All the steakhouse trappings at Brass Ram. Get a look at the over-the-top signature dishes at Nick Badovinus latest restaurant Chef Nick Badovinus describes his newest restaurant, Brass Ram, as “built to jam.” It’s a loud, bold, showpiece housed on the top floor of a “one-of-one” Chicago brick building in that little zone between Downtown and Deep Ellum. Badovinus, who has been part of the Dallas restaurant scene since he interned for chef Dean Fearing in 1996, owns a cadre of great dining spots in the city. His Flavorhook restaurant group includes Neighborhood Services, Montlake Cut, Desert R ..read more

Hunter Pond, CEO of Vandelay Hospitality Group, at the opening of Hudson House in Hollywood. | Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Vandelay Hospitality Group Police would like to speak to Hunter Pond about an open warrant following an incident in Telluride The CEO of Dallas-based Vandely Hospitality Group, Hunter Pond, is wanted by police in Mountain Village, a municipality of Telluride, CO. The San Miguel County Sheriff’s office posted the wanted notice on social media on January 20, but removed it on January 26 for unknown reasons. According to the warrant, Pond is facing misdemeanor charges of ..read more

Restaurant Beatrice gains national recognition as a James Beard semifinalist. | Kathy Tran Restaurant Beatrice, Don Artemio, and Tatsu land prestigious Best New Restaurant recognition Dallas, Fort Worth, and its sprawling suburbs landed a lot of names on the James Beard Award list of semifinalists for 2023 — one of the biggest and most prestigious culinary awards. That includes multiple nominees in national categories vying for the prestigious awards — a jump from the previous year. Junior Borges of Meridian, a former Eater Dallas Awards restaurant of the year, earned a slot on the Outstanding ..read more

Everything bagel by Starship Bagel | Paul Torres With its new Downtown location open, this shop extends its mission Starship Bagel’s creator Oren Salomon admits he’s a bit of a nerd. He’s a bagel maker who wants to use bagels to make changes around Dallas. New York transplant Salomon opened a home-based business that he called Oren’s Bagels in 2017. “It started in my house with my friends practically forcing me to take their money in exchange for bagels,” Salomon tells Eater Dallas of the venture, which focused on small, sweet, and dense Montreal-style bagels. After transitioning to baking in ..read more

Its doors will close near the end of March The sad news hit after the beginning of this year that Veritas Wine Room on Henderson will close by the end of March. Owners Brooks and Bradley Anderson, the same folks behind Hillside Tavern and Boulevardier, shared in an Instagram post that the beloved wine shop and bar will close after just shy of 15 years in business at a date to be determined. And it also teased that several events will happen between now and then, offering Dallas a chance to toast it out. Bradley shared some upcoming events with Eater Dallas that will be available online. On Ja ..read more

Koe Wetzel, a country artist from Pittsburg, Texas who went to Tarleton State, is thought to be opening a bar in downtown Fort Worth. | Columbia Records Koe Wetzel’s Riot Room doesn’t have an opening date, but it is hiring After a stray tweet floated out from a Fort Worth resident with a photo, country blogs reported that Texas country artist Koe Wetzel is opening a bar in downtown Fort Worth called the Riot Room. I can’t wait to burn this place down! @KoeWetzel it’s looking great! pic.twitter.com/9dI46urxye — Bradley Winkenweder (@brawink) January 14, 2023 And there seems to be some truth ..read more

A colorful spread of New Zealand, French-inspired bites, and Southeast Asian influences await at Quarter Acre. It’s all about creating food memories for this chef What Tony Archibald, chef and owner of Quarter Acre, really wanted when he opened his own restaurant was to have a place he could walk into and feel like he was home — metaphorically but also literally. He worked with Coevál Studio to create a scheme full of the soft blues, greens, and sandy browns of his homeland, New Zealand. The textures of rattan, soft sheep throw blankets, and wood evoke nature. And the fire grill and smoker in ..read more

What the pho is going on at Noodlelicious in Garland. | Noodlelicious Vietnamese cuisine steals the spotlight in the little city north of Dallas During the pandemic, Veronica Maldonado developed a taste for pho. Back in 2020, she was the newly hired marketing and communications manager for the Garland Convention and Visitors Bureau, and she was learning about the community to put together some sort of trail. Her mind immediately went to margaritas, but after asking around her new office about where to eat, folks kept suggesting pho. “Garland has a large Vietnamese population, and because of th ..read more

Inside the Operator’s Club where customers can expect sports, leather, and communal tables that double as shared work spaces and places to have a rowdy lunch. | Zebra Firm Schedule your lunch brainstorm with a side order of Kings of Leon Once upon a time, Dallas’s historic West End was home to then-hot properties like Planet Hollywood and Spaghetti Warehouse, drawing tourists in from the aquarium, Dealey Plaza, and the convention center. These days, it almost isn’t a destination at all — other than a few notable stops, like Ellen’s for brunch or Record Grill for lunch if you’re in the area. It ..read more

Catch plots an opening in Dallas in 2024. | Getty Images Good news for Texans: It also serves steak Catch will bring its modern classic seafood and steak menu to Dallas in 2024. Naturally, it will open in Uptown at Maple Terrace, a luxury high-rise apartment and mixed-use space currently under construction. Catch has restaurants in New York, New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, with a Miami Beach outpost opening in 2023. “We couldn’t think of a better location to open our first Texas outpost than Maple Terrace,” Catch Partner Mark Birnbaum said in a press release. Catch is somewhere betwee ..read more