Buffalo (New York)

Odes To Our Favorite Burgers: In Which City of Ate Reflects on the Best Meats

With burgers, like many things, beauty is in the mouth of the be-eater. While I've been running around town looking for my perfect burger, I realize that everyone has their favorites, and no amount of smackdownin' is going to change the mind of a devoted burger enthusiast. I polled the staff of the ... More >>

A Moron's Guide to the Fracking of Dallas

In this week's print edition, staff writer Anna Merlan provides a handy guide to natural-gas drilling debate in Dallas. Read on for a primer, a glossary of terms, a look at the opponents and supporters and a special fracking board game! Important civic issues have a way of sneaking up on you. They ... More >>

The Bowery, the New Hot Dog Joint on McKinney, is Open (Photos)

The Bowery on McKinney, in the charming old house that used to be Lumi, had a low-key opening this weekend. This upscale hot dog restaurant is the brainchild of three blossoming restaurateurs: Richard and Tiffanee Ellman of Oak and John Paul Valverde, part owner of Campo. For all involved, it's an ... More >>

Combat veterans fall prey to gambling addictions at an alarming rate — where's the military when the chips are down?

303 Bar and Grill's Psycho Burger

Oak Cliff's newest burger house is still searching for its identity

Wild Time: Steps Begin to Protect the Neches River Before Dam-Thirsty North Texas Kills It

​How would you like to have a federally designated wild and scenic river within a 90-minute drive from Dallas? That could be kind of a life-changer for a lot of us. We wouldn't have to be satisfied with donning a Hazmat suit and a motorcycle helmet, signing a new will and medical power of atto ... More >>

Weinberger's Deli in Grapevine: Deli Sandwiches That Aren't for Amateurs

Lauren Drewes DanielsThe Wicked, a beef on wek.​Weinberger's Deli sits in downtown Grapevine, flanked by places that give off that special "tourist trap" vibe. Fancy passenger buses drive by wrapped in splashy advertisements for the Gaylord Texas and the local wineries, their hot exhaust smell ... More >>

Wanted: Buffalo-Style Chicken Wings

Scott ReitzDeep fried, delicious buffalo style wings​It's a lousy obsession but the burden is mine to bear. I've loved tearing into chicken wings since I discovered them in college. A small chain originally called BW3's that's gone on to become a Chicken Wing Walmart served decently fried rend ... More >>

Winstar Hosts Another Nathan's Qualifying Contest This Weekend, Now With a Prize for Top Women's Finisher

Patrick MichelsThis weekend, Adrian "the Rabbit" Morgan looks to improve on his 20.5 hot dog performance at Winstar last year. With less than a month left before this year's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating championships at Coney Island, just a handful of qualifying contests remain for big eaters hop ... More >>

Opening Day: When a Game is Just an Excuse to Tailgate

Today in Buffalo, New York, it's 37 degrees. There's snow on the ground, and more is expected tonight. Who cares, right? Well, Arron Wight does. He's from Buffalo and came to Texas for opening day at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington with his uncle Steve Greis, who lives in Dallas. Photos by Lauren Drew ... More >>

Centro-matic Announces New Release Date For Candidate Waltz, Plans Tour With Sarah Jaffe.

A whole three months have passed since we first shared with you the above video for "Only In My Double Mind," the awesome lead single off Centro-matic's forthcoming release, Candidate Waltz. So, we'll excuse you if you haven't seen it yet, I guess. Some things have changed over that time, though -- ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Levon Helm at Verizon Theatre, Dr. Dog at South Side Music Hall, Every Time I Die at The Loft, Bear Hands at The Nightmare, The Room Sounds at Doublewide, Salim Nourallah at Bar Belmont and Nadia Washington at The Kessler

It's another hopping musical Thursday evening around town with a show for just about everyone.

Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.

It's a schlong way to Tipperary in Watertower's The Full Monty.

Addison Disrobes

After Warped Tour, It's Off To The Double Wide.

The Top 10 People I Wish Failure Upon

​I've been known to be a glass-half-empty sorta guy. (Psst: I'm geniunely positive, I just like to play an a-hole in here and on 105.3 The Fan.) Last summer I wished failure upon the noggin' of one Terrell Owens. Whatdya know, he sucked in Buffalo and these days is without a job. Recently I t ... More >>

No Get Out of Jail Free Card, Dallas County's Veterans Court Heard Its First Two Cases Today

Judge Mike Snipes​A Vietnam veteran accused of forcing a 6-year-old girl into his car to ride on his lap became the first to sign on for Dallas County's new veterans court program on Tuesday, with a chance to avoid having a conviction on his record if he completes a six-month treatment program. Ch ... More >>

Coming Soon, Dallas County's Latest Specialty Court for Veterans

District Judge Mike Snipes, who served with the Army's First Infantry Division in Iraq in 2004.Back in January, the paper version of Unfair Park featured Megan Feldman's story on a specialized Dallas County court that's connecting ex-prostitues with treatment and, provided they stick ... More >>

Michael Manos Was Living the Same Lie in Dallas That He Peddled Across the Country. Only Here, the Truth Caught Up with Him.

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

T.O. Takes Time to Answer 10 Questions

Porn Pawns

The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale

Heaven Help Us

Jim Carrey has the power in Bruce Almighty

Chick Pea Smirk

Café Izmir founder dares to ask the question, "got hummus?"

O Patty

Patty Loveless isn't just Down From the Mountain, because she never left

Big Dreams

Mercury Rev looks to the future without forgetting its past

Reel War

The Angelika will be good for local moviegoers. Will it be good business?

Biting back

The Whitney Biennial has brought out the worst in the art world -- fussing, feuding, and in-fighting. But Fort Worth's Michael Auping stands by his decision to bring a few Texans to New York.

Chick magnet

Don't ask Ani DiFranco about her business

Wayward son

The Irving stepmother of a man linked to the shootings of abortion doctors wrestles with questions about his involvement

The oldest story in the world

Fourteen years after breaking up, the Plimsouls return with a new record and an old sound

Ani DiFranco, musician

Reconsidering the image of the do-it-yourself poster child

Eye of Newt

Lessons I learned the hard way: a personal report

They Came From Plano

For Dallas' wackiest speaking gig, Cheyenne Turner brings in UFO inventors, alien abductees, and millennial prophets. But she has to keep her antennae up. These days, E.T. could be a neo-Nazi.

Hot Product

World-class embezzler Gary Lewellyn rebounds with a fast-selling treatment for A.D.D.

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