The Dallas area has been hitting better than even in the openings and closings department. But when one closes...This month the new, well-reviewed "gastro-pub" on lower Greenville, Zymology, shut down. Suddenly and quietly. From all accounts, the venue proved too good for its neighborhood. The breakdown:EnteringVapiano--The German-based, Italian-kinda-themed chain in Mockingbird Station.La Calle Doce--Reopened after a devastating fire.Cobb Switch BBQ--Big names are behind this Carrollton venture
Chances are you've tried and loved his cooking, even if you haven't been to his Oak Cliff restaurant, Kavala Mediterranean Grill,
You see, HIghtower has perhaps the perfect Dallas resume--at least as far as chefs are concerned. He spent a few years cooking for Stephan Pyles at AquaKnox, did a stint at The Mansion, handled chores at Tei Tei Robata Bar, ran things at Ziziki's and Hattie's--and that's the short list.
Kavala allowed him to move home. He grew up in Oak Cliff and starte
Recipe Demonstrated By Jesse Sanchez Of La Calle Doce
Jesse Sanchez loves the restaurant business. It's a family thing.
Back in 1981, his brother-in-law Oscar Sanchez took over a hard-luck spot in Oak Cliff that even the Cuellar family of El Chico fame couldn't conquer. Almost 30 years later, La Calle Doce is still going strong. Jesse runs the Mexican seafood restaurant's second location in Lakewood, younger sib to the original on 12th Street. Newly renovated and redecorated, the neighbor
It's very hard to turn down an invitation to La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff, but, alas, a movie screening will have me otherwise occupied at 1 p.m. Anyway, here's what will go down: Carlos Quintanilla has decided to join the list of Hispanic activists calling for the head of CNN's Lou Dobbs, whose "angry, irresponsible language ... is fueling violence against our
community and promotes the discrimination seen recently in Farmers
Branch," says Quintanilla in the press release announcing today's ev
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Puerto de Veracruz is a bustling metropolis of half-a-million located on the Gulf of Mexico. Its rich history stretches
back to Pre-Columbian times, and it is sometimes called The Four Times
Heroic City after resisting two invasions from the United States and two
from France. One of the French invasions is known today as The Pastry War--what else would the French fight over?--and occurred when a French chef had
