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May 22, 2012
Five Things I Ate in Austin That You Should Eat Too. Soon.
After nearly a year without venturing outside the loop, I finally got out of town for a brief weekend. I toyed with going to Marfa, but I'm not yet Texan enough to drive eight hours for a weekend getaway, so I chose Austin, as much for its culinary diversity as its proximity. I'm still trying to d ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Big Texas Beer Fest Tickets Are On Sale RIGHT NOW!
Last year Dallas was going to have its very own beer festival. Then it wasn't. Then it was again. And now, finally, tickets have gone on sale for the April 14 event at Fair Park. General admission tickets are $35, and if you draw the short straw and end up the designated driver you can get in for $2 ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
St. Patrick's Day, I Should Point Out, Sucks
I want to love it like Alice does. I've been looking out my office window and noticing how all the tree buds have filled out; Dallas is awash in a sea of green, and it won't be long before the sun bakes everything into a mottled brown. Why not throw on a green shirt, find a nice pub and drink down 1 ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Bar Food 2.0
While sitting at Central 214's bar, the subject of this week's review, and snacking on some blistery shishito peppers and crispy pig ears, I became very excited about the state of bar food in Dallas. Instead of cheese sticks, chicken wings and Reuben sandwiches served with paper napkins (I love thos ... More >>
Music
February 9, 2012
Preview: Los Campesinos!, Wednesday, February 15, at Club Dada
While sitting at Central 214's bar, the subject of this week's review, and snacking on some blistery shishito peppers and crispy pig ears, I became very excited about the state of bar food in Dallas. Instead of cheese sticks, chicken wings and Reuben sandwiches served with paper napkins (I love thos ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
I Finally Had Lakewood Landing's Famous Midnight Corn Dog, and It Kinda Sucked
I have been chasing a corn dog for six months. I offer this as a testament to my growing insanity. Maybe not six, exactly. I can't remember the first time I went to the Lakewood Landing, that neighborhood's beloved dive, but I remember Nick Rallo mentioning my white whale. We'd suffered through a ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Dallas' Five Best Hangover Cures
The problem with writing this story is that I'm actually, and colossally, hungover, and blogging about cures instead of implementing them is a strange sort of torture I'm not sure I've ever endured. One thing's for sure: As soon as I hit the publish button I'm going to go get some grease. Yo ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
First Encounters With Bad Booze, And Why We Drink the Beer We Do
I know better, more flavorful beers exist. When I go to the Meddlesome Moth I always ask for something tart and rustic. Not the sour lambics loaded with fruit, but the naturally fermented old world beers with a lot of funk. I love sour beers with musty and barnyard flavors. I also appreciate beers t ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
The Full List Of Beers You Can Pour Out In Memory of Timbo
Here's to you, Timbo. RIP.Timbo, the Dallas Zoo's oldest gorilla, died yesterday in surgery at the age of 49, and we're still bummed by the news. Even though we didn't know her personally, we still plan to mourn her the same way we've marked the deaths of friends, family members and celebrities a ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Brew At The Zoo: Where Else Can You Taste Craft Beers in the Presence of Giant Predators?
By now you've probably noticed the banners across the top of our blogs or seen the Mixmaster post touting Brew at the Zoo September 10, but perhaps were hesitant to commit to a $30 ticket without knowing just which beers would be available. How about I just tell you that the ticket includes zoo ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Pseudo Sangrita at the Double Wide: It's Like a Pickle Back, Only Less Gross
"Have you ever tried a pickle back?" I knew I was in for a long night as soon as I heard the question. We'd just strolled into the Double Wide to let off a little steam. Pickle backs (or pickle shots), for the uninitiated, refer to the pairing of whiskey and pickle juice, straight out of a ja ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
It's Time To Hit Your Local Bar, Assuming You've Got One of Those
I'm wrapping up my second week in Dallas. It's been a little booze-y, I'll admit. I've been dipping in and out of every bar and pub that grabs my eye, an attempt to find something that I fear might elude me. Certainly as long as I keep things framed as I'm used to. The Grapevine is the close ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
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 >>
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May 12, 2011
Just Like the Good Dough Days
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 >>
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April 22, 2011
The Streets Will Run With The Stella Of Your Enemies At Common Table Belgian Tea Party
At noon on May 14, The Common Table will throw a Belgian Tea Party and take a stand against bland beer through an act of rebellion sure to stir some controversy: Owner Corey Pond and manager Jeff Fryman will dump out the bar's last-ever keg of Stella Artois."This defiant act of beer protest is de ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
From the Bud Light Hotel, A Reminder to Drink Responsibly and Take A Yellow Cab Home
Photos by Patrick MichelsDallas County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Gary Lindsey called drunk driving "the largest problem law enforcement faces."Speaking of drinking ...Across an icy stretch of Young Street from City Hall this morning, an intimate media bunch huddled up at the Bud Light Hotel to hear abo ... More >>
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October 10, 2010
ACL Day Three: LET'S GET READY TO DAD-ROCK!!!!! (Also: Ted Leo, Frank Turner, White Rabbits and Warpaint Recaps.)
Just hours before some serious dad-rock sets out to swoon ACL 2010 into that good night, the weekend's deepest pool of day-timers is going full-tilt. Worthy options Shearwater and Warpaint split the early crowd difference in the earliest hours, then Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and White Rabbits ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
The Common Table Drops Beer Prices, Declares Tuesday "Brewsday" With Mikkeller Single Hop Series
Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin IPA, one of four from the brewer's Single Hop series available tonight at The Common Table.Good news for cash-strapped beer lovers who were having a bit of trouble justifying a $15 pint (imperial 20-oz pour notwithstanding) at The Common Table: General manager and beer exp ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Hops to the Stove
Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin IPA, one of four from the brewer's Single Hop series available tonight at The Common Table.Good news for cash-strapped beer lovers who were having a bit of trouble justifying a $15 pint (imperial 20-oz pour notwithstanding) at The Common Table: General manager and beer exp ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Greenberg and Ryan's First Order of Business: Slash Prices at Ballpark! Yes, Even Beer!
Sam's out at the Ballpark in Arlington at this very moment, where Chuck Greenberg's holding his first press conference as The Owner of Your Texas Rangers. (Nolan Ryan was called out of town at the last second.) As they mentioned yesterday, the newsome twosome called today's meet-and-greet to intr ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Taking Flight At The Meddlesome Moth, Plus Upcoming Beer Events
Jesse HugheyOne recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the "gastro-pub," is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines than your average bar. The late, great Zymology on Lower Greenville was one short-lived example, ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Browsing the Aisles at the New Park Lane Whole Foods, Where We Score Brother David's Triple
Unfair ParkA selection of more than 600 beers surrounded me on refrigerated grocery shelves that seemed to stretch on forever, and a money clip brimming with cash in my jacket pocket bounced against my ribs like a reassuring pat with each step. Yet I had to hold back from the splurge that would h ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Retro Top Ten: Food Product Jingle Edition!
This week we're featuring some of those outstanding jingles that ingrained themselves into our gray matter. You know, the ones that were on worn VHS tapes of holiday specials. The ones that made you crave chips or gum. Those that you loved (or hated) just because of that catchy melody. The ones that ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Blogaroo '09: At Least The Comics Are Keeping Things Light...
As of Friday at noonish, nothing at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has happened the way I've expected it to. Or the way I've thought it should've gone. Or the way Triumph the Insult Comic Dog thought it would either, for that matter.No surprise that there are lines for everything, but th ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
Veggie Girl: Mai's
View Larger MapNothing about Mai's is bad. There are plenty of things that are weird, though: the racks of dog-eared issues of US Weekly and Cosmopolitan, the soft-rock instrumental remixes of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "Take My Breath Away," the organza curtains that barely hide the parkin ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Hophead: Michelob's Weak Wheats
Patrick MichelsI have bought perhaps half a dozen Michelobs in my entire life. Compared to Anheuser-Busch's flagship Budweiser, Michelob is a serviceable brew. But the pricing is pushed just enough that it makes more sense to go with the much better imports or small production beers. Michelob recent ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Pairing Off: Sonic Hot Dogs
Patrick MichelsPerhaps I'm treading new and uncertain ground here. There's nothing as American as hot dogs...except perhaps for baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet, although a couple of those are in the midst of death throes. And, of course, if we call them Frankfurters, they somehow become a German s ... More >>
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February 17, 2009
10 Questions: Vincent McGrath
He's worked some of the best cellars in the city, either as wine buyer, director or sommelier.These include stints at the Crescent and Pappas Bros., before he teamed up with chef Anthony Bombaci at Nana.Last month he took over sommelier reigns at West End's Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse. Charged with buildi ... More >>
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December 19, 2008
Whitt's End
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week - even the end of the year - welcome to Whitt's End: *Hold your horses if you thought tonight's concert by Russ Martin and his band at Joe Avezzano's joint up in Frisco was going to A) turn into a bashfest o ... More >>
Dining
October 16, 2008
Beer Is Good
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
Blogs
May 28, 2008
Ennis' National Polka Festival Ain't Nothing To Polk (Ha!) Fun At...Or Is It?
Texas law stifles state's craft brewers
News
March 6, 2008
Ask a Mexican
Leave the Gun, Take the Enchilada
Blogs
March 5, 2008
That's What Friends Is For
Leave the Gun, Take the Enchilada
Calendar
February 7, 2008
A Horse, Of Course
Leave the Gun, Take the Enchilada
Blogs
December 28, 2007
Best Bets for New Year's Eve Concerts
Leave the Gun, Take the Enchilada
Music
November 23, 2006
Radiant Bliss
How to survive "Coldplay disease"
Calendar
September 21, 2006
Seasoned Premiere
See Desperate Housewives at Firehouse
News
August 17, 2006
�Ask a Mexican!
See Desperate Housewives at Firehouse
Music
December 8, 2005
The Hotrod Hillbillies
Friday, December 9, at the Darkside Lounge
News
April 28, 2005
Remember the Bass-amo
Plus: Move Over, Kids
Calendar
November 13, 2003
Sand Castles
It's a multiphonic spree
Calendar
September 4, 2003
Rack 'Em Up
Tournament raises some scratch for charity
Dining
June 12, 2003
Turning Japanese
What's up with Kobe beef?
Music
May 15, 2003
NOFX
The War or Errorism (Fat Wreck Chords)
Music
April 24, 2003
Spring Fling
Concert series to bring more folks downtown--we hope, anyway
Music
March 13, 2003
Up to Code
In light of recent nightclub tragedies, Gypsy Tea Room takes action
Dining
April 18, 2002
Foreign Substances
What's the difference among vodka brands?
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October 5, 2000
Freaky, Not Scary
Web site mysteries
Dining
June 24, 1999
Hash Over
Abacus counts its blessings;
Bruno and Judy do Ellum
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April 8, 1999
Skin Fest '99
Abacus counts its blessings;
Bruno and Judy do Ellum
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