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April 27, 2012
Dear Common Table: Please Don't Put Skittles in Your Drinks. Sincerely, Everyone Ever.
When I reviewed the Chesterfield, and wrote about drinks the color of Skittles, I was referring to those bight blue drinks you see bopping around inside clubs. Red drinks, too, a vibrant crimson, often containing little alcohol and sometimes shuttled around in test tubes. What I wasn't thinking ab ... More >>
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March 27, 2012
This Week's Best Food Deals, Starring Sushi, Wine, Brunch and Spun Sugar
Our inboxes fill each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week's foodfull best. It just so happens that this week's best food deals make for a perfectly frugal Friday night out. I'll pick you up at 8. LivingSocial: $15 for $30 at Sushi on McKinne ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Straying from the Common Table's Beer List Gets Dicey, Unless You're Tasting the Rainbow
Whitney FilloonThe Mick. Ick.Two simple words possessed me to fight rush-hour traffic and patronize loathsome valet parking for a Friday happy hour in Uptown: Skittles Sangria. Perusing Yelp for a new-to-me drinking spot, I'd stumbled on the Common Table's drink menu, and my inner alcoholic ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
There Will Be Bacon Cotton Candy at One Arts This Weekend. Guess We'll See You There, Eh?
Bacon Cotton CandyHold ye ol' britches because this bit of food news could blow them right off. This weekend at the One Arts Plaza Fall Block Party (details in a few), Chef David McMillan of the Screen Door will whip up some "bacon cotton candy." In my quest for more information on this uni ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Candy Corn: The Worst Halloween Candy in the History of Ever
Candy corn is grosser than gross.Candy corn, I hate you. Mainly because -- and I'm going to be blunt here -- you fucking suck. You taste like pre-digested marshmallows and Sweet Vanilla Shit Meadow Febreze had a flavor baby. You're punishment candy. People who give out candy corn on Halloween wou ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Last Night: Katy Perry and Robyn at the Verizon Theater
Katy Perry, Robyn Verizon Theater in Grand Praire July 28, 2011 Better than: the petroleum aftertaste of cherry chapstick.Rachel ParkerWhat the hell is going on in this picture? For more crazy shots from last night's show, check out the slideshow. A lingering cotton candy scent filled the ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
White Russian Marshmallows & Other Booze-Infused Goodies
Mmmm. White Russian-y.If there is anything better in this world than candy, it's booze. Or maybe it's the other way around. Regardless, when the two come together, it's something special. Greatness begets greatness. It's like when Queen and David Bowie joined forces and created "Under Pressu ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Vijay Sadhu's Newest Venture Takes The Fear Out Of The Exotic
Mmmm. White Russian-y.If there is anything better in this world than candy, it's booze. Or maybe it's the other way around. Regardless, when the two come together, it's something special. Greatness begets greatness. It's like when Queen and David Bowie joined forces and created "Under Pressu ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
It's Em-Effing Chocolate-Eating Time: Peppermint Bark
It's a Christmas miracle! No-bake treats that taste beyond delicious. All you need is a 11-by-17-inch cookie sheet, a hammer (sweet!), a freezer and a little patience at the stove. If you're no good at baking and you're really good at eating chocolate, this is the holiday treat for you. Stra ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Top Five Best and Worst Halloween Treats
Mmm...bloodThere's always that one house in the neighborhood that rocks the effin' ween out of Halloween. The house that every kid is excited about. That house that has such good candy, it inspires adults to pimp out their not-even-eating-solid-foods-yet infants. So, how do you become the best Ha ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Tomorrow, a Rare Bite Into Ron Howard's Dallas-Made Cotton Candy at Tradewinds
Since last we posted a little taste of Ron Howard's 1978 made-for-TV Cotton Candy, a few clips have found their way to the YouTube. Like the Battle of the Bands at top -- if nothing else, it's 11 minutes spent inside a Town East Mall that don't like that no more.But Mark Ridlen, who slipped me my co ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Great Deep-Frying Minds Think Alike: Twisted Root Debuts Fried Pop Tarts
Sara KerensThis is how Isaac Rousso fries Pop-TartsDeep-fried Pop-Tarts are now available to eaters who don't want to splurge on a State Fair of Texas ticket -- if they're willing to settle for Chef Jason Boso's version of the treat. Boso, executive chef of Twisted Root Burger Co. and Cowboy ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Wow, Dark Chocolate,
You Sure Are Sluttin' It Up
A little advice for those of you tuning in from work: Don't do what we did and Google images for "dark chocolate slut."Dark Chocolate, you are such a candy aisle whore now. I love you, Dark Chocolate, but you used to be special. On Halloween, I used to get all hyped to see Hershey's Special ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Baskin Robbins Fans, Texas Pecan Growers Bugged by Flavor Changes
When Baskin-Robbins recently announced it was axing five of its 31 signature flavors, the resultant uproar centered on French Vanilla, a fixture since the company's founding in 1945. More than 1000 people have joined a "Save French Vanilla," group on Facebook, pleading with the company to ke ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Maple & Motor: Save Us Seat for a Tasty Burger...If You Dare.
When Baskin-Robbins recently announced it was axing five of its 31 signature flavors, the resultant uproar centered on French Vanilla, a fixture since the company's founding in 1945. More than 1000 people have joined a "Save French Vanilla," group on Facebook, pleading with the company to ke ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
If Memory Serves: Zero Candy Bars
Denver WestwordIf Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining what's wrong with me.It has been dismissed as a white Snickers. The company that makes them has changed hands so many times it's near impossible to keep track. And when I went to the 7-Eleven by our posh, t ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
And The Winner Is...
It is truly weird when City of Ate stories pop up in other venues, often without context. For instance, our Top 10 on foods to fry for next year's state fair somehow ended up in a Baltimore paper's blog, where some people show surprising scorn for things Texan.These cross-posts, or whatever they' ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Feeling Bookish
It is truly weird when City of Ate stories pop up in other venues, often without context. For instance, our Top 10 on foods to fry for next year's state fair somehow ended up in a Baltimore paper's blog, where some people show surprising scorn for things Texan.These cross-posts, or whatever they' ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Chocolate vs Fruit-Flavored: Halloween Fun-Size Candy Free-For-All
Alex FloresFor this week's food fight, we asked a group of UNT students to buy bags of Halloween candy--"promising" to reimburse them, of course--pour them out on one of those dorm study tables and start munching. They picked up Fun Size Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and Nestle Crunch bars, Skittles, ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Pairing Off: Candy Corn
Patrick Michels "God, I hate Candy Corn." Those were the first words from Timothy Mercer, wine buyer at Cork in Uptown, after I asked about this week's pairing. And, as it turns out, I hate the stuff as well. In fact, I can think of very few people who really like Candy Corn. Few treats, howeve ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
We Heard A "Boo!"
Patrick Michels "God, I hate Candy Corn." Those were the first words from Timothy Mercer, wine buyer at Cork in Uptown, after I asked about this week's pairing. And, as it turns out, I hate the stuff as well. In fact, I can think of very few people who really like Candy Corn. Few treats, howeve ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Old School Sweets
One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>
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January 15, 2009
Pop Culture
Chicken Lollipops. Red India Bistro, you had us at Chicken Lollipops.That menu item, one of many at the brand-new Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Addison, certainly caught our attention. What kept our attention however, was the bistro's other notable qualities implemented by owner Pramod Pro ... More >>
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November 3, 2008
(Un)sound Bites: The Trick or Treat Interloper
Chicken Lollipops. Red India Bistro, you had us at Chicken Lollipops.That menu item, one of many at the brand-new Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Addison, certainly caught our attention. What kept our attention however, was the bistro's other notable qualities implemented by owner Pramod Pro ... More >>
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October 29, 2008
Tonight at the AllGood, a Sweet Treat: Ron Howard's Cotton Candy!
Chicken Lollipops. Red India Bistro, you had us at Chicken Lollipops.That menu item, one of many at the brand-new Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Addison, certainly caught our attention. What kept our attention however, was the bistro's other notable qualities implemented by owner Pramod Pro ... More >>
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October 16, 2008
Clown Cars
The Shriners put on a Big Top show
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August 20, 2008
Stereogum Chews Up And Spits Out An Unreleased Centro-Matic Track For This Week's 'Gum Drop
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March 10, 2008
Nah, Think I'll Leave My Laptop on the Passenger Seat Tonight
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November 18, 2007
Last Night: Lollipop Shoppe at Sloppyworld
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August 9, 2007
Big Top Brothers
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July 18, 2007
So, You Don't Like Airplane Food, Hunh?
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Music
May 17, 2007
Prom Is for Suckers
Lollipop Shoppe is bringing groovy back
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December 21, 2006
Bar None
Try the best in Affairs
Music
November 30, 2006
The Unbearables, iKiLLCaRs, See the Lights Bright and Fantastic
Tuesday, December 5, at Club Dada
Calendar
November 9, 2006
Under the Big Top
Tuesday, December 5, at Club Dada
Music
November 9, 2006
The Lollipop Shoppe Compilation Featuring The Klogz, White Drugs, Prayer for Animals, Mwanza Dover and others
(Self-released)
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July 6, 2006
Got Henna?
(Self-released)
Dining
February 16, 2006
Rouge Ripple
Tapas restaurant changes hands
Music
January 19, 2006
No More Laffs
A disgruntled candy king airs his hip-hop grievances
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October 14, 2004
Best Late-Night Hookah Scene
Jasmine Cafe
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October 14, 2004
Best Retro Candy
Metro Retro
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September 25, 2003
Best Dessert
Terilli's Xango cheesecake
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September 25, 2003
Best Furniture Store
Design Within Reach
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September 26, 2002
Best Chocolate Fix
Super Target
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September 20, 2001
Best Kids' Shoes
Stride Rite
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September 20, 2001
Best Sausage
Kuby's Sausage House Inc.
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September 21, 2000
Best kids' haircut
Stride Rite (ask for Ginger in the back)
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November 13, 1997
Out There
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August 22, 1996
Hot Dish
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June 8, 1995
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