend meal on that side of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.
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Halcyon has been doing its thing at 2900 Greenville Avenue long enough that it’s become part of the Greenville Avenue furniture — a coffee bar, full bar, all-day café, and weekend brunch room that somehow covers every hour of the day without losing its identity. It started in Austin in 2002, expanded to San Antonio, and landed on Greenville with the same formula: serious espresso, a full cocktail program, food that goes further than the room suggests, and an atmosphere that works equally well for a solo laptop afternoon or a table of six who’ve been talking about brunch since Thursday.
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Most bars that call themselves the largest patio bar in Dallas are overstating the case. Happiest Hour is not. The numbers are what they are: 12,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space spread across four full-service bars, a rooftop deck with a downtown Dallas skyline view that stops people mid-sentence, and a beverage program running more than 50 beers, wines on tap, and enough signature cocktails to fill a Saturday afternoon without repeating yourself. It sits at 2616 Olive Street in the Harwood District, steps from American Airlines Center, and on a Saturday it opens at 11 a.m. — which is the correct time to start if the plan is to make a day of it.
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An alebrije is a fantastical creature from Oaxacan folk art — part jaguar, part butterfly, part something that exists nowhere in nature, painted in colors that have no business working together and somehow do. The name is a good one for a cafe that looks like nothing else on West Clarendon Drive, because nothing else on West Clarendon Drive looks like it either. Alebrijes Cafe sits at 1323 W. Clarendon Drive in Oak Cliff, a few blocks from the Dallas Zoo, in a room decorated with the colorful folk art the name promises, run by a couple who greet regulars by name and first-timers like they’ve been expected.
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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 of options across every price point so the weekend works whether you’re stretching a budget or treating yourself.
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55 Seventy, the Park Cities dining destination quietly earning a reputation as one of Dallas’ most exceptional culinary experiences led by acclaimed Executive Chef Josh Sutcliff, has launched Sunday brunch.
Now served every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., brunch at 55 Seventy brings together refined comfort food, seasonal ingredients, thoughtful wine selections and expertly crafted cocktails in an inviting setting.
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Jon Stevens grew up in California and came to Dallas to cook at The Mercury under Chris Ward. He spent years after that working with Avner Samuel at Aurora and Nosh, two of the most serious kitchens Dallas had at the time. When he finally opened his own place in 2014, he picked a gutted old Safety Glass building on West Davis Street in Bishop Arts and built it from scratch — raised the roof two feet, poured new concrete floors, moved load-bearing pillars, redid the plumbing.
The 14-seat kitchen counter he put in is still one of the best seats in the neighborhood. The open kitchen behind it has been running the same way ever since: wood-fired grill, seasonal ingredients, food that appeals to both meat-forward and vegetable-forward diners without compromising for either.
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Casa Brasa at 8111 Preston Road launched Sunday brunch last week — three courses, $65 per person, Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you’ve been to Casa Brasa for dinner you already understand the kitchen’s instincts: Japanese raw bar technique alongside Latin American open-fire cooking, charcoal heat, live fire. The brunch menu runs on those same principles and doesn’t dilute them for the weekend crowd.
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