Email Author Alice Laussade

Awards

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Cheap Bastard

• 2011 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published September 16, 2010

  "OK, Who Put Food in My Beer?"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published March 18, 2010

  "Moms Gone Wired"

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2008 Stories by Alice Laussade

• Ojeda's Always Answers That Certain Craving. You Know the One.

  published December 18, 2008

  Tortilla chip bucket refill count: 4 Gallons of mouth-on-fire salsa consumed count: 2 Sometimes you just feel like... More >>

• Gazeebo Burgers: A Big Bite of Nothing

  published December 4, 2008

  Extra "e" in the name count: 1 Actual gazebo in the parking lot count: 1 I was having one of those "Can't Decide... More >>

• Henk's European Deli Fulfills Our Sausage Fantasies—Most of 'Em Anyway

  published November 27, 2008

  Horseradish jar on my table count: 1 Beer bottles lining the wall count: 100 Five-liter bottle of Grolsch count: 1 I was... More >>

• Greenz Is About More Than Salads and Creative Spelling

  published November 20, 2008

  Lunch plate delivered to me at my table count: 1 Times my tea was refilled for me: 2 Actual waiters working in this... More >>

• Chip’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

  published November 13, 2008

  Panic attack count: 1 Packed tables count: 12 When I'm feeling like eating a burger but I don't want all that convenience and... More >>

• Take a dip with Mattito's and Bob

  published November 6, 2008

  Free valet that I didn't feel bad not tipping count: 1 Minutes I had to wait before I got a table count: 10 When I want... More >>

• The Mint is Heavy on Fusion and Light on Spice

  published October 30, 2008

  Real chopsticks (not the kind you get wrapped in paper) count: 2 People playing cards at the table next to mine count:... More >>

• Bangkok City

  published October 23, 2008

  Awesome beard count: 1 Snooty Dallasites count: 0 With the economy in the shitter, it's getting harder and harder for... More >>

• Salad Creations

  published October 16, 2008

  Tongs count: 50 Skinny bitches count: 50 So, after a friend of mine gave me a hard time about never trying to find anything... More >>

• Texadelphia Cuts the Mustard

  published October 9, 2008

  SMUchebag count: 6-8 Really good lemonade count: 1 I was so in the mood for some cheap wings and waffle fries the other... More >>

• Hickory House Barbecue

  published October 2, 2008

  Mama Carol's teeth count: 4 Overalls count: 3 My latest rule for how to spot a good place for lunch is that if the... More >>

• Blackjack Pizza

  published September 25, 2008

  Toilets in the women's restroom that are on a platform that makes you feel like your peeing onstage count: 1 Credit cards accepted... More >>

• Taco Joint

  published September 18, 2008

  Jalapeño ranch and salsa bar count: 1 Times I was amazed by how good crispy tacos could be count: 50 Urban Taco... More >>

• Bland on Bland

  published September 18, 2008

  Parking in front of Naan Korean Grill & Sushi Bar isn't free unless you drive a hybrid. They actually have meters in front of every... More >>

• Chef Wang

  published September 11, 2008

  Other people in line in front of me count: 10 Minutes before I got my food count: 5 I'll say it. I love Wang. When I get a... More >>

• Hello, Dali

  published September 11, 2008

  At first glance, Dali Wine Bar & Cellar is a 7-Eleven. You drive down Routh Street, take a left at the 7-Eleven corporate offices sign... More >>

• Hook Line and Sinker

  published September 4, 2008

  Single-serving bottles of Beringer on the counter count: 8 People in line in front of me count: 4 Hook Line & Sinker... More >>

• Alligator Café

  published August 28, 2008

  People eating fried whole catfish with tails and everything count: 4 Cop count: 3 When you're driving around Dallas looking... More >>

• Cheap Bastard

  published August 21, 2008

  Times I got yelled at: 1 Slices I wish I had been able to eat: 40 I used to go to this place on Main Street called Café Ravenna,... More >>

• Galindo's

  published August 14, 2008

  Beer posters with boob girls on them count: 3 Creepy, anthropomorphized jalapeño with gloves on the menu count:... More >>

• JG's

  published August 7, 2008

  Fuddruckers-esque decorations count: a million and seven Patio count: 1 Sonics within a 2-mile radius count:... More >>

• Cowboy Chow

  published July 31, 2008

  Buffalo head on the wall count: 2 Dishtowel napkin on my lap count: 1 Just down the street from Commerce's... More >>

• Jumbo Super Buffet

  published July 24, 2008

  Buffet rounds I survived count: 2 Chicken lo mein burps per hour after eating count: 142 Located right next to a DART... More >>

• Miss Chicken

  published July 17, 2008

  Hot sauce packets I got with my order count: 10 Times I thought they might sell Canadian boner pills to me in a back room if I said... More >>

• Jersey Mike's Subs

  published July 10, 2008

  Tropicana Fruit Punch at the fountain count: 1 SMUchebag count: 5 Jersey Mike's has a line out the door and zero... More >>