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Searching for the Best Nachos in Dallas

Simple in premise but with endless variations in execution, behold the nacho. When done properly, a plate of nachos becomes an act of excavation, a work of edible archaeology. We set out to explore some of the more interesting nachos in and around Dallas, and so we present the Nachodyssey. Here we w ... More >>

Finally, TABC Has an App to Tell You When You're Drunk

Have you ever been drunk? Have you ever wondered about how drunkenness affects your maze-completing ability? Have you ever wanted to test your drunken maze-completing ability using a taxpayer-funded smartphone app that constantly shames you about your drunkenness? If you answered yes to all those q ... More >>

Five Ways to Solve the Energy Crisis Preventing Us from Tweeting Photos of Dogs in Shirts at Music Festivals like 35 Denton

The new currency of big festivals is electricity. You, might, if you wanted to make a terrible pun, say it is the current-cy. No, keep reading. It gets better, I promise. A few years back, we all had cell phones that could seemingly hold a charge forever. The trade off for this, of course, is that t ... More >>

Carrollton Man Gets 36 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Crappy Counterfeit Cellphone Accessories

The iPhone cases with crooked "Chanel" logos you see over at your local cellphone accessory store or mall kiosk could be evidence of an international criminal conspiracy, according to the feds. A Carrollton resident, Shiraz Sherali Odhwani, 54, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison and o ... More >>

Santa's Supply Chain Secrets, Revealed! and Other Unexpected Lessons From This Weekend in Crime

Christmas is just eight days away, so people are rushing to get last-minute gifts. iPhones are always popular, and one can never go wrong with cash. Of course, everything's so much cheaper when you just take it, as demonstrated by this weekend's police calls. Even Santa got in on the action. Saturd ... More >>

Five Great 2012 Concerts in Non-Traditional Venues

Certainly, there will be lists coming forth that will discuss the wonderful local tour stops for many national and international bands in 2012, whether Radiohead at the AAC, Sharon Von Etten at Trees or Frank Ocean at South Side Music Hall. See also: - The top five musical resurrections of 2012 ... More >>

Burger Smackdown: Deep Ellum Fast Casual Class, Twisted Root Vs. Uncle Uber's

Here's how it went down. I dropped into Twisted Root at 11:30, refreshed and ready to pummel my arteries with some serious burger action. The line started at the register and reached to the door. I was at the end of it. See Also: Burger Smackdown: Dive Bar Class, Club Schmitz Versus Adair's Saloon ... More >>

This Is Not a Love Song: Thoughts on Fun Fun Fun Fest 7

Fun Fun Fun Fest Auditorium Shores Friday, November 2-Sunday, November 4 In its seventh year, Fun Fun Fun Fest has settled into a very curious meta place. Standing in a crowd at any one of the four stages, you were often watching a show via someone's iPhone or iPad. That Terrence Malick has been f ... More >>

Action Bronson - Dada - 9/23/12

Action Bronson Dada Sunday, September 23 In an industry where opulence is the modus operandi, Action Bronson favors a blue-collar sensibility. He prefers Carhatt over Cartier, New Balance over Neiman Marcus, "Giambi Lenses" over Gucci frames. His beard, which looks like an orange Christmas wreath, ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 28: Hummus and Super Bread at Pepper Smash

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Before dining at Pepper Smash, the comic-book-themed-cocktail-den-restaurant-monster w ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 29: Tom Kha Gai At Bambu

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Every time I've cooked with kaffir lime leaves, I've purchased big, thick, tough folia ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 31: The Crispy Duck At Bangkok City

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I still regret my decision sometimes, when I sat at the table at Bangkok City and orde ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 32: The Pork Chop At Acme F&B

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. For a little while I tried to figure out whose pork chop was better. Jason Maddy's pre ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 33: International Bakery Cuban Dulceria's Cubano

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I took my first bite, and tried to figure out why Rita and Sara Vasquez, the owners of ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 34: DIY Fried Chicken Taco at Pollo Campero

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Don't look for this dish on the menu of Pollo Campero. If you want this taco, you're g ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 35: Coffee and Doughnuts At Rosemont

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Remember that paper bag of mini doughnuts you bought from the grocery store? They were ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 36: Loukoumathes At Greek Fest

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. This one's a bit of a tease, since you can't have it till the end of September, but wi ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 37: The Brussels Sprouts Fritters At Snack

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Who cares if they aren't fritters, they're freaking deep fried aren't they? Jon Steven ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 38: The Chile Relleno At Avila's

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It was the brisket gordita that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, but I thi ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 39: The Large Tabouleh at Ali Baba

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The last time I wrote about Ali Baba's tabouleh, I'd had a small order delivered to th ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 40: The Nooner At Jonathon's Oak Cliff

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. No human with any semblance of self-respect, dignity or care for their cardiovascular ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 41: The Scotch Egg At Central 214

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I've had my fair share of bad Scotch eggs. Usually the breading is greasy, the sausage ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 42: The Brunch Burger At The Grape

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I spent a recent Sunday morning well into Sunday afternoon tooling around town looking ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 43: Pastor Tacos At La Banqueta

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It took three visits to get to these pastor tacos from La Banqueta. On my first visit ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 44: The Lobster Roll At Rex's

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I've written about the lobster roll at Rex's far too many times to not include it in t ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 46: Pork Banh Mi At Nammi

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You could drive all the way out to Richardson and buy an authentic banh mi, but it wil ... More >>

La Nueva Fresh And Hot: Come for the Tortillas and Bring a Fan

I visited La Nueva Fresh and Hot twice before I added their guisado verde taco to the 100 Favorite Dishes list and there's a lot more than green pork tacos to make a visit worth it. In fact, the Webb Chapel road tortilla factory and take-out may be one of Dallas' most compelling taquerias. The "Ho ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 47: Sour Cream Enchiladas At Mia's

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The obsession borders on unhealthy. Sour cream enchiladas were new to me when I arrive ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 48: The Fried Bologna Sandwich At Maple And Motor

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Maple and Motor gets a lot of attention for their burgers -- Jack Perkins has built a ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 49: The Sloppy Taco At Off Site Kitchen

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. ​While I wait on my petition to have Off-Site Kitchen rebranded as the Dallas Observ ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 50: Dolmas At Pera Turkish Kitchen

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. ​Dolmas get a bad name because so many pre-made versions are passed off as food at M ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 51: Sampler Plate With Samoon at Judi Bakery

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. ​Judi Restaurant and Bakery turns out a football-shaped Iraqi samoon that is almost ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 53: Ramen At Tei-An

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments or email me. There's a perception that there's no ramen to be had in Dallas, and it's wrong. You can ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 55: Guisado Verde Tacos At La Nueva Fresh And Hot

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You might want to bring a fan. While a portion of the back kitchen is modestly air con ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 56: Patty Melt At NHS

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I had my first patty melt ever at Katy Trail Ice House, and it was fine. The sandwich ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 62: Spicy Crispy Wings At Malai

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Malai's upscale Asian concept is right at home in the West Village. The made-for-telev ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 82: The Oxtail Ragout at Central 214

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email Scott. When you come upon the opportunity to dine at Hotel Palomar's Central 214, you must do ... More >>

Dallas Restaurateurs Debate Whether a Cell Phone Ban Could Work, and How

A comment in my story a while back about phone stacking caught my attention. "In Japan they have 'No Phone Areas' in restaurants, bars and even the subway," Wagner Gui Tronolone wrote. "I think it's awesome!" It does sound sort of awesome. Sometimes a cell phone feels like a leash. At the other end ... More >>

I Reviewed a Vegan Place, So Here Are 16 Photos of Meat

Dallas' Five Best Places To Eat Alone

Valentine's Day is coming, which pretty much sucks for everyone. If you've got a special someone, you're guilted into going out and having your wallet gutted by a triple-digit, prix fixe, mediocre meal. Have fun with that. And if you're not coupled up, you get to spend the evening alone while people ... More >>

If Google Swallows Open Table Too, Yelp Could Yelp Its Last Yelp

​Back in September, when we wrote about Google taking a bite out of Zagat, we wondered if the Internet giant had plans to compete with Yelp. Google already allows users to give restaurants a star rating and to offer their thoughts on recent dining experiences. Zagat's database, containing prof ... More >>

Dallas' Five Best Brunch Spots

Dallas is without a doubt a brunching town. Every Saturday and Sunday, early in the afternoon, those with matted hair, stale breath and perhaps questionable bed mates drag themselves from shades-pulled comfort and into the harsh, bright world, descending upon the city's restaurants en masse. It seem ... More >>

The Big Uneasy: Super Bowl Fans Just Wanna Have Fun ... What, You Mean, Like, Here?

​The Dallas Morning News had another story in the paper yesterday reminding everybody how excited we need to be about Super Bowl XLV in Arlington a month from now. The more of this Super Bowl stuff I see, the less excited and the more pissed off I get. The story in The News listed various stu ... More >>

Woodrow Wilson English Teacher Charged With Possessing Child Porn Pleads Guilty

​Back in June, the U.S. Attorney's Office sent word: Jon Leslie Lyons, a 44-year-old who'd been teaching English at Woodrow Wilson High School for three years, had been arrested and charged with keeping child pornography, some involving children under the age of 5, on his home computer and iPhone. ... More >>

10 Other Foods That Should Be Foot Long (or Larger)

FoodBeast.comNo, not one of our clever photoshops.​Carl's Jr., in its infinite wisdom, has developed a foot-long cheeseburger. Like Burger King's BK Shots, this is another burger innovation beyond the limits of imagination. Clearly, human minds will be puzzling over this long-food-meat and bun inv ... More >>

Ron Chapman on the State of Radio and Why He'll Never Make a Comeback

The great Ron Chapman​On April 13 in Las Vegas, Ron Chapman will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Radio Hall of Fame -- a momentous occasion that comes exactly one month after the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation pulled the plug on Platinum 96.7 and replaced it with an FM ... More >>

What Did The Mayor Mean When He Called Out the School District This Morning?

Megan FeldmanMayor Tom Leppert, DISD trustee Edwin Flores and superintendent Michael Hinojosa at SMU in July​This morning, during a speech at a Big Brothers Big Sisters benefit breakfast, Mayor Tom Leppert announced a few possible corporate relocations to Dallas -- among them, he said, a Fortune 2 ... More >>

High(-Def) Times: A Sneak Peek at the New Scoreboard in the American Airlines Center

Alexander MuseClick to expand this iPhone image of the new American Airlines Center scoreboard.​Back in June, Mark Cuban tweeted that the American Airlines Center's scoreboards were due for a high-def makeover over the summer. (Maybe you recall that video sneak peek of "the First and Only 1080 HD ... More >>

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Who Knew Jerry Jones Went to the Theater? We Figured He Watches All His Movies on the Big Screen at Cowboys Stadium.

Karen MertenMy second photo op of the week -- thankfully with someone who hasn't shown anyone cell phone pics of his privates. At least, not that we know of.Because I'm a big fan of director Michael Mann and the wife likes her some Johnny Depp, we headed out last night to catch Public Enemies at the ... More >>