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Online Specialty Food Delivery Service, Artizone, To Set Up Shop in Downtown on Thursday Evenings

Downtown Dallas doesn't offer much it terms of grocery stores. Urbanmarket closed earlier this year because it couldn't find is place in the fickle grocery-shopping patterns of downtown residents. Other than that, CVS and 7-Eleven are the choices. It's like a grocery store desert -- with lots of tal ... More >>

Study: Texas Teens Sure Love to Sext

A team of Texas researchers recently published the findings of a scientific undertaking studying a condition plaguing 28 percent of Texas teens. Sexting. So now, when that half-cocked smile rolls across a teen's face in line at 7-Eleven or when your kid checks his phone at the dinner table and b ... More >>

Politics and Pop Culture Take a Whoopin' in Shows Inspired by Green Day and Molly Ivins

The Ethics and Danger of Raiding the Office Fridge

This Is Just To Say   I have eaten the enchiladas that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for lunch Forgive me they were delicious so spicy and so warm William Carlos William's poem -- his original is about about sweet, delicious plums -- popped into my head the instant an em ... More >>

Dallas Police Adding Bait Houses and Businesses To Their Thief-Catching Technology

The City Council's getting briefed this week on "community policing," the Dallas Police Department's ongoing effort to get residents involved in preventing crime in their neighborhoods. This last came up in December, when Chief David Brown and McGruff the Crime Dog came to visit council members and ... More >>

New Year, New Psychic Prowess

A new year is often seen as a chance for reinvention. Maybe this will be the year you move out of the friend-zone with your "pal" across the hall. Maybe this will be the year that you don't overdraft while buying a two dollar Miller High Life. Maybe this will be the year you can finally wear white c ... More >>

Walmart's One Step Closer to Making Good on Promise to Build Supercenter on Ledbetter Dr.

From next week's City Plan Commission agenda​Back in February, City Hall proudly announced that Walmart was going to build, build, build all 'round town -- "more than a dozen new projects in the city of Dallas," said the release, with a Supercenter at R.L. Thornton and Ledbetter Drive at the very ... More >>

The Night They Turned Off the Lights at 7-Eleven And Other Tales of Greenville Ave.

​Yes, as a matter of fact, they did close the 7-Eleven on Lowest Greenville this morning -- at midnight, almost to the second. And, at just past midnight, the sidewalks -- which, moments before, had been thick with club-goers shuffling from drink special to drink special at the Pussycat Lounge, Ku ... More >>

Un-Fried at the Fair: Brain Freeze, Frogurt and Sweet Tea Pickles

Frozen yogurt, why have you not fried yourself?​We've talked a lot about the fried food coma the State Fair of Texas will be offering up this year, and we figure it's time we mention a couple of new vendors who are stepping up the unfried fair fare. (If only to ask them why they have yet to fr ... More >>

The Commissary & The Table: No Standing O'

Chef John Tesar's new Arts District eatery misses its marks.

Girl Talk, The Cool Kids

Thursday, June 23, at the Granada Theater

Poster of the Week: Girl Talk at the Granada

​ Pretty sure you guys know by now about the Girl Talk show going down at the Granada Theater tonight. We've sure talked about it enough this week... So, on that note, this will be the last time we mention it. Promise. (Not counting tomorrow morning's show review.)

Brain Freeze: Our Panel of Experts Samples New Summer Coolers

Lauren Drewes DanielsArby's Jamocha Oreo Shake, a summer drink worth fighting for.​Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the ... More >>

Lisa Stone turned to Facebook to reunite with her high school girlfriends; they turned to Facebook to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Let's Deal: Cheap Eats and Drinks Offers for You

​Alright everyone here's the deal. Einstein Bros. Bagels opens a new location on 7645 Custer Road in McKinney this coming Tuesday, November 2. If you're one of the first 100 people in line when the restaurant opens, Einstein Bros. says they'll comp you with a book of coupons that guarantees one ... More >>

Reflections of a sportswriter on being a Texas Ranger fan... pretty much since birth.

What a $40,000 Jewelry Heist Looks Like

The Dallas Police Department sends word: At around 4 this morning, officers got the call that the alarm was going off at Modes Inc., a longtime wholesale jeweler at 2629 Stemmons Freeway. Around the same time, says the DPD, someone walking to and from a nearby 7-Eleven called 911 to report the busin ... More >>

Dallas, Show Me the MoneyGram!

Kimberly Thorpe​Speaking of things that make the mayor happy ...MoneyGram International is moving its HQ from Minnesota to 2828 N. Harwood. It's bringing 75 people to Dallas; could grow to double that in coming years. Says Mayor Tom Leppert in an official release just dispatched by Chris Heinbaugh ... More >>

Club Dada Re-Joins A Suddenly Crowded Deep Ellum

Coming Attraction

Barely Brunch At Mextopia

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourMextopia's migas.​There are only four items on the Mextopia brunch menu. The restaurant itself sits on the presently blighted block of Lower Greenville Avenue, the block where after the apocalypse, it'll just be that 7-Eleven and the Simply Fondue and ... More >>

Dallas Ranks High on Inc.'s Fastest-Growing Biz List. But One Company Sits at the Very Top.

​Just spent the morning filling out a job application, just in case Ambit Energy's hiring. Because in case you haven't seen it yet, Inc. magazine put Jere Thompson Jr.'s company at the very tippy-top of its list of America's fastest-growing companies. And how'd Thompson -- grandson of the 7-Eleven ... More >>

Hell, No, We Won't Frito, or: Yet Another Protest Where Cameras Outnumber Signs

​My wife and son stopped by the 7-Eleven at Marsh and Forest a few minutes ago to see how Carlos Quintanilla's protest was workin' out for him. My boy took this photo, and as we now pay him for his blog contributions in Slurpees, it worked out well for us at least.

A Grand Opening for Citywalk@Akard, Where the Fire Alarms Work Just Fine

Patrick MichelsCentral Dallas Ministries CEO Larry James at Citywalk@Akard's grand opening.​While Central Dallas Ministries CEO Larry James had our attention last week with news on his latest urban rebooting project -- his "center of hope" at the southeast corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and I-30 -- ... More >>

Dallas PD Kinda Knows Who Snatched Those Cheerleaders' Bags from DCC

This is the surveillance-cam pic DPD has of a couple using a stolen credit card.​It would appear from this tweet dispatched by the Dallas Police Department that the department has not, in fact, forgotten about those cheerleaders who had their bags stolen from the Dallas Convention Center on Februa ... More >>

Chase's $3 Mil Will Fund the Sidewalk. But The Park Still Needs $25 Mil For a Few Amenities.

Sam MertenContrary to how Sam (always) manages to capture the mayor, he was actually quite thrilled with today's gift.​So sorry. As you can clearly see below, naming rights for the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park won't be going to 7-Eleven or Ray Hunt or Southwest or American Airlines. Syd Nancy, though ... More >>

Jorge's Tex-Mex reaches for the ordinary and beyond in its upscale digs.

Blockbuster's CEO Begs for Patience as Profits Keep Dropping and Stores Keep Closing

Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes​Blockbuster sent word at the end of the day Thursday: It had a terrible third quarter -- profits again down by double digits, millions hemorrhaged even after adjusting for debt refinancing and the sale of its European operations. And yesterday came word, per the release, ... More >>

Dallas Radio and Jingle Pioneer Tom Merriman Died Early This Morning

​Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame -- the great Ron Chapman's introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon's former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman "shaped the sound of thousands of telev ... More >>

Three New Venues Coming To Elm Street?

​On a walk down Elm Street while heading to last week's Slowride Reunion at Elm Street Tattoo, I noticed that the doors were open at 2826, and a few people were buzzing about. The club isn't yet open, mind you--but owner Frank Maldonado, a couple booking agents and some artists who were working on ... More >>

Here's One Way To Make Sure Someone's Watching Cheaters: Call the Cops

Patrick MichelsCheaters cameras film their mark being loaded into an ambulance, surrounded by Dallas Fire-Rescue and police officers downtown Thursday night.​First there was the irate woman, with long dark hair and a low-slung green tank-top; then, the hapless guy being loaded from the street into ... More >>

A lush patio makes the drive to the iffy neighborhood of Carolina’s Mexican Cuisine’s worth it. And so does the food.

Bye-Bye, Sugar High

Reporter Megan Feldman Goes Without Refined Sugar. Her Life May Never Be The Same. When my doctor recently recommended I stop eating refined sugar as part of a broad plan to curb a bout of allergies and eczema, I didn't think it'd be such a big deal. "Sure," I said, thankful it wasn't something mo ... More >>

In 31 Pages, the Future of Blockbuster

Is this smaller-sized store the future of Blockbuster?Blockbuster held is annual shareholders meeting yesterday, and the presentation was chock-a-block with sneak peeks at the Dallas company's future -- or, at the very least, its plans for the future. After the jump you'll find the complete 31-page ... More >>

DISD's Also Sending Recruiters to the Laid-Off DISD Employee Job Fair

Halo 3: Dallas Finishes the Fight

These Bands Are Your Bands

Dan's Silverleaf hosts the ultimate tribute

Yeah, But How Was the Music?

Hearts and Bones

Lone Bull

Steak and solitude at the lakeside

Wright is Wrong. No, Wait. Right. Wrong. Uh.

Letters

Fresh Meat

Local music police welcome a new chief

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Best Place to See a Piece of Dallas' Musical History and/or Contribute to the Local Homeless Economy

508 Park Ave.

The Sundance Kidder

With his own movie in tow, Dallas' indie-film guru goes to Robert Redford's festival, falls in love with the First-Timer, and embraces the hype

Dressed to the nines

But Mondo's isn't quite a 10

Out There

Night & Day

March 25 - 31, 1999

McFugue, no cheese

Beethoven and the Dead European Males clean up a notorious street corner

Heavy mettle

Matt's No Place offers spectacularly 'unlite' fare