Leslie Brenner Concepts

10/25/2024

What an amazing accomplishment for Restaurant Beatrice. Attaining a B Corp certification for sustainability and inclusiveness clearly involves an extraordinary amount of work, will and purposefulness. I hope other restaurateurs are inspired by Michelle Carpenter and Hanh Ho's achievement and follow in Beatrice's foodsteps. Bravo!!! Thank you to Eater Dallas' Courtney E. Smith for shining a light on it.

It took three years to earn this title measures social and environmental performance

08/25/2024

This coming Wednesday, Aug. 28, I'll be hosting the Art of the Aperitivo at Il Pastaio, in the center of Eataly Dallas. It'll be fun and laid back, a group of 15 max at a communal table. We’ll enjoy the selection of salumi, cheeses, antipasti and pasta I've selected from Il Pastaio’s menu and the marketplace, and we'll talk about Italian aperitivo culture and how to put together an easy aperitivo spread at home. Want to join us? Book through the link below!

Il Pastaio - Eataly Dallas, Casual Dining Italian cuisine. Read reviews and book now.

08/22/2024

It has been such an honor and a pleasure to have helped Leigh Hutchinson realize the dream she's had for so many years ~ .Via Triozzi. ❤ On Sunday you're invited to join us as we celebrate its first anniversary! We've just released a bunch of communal-seating tickets for a special four-course dinner with optional wine pairings. Grab one (or a bunch!) now through the Resy link below while the getting is good. Hope to see you there!

Via Triozzi celebrates its first anniversary! Join us for a special 4-course Sunday dinner with optional wine pairings.

04/03/2024

Giant congratulations to my wonderful client Gemma Restaurant — nominated for a Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality. One of just five restaurants in the country to be recognized in that category, they are in excellent company. What an honor!!! Kudos to owners (and dear friends) Allison Yoder and Stephen Rogers, who knock it out of the park (supported by amazing teams) at both of their restaurants (Gemma and Sachet Restaurant) every day. Heartfelt congratulations, too to David Uygur , nominated (also at the national level) for Outstanding Chef (Lucia Dallas) and to Misti Norris , nominated for Best Chef: Texas for Petra and the Beast. I'm a huge fan of both! Congrats all around!!!!

Two local chefs are recognized, as is the hospitality of a Henderson Ave. bistro

02/20/2024

Wow wow wow!!!! Giant congratulations to my wonderful client Leigh Hutchinson and Via Triozzi, and many thanks to Pat Sharpe and Texas Monthly for the recognition!!! It's an incredible honor to be included in this illustrious group. Kudos to all those included: Katami Houston; Le Margot - Fort Worth; Quarter Acre Dallas; 61 Osteria; Josephine's Gulf Coast Tradition; Bureau de Post; Leche DE Tigre Cebichería Peruana; Elro Pizza + Crudo; and Ezov. Looking forward to dining with y'all in the near future!

Our twenty-third edition of Where to Eat Now finds that dining out can be loud, pricey—and as worthwhile as ever.

01/12/2024

Only 11 restaurants appear on all three of Dallas' best restaurants lists, and three are Leslie Brenner Concepts clients. Bravo, Billy Can Can, Gemma Restaurant and Partenope Ristorante! All are feel-great places that consistently treat guests to wonderful food and an outstanding experience.

Congratulations to them, along with El Carlos Elegante, José, Lucia Dallas, Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen, Revolver Taco Lounge, Roots Southern Table, Rye. Craft Food and Drink. and Taco y Vino. Thank you, Brian Reinhart and D Magazine for putting this all together, and to Brian, Courtney E. Smith / Eater Dallas and Lauren Drewes Daniels Chris Wolfgang / Dallas Observer Food & Drink for their great taste!

Let’s get geeky and compare the top restaurants in Dallas, as judged by Eater, the Dallas Observer, and ourselves.

12/13/2023

How awesome does Feast of the Seven Fishes at Sachet Restaurant or Gemma Restaurant sound? It's happening for three nights leading up to Christmas Eve -- Dec. 22, 23 and 24. The dinner event of the season! Book through Resy, or call the restaurants — they'll be thrilled to book a table for you. Thank you Hank Vaughn and Dallas Observer Food & Drink for the marvelous coverage! Allison Yoder

The Feast of Seven Fishes is a meal served on Christmas Eve in many Italian-American homes. Here's a list of places in North Texas offering their take on this traditional family feast.

12/04/2023

A bit of free advice from your friendly writer and marketing expert: If "'Tis the season" seems like the best way to launch into a holiday pitch (for anything!), try to come up with something fresh. Nothing makes consumers and editors skip to the next thing as quick and sure as that phrase. Happy holidays!

01/23/2023

Many thanks to Lauren Daniels and Dallas Observer for this terrific story about the new four-course fixed-price format at The Village Meridian. Distinct from luxe, over-the-top tasting menus, more modest 3- or 4-course menus are friendly to diners and to the restaurants that offer them. Europe has loved the format for eons — it's exciting to see it finally taking off in the U.S.!

Meridian is forging a less-taken path with a new prix fixe menu. Before you grumble about being told what to eat, hold your skittish horses. It's nuanced. And compelling.

08/17/2021

Couldn't be more excited about this: Meridian is the lede review (a rave!!) in Texas Monthly! We are so proud and happy for the entire The Village Meridian team.

With this beautiful restaurant — where he is gorgeously and deliciously inventing modern Brazilian cuisine — Junior Borges is making it crystal clear that he is one of the most outstanding and exciting chefs, not only In the U.S., but in the world. (And we promise we’re not just saying that because The Village Dallas is our client.) Have we mentioned that Meridian Is the first modern Brazilian fine-dining restaurant In the country? 💫

Realizing such a singular vision and attaining this level of excellence isn’t something anyone can do alone, and as everyone who has dined here knows, the entire experience Is amazing — from the stellar, Brazil-inspired cocktails and sommelier Caitlin Peters' fabulous wine list to the passionately engaged, outstanding servers and bartenders (all under Brandy Davis Spence and Casie Caldwell's inspiring leadership), to head baker and pastry chef David Madrid's incredible breads and desserts. And none of it would be possible without awesome CDC Justin Mosley and all the super-talented and dedicated chefs and line cooks In Meridian's beautiful kitchen who achieve mind-blowingly excellent ex*****on night after night.

Giant congratulations to the entire team!! Many, many thanks for giving Dallas — and Texas, and the U.S., and the world — this remarkable restaurant.

And he got there with help from family, some encouragement from Anthony Bourdain, and a fortuitous ride on the New York subway.

09/29/2020

A Leslie Brenner Concept — Cooks Without Borders — has been invited to participate in an exciting new startup incubator. We are excited and grateful to TWU Center for Women Entrepreneurs and Stoke for the amazing opportunity!

Launching a partnership between the Center for Women Entrepreneurship at Texas Woman’s University and Denton coworking space Stoke, the AccelerateHER incubator is boosting the local innovation scene with its inaugural cohort.