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Cotton Patch Cafe, the Southlake-based casual-dining chain known for hand-breaded chicken-fried steak and scratch-made Texas comfort food, has been snapped up by Dallas restaurant group Local Favorite Restaurants. The roughly 46-unit brand now joins a roster of other regional fixtures, and the deal comes with a shakeup

June welcomed a wave of openings, and thankfully, a lull of restaurant closures across Dallas compared to previous months. After filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy twice, a Tex-Mex chain closed all its company-owned locations, leaving none in Dallas. And while we’re not mad about this, we hate all the jobs lost.

The frozen margarita was invented in Dallas. The machine that made it is in the Smithsonian, sitting next to Julia Child’s kitchen and the first Tupperware. And somehow, fifty-five years later, this is still not the first thing Dallas tells people about itself. May 11, 1971. Mariano Martinez, 25...

An NTSB report reveals that an underground natural gas line was not marked by locators before a contractor struck it, triggering a fatal Dallas apartment explosion on May 28. The catastrophic blast killed three people, injured six others, destroyed the building, and forced the emergency evacuation of 11 nearby residenc

MESQUITE, Texas — Mesquite firefighters are battling a blaze at an apartment complex just off US 80 Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at the Westover on 80 Apartment complex, and aerial footage from WFAA's helicopter shows the roof of at least one building has been burned away, with flames still visible in other se

Both are moving on after lengthy runs at Dallas-Fort Worth stations.

Chick-fil-A will open nine new restaurants across the Dallas-Fort Worth area this year. The openings will include donations to local food banks and other community initiatives. The expansion is expected to create up to 900 jobs across North Texas. Chick-fil-A to Open Nine New Restaurants in North Texas. Chick-fil-A is.

The local businessman is accused of scheming to obtain a $2.1 million loan.

Avelo Airlines brings commercial passenger service to McKinney National Airport with four Florida routes, giving North Dallas travelers a new option.

Wednesday marks my last official day as editor-in-chief of the Dallas Observer. (Unofficially, I’m feeling a bit … um … fluish. So I probably won’t be back in the office again after Tuesday. Cough. Cough.) I’m just a month shy of marking 29 years at the...