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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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The Best Chef Burger in Dallas Right Now Is Hiding in The Village

Most people driving through The Village on their way somewhere else have no reason to stop at Meridian. That’s their loss. The restaurant at 5605 Village Glen Drive reopened last October under executive chef Eduardo Osorio, and buried in a menu of wood-fired oysters, foie gras cornbread, and dry-aged steaks is one of the better burgers in Dallas — a burger that most of the city hasn’t found yet.

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St. Martin’s Wine Bistro is Back and Here’s What to Know

St. Martin’s Wine Bistro opened in Dallas in 1980. It sat on Greenville Avenue for 46 years. When the lease ran out in 2023, it went dark — no drama, no announcement, just gone. A lot of people who loved that room assumed it was over for good.

It wasn’t. St. Martin’s reopened March 11 at 4223 Bryan Street in Old East Dallas, in what used to be the L&B Antiques building. The piano came with it. So did the chandeliers, the white tablecloths, the dark wood, and the room’s instinct that dinner is an occasion rather than a transaction.

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Norman’s Japanese Grill Is Hosting a One-Night Dumpling Dinner with New York’s Mimi Cheng’s

If you’ve spent any time eating in New York’s East Village, you probably know Mimi Cheng’s. If you haven’t, June 7 is a reasonable introduction.

The dumpling shop at 179 Second Avenue has been one of those quietly essential New York addresses since sisters Hannah and Marian Cheng opened it in 2014. Hannah left a Wall Street career to do it. The idea was simple: their mother Mimi made Taiwanese-style dumplings at home, the sisters couldn’t find anything close to them in the city, so they started making their own. Pasture-raised pork, family-raised chicken, farm vegetables, wrappers spread thin and folded by hand. Whole Foods just named the brand one of its top food trends for 2026. It has that kind of following.

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Avra Introduces Elevated New Lunch Experience

Avra Estiatorio, the acclaimed Greek dining destination celebrated for its pristine seafood and refined Mediterranean cuisine, is pleased to announce the launch of its new lunch experience, now available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Designed to offer guests an elevated yet approachable midday dining option, Avra’s expanded lunch service features a new three-course prix fixe menu for $39.50 alongside the restaurant’s full all-day menu, allowing diners to enjoy everything from light Mediterranean fare to premium seafood and signature specialties.

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The Village Beach Club Marks the Start of Summer 2026 

The Village Dallas announces the Village Beach Club’s Summer 2026 season, featuring an expanded full season of programming that spans music, sports, wellness and major holiday celebrations. Back with a fresh lineup and more ways to experience it than ever before, Village Beach Club is set to be one of Dallas’ most sought-after summer destinations.

Set within The Village’s expansive lifestyle community, Village Beach Club offers a resort-style environment that is unmatched in Dallas. As the only destination in the city combining large-scale pool parties with this level of entertainment programming, it delivers a unique blend of music, hospitality and community-driven experiences.

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Five Dallas Restaurants That Deserve a Michelin Star and Don’t Have One

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Dallas has two Michelin-starred restaurants right now — Tatsu in Deep Ellum and Mamani in Uptown. Both earned it. But the guide has been in Texas for two years and the inspectors have a lot of ground left to cover. These six restaurants are doing the kind of work that should have them on that list already.

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Monarch Is Turning Five and Throwing a Dinner Worth Showing Up For

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Monarch turns five this month, and the wood-fired Italian restaurant on the 49th floor of The National is marking it with a five-course dinner on Thursday, May 28 at 6 p.m. The evening runs $250 per person for dinner alone, $300 if you want to stay for the after-party upstairs at Kessaku on the 50th floor. The after-party is also available on its own for $125.

The menu was built around the five senses, which sounds like a concept that could go sideways fast but reads like it was thought through. Chef Danny Grant and Monarch’s executive chef Jason Rohan put it together alongside pastry chef Mariella Bueza Tello. The evening opens with passed bites, a seafood display, and charcuterie before moving into the courses proper.

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