Avery

The Texas Supreme Court is Deciding How Much Your Pet is Worth

Three years ago, Jeremy and Kathryn Medlen's dog, Avery, escaped from their Fort Worth home during a thunderstorm. They learned a few days later from Fort Worth Animal Control that Avery had been found safe and was in the custody of the city shelter. But by the time the family arrived to claim their ... More >>

Untapped Festival

Saturday, September 8, at Trinity Groves

Drinking Excuse of the Day: It's International IPA Day. Plus, More Beer Events.

​If you haven't checked your 2011 Calendar of Made-Up Food Holidays, today is International IPA Day. (It's also National Catfish Month, National Peach Month, National Water Quality Month and National Picnic Month, so consider that when deciding on food pairings with your IPAs.) We're on the fenc ... More >>

Breckenridge Brewery Dinner Slams Screen Door, Holy Grail Gets Smoked Out, Urban Crust Hosts Dinner and More Beer Events

A rare chance to enjoy 120 Minute IPA Saturday.​Busy week for Breckenridge Brewery in Dallas: After a cask-tapping of 471 yesterday at the Meddlesome Moth and a Brewsday Tuesday at the Common Table the day before, Breckenridge Brewery is featured tonight in a 7 p.m. beer dinner at the Screen Door. ... More >>

World Beer Company Bottle Shop Pub and Store Soft-Opens Saturday, and More Local Beer News

No word on whether Obama beer is among the 500 available at World Beer Company Bottle Shop.​A hat tip, along with a couple of corrections, to UrbanDaddy, which scooped us on this beer bar and package store, but must have spent a little too much time coming up with a trademark story-ending zinger t ... More >>

If You Missed Strong Ale Festival At The Meddlesome Moth, Here Are Some Recommendations For Sunday's Leftovers Brunch

Jesse HugheyChicken-fried chicken with chipotle gravy and grits was great. But the real stars at the Strong Ale Festival were the beers, like this sample of Ommegang Triple Perfection.​Good news if you missed the Strong Ale Festival at the Meddlesome Moth on Saturday -- you weren't alone. Which wa ... More >>

The Problem With... Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home"

Diddy had a pretty busy year in 2010, what with a starring role in Get Him To the Greek and keeping up with his brands. Oh, and he also released an album called Last Train to Paris with his new group, Diddy-Dirty Money. The latest single from the group is the reflective and sentimental "Coming Home. ... More >>

Hophead's Personal Top 10 Beers Of The Year

Was Raging Bitch really the highest-ranked beer of the year for Hophead, or do we just like the name and label? Read on to find out.​This week, I'm looking back on 2010 with a couple of lists. First, I'll share my 10 favorite beers of the year. They're not my top 10 of all time, but rather 10 bre ... More >>

Avery Demons Series -- Beers of Unholy Strength Take Flight At The Moth

Jesse HugheyThree four-ounce pours from Avery's Demons of Ale series at the Meddlesome Moth. (Yes, it's a lousy picture. It was dark on the patio. I don't want to hear about it.) ​Last night, as part of the three-pub cooperative Avery push we mentioned Monday, the Meddlesome Moth cracked open thre ... More >>

Faux Belgian Brews: Ranking Celis Grand Cru And Flying Dog Raging Bitch

​This week's special Avery events at the Libertine Bar, The Common Table and the Meddlesome Moth are putting a special emphasis on the Colorado brewery's Salvation Belgian-style golden ale. The Libertine and Common Table have already offered up food pairings especially made to go with the beer, an ... More >>

Libertine, Meddlesome Moth and Common Table Unite Behind Avery Beer

​Three of Dallas' best beer joints are teaming up to offer the rarest beers available from one of Colorado's finest breweries all week, beginning with a food pairing at The Libertine featuring Avery Salvation and continuing with pairings and tappings of Avery's Demons, Trinity and Dictators series ... More >>

Homebrewing A Saison, Wolfgang Puck And Texas Brewers Celebrate Harvest, And Flying Saucer Sets Luau

​A recent New York magazine article got me thinking about saison, the Belgian farmhouse ale style that was once considered an endangered species of beer but has in recent years become a rather hot craft-brew trend. I already knew that originally they were a relatively crisp and dry low-alcohol bee ... More >>

Sean Avery Getting Closer to Being Some Other Team's Sloppy Seconds. Or Fourths.

Sean Avery, still a Dallas Star, believe it or notReports out of Canada this week have Sean Avery back on the ice by next week, around the same time he wraps up his stint in the NHL and NHLPA's Behavioral Modification program. But Dallas Stars manager of hockey administration Mark Janko tells Unfai ... More >>

Sean Avery Didn't Like the Dallas Stars. But He Does Like Being a Star.

In the Sports Illustrated hitting stands today, Michael Farber dissects "The Trouble with Sean Avery." In short: He's a terrible teammate -- so bad that the Dallas Stars can't even find a minor-league team willing to take the former Vogue intern off their hands, much less an NHL team interested in s ... More >>

The Chat Room Pub Announces 2009 Shows

Chat Room Pub barkeep Ben Rogers (on the left in the inserted picture, with owner Brad Hensarling) just updated the schedule for the bar and occasional music venue. Booked so far for 2009 are headliners History at Our Disposal, Musee Mecanique, Mount Righteous, "Danny Doyle" (I'd guess that means Da ... More >>

Burning Question: Do Chefs "Do" Sloppy Seconds?

Sean Avery's not the only one who has a problem with leftovers."I hated them as a kid," admits James Neel, chef at Tramontana. "I didn't want the same thing two days in a row."Wait...are we talking about the same thing? Maybe not. Fortunately, cooks in the city treat sloppy seconds with a little mor ... More >>

Get the Hull Outta Here?

That's what The Hockey News is insisting today -- that Brett Hull's done as co-general manager of Your Dallas Stars. On the very day owner Tom Hicks is scheduled to meet with his peoples to discuss the fate of Sloppy Seconds Avery, THN.com says Hull -- who brought Avery to Dallas in the first place ... More >>

Mav. Wrecks.

Your ’08-09 Dallas Mavericks: Still Good. Still Not Good Enough.

Sean Avery Returns to NYC. And the Phrase "Heated Altercation" Appears.

The Mavericks' Faith In Jason Kidd

For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball

Former Maverick Close to Coaching Phoenix Suns. No, Not That One.

Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss?

Big Claims By Little General

Now, Where Did We Put Our Post-Season Bong?

The Dallas Mavericks' Official Release Concerning Avery Johnson's Official Release

Yo, Mavs, The End's Not Near

It's Time for Mavericks Coach Avery Johnson to Deliver

If the team continues to erode, the coach must go

Eat Avery’s Bones Will Play Strawberry Fields This Weekend

We're Still Better Than the Clippers!

Winning Off the Court, Sure. But On?

Five Things We Don’t Want to See at Tonight’s Mavericks-Celtics Game

Damn, Jason Kidd Makes One Expensive Cheerleader

Mavericks Don't Need Jason Kidd

No joke, the Mavericks should pass on a major trade and allow this nucleus one more shot

White Elephants

Mavs' draft gifts usually pale in comparison

Stinko de Mayo

Thanks to the Mavericks, welcome to football season

Schmoes 1, Pros 0

I Love Josh Howard

...And great basketball

Austin Powers

Jesse Hughey's Top 10 Local Albums of 2006

All Good Things Must Come To A Screeching Halt

Assist to Avery

Where There's Smoke, There's Usually Mark Cuban

Shaping Up to be a Foul Finals

Assist, Nellie

Transformation started by Mavs' Godfather finally finished

Cautious with the Coronation

Reel Killer

The Deep Ellum Film Festival offers cinematic pleasures...just not in Deep Ellum.

Assist, Avery

Diminutive Mavs coach gives New Orleans evacuees a huge lift

Holy Hole

Flamin' Papaya is hard to find but easy to enjoy

Out of sight

The Limey proves style can sometimes enhance the gritty substance