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Look At This Poster: Lechuguillas, Terminator 2, Bludded Head, Eccotone and Secret Cakes at Rubber Gloves

A pretty fantastic local lineup tomorrow at Rubber Gloves for all you fans of the heavy stuff, as part of Gutterth's latest live episode. Lechuguillas and Terminator 2 are about to run away on tour together, terrorizing people with low end from Wichita all the way to NYC, so it should be a good send ... More >>

Do Mexicans Hate the Spanish?

And why aren't Americans taking jobs away from Mexicans?

Chef John Tesar's New Restaurant Will Tap into a Wine Keg Trend

John Tesar​John Tesar's new restaurant in One Arts Plaza will feature the area's first keg wine program, an innovation the busy chef says is in keeping with his vision for The Commissary. Wine on tap, catching on at wine bars elsewhere, is currently available locally only at Central Market, but ... More >>

Was the Glass Half Full or Half Empty for Dallas Diners in 2010?

John Tesar​John Tesar's new restaurant in One Arts Plaza will feature the area's first keg wine program, an innovation the busy chef says is in keeping with his vision for The Commissary. Wine on tap, catching on at wine bars elsewhere, is currently available locally only at Central Market, but ... More >>

The Green Room May Be The Place To See and Be Seen, But a Place To Eat? Not So Much.

John Tesar​John Tesar's new restaurant in One Arts Plaza will feature the area's first keg wine program, an innovation the busy chef says is in keeping with his vision for The Commissary. Wine on tap, catching on at wine bars elsewhere, is currently available locally only at Central Market, but ... More >>

More Cupcakes, Less Wine. Dimples To Open in Arts District.

​Theatergoers who used to grab a glass of wine at Dali before the show may now have to content themselves with cupcakes. Dimples Cupcakes this week announced it will move into the storefront alongside Tei An. The bakery -- Dimples' fourth location in Texas -- will open for business on August. ... More >>

Joel Harloff Will Helm the Reborn Green Room in Deep Ellum

​Joel Harloff, who headed the kitchen at Dali until the popular One Arts Plaza wine bar closed last week, has been named executive chef of The Green Room in Deep Ellum. "Joel was on our wish list, but not necessarily our short list," managing partner Taylor Allday says in a release announcing ... More >>

Dali Wine Bar Closed "For the Time Being" Behind Police Tape

​City of Ater Steven Doyle sends word that Dali Wine Bar in One Arts Plaza is closed, though we don't know for how long. I couldn't reach anyone at Dali, which we said had the city's best wine list in last year's Best of Dallas awards, so I swung by to check it out. The patio's sealed off wit ... More >>

Mercy Wine Bar Would Make Roy Orbison Proud

​"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman.  I don't believe you.  You're not the truth.  No one could look as good as you...Mercy!"  If rock 'n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing t ... More >>

This Decade Saw Dallas Evolve Into A Major Player On The National Dining Scene

​"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman.  I don't believe you.  You're not the truth.  No one could look as good as you...Mercy!"  If rock 'n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing t ... More >>

The Year/The Decade: Bars

​A person's selection of "favorite bar" may be even more personal than that of their favorite restaurant. Where someone chooses to drink, after all, says more about their appreciation of scene and the sort of people they wish to associate with--the Stella or Goose tastes about the same anywhere, f ... More >>

Jorge's Tex-Mex reaches for the ordinary and beyond in its upscale digs.

​A person's selection of "favorite bar" may be even more personal than that of their favorite restaurant. Where someone chooses to drink, after all, says more about their appreciation of scene and the sort of people they wish to associate with--the Stella or Goose tastes about the same anywhere, f ... 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 >>

Things I'm Thankful For

​It has been a difficult year so far, at least for many people. We've dealt with a media blitz over Sarah Clampett's new book, a couple of bozos named Jon and Kate, the continuing presence of Oprah...oh, and that economy thing.Still, there are many things to be thankful for this holiday season. Th ... More >>

Pairing Off: Quizno's Club Sandwich

Patrick Michels/Hvnly via Flickr​Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.It's not much of a stretch to say the 20th Century and all its technological marvels began with the invention of the club sandwich.Think about it: the stack of turkey, ba ... More >>

Short Orders: The Grape

The Grape2808 Greenville Ave.214-828-1981If not for The Grape, Dallas would have a small empty space in its culinary soul.Yeah, we'd have some cool wine bars with great kitchens--Dali comes to mind. We would even have a compliment of venues with old world charm, however contrived. But nothing el ... More >>

A Tough Year for Local Restaurants Sputters to an End

The Grape2808 Greenville Ave.214-828-1981If not for The Grape, Dallas would have a small empty space in its culinary soul.Yeah, we'd have some cool wine bars with great kitchens--Dali comes to mind. We would even have a compliment of venues with old world charm, however contrived. But nothing el ... More >>

Burning Question: How Does It Affect Restaurants When A Nearby Competitor Shuts Down?

Scene, 62 Main, The Club, Nove Italiano, Metro Grill, Sushi on McKinney, Martini Park, Brothers..The roll call of restaurant closings throughout this embattled year makes 2008 sound like a culinary Iwo Jima. We can almost picture John Wayne poised on the black volcanic sands, reading off the names: ... More >>

Hello, Dali

Scene, 62 Main, The Club, Nove Italiano, Metro Grill, Sushi on McKinney, Martini Park, Brothers..The roll call of restaurant closings throughout this embattled year makes 2008 sound like a culinary Iwo Jima. We can almost picture John Wayne poised on the black volcanic sands, reading off the names: ... More >>

A Music and Arts Education For All DISD Kids? Why, That's Elementary.

Scene, 62 Main, The Club, Nove Italiano, Metro Grill, Sushi on McKinney, Martini Park, Brothers..The roll call of restaurant closings throughout this embattled year makes 2008 sound like a culinary Iwo Jima. We can almost picture John Wayne poised on the black volcanic sands, reading off the names: ... More >>

Hard Holy Roll

Scene, 62 Main, The Club, Nove Italiano, Metro Grill, Sushi on McKinney, Martini Park, Brothers..The roll call of restaurant closings throughout this embattled year makes 2008 sound like a culinary Iwo Jima. We can almost picture John Wayne poised on the black volcanic sands, reading off the names: ... More >>

Victory: That Gasoline Smell...

2007 started with the scent of napalm in the morning

Cutting Up with Ounce Prime Steakhouse

2007 started with the scent of napalm in the morning

Pop Goes Rudy

2007 started with the scent of napalm in the morning

Wine Obscenities

Drink up with lower mark-ups

DISD Gets $8 Million to Be Spent on Kids. So, No iPods, Please.

Drink up with lower mark-ups

Cuban Dreams

Drink up with lower mark-ups

No, the Other Barney

This screen star's work is adults-only

Queasy Pieces

Three . . . Extremes showcases a trio of brutal Asian directors.

Steppin' Out

Colin Dunne is the anti-Michael Flatley

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Colin Dunne is the anti-Michael Flatley

Red Dawn

Moulin Rouge brings to light a deliciously garish Paris

The good Mother

Almodovar gets his kicks in this surreal 'screwball drama'