Cinco de Mayo

A Gun-Dumb Brit's Journey into American Gun Culture

To conquer his fear of guns, a British immigrant takes a road trip to gun lovers' mecca: the NRA Convention.

Ralph Isenberg is on a Wild Crusade Against Domingo Garcia over May 5 Immigration March

Ralph Isenberg and Domingo Garcia haven't always been enemies. Back in 2010, in fact, they were all set to dine together at a fundraiser with President Obama, until Isenberg was unceremoniously disinvited by the White House. Their relationship has since gone south, reaching its nadir this month wit ... More >>

The Daily Show Teaches Dallas Immigration Marchers How to Really Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

On Sunday, The Daily Show's Jessica Williams donned a novelty sombrero and festive pink dress and came to Dallas in search of an authentic Cinco de Mayo fiesta. What she found instead was a few thousand disappointingly sober people gathered downtown to march for immigration rights. Instead of drunk ... More >>

Yo La Tengo - Granada Theater - May 4, 2013

A two-set performance at a rock show is as rare as a not-self-indulgent guitar solo. But those rarities are exactly what a full house at the Granada was treated to Saturday night at the Granada. Prior to the show starting there was some speculation in the crowd about how the two sets would be format ... More >>

The 14 Best Spots to Get Cheap Food and Drinks on Cinco De Mayo in Dallas

It's certainly not a weekend for lightweights. Leave your fanny pack at the house and imbibe in many of the options around town as we collectively celebrate General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín's defeat of the French in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. Despite the fiesta, many ... More >>

Pop Diners, Cinco De Mayo and a Slew of Restaurant Openings in This Week's Wrap

We had a busy week at the CoA. Scott Reitz endured some bad karaoke at Pop Diner at in Uptown. No matter what the T-shirts may say, pulling off good food is sometimes easier said then done. Unless you're drunk, then who cares? Exactly ... We covered some solid Cinco de Mayo festivities and 10 happ ... More >>

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 2-8

Ringing in your first week of May is a week of music that's as diverse as it gets. We've got everything from Rodriguez, the legendary musician and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman, to the Dwarves, a group of disgusting punk badboys. Get a taste for them by watching cli ... More >>

Pokey O's Rolls Out a Fresh, Customizable Rethinking of the Choco Taco

Remember the Klondike Choco Taco that Taco Bueno offered back in the day? It held all the same ingredients as a Drumstick with the fun of being taco shaped. Ice cream plus taco equaled good. But then somewhere around 2009, according to the Internet, Choco Tacos suddenly became hard to find, casting ... More >>

Honor The Unibrow

The Best Food and Beer Events of the Week in Dallas (May 1-5)

Wednesday, May 1 This Wednesday, Martin House Brewing Co. of Fort Worth will saunter over to Craft and Growler to introduce its newest brew, Daybreak, a four-grain breakfast beer modeled after cereal finished with a touch of honey. Co-owner David Wedemeier will be there and it's a keep-the-koozie ki ... More >>

The Overserved Looks Back at Dallas After Dark in 2012

I used to have a neighbor who would refer to me as Night Queen. Sitting outside on a shared porch area, he'd see me arrive home after work, settle into my place for dinner or some such activity, and emerge hours later to go see what everyone was up to. He'd remark on my consistency. I took offense a ... More >>

Do Mexicans Worship Chickens?

And why do they get along so well with the Irish?

The Fieri Effect

Local restaurants try survive the crush of customers that follows a visit from Food Network's frosted-tip rainmaker.

Katy Trail Ice House and Banditos Open a Plano Love Child Called Bandito Tex-Mex Ice House

Banditos and Katy Trail Ice House are best friends now. The owners of each restaurant collaborated on a new Plano place that opened last week. It goes by the name of -- wait for it -- Bandito Tex-Mex Ice House. If you've been to both of the restaurants that spawn the new spot, you can probably fig ... More >>

Cinco De Countdown: This Week In Dallas Food News

Cinco de headache is close. You've got one more evening till you can spend the entirety of Saturday pummeling your liver with bad margaritas and shotgunned Miller Lites while eating your own weight in tortilla chips. Happy hour's calling, but first we've got a week to wrap up. (And make sure you ent ... More >>

11 Shows To See This Weekend: Death Cab For Cutie, Justin Townes Earle and More

Death Cab For Cutie, Youth LagoonThursday, May 3, at McFarlin AuditoriumDeath Cab For Cutie has been passing through Dallas for over a decade. This show promises to be different from any previous tours because the group will be joined onstage by the Magik*Magik* Orchestra, which will add rich sympho ... More >>

Viva Dallas Burlesque

Cinco de Mayo Means "Margaritas for Everyone"

This Cinco de Mayo -- OK, Fine, Cinco de Mota -- NORML Takes its Cause to Dallas City Hall

With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching, the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, is scrambling to remind Americans that if you're going to undermine a holiday designed to celebrate a culture's heritage, you don't have to just do it by getting h ... More >>

Total Wine is Coming to Dallas, and Bringing Its Fine Array of Kegs and Cheap Booze with It

Maryland-based beverage superstore Total Wine is coming to Dallas. The new store, to be located in the shuttered Office Depot location in Park Lane (9350 North Central Expressway), builds on the more than 80 stores the chain has opened in ten states. The recent expansion will add stores to Texas, Ne ... More >>

Basketball With a Latin Beat

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 >>

Half-Mexicans: the group everyone can hate, even Mexicans.

100 Holidays Ranked By Deliciousness

Known: Thanksgiving is one of the best food holidays ever. So, where do the other 99 holidays we could think of rank? We're so glad you asked. 1. Day After Thanksgiving: All the food, none of the family. Plus you get Leftovers Sandwiches. Choose to deny that this is the best food holiday of all foo ... More >>

City's Spending $40 Mil to Build Elm Fork Soccer Complex. Question Is: Who'll Run It?

Via.​Speaking of items out for bid by the City o' Dallas ...Over the summer we noticed that the city was looking for someone to snap up the naming rights to the Elm Fork Athletic Complex off Walnut Hill and Stemmons -- you know, that 138-acre, 20-field soccer complex behind Malibu Grand Prix being ... More >>

Belgian Independence Day Provides Yet Another Culture To Toast -- And A New Duvel Offering

You don't have to know who this guy is to enjoy Belgian Independence Day.​Like St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo and Bastille Day before it, Belgian Independence Day is gaining in popularity with revelers (beer drinkers, in this case) as an excuse a perfectly legitimate reason to toss back a few pi ... More >>

Too Much Drawlin', Paula

Food NetworkPaula Deen​It may risk a certain level of blasphemy, or more likely be a "duh" revelation, to say Paula Deen is one of food television's most grating on-screen presences. This is, perhaps, a politically incorrect conclusion to draw, given the travails she's faced throughout her s ... More >>

Dance Old and New

Celebrate With Tequila

Mattito's Bob Armstrong Queso Eating Contest Returns, Without Last Year's Winner

Patrick MichelsTheresa Fullen celebrates her win at last year's Cinco de Mayo bash. A year ago today, Mattito's in Uptown burst onto the local competitive eating scene with its first ever Bob Armstrong queso eating contest -- a five-minute race to down as much of the famous mix of cheese, ground bee ... More >>

Presenting Yet Another New Free Local Concert Series, Patio Sessions, Which Starts Tonight.

​Speaking of shows going on tonight, there's one more you should know about: Starting tonight and running every Thursday evening through the end of June, we, along with the fine folks at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, will be bringing you yet another free series of shows featuring local arti ... More >>

For Cinco de Mayo, Skip the Tequila; Head for the Sierra Madre

​Not everything is Tecate and tequila with a smattering of high-pitched mariachi howling on Cinco de Mayo -- not anymore at least, thanks to the rise of Mexican craft breweries. The individuals behind these operations aren't going the usual lager route, as the Los Angeles Times reported earli ... More >>

Week in Blogs: Smoked Meat, Meat Soap and Wiener Men. Can You say Freudian?

Sara KerensLockhart Smokehouse​This week, Dallasites get cheesy and try to wash away their troubles with meat soap. No, really. Read on. City of Ate Cedars Social isn't all that great, concludes Jose Ralat Maldonado. The "comfort" food is ultimately disappointing and over salted, but hopefull ... More >>

Marnie Stern's more than just another looker.

Beef Producers Tout Veal's Charms

This was not the meat conference. ​Veal producers who worried their meat was bound to go the way of once-fashionable dishes like turtle soup say the future's suddenly looking brighter for the embattled protein. The veal industry, which made a point of being omnipresent at the 2011 Meat Confer ... More >>

Killer Salsa: Why is the CDC Picking on Our Favorite Dips?

Ohmigod, that salsa killed Kenny!​The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week did its best to dampen summer fun by linking salsa to food poisoning. According to the much-quoted press release, one out of every 25 cases of foodborne illnesses picked up at restaurants originates ... More >>

Addison Goes Kaboom!

This Is Real-Life Toy Joy

Celebrate With Royalty

Burguesa Burger: Doing an America Fave the Mexican way

5,6,7,8 Danza!

Let's Celebrate

Laughs x 5

May We Have This Dance?

Looking for Smoke

Sipango to be transformed, and a new restaurant is coming to McKinney Avenue--well, never mind