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Carrollton

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    New Asian Supermarket H Mart Planned for Plano

    Via the Dallas Business Journal, the Asian supermarket chain H Mart has signed a lease for a 70,000 square foot facility in the Parker Town Centre in Plano. This will be their second local store - the other is on Old Denton Road in Carrollton. H Mart is garnered a solid following for their vast p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    How To Not Get Deported

    So, you're an undocumented immigrant. Your great hope is to stick around, make a living and, some day, become naturalized. Unfortunately, our immigration laws are a tangled morass of inscrutability, insensible to the realities of a globalized world. You may have watched last week's Republican deba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Dallas' Five Best Fried Chicken Meals

    I once paged through a diet book that listed foods as good and bad. Salads dressed with not too sweet and not too fatty dressing were good. Steamed or boiled shrimp was good. According to the book you could eat as much of the good stuff as you wanted. Bad foods like pizza and burgers had to be consu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Vanilla Ice Goes Indie, And I Think I Like It

    It's safe to say Carrollton's own Vanilla Ice has pretty much mastered most genres of music. Most genres, that is, other than indie rock. But now, thanks to this informative piece done by E!'s The Soup, Ice is back with yet another brand new invention: Indie Ice.Check him out as he hangs with hipste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    If You Want to Sit In On Sneak Peek at IH35E Expansion in Dallas, Feel Free Next Week

    Via Texas FreewayIn 1959, looking south on IH35E from just below 121​Came across this on the city's website: an invite to an open house at R.L. Turner on Tuesday, during which Texas Department of Transportation officials will discuss a project that, as Jim noted only yesterday, the North Texas Tol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    DART Inches Closer to Charging for "Premium Parking" at Parker and Frankford Stations

    ​Last month we broke the news that Dallas Area Rapid Transit would begin charging for parking at the Parker Road and North Carrollton/Frankford stations, an experiment (or "demonstration," in DART parlance) intended to boost flagging revenues. DART's been eying this for a long while; public hearin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Anchía Takes TJ Yearbook to House Floor When Arguing Against "Sanctuary Cities" Bill

    Many good Friends of Unfair Park have forwarded me the clip you see above, which District 103's state rep, Rafael Anchía, posted to YouTube last night. In it, the Haynes and Boone attorney and former Dallas ISD school board trustee argues against the passage of Carrollton state Rep. Burt Solomons's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    TGI Friday's: No More In NorthPark; Yes More in the Middle East

    ​T.G.I. Friday's, a place known for its red-and-white stripes and flair for shrugging off the work-week, may be feeling the crunch just like everyone else -- or it may just be changing its game. Within the last week, the location at NorthPark Center shuttered its doors amidst numerous T.G.I. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Yes, The Polyphonic Spree Did Cover The Same Thunderclap Newman Song Three Times In One Set on Friday Night in Carrollton. Really.

    All photos by Stephen MaskerTim DeLaughter was in rare form on Friday night.​ Kind of a crazy scene on Friday night in Carrollton. Even in the face of rain and the Texas Rangers clinching a trip to the World Series, a very respectable couple hundred folks turned up in Carrollton Square for the ina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Pete Sessions on Why He Voted Against Stimulus Bill, Then Asked for Stimulus Funds

    ​A Friend of Unfair Park forwarded along this Center for Public Integrity round-up of Republicans and conservative Democrats who railed against the the $787-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ... then asked for stimulus dough anyhow. For our purposes, the piece begins with none other t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    ICE Says More Than 100 Were Rounded Up During Five-Day Multi-Agency Anti-Gang Sweep

    ​This just in from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: The agency, along with the Office of Homeland Security Investigations National Gang Unit and an alphabet's soup worth of local law enforcement agencies, spent the last five days sweeping Dallas-Fort Worth for gang members and their a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    DART Sends Word: Sales Tax Drop Will Cause "Indefinite" Delays of Three Significant Projects

    ​We've known since March that Dallas Area Rapid Transit's $3-billion drop in sales tax receipts would put on hold several key projects, chief among them the second downtown rail line, or D2. But exactly what and for how long? Those are answers we didn't know, not until this evening. DART spokesman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    And The Winner Is...

    ​Sorry--it's getting on in the afternoon. I should have started this sooner, but I've been working out some statistics.See, last week one of our dozen or so readers, TLS, failed to make our list of non-winners. She then vowed to sprinkle her comments with the word "cougar" until she reached the s ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 1, 2009

    Tea Thyme & Tisane offers a taste of ’70s small-town Texas--and a big helping of 2009 Internet promotion

    ​Sorry--it's getting on in the afternoon. I should have started this sooner, but I've been working out some statistics.See, last week one of our dozen or so readers, TLS, failed to make our list of non-winners. She then vowed to sprinkle her comments with the word "cougar" until she reached the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Review and Gallery: Tea Thyme & Tisane

    Sara KerensChili Rellenos with shrimp, rice and black beans​ Dave visits Carrollton's Tea Thyme & Tisane this week for the Obsever's Dish review, which combines a shop celebrating tea culture and an all-out restaurant with a down-home menu.For a close-up look at the dishes, the teas and the re ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    The Dallas Diesel Give Football Has-Beens and Hopefuls One More Shot at the Gridiron

    Sara KerensChili Rellenos with shrimp, rice and black beans​ Dave visits Carrollton's Tea Thyme & Tisane this week for the Obsever's Dish review, which combines a shop celebrating tea culture and an all-out restaurant with a down-home menu.For a close-up look at the dishes, the teas and the re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    He'll Be There: Every Time You Hear That Song, Remember, Willie Hutch Wrote It

    Willie HutchIn the paper version of Unfair Park this week, I make mention of my interview with Willie Hutch, the Carrollton-born great who, during our 1998 chat at his Cedar Hill recording studio, recounted how he came to write the Jackson 5's immortal "I'll Be There." The story about The Mack, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Dallas Cowboys: Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust

    Quick takes from a Wednesday's minicamp workout at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium: *Tony Romo says the story that appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about him being told to lose weight is total bullshit. "That never happened," Romo said with a smile. "It just didn't." ... *From what I co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Short Orders: I Orchid

    I Orchid1837 W. FrankfordCarrollton972-242-4955Stripped bare of its old Agave Azul comfort, the space housing I Orchid now looks like a warehouse which several unimaginative factory laborers engaged in a design on a dime feud, one intent on setting up a pub, another a white tablecloth restaurant, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Sloppy Seconds: Summertime, and the Living's Easy

    Even these dark, ominous skies looming all around us, don't make it less true: today is May 1, and summer's right around the corner. That means patios, pools and mint juleps (or Cheladas) -- and another week of highlights from City of Ate.The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: A few trips t ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

    Even these dark, ominous skies looming all around us, don't make it less true: today is May 1, and summer's right around the corner. That means patios, pools and mint juleps (or Cheladas) -- and another week of highlights from City of Ate.The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: A few trips t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Memorial Services Set For Tomorrow For Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Woot: Now Part of "the American Vernacular." Also: Makin' Lots of Money.

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2008

    McKinney: Now, The 14th-Best Small City in the Whole U.S.A. in Which to Live

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2008

    On the Border, Off the Fence

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Soon, Everyone in the Country Will Know the Ballad of Becky Miller

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2008

    Dallas Loves its Apartments

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2008

    Quiet, Kids. It's the Law.

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Back on Its Heelys

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Turns Out, Unfair Park Ain't "Christian" Enough for Some Folks

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2007

    Frank Campagna Says Good-Bye to An Old Friend

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2006

    Into the Woods

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    Vanderjoke | Tilting Against Bridges | Sick, Twisted, etc. | The Juan and Only | Hog-huggers | Girl Does Crawford | Bible Bashers

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2006

    Don't Mess with Texas' A.G.

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2006

    Call Me

    Bill Holston, good Friend of Unfair Park, asks us this morning to make mention of tomorrow's memorial service for the Rev. Kathleen Baskin-Ball, whose battle with cancer was documented in The Dallas Morning News only a few days before her death on Tuesday. In both pieces, the 50-year-old Baskin-Ball ... More >>

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Odds & Ends

    Arm your lyrical swords and prepare your Suge Knight jokes--it's rap battle time at TexasGigs.com

  • Dining

    March 24, 2005

    Sons of Eagles

    The Berisha brothers satisfy with Leo's Italian Cuisine

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2005

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    The Berisha brothers satisfy with Leo's Italian Cuisine

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Where the Rubber Leaves the Road...

    ...and flesh sometimes meets the pavement, stunt bikers look to go legit

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    Letters

    ...and flesh sometimes meets the pavement, stunt bikers look to go legit

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Letters

    Just Plain Mean, Blaming the Music, Field of Dreams

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Letters

    For the Birds, Pure Outrage, Trinity's Good Deeds

  • Dining

    November 16, 2000

    Fat City

    Does anybody eat low-fat/no-fat ice cream?

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Gadfly attack

    A lawyer-bashing Fort Worth man challenges Texas' municipal court system

  • Dining

    February 19, 1998

    Hole-in-the-wall treasure

    Tasty Greek is disheveled, but the food cleans up

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Letters

    Tasty Greek is disheveled, but the food cleans up

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Congressional hopeful Jerry Frankel has ideas, brains, and GUTS.

    Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

  • Calendar

    June 13, 1996

    Events for the week

    Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Power of words

    Hispanics demand a school-board member's resignation after comments in the Observer

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    Letters

    Hispanics demand a school-board member's resignation after comments in the Observer

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