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May 25, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 84: Brisket Tacos At Manny'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. Brisket Tacos: perhaps one of the few foods Dallas can take credit for inventing, at l ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 86: The Roast Chicken At Bolsa
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. When I leave a restaurant I'm reviewing, I immediately spend some time hashing out not ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 87: The Brisket at Pecan Lodge
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. My first Texas brisket was eye opening. Back in DC, there were a few barbecue places t ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 88: The Reuben At The Cock & Bull
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 went back to confirm, after last week's post. The Reuben is back at The Cock & Bull ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Nelly - Wildflower! Festival - 5/18/12
Wildflower! Festival Galatyn Park Friday, May 18 The modern music festival exists as three very distinct types: The mega-fests put on by corporations, which bring together some of the world's biggest acts and are able to cut huge checks so bands can reunite (ACL, Coachella); the righteous upstarts t ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 89: Croissants From Rush Patisserie
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 was surprised it took me so long to find these, considering they're offered just up ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
In the Katy Trail Robberies, Police Reports Paint Portrait of Bumbling, Brazen Criminals
We know a lot more about the string of recent armed robberies at the Katy Trail since the Dallas Police Department initially released some details on the incidents yesterday. We know, for example, that police think all were committed by a pair of black men in their 20s who were driving a silver, fou ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes, No. 100: The Cleaver and Block Burger at NHS Tavern
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. NHS Tavern's Cleaver and Block Burger has an unfair advantage over every other burger ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
The Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries!
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. NHS Tavern's Cleaver and Block Burger has an unfair advantage over every other burger ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Tabbed Out: The iPhone App That Lets You Close Your Tab without Really Opening One
The Katy Trail Ice House was a zoo on Friday. There wasn't a single seat available, and there was a wait at the bar to get a beer. Despite the crowd, I was able to get in, order a Lawnmower, chug it and get out in about five minutes. How'd I do it? An iPhone app called Tabbed Out that promises to li ... More >>
Music
March 1, 2012
Grimes' Cyborg Visions
The Katy Trail Ice House was a zoo on Friday. There wasn't a single seat available, and there was a wait at the bar to get a beer. Despite the crowd, I was able to get in, order a Lawnmower, chug it and get out in about five minutes. How'd I do it? An iPhone app called Tabbed Out that promises to li ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
VNV Nation - Trees - 2/23/12
VNV Nation Trees Thursday, February 23 A lanky blonde, clad in black pumps, fishnet stockings, satin booty shorts, elbow-length gloves and a red corset that didn't leave much to the imagination, stepped up to the bouncer guarding the front door of Trees last night. The young girl frowned when the b ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Dallas' Five Best Margaritas, in Honor of National Margarita Day
The margarita may be the greatest drink of all time, if only because it almost always comes alongside a free, bottomless basket of chips and salsa. Born out of desperation, the margarita originally provided a way to choke down bad tequila. At some restaurants this still holds true. At others the dri ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
Dallas' Five Best Fried Chicken Meals
I once paged through a diet book that listed foods as good and bad. Salads dressed with not too sweet and not too fatty dressing were good. Steamed or boiled shrimp was good. According to the book you could eat as much of the good stuff as you wanted. Bad foods like pizza and burgers had to be consu ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
I Ate Baby Butterflies in Carrollton, and I Think I Liked It. (Then Again, I Was Trashed.)
Don't worry they're not moving.During my second trip to Tto Tto Wa, the Korean fried chicken joint I reviewed this week, I was determined to blow it out. I'd tried dumplings, chicken feet and some other dishes -- none of it as good as the spicy chicken, mind you -- and wanted to work even fur ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
An(other) Ode to Deep Ellum's Black Swan
blackswansaloon.comVodka and fruit medley.On my first pilgrimage to Deep Ellum's Black Swan Saloon, I walked right past the place, thinking the small, windowed room was just an extension of La Grange. There's no sign to speak of; I had to consult my iPhone ("Siri, where the fuck am I?") and ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
A Requiem for Cheap PBR
I got a kick out of this picture from Lauren's Love Shack burger story earlier today. Maybe a decade or so ago, I used to buy an occasional six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon at a Giant grocery store near my place. I think I paid $4-something for that sixer. I know I paid less than $5. Half a case wasn't ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Guess Where I'm Eating: Reuben Edition
Every now and then I page through the hundreds of photos in my iPhone and wonder what the hell I'm doing to myself. I am a man made of burgers and fries and tacos, and apparently since coming to Dallas I've eaten a shit-ton of Reuben sandwiches. Most of them have let me down, but there have been a f ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Dallas' Six Best Half-Price Happy Hours
It's the New Year. Maybe one of your resolutions is to save a little scratch. But just because food is cheap doesn't mean it's good. Here are six spots we think do a good job of offering up the cheap eats, including this year's winner for Best Half-Priced Food. Get more of Dallas' best with our Best ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Meatless Monday Is Harder Than I Thought
Ed. note: Along with our booze correspondent, food critic Scott Reitz is trying his mouth at going meatless on Mondays. They'll occasionally relay their experiences. So far Scott sucks at it. It sounded soooooooo easy. Drop meat on Mondays -- it'll help save the world and shit. And it's only one da ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Italian Eats, Stackhouse Love, and a Cheap-Ass Sandwich: This Week in Dallas Grubbing
Ugh. On the heels of a massive bowl of Pho with a Dallas Super Yelper (more on that next week), I'm ready for a quiet night at home. I wonder how many minutes I'll last alone on my couch before I get the bug to get out and look for something to interesting to eat. I give myself till 7:30 tops ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Dallas' Best Food Needs You: A Plea For Ater Input
Alexander FloresEarlier this month we teased the launch of our big ol' issue: Best of Dallas. Since the Rapture is rapidly approaching, we wanted your feedback on how to improve our Readers Picks' categories. We asked which food nerd categories you liked, and which needed to be thrown to the curb ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Watch: New Fumes -- "Millenium Crux"
New FumesIn a few week's time, we'll have a piece in the print edition in which we discuss with Tim DeLaughter all that he has in store -- not only with the Polyphonic Spree or with his solo and new band recordings, but also with his new business model at Good Records Recordings, which is finding ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Why Price of The Dallas News Just Went Up
First, The Dallas Morning News was going to begin charging for online content December 14; then came a delay. But this morning comes The Official Word, via online story (still free!) and press release, outlining the "The Next Generation" in A.H. Belo news delivery.What the story says that the rel ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Leppert's Still Sending Companies Those iPhones. If Nothing Else, It's "Great Marketing."
Rudy beat me to it, but for those wondering to whom Mayor Tom's been sending those come-to-Dallas iPhones, well, The Oregonian found one lucky recipient: Tim Boyle, the president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear. And while Boyle has no interest in moving his HQ outta the Pacific Northwest, why, he ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
A Crabby Date Spoils the Seafood at Trulucks
Better on your plate than as your dateTruluck's could be a great date place, if you're there with a good date. Intimate, cozy lit booths make you feel comfortable talking to someone without worrying about other customers hearing your banter. It even has a special Date Night Menu for $35 per p ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Lomo Norteño
At Veracruz Cafe
Photo by Jesse HugheySomwhere in here is a dish Jesse swears is really good. (We think he's just angling for an iPhone.) Luckily, his sense of taste is better than his vision.As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we ... More >>
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August 8, 2010
Presenting! The Completely Free Dallas Observer iPhone App
Download the App for free in the iTunes App Store under Dallas Observer.Let's get right to the announcement: our brand-spanking new Dallas Observer iPhone App is available for download, right now, in the iTunes App Store. Before we launch into an epic "presenting" speech, where we tell you that's ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Rusty Taco vs. Fuzzy's Taco: The Fish Taco Foofaraw
Baja is filled with great valleys, big sand and surf, rich volcanic soil, and even richer cuisine. It's also the home of Tecate beer and the ever popular fish taco. Although you can find what might be defined loosely as a fish taco throughout the pescado-loving world, and certainly in our fair ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
Yet Another Reason to Avoid the Tollway
As if the fear of wrong-way drivers, fiery crashes and wheelie-poppers wasn't enough to put you in the bike lane, the North Texas Tollway Authority has released video from a Wednesday-morning crash near the Belt Line Road exit in which no one, astoundingly, was seriously hurt. Yet one more reason n ... More >>
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May 1, 2010
Dallas Public Libraries Finally Getting Into the Digital Download Bidness This Month
So says a memo from Assistant City Manager Forest Tucker to the city council sent last night: On May 11, the Dallas Public Library will go into OverDrive, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company that builds Web sites for libraries and allows users 24/7 download access to, so far, about 100,000 audioboo ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
The Picture's Kicking
So says a memo from Assistant City Manager Forest Tucker to the city council sent last night: On May 11, the Dallas Public Library will go into OverDrive, the Cleveland, Ohio-based company that builds Web sites for libraries and allows users 24/7 download access to, so far, about 100,000 audioboo ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2010
Finding His Home Turned to Rubble, One Lower Greenville Man's Back on the Streets
Patrick MichelsWhat's left of the house at the corner of Greenville Avenue and Vickery Boulevard.A little after 9 this morning, the man neighbors know only as "J.B." walked out his back door and took his daily stroll up Lower Greenville. When he came back eight hours later, the house was gone.Woo ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
Whitt's End: 1.22.10
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Been meaning to get to this, but The Ticket is so dominant in Metroplex sports talk radio that at this point it's like digging up Barbaro for another kick to the ribs. In December 1310 AM The Tick ... More >>
News
January 21, 2010
Dallas-Born Encycloweedia—Exactly What It Sounds Like—Is Trying a New Way to Turn Pot into Dough
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Been meaning to get to this, but The Ticket is so dominant in Metroplex sports talk radio that at this point it's like digging up Barbaro for another kick to the ribs. In December 1310 AM The Tick ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Whitt's End: 1.15.10
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Haven't gotten a chance to ask him about it yet, but did I miss something or is Babe Laufenberg leaving CBS 11? Maybe he was buying CBS 11. Did I get that wrong? UPDATE: Says Laufenberg in a text ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
What's On Your Christmas Wish List?
Hinty hint hint.That question, of course, is a trick 'em, dick 'em way of telling you - psst! - here's what's on my list. What I don't want in my stocking this Christmas: Coal. A Snuggie. Tiger Woods' sloppy seconds. Swine Flu. Wade Phillips' resume. What has caught me eye this season - ot ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
While Breaking Ground for Convention Center Hotel, Mayor Tom Leppert Unveils Updated Design and Becomes Bellhop for a Day
Sam MertenCaption contest!It took Mayor Tom Leppert approximately two years to accomplish what no one else in Dallas could: begin building a convention center hotel. And hundreds of assorted politicos, city officials, business leaders and supporters were on hand Tuesday afternoon at the site of the ... More >>
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August 31, 2009
Wanna Sing Like Kelly Clarkson? There's An App For That.
Yep, that's right: As of today, Burleson's own Kelly Clarkson has an iPhone app. Far as I can tell, it's basically like Rock Band, but without the pretty integral "band" part; you sing into a mic and the application judges your rhythm and pitch. It's just like Idol, only not at all!Anyway, detail ... More >>
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August 21, 2009
Picture Show: Old 97's Christen the New Hard Rock Cafe at Victory Park
Patrick MichelsCheck out more photos from the night in our slideshow.The weirdest moment at last night's Hard Rock Cafe grand opening party? Take your pick, but I'll say it was right at the end, when it turned out the winner of the night's big raffle was with the band.After a night full of ridicu ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Sure, There's QuakeCon in August. But Sure to Be All the Rage? Id's Long-Awaited Rage.
For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>
Calendar
March 19, 2009
Shutter To Think
CADD looks at photography today
Music
January 29, 2009
Submarines, Morning Benders
Wednesday, February 4, at the House of Blues' Pontiac Garage
Music
January 15, 2009
Could Cell Phones Topple iPods?
Could your cellphone's ability to stream music render the iPod obsolete? Quite possibly.
Blogs
December 21, 2008
My Photographic Farewell to Texas Stadium
I never claimed to be a great writer. Even a worse photographer.Nonetheless, armed with an iPhone and a life's worth of memories, I'd be honored if you'd allow me to take you on a tour of Texas Stadium's final night. Follow me. Right this way. Here it is. The house that Tex Schramm built and Tom Lan ... More >>
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November 10, 2008
Girl Drink Drunk: Double Wide’s Hurritang
I never claimed to be a great writer. Even a worse photographer.Nonetheless, armed with an iPhone and a life's worth of memories, I'd be honored if you'd allow me to take you on a tour of Texas Stadium's final night. Follow me. Right this way. Here it is. The house that Tex Schramm built and Tom Lan ... More >>
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July 15, 2008
UPDATE: The Greg Williams Aftermath -- Live Radio Discussion
I never claimed to be a great writer. Even a worse photographer.Nonetheless, armed with an iPhone and a life's worth of memories, I'd be honored if you'd allow me to take you on a tour of Texas Stadium's final night. Follow me. Right this way. Here it is. The house that Tex Schramm built and Tom Lan ... More >>
Dining
June 5, 2008
Review: Cafe R&D
Café R&D serves up pretty, tasty dishes, but where's the meow mix?
Blogs
July 2, 2007
Part of the Heard
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