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    Awards Time

    Dallas' best restaurant and top chef revealed at 2018 Tastemaker Awards

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 19, 2018 | 10:00 pm
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    This photo should give a clue as to who won top chef.
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    For weeks, we've been celebrating the bars, restaurants, and people that make Dallas-Fort Worth a vibrant culinary community, as part of our 2018 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards.

    In our special editorial series, we honored nominees in a wide range of categories. A panel of expert judges helped compile the contenders, and the panel selected all of the winners — except for Best New Restaurant. That was determined by you, our readers, in a bracket-style tournament.

    On April 19, the winners were revealed at an awards ceremony and tasting event at Sixty Five Hundred, emceed by award-winning television personality and Good Morning Texas co-host Jane McGarry.

    These are the 2018 Tastemaker Award winners:

    DALLAS

    Restaurant of the Year: Town Hearth
    Chef Nick Badovinus really gets what Dallas is about, and he brings it to the Design District in an over-the-top manner with this blown-up steakhouse. We’re talking $75 steaks, a raw seafood bar, and 64 glowing chandeliers.

    Chef of the Year: Omar Flores, Whistle Britches
    Critical acclaim follows Flores wherever he cooks: First at Oak Cliff seafood restaurant Driftwood, then at Casa Rubia, his Spanish tapas restaurant at Trinity Groves, and now at Whistle Britches, his restaurant in North Dallas where his chicken and biscuits are impossible to resist.

    Rising Star Chef of the Year: Anastacia Quinones, The Cedars Social
    "AQ" is known for her elevated take on modern Mexican food at restaurants such as Alma, Komali, and Kitchen LTO. She’s currently wowing diners at Cedars.

    Best New Restaurant: Ferris Wheelers
    This over-the-top restaurant in Dallas' Design District features barbecue from chef Doug Pickering, along with craft beer, games, live music, and a 50-foot running Ferris wheel. The brisket queso served with chips is divine.

    Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year: Nova
    This gastropub in North Oak Cliff is beloved by the locals for its comfortable atmosphere and great food by chef Eric Spigner, with homey dishes like scallops with grits.

    Best Biscuits: Crossroads Diner
    People rave about Crossroads’ sticky bun, but chef Tom Fleming’s biscuits are winners, too. They’re everything you want from a biscuit: golden-brown on top, buttery and moist inside.

    Pastry Chef of the Year: Keith Cedotal, The Joule
    Keith Cedotal is a highly inventive chef who’s been at the Joule since 2017, where he does all the desserts for CBD Provisions, Americano, and Mirador.

    Bar of the Year: Parliament
    Speakeasy from legendary mixologist Eddie "Lucky" Campbell is oft-cited as the best bar in Dallas, for good reason. With a welcoming staff and perfectly mixed drinks, Parliament is hard to beat.

    Bartender of the Year: Trevor Landry, Jalisco Norte
    Prior to his post at Jalisco Norte, Trevor created cocktail menus for the Front Room and Dakota's Steakhouse. He’s worked at many establishments around Dallas and has won numerous awards. None better than this Tastemakers Award!

    Wine Program of the Year: Bullion
    Downtown Dallas restaurant from chef Bruno Davaillon has a French theme on the menu, and a wine list by sommelier Andrew Schawel to match. It's a stunning collection with some rare bottles and a big selection of wines by-the-glass.

    FORT WORTH

    Restaurant of the Year: Piattello Italian Kitchen
    Chef Marcus Paslay's restaurant in Fort Worth’s Waterside area serves comfortable Italian fare, including pizza and some of the city's best house-made pastas.

    Chef of the Year: Lanny Lancarte, Righteous Foods
    Part of the legendary dynasty of Joe T. Garcia's, Lancarte has been a culinary trailblazer for Fort Worth, first with his upscale Lanny's Alta Cocina Mexicana, and then again with Righteous Foods, where he blazed another trail with health-conscious food, juices, and great coffee.

    Best New Restaurant: B&B Butchers & Restaurant
    Steakhouse from Houston is a meat-lover’s paradise with 22 cuts that include Japanese Wagyu, Texas Wagyu, and pA5 Kobe Beef from Japan — and it’s all now being served at the Shops at Clearfork in Fort Worth.

    Bar of the Year: Proper on Magnolia
    Lisa Adams' cozy neighborhood bar on Magnolia Avenue serves nicely made cocktails in a casual, upscale environment that’s great for dates and grown-up conversation.

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    Ice Cream News

    Northeast fave Handel's Ice Cream to open shops in Prosper and Frisco

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 23, 2025 | 6:11 pm
    Handel's homemade ice cream cone
    Photo courtesy of Handel's
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    Ice cream to the rescue just in time for summer: Acclaimed ice cream concept Handel's Ice Cream is open two new locations in the Dallas area, in a northward direction:

    • Prosper at 201 W Frontier Pkwy. #50
    • Frisco at 13600 Coit Rd.

    The Frisco location is from brothers Spencer and Craig Moore and their father, who also own the locations in Little Elm, Plano, and McKinney. The Prosper location is from husband-and-wife Mike and Angela Davis, longtime residents of Prosper, who plan to open the shop on June 26.

    "We love Prosper and we love Handel’s," Mike Davis says in a statement. "We are over the moon about the opportunity to bring Handel’s to our hometown."

    Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Ohio. The chain began when founder Alice Handel began serving ice cream out of her husband's gas station in Youngstown, Ohio. Her first batches were made using fruit she picked from her own backyard.

    Handel's is known for good-quantity ingredients and for making their ice cream daily, starting with a base made by Handel's corporate that's shipped to the store. Ech shop features 48 rotating flavors that are made in-store.

    Their flavors include cherry vanilla, black cherry (with whole black cherries), blueberry cheesecake chunk, banana pudding, banana (with fresh bananas), black walnut, praline pecan, and mint chip.

    There are Northeast-style flavors such as peppermint stick, black raspberry truffle, and orange pineapple, and eight different vanilla options including vanilla, vanilla raspberry chip, and vanilla with lemon Oreos.

    There are seasonal flavors such as egg nog and pumpkin with marshmallow ripple, and offbeat flavors such as grape ice cream and "pizelle," based on the flat stamped cookies, flavored with anise.

    They do ice cream, banana splits, and sundaes; milkshakes and malted milkshakes; smoothies; ice cream sandwiches, cakes, and pies; chocolate-covered ice cream bars; and "hurricanes" - soft-serve vanilla with candy bars mixed in.

    While some of the locations are walk-up only, the locations in Texas include a sit-down ice cream parlor, with a party room for birthday parties and team events.

    They've been in growth mode, and currently have more than 150 stores, both corporate and franchise, in 15 states. Prosper is the 10th location in DFW for the chain which first entered the market in 2019. There are also locations in Flower Mound, Highland Village, Grapevine, Arlington, and Burleson.

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