Brian Reinhart

Dallas

Dining critic, @dmagazine. reinhart on Bluesky. bg_reinhart on Instagram. dfwfoodcritic on Reddit. This account is inactive.

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Articles

Catch Dallas Is a Lively New Addition to Uptown's Steakhouse Row

5 days ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Catch Dallas, newly landed in Uptown, is not a seafood restaurant. You might think so from the name, the anchor logo, and the marketing materials advertising fresh sushi sourced from Tokyo’s most famous fish market. Then you arrive, and other details start to register. The wine list has more red wines than white, including three pages of California cabernet sauvignon.
This Weekend, the Dallas Symphony Showcases Its Past, Present, and Future

6 days ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has spent decades building a legacy of new music to add to the world’s concert stage. This weekend’s concerts are an unusual chance to see that work from two angles. One piece is a world premiere, Dallas’ latest contribution to the classical music canon. Another revives a Dallas premiere from nearly 60 years ago, a reminder that our city already has some classics of its own.
In Our Quest to Name the Best Barbecue in Dallas, One Spot Stood Out for All the Wrong Reasons

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Deciding the best barbecue restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth was a near-impossible task. It took months of eating, thousands in expenses, and comparing many great spots with their equally impressive rivals. Naming the worst barbecue in North Texas, however, is unfortunately easy. It’s Moak’s Family Texas BBQ in downtown Dallas’ West End. It’s not just that Moak’s received the lowest score in our survey (each taste-tester spent more than $40 at the restaurant and graded it 1.5 out of 10).
Today’s North Texas Barbecue Scene is More Diverse and Adventurous Than Ever

1 week ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Last week, I saw a post online asking where to get barbecue. (This was before our definitive, exhaustively researched list solved that problem.) One person commented to say that it doesn’t matter because “all the best places are basically identical.”This might be the wrongest anyone has ever been on the barbecue internet. As D editors traveled across Dallas and Fort Worth researching our list, we saw the exact opposite truth. All the best places are dramatically different.
15 Under $20: Great Barbecue Bargains in North Texas

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Barbecue’s roots are as a working-class lunch, not a high-dollar luxury. A special commendation, then, for these excellent bites that stay true to the food’s affordable origin, arranged in order of price. $5, jalapeño popper egg rollOne of these beef-tallow-fried creations is a very hearty snack. Two—for $9—is a full meal. $5-$10, happy hour specialsOn weekdays from 2-5:30 p.m., a Heim “meat sampler” is just $10 and includes their signature pork belly burnt ends. Meaty, loaded mac and cheese is $5.
An Oral History of Dallas and North Texas Barbecue

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Barbecue has deep roots in North Texas. But dig down past the surface, and you’ll find all sorts of surprises. Barbecue as we eat it today has a relatively recent origin. It is predated by an era where the word meant a humble working-class meal between sandwich buns, usually made from the cheapest meats money could buy. We asked multiple generations of pitmasters, restaurateurs, pit manufacturers, and even a wood delivery man to share their barbecue experiences over decades in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Rants and Raves: The Food News We're Most (and Least) Excited About in April 2025

3 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

After a deluge of cool restaurant openings during the holiday season, Dallas is currently in a bit of a food news lull. Yes, Knife is moving and Tei-An is changing ownership, but March and April haven’t brought a lot of interesting new openings. I’m getting PR emails from the likes of TGI Fridays. Even what seemed like the biggest news story of the month, the closure of Neiman Marcus and its Zodiac Room restaurant, got put on hold. But it’s not all doldrums.
Apothecary Is Becoming a Cocktail-Powered Time Machine

3 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

This spring and summer, Greenville Avenue cocktail bar Apothecary will reinvent itself every month, on a time-traveling quest through decades of drinking history. Starting on April 1, the innovative cocktail den (a sister bar to Rye restaurant) will dedicate four months to four decades’ distinct drinking styles using ingredients trendy in those eras, techniques that were available at the time, and, in some cases, exact historical recipes. Some of the bar’s snacks will pay tribute to the past, too.
Here’s What Comes Next for Knife Dallas, John Tesar, and the Highland Hotel

3 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Knife Dallas, the flagship of John Tesar’s steakhouse group, is on the move this summer and fall. Tesar is taking the restaurant independent of its current hotel host, to a new location with new elements. This fall, the Highland Hotel will debut a new restaurant in the current Knife space. A temporary licensing agreement will keep the original Knife Dallas open through August 31 at the latest, while Tesar builds his new vision elsewhere.
In Ou Post-Michelin Era, Dallas Diners Are Learning to Love Tasting Menus

4 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Brian Reinhart

Georgie The menu: Refined French with Texas twists and pops of spice The numbers: Eight courses, $185, a D 50 Best restaurant Maiden (Fort Worth) The menu: All vegan, changing on the first calendar day of each season The numbers: Eight courses, $160; five courses, $100 The Mansion The menu: Traditional upscale French with southeast Asian influence The numbers: Seven courses, $165 (omnivore); five courses, $135 (vegetarian) Purépecha The menu: A very personal tour of Michoacán The numbers:...