In 2023, Dallas-Fort Worth’s booming food scene imported many luxury restaurants from other cities and also launched some eagerly anticipated homegrown spots. The year’s most ambitious new entrants include an award-winning Kiwi restaurant and the Texas outpost of a Miami-based pan-Asian stunner that happened to be the highest-grossing restaurant in America last year. Read on for a guide to Dallas’s eight hottest restaurant debuts of 2023.
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by Andrew Chalk
What do you expect from a steak house? A litany of classic cuts (filet, ribeye, strip, porterhouse/t-bone) and derivative sides like button mushrooms and baked potatoes? Maybe with a giant monolithic whole carrot to add color?
What if you have been there, done that, and become somewhat more demanding. Want a choice of grass-fed beef? Dry-aged corn-fed beef? Sides that are as creative as the entrées in most farm-to-table restaurants? Charcuterie that is made in house? Housemade mustard and chutney? A 300-selection wine list that includes Texas selections from Duchman Family Winery and The Vineyard at Florence? Local beers from Deep Ellum Brewing Company? To turn to credentials, how about a chef who Staged at The French Laundry (and only turned down the job that was offered because of the prohibitive cost of living in Napa Valley, California). How about also staging at Alinea and working for a year at TRU in Chicago? Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Facebook just announced that they are going in cahoots with OpenTable that will enable you to make reservations via your smartphone at 20,000 restaurants in North America. You will be able to make these reservations without leaving the Facebook app, a move that places the social media giant in direct competition with Yelp which also has an integration with OpenTable for reservations. Continue reading
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