Best Bites

Talking turkey -- no beef or pork.

Independently-owned restaurant is a chip off the old Atlanta Bread Co. block.

Dumplings + empanadas = pastry heaven, and right on McKinney Avenue, yeah.

Whole slew of restaurants are opening in February.

Rockwall gets new French and Japanese.

Restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth were like the canary in the coal mine, offering an early warning of the tanking economy.

More Mediterranean buffet action.

An Indian-inspired palace in Carrollton has fresh orchids on every table. Also: more burger places in town.

A banh mi sandwich chain from California hits Dallas. Well, Garland. But you know what I'm saying.

Unlikely spot in East Plano offers special treat: house-made ice cream. Plus tamales for the holidays, for a limited time only.

The bowling alley-plus-restaurant concept comes to Dallas this fall.

Read about a place that serves fried-bologna sandwiches and $2 beers.

Good Italian + deli + bagels from New York, all in one handy location, oh divine.

Lake Highlands gets a new hang.

Taco time.

"Chill" comes into play twice here: 1. in a new hangout near Bishop Arts and 2. a new bubble tea chain.

Wine and beer, tea and chocolate, and as always, more frozen yogurt.

New chocolatier comes to Allen; pomegranate season has arrived.

New pizza chain coming in to Dallas from California. But not California Pizza Kitchen. Another chain.