Stories by Brian Reinhart
Food & Drink
Here’s the Latest on This Summer’s Most Interesting Dallas Restaurant Openings
Status updates on new restaurants from The Charles, Nick Badovinus, Misti Norris, and Jimmy Park, plus a new music lounge from Spinster Records.
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How Are Dallas Diners Evolving?
We want more comfort food than ever, but we are also more willing to eat vegetarian and Mediterranean foods than people think. Plus: beer is out, tequila is in.
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What Changes When a Restaurant Opens a Second Location?
Opening a second location can be harder than opening the first. But after that, many restaurateurs say their lives get easier.
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Sun’s Out, Buns Out: The Best Hot Dogs in Dallas
Dallas is slowly becoming a hot dog town, one link and bun at a time.
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What Is the Right Number of Employees for a Restaurant?
A better question might be: is it even possible to hire too many workers in this economy?
Stories by Brian Reinhart
Food & Drink
Yes, Dallas Is America’s Losingest City in the James Beard Awards
Since Dallas last took home a Beard in 1994, 98 candidates have been advanced without success. How historic is that tally? We crunched the numbers.
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Fortune House Takes a Bao on Lowest Greenville
The Chinese cuisine favorite has expanded from Irving with a shiny new addition on Lowest Greenville.
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How and When Do Restaurants Decide to Raise Prices?
In this edition of our In the Weeds explainer series: inflation, customer expectations, and calculating food costs.
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What Are the Most Surprising Hidden Costs of the Restaurant Business?
Customers are unaware of many of the expenses of running a restaurant: fridge doors, stolen paintings, free shirts, trash trucks, AmEx, and those accursed limes.
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How Do Restaurants Choose Their Locations?
In Dallas' restaurant industry, location is everything.