Eat, Stay, and Indulge: Discover the Best Hotel Restaurants in Dallas

Inside Fort Worth’s Crescent Hotel, celebrity chef Preston Paine, co-founder of Shug’s Bagels and a competitor on the Food Network’s Ciao House Season 1, helms this upscale Italian-Mediterranean restaurant. Elegant blue and white décor sets the scene for fresh pastas, wood-grilled steaks, and plenty of table-side carvings and pour-overs.

Oct 10, 2025

A First Taste of The Blue Room’s New Tasting Menu — Elevated Texas Ingredients and Unforgettable Hospitality

The Crescent Hotel Fort Worth had already gifted the city one of its most visually striking restaurants with its signature restaurant Emilia’s, but it wasn’t finished. Early last year, their culinary team unveiled an even more intimate and resplendent experience: The Blue Room at Emilia’s.

Aug 4, 2025

10 Best Restaurants in Fort Worth’s Cultural District

Inside The Crescent Hotel, Emilia’s delivers refined Mediterranean cuisine led by Executive Chef Preston Paine, who brings experience at Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park and top kitchens in France. Just beyond the main dining room, The Blue Room offers a slower, story-driven experience built on hyperlocal sourcing, intentional pacing, and deeply personal, Texas-rooted cooking.

jul 31, 2025

Chefs Chat Fort Worth Food and Restaurant Trends for 2025

“It is such an encouraging and exciting time to be a chef in Fort Worth,” says Preston Paine (Emilia’s, The Blue Room). “The level of talent and passion this city has in the food industry will soon catch up with the other heavy-hitting cities in the state — Dallas, Houston, and Austin.”

JAN 13, 2025

Top Fort Worth Chefs Share Their Holiday Traditions, Including What They Cook For Family and Friends

When I first started cooking, one of my favorite things was the ability to bring people together regardless of where you come from or what language you speak,” he says. “One of the things that I’ve realized over the years, even after working at Michelin-star restaurants and working internationally, is that this job isn’t just about the food. It is about the people.”

DEC 15, 2024

Inside Fort Worth’s New Fine Dining Sanctuary — Why The Blue Room at Emilia’s Is Not Just Another Restaurant

A PaperCity Exclusive First Look at the Crescent Hotel's New Showcase Spot

Fort Worth's luxury Crescent Hotel to open with restaurant and TV chef

A new luxury hotel in Fort Worth's Cultural District is opening with a brand-name chef: The Crescent Hotel, the new property from Crescent Real Estate (Ritz-Carlton, Dallas) that's debuting in late summer, will open with two restaurant concepts led by Executive Chef Preston Paine.

Fort Worth’s Crescent Hotel Lands a Food Network Star For Its New Restaurant, Teases Its Opening and Plenty of Perks

Boutique Luxury Retreat to Fit In and Help Transform the City's Cultural District

Food Network chef to open coastal Italian restaurant Emilia’s in Fort Worth

Emilia’s will be run by chef Preston Paine at the new Crescent Hotel.

Chef Preston Paine Will Head Up Emelia's at Crescent Fort Worth

The newly announced Emelia’s restaurant is in the capable hands of a popular local chef.

MEET THE CHEFS COMPETING ON CIAO HOUSE

THESE 10 UP-AND-COMING CHEFS ARE READY TO BRING THEIR A-GAMES TO TUSCANY FOR A CHANCE AT THE ULTIMATE PRIZE: AN IMMERSIVE CULINARY EDUCATION ACROSS ITALY, TRAINING WITH RENOWNED ITALIAN MASTER CHEFS.

Preston Paine of Paradiso Reveals a New Side: Reality TV Star

HE JOINS FOOD NETWORK’S ‘CIAO HOUSE’ COMPETITION COOKING SHOW SET IN ITALY

Texas chef Preston Paine is one to watch on new Food Network show ‘Ciao House’

Jesuit grad and Fort Worth resident Preston Paine is turning up the heat on Season 1 of new Food Network show Ciao House.

Who is chef Preston Paine? Meet the Ciao House contestant ahead of season premiere

Known for being the executive chef of Exxir Hospitality, Preston Paine has more than eight years of experience in the culinary world.

EXXIR CORPORATE CHEF PRESTON PAINE TO COMPETE IN FOOD NETWORK SHOW AIRING SUNDAY

DELIZIOSO! EXXIR HOSPITALITY CORPORATE EXECUTIVE CHEF PRESTON PAINE IS ONE OF TEN CONTESTANTS COMPETING ON CIAO HOUSE

SHUG’S BAGELS IS HERE TO SERVE DALLAS LEGIT BAGELS

THE SMU-ADJACENT CAFE ON MOCKINGBIRD LANE HAS BEEN TEST-BAKING BAGELS FOR WEEKS. IT OFFICIALLY OPENS ON JUNE 13.

TAKE YOUR TASTE BUDS ON A TRIP TO NEW YORK AT SHUG’S BAGELS, AN AUTHENTIC BAGEL JOINT IN TEXAS

WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT NEW YORK? THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY? TIMES SQUARE? FOR MANY PEOPLE, THE BEST PART OF A VISIT TO THE EMPIRE STATE IS THE BAGELS.