The Smashburger Spot in Plano That’s Secretly a Story About a 1940s Band

Crave DFW 8/31 7:35A Steven Doyle

Bonnie Shea spent years just trying to make sure her mother s story didn t disappear. Patty Lou Peters fronted an all-female western swing band called Patty Lou and the Texas Sweethearts back in the...

What’s the Hot Music at this Year’s State Fair?

Crave DFW 8/31 6:46A Steven Doyle

Tripping Daisy Most people show up to the State Fair of Texas thinking about corny dogs and butter sculptures, and forget there s an entire free music festival built into the ticket price. The...

This Hidden Lovers Lane Taco Spot Is About to Get a Full Liquor License

Crave DFW 8/31 6:21A Steven Doyle

Behind a gas station and an auto shop on Lovers Lane, there s a taco spot with no real sign, just a black wall with gold mortar marking where to walk in. It s called Mi Rey Restaurant Bar , and it s...

From Function to Style: How Table Accessories Shape Restaurant Ambiance

Crave DFW 8/31 5:28A Steven Doyle

When guests walk into a restaurant, they begin forming an impression before they read the menu or taste the food. The lighting, furniture, colors, tableware, and small decorative details all...

GrapeFest Celebrates Milestone Event with New Experiences, Wine Traditions, and Four Days of...

Texas Wine Lover 8/27 3:42A Jeff Cope

GrapeFest invites you to celebrate its 40th anniversary with wine tastings, great food, shopping, and unforgettable memories. This year there are new experiences for everyone to enjoy. Read More

State Fair of Texas Staycation Weekend

Crave DFW 8/26 7:14A Steven Doyle

The State Fair of Texas runs September 25 through October 18 this year, and if you live here, it s easy to treat it like an errand: drive in, eat a corny dog , drive home. But a fair weekend deserves...

Burrito Bellas in Uptown Dallas with a Creative Twist on Mexican and Italian

Crave DFW 8/26 6:18A Steven Doyle

Burrito Bellas just opened on McKinney Avenue, and it s doing something Uptown hasn t quite seen before: putting Mexican and Italian food in the same burrito instead of picking a lane. Shawn Horne is...

Élephante to Bring Coastal Southern Italian Dining to Uptown Dallas September 1

Crave DFW 8/26 5:50A Steven Doyle

Élephante opens its doors in Uptown Dallas on September 1 , and the whole idea behind it traces back to a rock. Back in the summer of 2014, Wish You Were Here Group founder Nicholas Mathers was...

Reduced Midway Prices and New Everyday Values Collection Announced for State Fair of Texas

Crave DFW 8/26 5:23A Steven Doyle

The State Fair of Texas has been chipping away at the idea that a day at Fair Park has to wear out your wallet before it wears out your feet, and this year it s making that official. Building on the...

Oak & Stone Launches OAKtoberfest Menu Special for Fall

Crave DFW 8/25 6:36A Steven Doyle

Oak & Stone is getting into the Oktoberfest spirit a little early this year, and it s doing it with beer cheese in nearly everything. Starting September 15 and running through October 31, the McKinney...

Texas Mead & Music Festival to Be Held in North Texas – Buy Tickets Now!

Texas Wine Lover 8/25 12:18A Jeff Cope

The Texas Mead Music Festival, to be held on September 19, is moving to North Texas this year at the Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie. Tickets are now on sale. Read More

Yang’s Smokehouse Is Cooking Guizhou Province in a Plano Strip Mall

Crave DFW 8/21 8:19A Steven Doyle

In 1980, in the city of Guiyang in southwestern China, a widow named Yang lost her husband at 30 years old. She had five children to raise. She started with one charcoal stall. That stall became Yang...

Kuluntu Bakery’s New Home is Still Built Around One Word: Community

Crave DFW 8/21 7:42A Steven Doyle

For eight years, the only way to get a loaf from Kuluntu Bakery was to order ahead and pick it up from a house in North Oak Cliff, sometimes off a basket lowered from a second-story balcony so nobody...

55 Seventy’s Dallas Brunch Just Became the Standard to Beat

Crave DFW 8/21 7:04A Steven Doyle

Houston is trying to copy something Dallas built almost by accident. 55 Seventy started four years ago as a place for Preston Center residents to store wine they didn t have room for at home. Members...

Smokey John’s Hits 50, and the Reaves Family is Still Cooking

Crave DFW 8/21 6:36A Steven Doyle

Fifty years ago, John Reaves wasn t running a restaurant. He was running a roofing and construction business, and smoking turkeys and hams in his backyard as thank-you gifts for clients. The gifts got so popular he ran out of room and started...