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Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare Nab Old York Street Spot

Exciting news from the T-Gubbins Party Line. Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare have bought the old Watel's spot, which used to be York Street. York Street broke hearts when it closed back in 2010. For 10 years, Sharon Hage created a quaint East Dallas restaurant that became a landmark in the Dallas ... More >>

Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare of Acme F&B Talk Gas Station Kitchens, Pyles' Charisma

If we considered all the Dallas restaurants that Jeana Johnson, Colleen O'Hare and Norm Grimm have worked in and made a connect-the-dot style map, it would be an overly complicated, yet highly impressive sketch of "six degrees of Kevin Bacon." I bet Bacon really is in there at some point. There's so ... More >>

This Dallas Symphony Viola Wiz Has a Thing for Green Papaya and Funeral Potatoes

Barbara Sudweeks: Second chair but no second fiddled. (Apparently they don't have fiddles in the orchestra.)​Occasionally we identify interesting local folks who are as obsessed with food and restaurants as we are, and share some of their thoughts on Dallas' dining scene and food in general. T ... More >>

The Grape is Stuck in the Past, Right Where it Belongs

Compared to modern bistros, The Grape's menu and dining room seem dated. That's why it works so well.

Drowning Pool Bassist Steve Benton Reopens The Boiler Room In Deep Ellum

Stevie Benton totally owns the bass guitar, and now, The Boiler Room​It hasn't been very long since The Boiler Room in Deep Ellum closed down, but we've just received word that it is being reopened by someone with quite a bit of history with Deep Ellum. Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton and a fe ... More >>

The Cavern Officially Changes Its Name to The Crown and Harp

Daniel HopkinsThe Crown & Harp​Quietly, around the time of the Super Bowl shenanigans, The Cavern changed its name to The Crown and Harp. The name change mostly flew below the radar, but, with the recent news of the Lower Greenville bar's renovations, it wasn't entirely unexpected. A few weeks ... More >>

Urban Crust's Salvatore Gisellu on Bringing Hot Pies and General Coolness to Plano

Chef Salvatore Gisellu​There is a pocket of coolness hiding out in Plano, and its name is Urban Crust. Dave Matthews and The Cure play over the speakers and both floors of the restaurant are packed with midday diners, couples and families and ladies who lunch. The walls are exposed brick and a ... More >>

The Cavern Backs Away From Its Musical Roots, As Renovations Aimed At Turning The Space Into Two-Story Pub Near Completion

Daniel HopkinsThe Cavern's newly renovated upstairs room​If you've ever wondered about the difference between an Irish pub and an English pub, well, The Cavern will soon be able to set you straight, thanks to the face-lift it's currently undergoing -- a renovation that will, in the very near futur ... More >>

Whoever Your Daddy is, He'll Love Daddy Jack's

​Daddy dates. Not to be confused with Sugar Daddy dates. I really mean those dinner outings a girl goes on with just her dad (or for this review those dinners where the name of the restaurant coincidentally has the word "daddy" in it). Before my dad passed away two years ago, he'd often drive ... More >>

The Year/The Decade: Things We Don't Miss But Thought We Would

​You're sitting in a place and time thinking it could never get more interesting.Recall, for example, the start-up dating service for good-looking people only. Can't remember the name, but they evaluated your photo and decided whether or not you could join. The idea seems mean-spirited, but in the ... More >>

That Was The Year That Was

​To me, Dallas was a very different place ten years ago.Yes, there are names and places that seem to outlast the march of time. Gilbert Garza runs things at Suze, just as he did when the decade was young. Fearing and Pyles still top the city's list of true celebrity chefs. In 2000 people flocked t ... More >>

Urban Crust: Great Pizza. Great Bar. What More Do You Want?

As Deep Ellum Rises From the Ashes, Venerable Club Dada Goes Dark

The Bone Shuts Down, Joining Dada and Daddy Jack's Among The Open Spots On Elm

​The Bone may not have been as revered as, say, Club Dada, but the venue deserves some credit for staying open as long as it did. Note the past tense, though: Earlier this month, the long-running blues venue located on the corner of Elm and Crowdus Streets, which, in recent years, had grown to inc ... More >>

As Deep Ellum Regains One Beloved Restaurant, Daddy Jack's Quietly Closes

View Larger MapAs one door reopens in Deep Ellum, another quietly shuts: Three weeks ago, Daddy Jack's Elm Street location turned out the lights for good, ending a long run in the former home of the Buffalo Club (anyone? anyone?). The Web site's dead; the phone's been disconnected. Which isn't to sa ... More >>

Short Orders: Daddy Jack's

Daddy Jack's 1916 Greenville Ave. 214-826-4910 If you could travel back in time to, say, New England, Baltimore, or even the bayous of Louisiana in the 1950s, you'd expect to find dozens of places like this. The now venerable seafood shanty on lower Greenville has it all: doo-wop bopping from the, ... More >>

10 Questions: Kenny Bowers

Tom JenkinsBowers (left) with his vodka-pouring bartenders in a 2006 photoHe is synonymous with seafood in this market, having been associated with, oh, Daddy Jack's and Rockfish and Big Fish Little Fish before opening his own multi-purpose place, Kenny's Wood Fired Grill.Recently the Boston native ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs To Club Dada's NYE Show With Cas Haley

Club Dada owner Ben Tapia called up DC9 HQ last night with a pretty sweet deal for readers still looking for something to do for New Year's tomorrow night: There's all sorts of stuff happening there (free Daddy Jack's, champagne, etc.) and performances from Cas Haley and Scott McCurry and others. I ... More >>

Deep Ellum LIVES!

Scott Beck's about to buy 14 acres in the"heart" of Deep Ellum. What then?

Lou Reese, One of Deep Ellum's "Pioneering" Land Owners, Has Died

Ricki Derek Does It His Way

Sinatra is dead. Long live Ricki Derek.

Sin City

On patrol with the $2 Halloween hos on Lowest Greenville

Show Up, March 2

Oh Boyardee!

Tarantino's Italian-American comfort fare is filling but unchallenging

Deep Ellum's Pearls

After so much commotion, Mayor Laura Miller went to see Dallas' much-maligned district for herself

Some Good

AllGood Cafe lives up to its name only sometimes

Nutty Fun

Sometimes you feel like a lawsuit...

Roly-poly Fish Heads

Chefs are taking detours

Best mussels

Daddy Jack's Wood Grill

One fish, two fish

Fishart a la carte

Ballsy dining

Eating at Mel's on Main takes uncommon valor

Hash Over

Abacus counts its blessings;
Bruno and Judy do Ellum

Hash Over

Who am I this time?

The Bistro inches through incremental evolution

Hash Over

The King's man

"Jr. Boy" Jones played with them all--now, he plays for himself

Bubbling up gold

Champagne and Gold Bar bring a touch of class to downtown

Tasty tavern

The Cock & Bull is vaguely European, but definitely yummy

At sea

Clive & Stuart's island cuisine needs a culinary compass or a boardwalk

All a-flutter

Another local songwriter has a cut on a major-label release

Well done

In a business where being good often isn't enough, who will survive 1997?

Bread and Circuses

When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

Same as it ever was

John's Cafe offers a good ol' breakfast-- delicious and life-threatening

Alpha Tex-Mex

Omega's brings a little heart and soul to Deep Ellum

Fish story

At the Wood Grill, too many cooks make a great broth

Seaworthy

Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly