I’m excited about a place opening tonight in Deep Ellum, and here’s why. We’re not unfamiliar with falafel and hummus, with dolma and shwarma and the delights of skewered and grilled meats. But we ...

Sometimes, long after the details of a particular meal fade, the memory of one or two dishes remains crystal clear. After a recent dinner at Zatar in Berkeley, I couldn't stop thinking about lamb and ...

Modern and swanky, with a patio for hookah, Zåtar introduces modern Lebanese cuisine to Deep Ellum the way Nora brought the subtleties of Afghan cooking to Lowest Greenville. With a flair for ...

Deep Ellum’s restaurant boom in the last six months has given us a lot of really remarkable eateries, so we were intrigued to see a decidedly stylish Lebanese spot open at Commerce and Malcolm X. With ...

It should come as no surprise to YUM readers, that I have a passion for spices. You can expect to find me foraging through the city’s ethnic markets, hunting for treasures with which to restock my ...

At the cultural confluence of the Euphrates River and Berkeley's Strawberry Creek lies the province of Zatar, a land of fragrant cardamom, sumac, coriander, thyme and mint; rosewater and pomegranates; ...

Deep Ellum restaurants follow an established script. Create a trendy space with exposed wooden rafters and a patio; pump in energetic or obnoxious dance music; serve original cocktails from a ...

Here was the lead of a story I wrote about the restaurant at 437 Central Ave. in St. Petersburg back in 2007: "Some restaurant locations just seem cursed. They cycle through cuisines and concepts - ...

DAVISON, MI – A new fast casual Mediterranean restaurant that recently opened is providing a fresh option for diners in Davison. Zatar & Olive, located at 415 N. State Road (M-15), Ste. C., opened its ...

There is nothing quite like smell of zatar bread in the morning. Herby, nutty, toasty and slightly citrusy, this warm breakfast pita is sold in cafes and bakeries all over the Middle East. What we ...