While the tall, beamed ceilings, ample windows and outdoor seating area remain, not much else does in the former Bread Winners Café & Bakery space at Inwood Village in Dallas.
Doughbird, from the Arizona restaurant group behind Culinary Dropout, Flower Child and The Henry, officially opened Sept. 6, 2024. It’s the first Doughbird location in Texas from Fox Restaurant Concepts.
Its focus is simple: pizza and rotisserie chicken. But it’d behoove diners to, yes, try the signature offerings, but not to stop there.
Pizzas come in both hand-stretched and Detroit-style varieties. The Copper Hat pizza, comprising prosciutto, goat cheese, medjool date, salted pistachio and arugula, is among the favorites for the hand-stretched. A meat lover’s pizza, under the moniker of The Aviator, makes for an indulgent Detroit-style pizza, with a crisp base met by a springy, focaccia-like dough. Chili oil, made in-house with an olive oil base, dons every table in the restaurant, ready for diners looking for an added zing.
Rotisserie chicken, chicken wings, chicken pot pie, chicken parmesan chicken tenders and a crispy chicken sandwich, among others, put the “bird” in Doughbird.
The steak frites with an herby compound butter and prime rib dip sandwich, in addition to hearty, well-balanced salads, mark a few places to veer from the house specialties.
A pure flavor bomb comes served alongside the cast-iron shishito peppers appetizer, and that’s the umami sauce. (The recipe for the umami sauce was divulged in a Phoenix-area publication. It’s good enough to Google the recipe for.)
An extravagant $10 peanut butter brookie, topped with vanilla bean gelato, butterscotch sauce and chocolate crunchies, is the perfect shareable end cap to a meal.
Sophistication is met with ease at Doughbird through the comfy booths and sweeping banquettes, which can easily accommodate families or adult groups of modest and large sizes.
A bar space with sleek stools is highlighted by coffered ceiling tiles. The area notably has two televisions, perfectly positioned for game-watching in a neighborhood where such a thing is harder to find.
Entrees range from $16 to $34, with the steak frites being the most expensive menu item. Kid’s meal of pizzas, chicken and macaroni and cheese have prices of $9 and $10 and include a drink.
Doughbird, 5560 W. Lovers Lane, Dallas. It is open for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. https://www.eatdoughbird.com/locations/dallas-tx/.
