Apr 6, 2026 | 4:57 pm
This April edition of Where to Eat, the monthly column from CultureMap offering recommendations on restaurants to try, features 10 new destinations — some so new that they are opening this week. If you like surprises, you’re in luck: It’s an especially varied lineup that includes two downtown hotel updates, a celeb chef debut, a unique food hall lunch spot, and a restaurant that combines tacos and churros under one roof.
Here’s where to eat in Dallas right now:
All-day restaurant at Joule Dallas hotel, closed since July 2025, has reopened for breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner with a new chef, menu, and interior design, following a months-long update. It’s now under the direction of culinary director Sezer Deniz, who has 20-plus years experience working at Michelin-starred restaurants including the acclaimed Alinea in Chicago. He’s added some French-sounding items such as Ancho Beef Bourguignon with horseradish spaetzle, but they’re still keeping their signature and best known Pig’s Head Carnitas, featuring a half pig’s head on a plate, wherein diners pull strips of meat and tuck them into tortillas…