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Lisa Petty

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 26, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Dallas Observer
Top 500K sites
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Lisa Petty

    Eat this, do this: Your weekend culinary guide to Dallas (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Food & Drink weekend to-do list. Don’t panic, it’s short. Every Saturday, we’ll serve up two prime picks from Dallas’ many, many brunch and event options. Why? Because nobody has time for boring Benedict or yet another sales pitch disguised as a wine dinner. Your dollar and your taste buds deserve better. First off, don’t forget: the State Fair of Texas starts this weekend, and we have plenty of tips on how to do it on the cheap. Read on for a big ol’ bomb-ass brunch dish and a po

  2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Lisa Petty

    El Jordan owner 'finally back home' after serious car crash in Mexico (opens the original)

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    On Thursday, July 23, El Jordan owner Lorena Félix González was involved in a serious car crash while traveling in Mexico. She sustained extensive injuries that required a prolonged hospitalization, delaying her return to Dallas and requiring the temporary closure of her Oak Cliff cafe. Established in 1996 by González and her husband, José, El Jordan represents a true “mom and pop” shop and an Oak Cliff original. Long before Bishop Arts was a thing, the pair were serving big breakfasts, Mexican

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Lisa Petty

    Weekly WTF: Where to eat near the Dallas Galleria (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the Weekly WTF. We love a chance to dig into readers’ mysterious, very specific or otherwise burning questions and share some useful answers. It’s fun for us – no, really! – so please send us your questions. Here’s the latest we dug into: “I am retired and don’t drink anymore so I’m not looking for bars. I live in North Dallas near the Galleria, and we eat out every day so I’m always looking for good food. If you hear of any places to get a good meal, please let us know. They don’t ha

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Lisa Petty

    Deep Ellum Wine Walk marks 12 years with Electric Avenue event this Saturday (opens the original)

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    Picture it: Deep Ellum, 2014. Beyoncé’s “Drunk in Love” is everywhere; we can’t get enough of “True Detective” and Paula Harris, co-owner of Kettle Art on Main Street, gets an idea about discovery. “I’m a native Dallasite,” says Harris. “But it took my husband, a transplant from the East Coast who came down here 40 years ago, to teach me about my own town. I think that is true culturally for a lot of people in Dallas.” The aforementioned husband, Frank Campagna, who founded award-winning Kettle

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Lisa Petty

    Wild Detectives’ second shop opens in former Sketches of Spain location (opens the original)

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    Over the past two months, the former Sketches of Spain restaurant in Oak Cliff has been refreshed and renovated to make way for a second location of its sibling shop, The Wild Detectives. In July, we discussed the tapas-for-books transformation with owner Javier Garcia del Moral. “The Wild Detectives will be expanding into the [Sketches of Spain] building, but rather than simply opening another location, we’re using the opportunity to rethink how we present books, culture, and community,” he sai

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