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    Where to Eat Now

    Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 top restaurants worth discovering

    Teresa Gubbins
    Oct 11, 2016 | 11:05 am

    In case you missed it, we recently released the Top 100, in which we rank the very best restaurants in Dallas. In the aftermath, we've seen new restaurants open, and we've rediscovered a few that feel new again.

    Here's our list of where to eat in Dallas right now:

    Americano
    Italian-ish restaurant at The Joule in downtown Dallas may not get the attention bestowed on its older brother CBD Provisions, but it's not standing idly by. Chef Matt Ford keeps the menu fresh, with small plates, pastas, and his latest creation: his take on Chicago's classic deep-dish pizza. It stands two inches thick, topped with provolone and mozzarella cheeses, pepperoni, and sausage, and it takes an hour to bake. It doesn't come cheap: A single slice is $10, and a whole pizza is $80. But that pizza could feed a village.

    Beto's Grand Prairie
    Tex-Mex mom-and-pop from the Sanchez family has been serving honest fare for 23 years, executing an expansion in the early '00s before dialing it back down to this single spot. Fajitas are a big deal, and so are their tacos, with shredded beef or shrimp. Vegetarian options include veggie enchiladas and veggie quesadillas, and there is a full bar. But their best asset is the doting service, where they make you feel like you're home.

    Crafty Irishman
    Downtown Dallas has a new neighborhood spot that you can walk to if you live or work in the Central Business District. It's an Irish pub with a comfortable ambience, a chalkboard on the wall with a big list of beers, and plenty of TVs. There is also a menu with ambitious pub-style food, including an exemplary version of Scotch eggs, bread pudding, and a crunchy battered fish and chips, appropriately wrapped in newsprint.

    East Hampton Sandwich Co.
    This born-in-Dallas sandwich shop is a chain, and chains don't usually make lists. But you don't feel like you're eating at a chain when you sit down to a sandwich with a crab cake, avocado, and bacon, drizzled with a Sriracha Dijonnaise. The Cuban sandwich comes stacked with pork, ham, and Swiss cheese. The lobster roll is classic, with chunks of lobster spilling over the top of a hot dog bun. And the sandwich with grilled asparagus, onion, and Gruyere cheese is hardly typical chain food. Five locations include a new branch in Southlake, with a sixth opening in North Dallas in the fall.

    Local
    Before Deep Ellum became the dining nexus it is today, chef Tracy Miller was a pioneer in 2003 when she opened her charming spot on the neighborhood's eastern edge, in the former Boyd Hotel, not far from fellow trailblazer Paula Lambert and her Mozzarella Company. Miller has a devout following, and it's easy to see why. Her fried green beans pretty much started the trend of frying vegetables in a battered crust. Dishes such as salmon with spinach are often inventive and impeccable, and she makes it all herself, from pretty salads such as her charred radicchio to desserts such as spice cake with slices of peach.

    Lounge Here
    This new spot on Garland Road is already making waves as the grooviest bar in town, but it also has tempting grub. Chef Micah Killough (HG Supply Co., Common Table) is doing small plates such as deviled eggs, pimiento cheese with house-made potato chips, shrimp and grits, chicken-fried Akaushi rib-eye, a charcuterie plate, and a burger with bacon and avocado, which you can get with a beef burger or veggie patty. Standouts include the cauliflower hash, with tasso ham and a fried egg, and fried chicken confit, served with cornbread and arugula salad.

    Sixty Vines
    Latest restaurant from Front Burner (Velvet Taco, Ida Claire, Mexican Sugar, Whiskey Cake, Twin Peaks) has a Napa Valley theme, with decent Neapolitan-ish pizzas and oodles of wine on tap. The menu is bold and slightly edgy, with trendy items like toasts and beet hummus, and numerous veg options, such as a whole roasted cauliflower. The wine program is serious and customer-friendly, with more than 40 wines on tap, which you can get in a variety of sizes, from 2.5 ounces for sampling all the way up to a bottle's worth.

    Spice in the City
    This downtown spot with healthy food and Indian fusion opened in early 2015 as a to-go spot, but it has now expanded into full-restaurant mode, with a bigger menu, sit-down dining room, full-service bar, and gorgeous outdoor patio. Dishes include chicken tandoori, samosas, garlic and ginger turkey dumplings, curry chicken salad, "Indian tacos," and more.

    Sprezza
    Latest restaurant from Julian Barsotti (Nonna, Carbone's) is another Italian concept with a theme that's ostensibly Roman. The food follows Barsotti's basic formula: pizzas and house-made pastas, with a few hefty entrées thrown in — sea bass, duck breast — for those who simply cannot survive on a bowl of linguine carbonara with pancetta, Pecorino, and egg. The bar serves wines from southern Italy only, plus cocktails with Italian spirits.

    Vernon's Gastropub
    Addison sports bar stepped it up in 2014 with an improved menu of bar food with Southwest flair. There's a cute appetizer of house-made potato chips served in a Belgian-fries-style cone, plus five kinds of smothered French fries, including poutine and "pizza style," with pepperoni and Italian sausage. Wisconsin cheese curds is a tip-off to nostalgic Midwesterners, who feel right at home here. This being Addison, Vernon's still allows cigarette smoking, which seems so oddly quaint these days, but there's a patio if you need fresh air.

    Scotch eggs at Crafty Irishman.

    Crafty Irishman Scotch eggs
      
    Photo by Marc Lee
    Scotch eggs at Crafty Irishman.
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    Tiki Time

    Dallas tiki bar Swizzle to close on Greenville Ave after 5 years

    Raven Jordan
    Jun 13, 2025 | 12:03 pm
    Swizzle cocktails
    Photo courtesy of Swizzle
    Swizzle cocktails

    Dallas' temple of tiki is closing: Swizzle, the fun and trendy tiki bar at 1802 Greenville Ave. will close its doors after five years.

    According to a post from owners Marty Reyes and Jen Ann Tonic, their last day will be July 19. However, they plan to keep the tiki party going via pop-ups and catering events.

    "The brick and mortar may be closing but Swizzle isn’t going anywhere," the couple says. "We have been operating as Swizzle for 10 years and we don’t plan on stopping now. It started out as a pop-up and will continue as a pop-up and catering company. We will be moving forward with food and cocktail catering for parties, business events, lunches, weddings, holiday parties and everything in between."

    "If your heart is breaking, try to imagine how we feel," they say.

    As to why they are closing now, they said, "think of a reason, or ten, they are probably all correct," but attributed it mostly to the struggles that small businesses are facing right now.

    "We have worked tirelessly to change this course against the waves of circumstance beating down on us and our incredible staff. We have all gone through more than y’all will ever hear about, because our struggles are not what escapism is about," they said. "Our goal was to bring you the best tiki experience we could dream of and I think we did just that."

    "Take a good look around at your favorite small businesses and support them as much as possible, nothing is getting easier for them. They need you now more than ever," their post said.

    The couple opened the bar in 2020, after already having built a tiki buzz via a series of Polynesian-style pop-ups called Swizzle Luau Lounge, which they debuted in 2016, serving mai tais and other tropical treasures.

    Tiki was on an upward trend when they opened but it was also right at the beginning of the pandemic — a bad time for any business to launch.

    Nonetheless, they've helped build a DFW tiki community over the last 10 years and thanked their followers for their support.

    "We got to see this dream come true, not everyone can say that they did that, and you have been there beside us the whole time. Thank you for everything!" they said.

    They'll be hosting and attending events, including the Tales of the Cocktail competition in New Orleans on July 22, as well as hosting their annual Dallas Tiki Week they've been bringing to DFW since 2017.

    Meanwhile they will be hosting a "Tiki Takedown Sale" on June 15 at 11 am.

    "If there is a piece of art, a tiki, a Witco or a particular barrel that you have had your eye on and if you would love to take a piece of Dallas history home with you, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!," their post says "We will be selling everything until the last day we are open. This is just your first opportunity. We have a lot of events planned from now until the last day. So come out, show some love, tell us your favorite stories and get to Swizzlin!"

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