Colleyville

Colleyville Pharmacist Larry Lake Didn't Pay $4.8 Million in Taxes, So He'll Probably be Going to Jail

Larry Lake and his wife, Kathy, were living a comfortable life in the Dallas suburbs until October 2010, when federal agents abruptly descended on their Colleyville home and left with some $6 million in cash. The money, it seems, was legit, simply the revenue from Lakes' companies, namely Grapevine ... More >>

Holiday Gift Idea: A Craft Beer Mixed Six

On Wednesday the Beer Institute announced that the number of permitted breweries in the U.S. has reached an all-time high of 2,751, up from 2,309 in 2011. Not that we needed a stat to validate this craft beer resurgence, but it's reassuring nonetheless. "Resurgence", you say? Yes, our forefathers we ... More >>

Local Singer-Songwriter Ronnie Fauss Signs With New West

There have been some notable record deals inked among North Texas artists in recent years -- Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights on Atlantic and Midlake on Bella Union pop to mind -- and as of February 10, Dallas-based singer-songwriter Ronnie Fauss joined the ranks of regional artists with serious ... More >>

With Housemade Sauerkraut, Bolsa Mercado Just Might Save My New Year's Day

I am made of considerable German stock -- my father was a Reitz, and my mother was a Schuster. But for whatever reason this heritage did not make it to my dinner table. We ate like the rest of America while I grew up. The only time our table was graced with anything remotely German was New Year's D ... More >>

Screen Door Chef David McMillan on Overcoming Dad's "Shit on a Shingle"

Screen Door​When Chef David McMillan first came to Dallas he was the chef of the Anatole's five-star restaurant Nana. A few years later he opened his own place, 62 Main, in Colleyville, and he's now at the Screen Door in One Arts Plaza, which is a modern southern kitchen. Over the next three d ... More >>

Selena Gomez Says She's Almost Done With Music

2011 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Day 9: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. To accommodate the veterans who will practice with the team for the first time tonight and to give those fans who get off work later a chance to see their 'Boys, the team has moved its 2:30-5:30 practice this afternoon to 6:30-9:30 tonight at The Alamodome. Players like Doug Free an ... More >>

Forget Demi: It's Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez That Disney's Pushing Now.

​Can you smell it? That intoxicating blend of corporate America, young Hollywood and mall food courts wafting around town today -- that's from one Selena Gomez, who is indeed back home in Dallas today, promoting the two fairly major projects on her immediate horizon, her FOX studio film called Mo ... More >>

Demi Lovato Leaves Rehab, Gets Diagnosed As Bipolar, Quits Her TV Show, Pursues Music Full-Time. Is There Anything She Can't Do?

​It seems like it was only yesterday that Demi Lovato burst out of Colleyville and onto the national scene -- or, to be more precise, the Disney scene. But it wasn't yesterday: It was three years ago that Demi Lovato entered the forever-rotating Disney star machine to become primped, prodded and m ... More >>

One Down, One To Go for Cowboys Receiver Dez Bryant

​Once upon a time Michael Irvin taught me a journalism lesson. Using a trash can for emphasis. It was back in 1997. The media had descended on Valley Ranch after Irvin's name surfaced in yet a another police report. This time, he and offensive lineman Erik Williams were accused of raping of a ... More >>

Watch: "Joe Jonas Doesn't Care About Anyone's Happiness. He Just Throws Water At People!"

These glasses empirically prove that Joe Jonas is all grown up.​Westlake's Own Joe Jonas is 21 years old now -- and he's, like, so totally over his relationship with Colleyville's Own Demi Lovato, in case you were curious. So much so that he's focusing on Joe for the time being: Like his younger b ... More >>

SEC: Local Man Used Phony Cred to Steal Real Millions From Former Dallas Cowboy, 12 Others

​According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christopher Love Blackwell was -- and remains -- a very good salesman. He told would-be investors he had master's degrees and a PhD from a "prestigious university in Spain." He told them he was a veteran trader. He said he's worked at both Gold ... More >>

A Salad-Bowl Bomb in a FedEx Box, and a $1 Bill, Gets Colleyville Man 10 Years in Prison

​On May 5, 52-year-old David Barouch of Colleyville was arrested for putting a bomb on the front porch of his ex-wife's house. Two months later, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. Today, he found out his punishment: the statutory maximum sentence of ... More >>

Now That They're Both 18, Let's Finally Discuss It: Who's Hotter, Demi Lovato or Selena Gomez?

​ Earlier this week, we shared with you Selena Gomez's new music video for "A Year With No Rain," a clip that finds the freshly 18-year-old Grand Prairie native touting her new of-age appeal. Meanwhile, on Sunday night at the Superpages.com Center, Gomez's BFF and fellow Disney Channel-approved st ... More >>

Did You Know It's American Craft Beer Week? These Bars Do.

​As mentioned in Hophead a couple of weeks back, this week (May 17 to 23) is American Craft Beer Week. That item already mentioned the Texas Craft Brewers Festival Saturday night at the Dancing Bear Pub in Waco, but there are a few other ways to celebrate closer to home. This effort by the Brewer ... More >>

Nick Jonas and The Aging Of The Area Disney Crop

Hophead: Beer Across Texas Guides Brew Lovers To The Lone Star State

​Fort Worth's Paul Hightower may make his living as a technical writer, copywriter and indexer, but one of the great passions in his life is beer. On his Dallas Craft Beer Examiner blog, he is a relentless and well-informed cheerleader for the best beers available in North Texas, whether they're b ... More >>

Victor Tango

Tristan Simon's and David McMillan's latest restaurant was meant for sharing

Oh Look, A New Punk Venue Opening In Grapevine

Am I Supposed To Treat The Jonas Brothers Like They're Locals Now? Well, For This One Post... OK, I'll Bite.

Last Night: The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato at Superpages.com Center

To Meet a War Hero

Mmm. . .Grilled Horse Flesh|Pay Up or Unplug|Come On In, The Door's Open

Southern Discomfort for Screen Door

How Dallas-Area ISDs Are Celebrating "Banned Books Week." Some, By Banning Books.

The Perfect (Rocket) Summer Single

"Shocking About Samir"

Just Don't Drink the Bongwater

My Treasure

Colleyville's the Rocket Summer hides Jesus in sharp emo-pop melodies--and a major label deal

Deep Easy

Laissez les bon temps rouler at two new restaurants

Sound Man

Bubble-icious

Plus: A Better Jukebox

Kink Lit

Dining Tyranny

Are we choosing ourselves crazy?

Moshing for Jesus

And upon this RAWK they shall build their church...

Tom Tom Croak

Preston Center noodle house closes

Let It Shine

New eateries coming to the Galleria

Vice Grip

In Dallas restaurants, 2003 was all about smoke. The future may be all about hooch.

The Gambler

Ty Thomas bets his future on his infamous con man pop and some high school sweethearts

That's a Rap

Former employees of The Studios at Las Colinas say their ex-boss fudged facts

Letters

Young, Drunk Bushies

Hash Over

Bugged By the Millennium

A computer glitch has some Dallasites predicting an apocalyptic meltdown. They may not be that crazy.

A fine mess

Hyper-casual Rockfish rocks

When the levee breaks

Cool River Cafe floods with flavorless monotony

Boonies kitsch

Theme-soaked La Hacienda Ranch is worth the drive to Frisco

Sweet ode to convoy grub

But Truckers grinds the breakfast gears

Gallery galleys

Dallas restaurants find art makes a great side dish

Voice of one

A few theater companies cry out in the wilderness of Dallas' stage scene

480 baseballs, 200 days

For Jeff Frye, North Loop Dodge is a long way from Port Charlotte