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Tiffany Derry Spills the Tea on Her First Season as a ‘MasterChef’ Judge

2 days ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Chef Tiffany Derry Kelsey Shoemaker Courtney E. Smith is an editor for Eater's Texas region. She lives in Dallas, where she's written about James Beard-recognized and Michelin-recognized restaurants and she loves nachos. Chef Tiffany Derry is living up to her designation as the busiest chef in Dallas. Last year, she launched a celebrity chef food festival, Shef Food and Wine. She also opened a new restaurant, Radici, and this year opened its second location.
Petra and the Beast Chef Misti Norris Is Looking Ahead to the Next Big Thing

3 days ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Misti Norris is a James Beard-recognized chef whose restaurant, Petra and the Beast, closed at the beginning of this year following a decade-long run. On Thursday, May 8, it was announced that Norris would join Far Out, a restaurant in the space formerly known as Wriggly Tin, as its culinary director.
Inside Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez, A Michelin-Recognized Texas Taqueria

3 days ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Welcome to the Scene Report, a column in which Eater captures the vibe of a notable Texas restaurant at a specific moment in time. Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez was perhaps the most unexpected restaurant in Texas to earn a Michelin recommendation in the first-ever ceremony for the state in 2024. Not because a taco joint shouldn’t get Michelin attention — they should and, arguably, too few did.
Where Do You Think Tom Cruise Should Eat Barbecue in Dallas?

1 week ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Getty Images It’s been a real celeb gaggle in DFW lately. The cast of Landman, which films in Weatherford, has been spotted all over. The to the Star in Frisco. And a recent family wedding attracted some celeb attendees. But the lid is about to blow off the place with a serious A-lister heading our way. Tom Cruise posted a (low-key threatening) Instagram letting everyone know he’s coming to Texas to screen the latest in the Mission: Impossible film series. This is not a drill.
Where to Take Your Dallas Parent for Mother’s Day Based on What Kind of Mom They Are

1 week ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Kathy Tran Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 11, and the competition to land a reservation at a restaurant that will make your mom happy is fierce. Don’t leave it to the last minute, lest you end up at a place your mom would hate. Since there are all types of moms in Dallas, we’ve got a superlative-driven guide to find just the right spot to take mom this year, because we all know that if mom isn’t cooking, no one else is.
The Best Dishes Eater Dallas Ate in April

2 weeks ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Courtney E. Smith The amount of excellent food available in Dallas is dizzying, yet mediocre meals somehow keep worming their way into our lives. With your Eater Dallas editor dining out frequently, that means coming across lots of standout dishes and drinks that need to be shared. Courtney E. Smith Be Home Soon9540 Garland Road #407The hummus on freshly made focaccia at this small spot in Casa Linda is so good that I came back and had it twice.
The Biggest Dallas Restaurant News This Month, April 2025

2 weeks ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Catch up on the most exciting food and dining news of each month in Eater Dallas’s newest column. The most popular news stories this month:5. An Italian Rooftop and Dallas’s Best Burger Joint Open, Plus More New Restaurants This MonthApril brought a few nice new openings to Dallas, most notably the rooftop at Via Triozzi and Burger Schmurger finally opening its own standalone storefront. Or maybe it was the Michelin-recognized omakase spot that got everyone talking? 4.
Keith Lee Is the Latest Dallas Influencer to Get Into Matcha

2 weeks ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Junbi Matcha For the terminally online (like us), it feels like matcha is having a moment in Dallas. It started in October 2024 when the banana matcha at Hola Cafe went viral, spurring legions of influencers to give it a try. After that, TikTok videos of influencers trying various forms of matcha around DFW started to pop up, and the enthusiasm has continued into the spring. Kelly the Dallas Foodie has curated what is, to date, a 13-part series of matcha reviews for her 98,200 followers.
Chef Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman Leaves Jose in Dallas to Open a New Restaurant

2 weeks ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Paul Torres Chef Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman is leaving Jose to start her own restaurant, Eledi, with Jose’s soon-to-be former general manager, Victor Rojas, and Jose’s beverage director, Carlos Marquez, as her partners. The trio has also started Oh Hi Hospitality together. “A lot of people have asked, why now?” Quiñones-Pittman tells Eater Dallas. “By no means was there a bad breakup.
After 20 Years of Service in Dallas, Fernando’s Shutters Both Locations — And More Closures This Month

2 weeks ago | dallas.eater.com | Courtney Smith

Fernando’s In a fast-paced city like Dallas, restaurants come and go all the time. Know of a Dallas restaurant closure that’s not on this list? Drop us a line at [email protected]. Fernando’s Mexican CuisineFernando’s announced in an Instagram post that it will close both its Dallas and CityLine outposts in Richardson on Sunday, May 18.