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    Tastemaker Awards News

    Cheers to the best breweries in Dallas who keep the craft beer flowing

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 18, 2023 | 5:11 pm
    Beer sampler

    This is a sampler of beers.

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    We're back with another chapter in our 2023 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards, honoring the people who make our local restaurant scene soar.

    We've elected nominees in all categories of food & beverage, who are featured in a special editorial series and whom we'll celebrate at a party on May 4 at Fashion Industry Gallery (F.I.G.) with tastings and awards. Tickets are on sale now.

    We've already profiled the nominees for Rising Star Chef, Neighborhood Restaurant, Bar of the Year, and Best New Restaurant (don't forget to vote!), and we'll soon be covering Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bartender, Wine Program, and Best Burger.

    This time, we're applauding the kings of craft beer. Here are our nominees for best brewery of 2023 in Dallas:

    Celestial Beerworks
    Delicious New England-style hazy IPAs with cool otherworldly names like Electromagnetism are the specialty at this Medical District taproom from founders Matt and Molly Reynolds. For non-IPA fans, they offer sours and a few lighter options, as well as wine by the bottle. Food is available via a taco truck parked on-site.

    Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery
    Craft brewery and brewpub serving house-made beer, soda, and BBQ resides on the city's historic square, at 509 W. State St. Garland natives Cary and Molly Hodson wanted to bring something special to their hometown. There's an equal focus on BBQ and beer, and it's also a spot to fill growlers.

    Lakewood Brewing
    Craft beer pioneer makes fine brews to the exacting standards of founder and native of Belgium Wim Bens. Their beer is widely available, on tap and in bottles and cans while the brewery is a destination for its tours, free to the public on Saturday and Sunday, where their 16 taps always feature something new such as the recent Bear Claw Brown Ale.

    Manhattan Project Beer Co.
    Acclaimed brewery in West Dallas is particularly accommodating, with numerous innovative beers on tap, a beer garden, live music stage, serious food program, and user-friendly hours: 7:30 am Monday-Friday, and at 9 am on weekends, when they serve coffee from Edison Coffee of Flower Mound.

    Pegasus City Brewery
    Design District brewery celebrates its Dallas roots, with its name honoring the city's iconic Pegasus red horse. Their beer lineup is extensive, and their Art Deco labels are cool. They have a second taproom with additional brewing space they opened in downtown Dallas' Dallas Power and Light building in 2020.

    Rollertown Beerworks
    Brewery in Celina has big hipster credentials: It's from the hugely popular radio team Ben & Skin, AKA Ben Rogers and Jeff "Skin" Wade. Their beers include their Dirk homage, The Big German kolsch. They also offer cocktails, wine, live entertainment, and food truck fare, and are building a massive new facility in the works in Frisco, as well.

    Texas Ale Project
    Veteran- and family-owned and operated craft brewery project in the Design District is a fun hangout with a beer garden, trivia nights, sports watching, parties, and food trucks. They're getting ready to celebrate their eighth anniversary with special brews as well as their signature Fire Ant Funeral American-style red amber ale.

    Tupps Brewery
    Since their 2014 launch, this McKinney brewery has earned a sterling reputation for its innovative and well made IPAs, seasonal, and sour beers. In a multimillion-dollar project with the city of McKinney, they'll be relocating in spring 2023 to the historic McKinney Grain site for a space that's double their current size, creating a destination on the east side of town.

    White Rock Alehouse
    Lake Highlands residents Dave Kirk and Greg Nixon opened this brewery-combination-restaurant with all of the things that Lakewood likes: food, drink, and dog-friendly outdoor space. They have a new spinoff in West Dallas called White Rock Brewing Co., which expands their offerings into pizza and cocktails.

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    Openings and Closings

    8 Dallas restaurants that are either opening or closing right now

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 20, 2025 | 5:52 pm
    Salmon pasta at Dudley's
    Dudley's
    Salmon over pasta at Dudley's

    As summer 2025 inches closer to its conclusion, there's a rallying round of restaurant activity in Dallas — both upbeat openings and downbeat closings.

    With this many mounting up, it's time to round them up into a list: a list of new places to try and a list of closures to decry.

    OPENINGS

    Dudley’s Sports Bar
    Western-inspired sports bar will open at 2927 N. Henderson Ave. on August 28 bringing Texas-influenced dishes, wall-to-wall sports, and ice-cold drinks. This is the second Dudley's, following the original in Rockwall which opened in May 2024 from a team that also owns Boxcar, the cute bar on Greenville Avenue that feels like you're inside a train. Leading the culinary program is executive chef Eric Freidline, who's a managing partner in the Henderson Avenue location. Menu highlights include a Wagyu burger, smoked brisket deviled eggs, and brined smoked half chicken with roasted poblano polenta. The Henderson location also has a wood-fired grill, very trendy right now.

    Mamani
    New restaurant from Dallas hospitality group Feels Like Home (Namo, Bar Colette) will open at 2828 Routh St. on September 2. The menu by executive chef-partner Christophe De Lellis, a native of Paris who was previously executive chef at Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas, features dishes such as a culotte steak with sauce meurette and hen of the woods mushrooms; Dover sole with brown butter and Meyer lemon; and 22-ounce dry-aged ribeye with potato gratin. The cocktail program by bar director Rubén Rolón skews Italian, spotlighting Negronis.

    NADC Burger
    Chef-driven cheeseburger concept serving Wagyu burgers is now open at 2908 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. "Not a Damn Chance," which made its DFW debut in 2025 inside a comedy club in Fort Worth, is a partnership between chef Phillip Frankland Lee (co-founder of Sushi by Scratch Restaurants and Pasta Bar) and professional skateboarder Neen Williams. They keep the menu simple: Cheeseburger with Wagyu beef, American cheese, sauce, onion, and pickle for $16; and fries, double-fried in beef tallow, either plain or in loaded "Beast Mode" with cheese, chopped pickles, jalapeños, sauce, and seasoning.

    Paris Baguette
    Booming bakery cafe chain opened its first location in Plano at 1201 E. Parker Rd. #100 on August 14. This is on the East Plano side, and it's from franchisee Waleed Liaqat, who left the pharmaceutical industry for the exciting world of croissants, cookie butter layer cakes, pepperoni pizzettas, ham & cheese baguettes, chocolate chip scones, pumpkin pie lattes, and matcha frappes. Who could blame him? This international bakery café concept is growing in North America, with more than 245 bakery cafés including seven in the DFW area: Allen, Carrollton, Coppell, Flower Mound, Frisco, Grand Prairie, and Lewisville.

    Torchy's Tacos
    Austin-based chain Torchy’s Tacos is now open in Murphy, at 104 E. FM 544. Founded out of an Austin food truck in 2006, Torchy’s is a fast-casual concept serving tacos and Tex-Mex inspired fare. The chain has more than 130 locations across 16 states with 24 in the DFW area: Allen, 2 in Arlington, Burleson, 5 in Dallas, Denton, Euless, Forney, 3 in Fort Worth, 2 in Frisco, Highland Village, Irving, Mansfield, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, Southlake, and Celina also coming soon.

    CLOSINGS

    Evan's Meat Market
    Boutique butcher at the Shops of Highland Park at 4266 Oak Lawn Ave. closed on August 18 after two years. Founded by Evan Meagher, a native of Louisiana who grew up in butcher shops, Evan's sold locally sourced meats plus meals to go such as Cajun gumbo and twice baked potatoes. Meagher had since opened a sandwich shop called The PoBoy Shop in Preston Center, offering po’boys, salads, and Southern sides, where the butcher shop's legacy and recipes will live on. On Friday, August 22, a list of bulk products for sale from the butcher will be shared via email and social channels, with pickups available on Wednesday, August 27.

    Henry's Majestic
    Craft cocktail pioneer and brunch favorite in West Dallas closed in mid-July. The bar had already closed once before, shuttering its McKinney Avenue location in 2022. They reopened in the former Chicken Scratch space at 2303 Pittman St. but were unable to make the magic happen in a different location. "The last 11 years have been wonderful serving you, our guest good food + strong drink," their post said. "Our plan is up in the air right now to reopen both Henry's Majestic and Atwater Alley in a new location. We are open to the idea of returning but no plans as now."

    Stirr
    Patio-riffic restaurant and bar in Deep Ellum closed, after a decade of rooftop sunsets, weekend brunches, and late nights. "The memories made here are countless, and the decision to close was not taken lightly [but] with our 10-year lease coming to an end, we felt it was the right time to bring this chapter to a close," their post stated. An Addison Stirr that debuted in 2020 with the same brunch, cocktails, and rooftop vibes is still open.

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