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by | May 27, 2026 · 2:00 pm

The Pad Thai That Will Change How You Think About the West End

Tony Street had been in the restaurant business his whole life — his family’s legacy, not a career he chose so much as one he grew up inside. Jab Street came up differently, learning her craft over ten years as a chef at Toys Café before bringing that background to Dallas. What they shared was an obsession with Thai food done right, and eventually that shared obsession became a restaurant. Family Thais Asian Bistro opened in 2019 at 208 N. Market Street in the West End, ten tables, counter service, and has been the best Thai restaurant in Dallas ever since.

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by | May 27, 2026 · 10:52 am

Dragon Casa in North Dallas Is Serving a Cuisine Most Texans Don’t Know Exists

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Chinese-Mexican fusion sounds like a joke until you understand where it comes from. In the late 1800s, Chinese laborers working on the railroads and in the mines of northern Mexico put down roots rather than returning home. Over generations they built communities — in Mexicali, in Sonora, in Baja California — and their food blended with the Mexican cooking around them in ways that produced something completely its own. Birria and dim sum. Chile heat and wok smoke. Tacos with fillings nobody in either tradition had tried before. It’s a genuine culinary history, and most people in Texas have never encountered it.

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by | May 20, 2026 · 4:10 pm

Dallas Doesn’t Have a Portuguese Restaurant. That’s About to Look Like a Missed Opportunity

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New York’s food writers have been saying it for a year: Lisbon is the next great dining city to influence American restaurants. Not a prediction — a present-tense statement. The pintxos bars and conservas counters and wine-forward tascas that built Lisbon’s reputation are showing up in Manhattan, in Brooklyn, in the neighborhoods where food-obsessed people pay attention to what’s coming next. The question for Dallas isn’t whether Portuguese food is having a moment. It’s why nobody here has moved on it yet.

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by | November 1, 2021 · 2:59 pm

Malai Kitchen to Open Preston Center Location on Tuesday, November 2

Malai Kitchen, a staple in the Dallas dining scene, is set to open their fourth location inside Preston Center Shopping Center at 6130 Luther Lane, Dallas, TX 75225 (former Bartaco space) on Tuesday, November 2. The restaurant will be open seven days a week for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.

Husband and wife duo, Yasmin and Braden Wages, who own and operate Malai Kitchen, are known for their modern take on Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.

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by | December 28, 2018 · 11:42 am

The 2019 Ultimate Guide To Prevent and Cure a Hangover

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Well, you went and did it. You did the beer before liquor and now have never been sicker. Or perhaps too many sulfites from that red wine you blasted through last night. Or you simply just drank too much and now are suffering an epic hangover. We get it. No, we really get it and have a cure for that. We have a few hangover relief tricks, plus a list of some really good local foods that will help ease the pain of the season.

First, let’s seriously look at how you might prevent that hangover to begin with. And we do not mean abstinence. That cannot possibly be any fun.     Continue reading →

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by | October 5, 2017 · 9:09 am

Malai Kitchen Opens in Fort Worth

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Six and a half years after opening their Southeast Asian restaurant in
the heart of Uptown Dallas, Braden and Yasmin Wages will open the doors to their third location in Fort Worth’s The Shops at Clearfork on Monday, October 9, 2017.

“We’re excited to bring our modern take on Thai and Vietnamese cuisine and refined service to Fort Worth’s burgeoning food scene,” says Braden. “We are proud and feel very fortunate to be included in the lineup of luxury destinations in The Shops at Clearfork.” Continue reading →

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by | January 9, 2015 · 2:01 pm

FM Smokehouse is a Taste of Texas

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What a gem of a restaurant. FM Smokehouse is located in an odd little spot that does extremely well during the week, but draws to a slower pace on weekends when the business crowd flies home. This is actually the case for any of the restaurants in that corridor off 114. What makes FM Smokehouse so particularly wonderful is that, and to my surprise, it is not a BBQ restaurant. Do not get me wrong, I am a fan of very good BBQ. But FM is so much more than brisket and pulled pork, both of which they do very well. Think of FM as indigenous Texas Cuisine, much like you might find at Smoke in West Dallas, or Tim Love’s Smokehouse in Fort Worth.     Continue reading →

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by | September 15, 2014 · 1:06 pm

Getting Your Indian Fix At Chaat Cafe

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Chaat Café  is billed as a fresh and casual Indian fast food restaurant, but there is absolutely no resemblance to what you might consider fast food. The food is served in the same relative time as any other restaurant, and is hand-made to order with precision and care. The concept is a national chain, but each location has a local flair. Since Irving has a tremendous Indian population, it is very popular with the locals.

The menu at Chaat is fairly extensive with a full line of chaat, or Indian nibbles such as Pani Puri (crisp shells stuffed with potatoes and garbanzo beans) or a variety of Pakora and Samosas.

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