From The Dallas Morning News… “Cutting to the chase, Stephan Pyles is a semi-finalist in the Outstanding Chef category, Samar is a semi-finalist for Best New Restaurant, and Sharon L. Hage is a semi-finalist in Best Chef: Southwest. Congratulations and best of luck to Stephan and Sharon!” Click here to read the article.
From The Dallas Morning News… “Serious food lovers will want to check out Samar, chef Stephan Pyles’ new place in the Arts District, offering small plates from Spain, the Eastern Mediterranean and India. Samar doesn’t take reservations (except for large parties), so you’ll have the same shot at getting a table as the savviest Dallas food scenester.” Click here to read the article.
From Dallas Modern Luxury… “Enjoy a healthy feast of small plates from new Samar by Stephan Pyles (2100 Ross Ave., 214.922.9922). The blistered chiles with hickory-smoked sea salt—and haloumi-cheese-stuffed squash blossoms—are fab. Cyprus Rose cocktails have gin, Limoncello and rosemary sprigs.” Click here to read the article.
The Dallas Morning News named Samar by Stephan Pyles as Best New Restaurant of 2009. Click here to read the article.
Interesting article in The Wall Street Journal mentioning Samar by Stephan Pyles. Click here to read the article.
Stephan Pyles’ intimate Samar brings flavors of Spain, India and more to Dallas… Click here to read the article.
An article in Restaurant News discussing a recent spread of Eastern Mediterranean influences and ingredients on U.S. restaurant menus mentions Samar and quotes Stephan Pyles. Click to read the article.






