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Bachman Lake Taqueria Makes Some Brightly Colored Pork

While I've been searching for hand-built gyros in vain, the trompo, a vertical spit stacked with a cone of marinated pork, has been spinning in a handful of taquerias all over Dallas. The best part is most of them are made by hand. My favorite so far is served at Bachman Lake Taqueria. The small re ... More >>

Three Women Walked into a Dallas Strip Club and Beat Up a Stripper Last Night

Three people walk into a strip club and start hitting a dancer "with closed fists." The cops show up. Nobody gets put in handcuffs. Not exactly a joke. More of a riddle, we'd say. Marqualia Bernard is a dancer at Exposure Sports Cabaret, a fairly new club conveniently located near a tangle of fr ... More >>

Last Night in Arizona, They Sold the Hearse That Drove JFK from Parkland to Love Field

I felt the need last night, the need for the Speed channel, which carried the live-from-Scottsdale broadcast of the Barrett-Jackson auction -- where, as you're well aware by now, they put a certain hearse of local renown on the bidding block. So, then, how much did they fetch for Vernon O'Neal's '64 ... More >>

Your First Look at the Modernization Project That Aims To Bring Love Field to the Big Time

Who doesn't love Love Field? Easily negotiated, convenient, it's everything that Dallas-Fort Worth International isn't. But it's always had that dingy, regional-airport feel. Said interim Aviation director Mark Duebner, "Compared to what we've been working with -- our 1950s terminal with few ameniti ... More >>

As City Hall Looks to Add Electric Vehicles to Fleet, a Host of "Complex" Issues to Consider

Boulder Electric​On Thursday we plugged into the city's interest in setting up electric-car charging stations on city property -- at City Hall, the downtown library, Fair Park, Dallas Love Field and Dallas Executive Airport -- with partners TXU and ECOtality, the latter a San Francisco-based compa ... More >>

Charging Up City Hall: They're Plugging in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations All Over

​A couple of months back we noted that as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's $115-million EV Project, which will spend a few years analyzing if and how much folks actually charge their rides, San Francisco-based ECOtality will be plugging in electric vehicle charging stations at a handful of ... More >>

Michael Browne Gets More Than 22 Years For Gate-Crashing Love Field Runway Last Year

​Remember back in August of last year, when 48-year-old carjacker Michael Browne led police on a slow ride through Dallas before landing on the Love Field Airport runway? Sure you do. Passed right by Unfair Park HQ, matter of fact. Then, in November of last year, a federal grand jury indicted Brow ... More >>

Take an Early Stroll Through the Public Art That Will Decorate New Love Field Airport

Tom Orr's Intersected Passage, which visitors to Love Field will walk under beginning some time in 2013.​We're still waiting to see with which concessionaires the city will fill a Distinctively Dallas Love Field, which is in the process of being modernized from now till 2014ish. But this afternoon ... More >>

Yet Again, Love Field Concessions Proposals Deadline Extended Due to Many Questions

The new Love Field lobby, post Modernization​For those faithful few following the dramatic twists and turns in the Love Field concessions bidding process, you may recall that proposals were due Wednesday, following yet another extension given in June when prospective vendors had questions and conc ... More >>

WSJ Climbs Inside DFW's Control Tower

​As it turns out, according to an article that just appeared on the Wall Street Journal's website, life inside the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport air traffic control towers -- otherwise known as the Terminal Radar Approach Control facility, or TRACON -- is sort of a cross between Airplane! and Pushing ... More >>

After Would-Be Love Field Vendors Complain, City Slashes Prices of Minimum Guarantees

Yet another sneak peek at the "new" Love Field Airport​No need to recap at this late date the messy process that led to city officials finally looking for new concessionaires at city-owned Love Field Airport, presently undergoing that extreme makeover expected to wrap in 2013. But the bidding proc ... More >>

Gilbert Aranza's Not the Only One Unhappy With Love Field Concessions Bid Process

One of the Love Field Modernization conceptual renderings​Yesterday on the City Hall Blog, Rudy Bush noted that Love Field concessionaire Gilbert Aranza has sued the city in an effort to halt its efforts to find new food-and-beverage and retail concessionaires. As we noted last month, the city rec ... More >>

As Council Tackles Fracking, Groups Marshal Forces Against City's Natural Gas Policies

Photo by Patrick Michels​As Patrick mentioned yesterday, the city council will at long last debate that gas-drilling task force Angela Hunt pitched only after Dave Neumann promised but failed to deliver his own proposal. In advance of The Big Day, several groups -- Downwinders at Risk, Dallas Area ... More >>

Still Angry CNG Cabs Get to Cut Line at Love Field, Indie Taxis Staying Home New Year's Eve

Patrick MichelsFrom the cabbie protest at Dallas City Hall three months ago​Back in March we were alerted to a cabbie strike out at Love Field Airport, when the members of the Association of Taxicab Operators protested the city's eventual vote that allowed compressed natural gas-powered taxis to h ... More >>

Before Seven Years' Worth of Construction, DFW International Airport Introduces Its "Future"

​No doubt you're well aware by now that Love Field Airport is undergoing its so-called modernization program. But Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport wants to make sure you're well aware of the fact it too is about to undergo, oh, seven years' worth of renovations beginning in 2011. Which is w ... More >>

City Offers Love Field Fliers Some Tips on How to Have a "Safe and Pleasant Experience"

Love Field does not look like this. Not yet. But it will. One day. So they say.​As you're no doubt aware by now, Love Field's starting to get its extreme makeover -- otherwise known as the Love Field Modernization Program, for those now quite with the program. But, see, maybe you're headed out for ... More >>

Federal Grand Jury Has Indicted the Man Who Gate-Crashed Love Field Runway in August

​Admit it: You forgot all about Michael Laurence Browne, the gentleman who led police on a slow ride through Dallas -- right by Unfair Park HQ, no less -- before landing on the Love Field Airport runway a couple of months back. Browne, charged by Dallas Police with a laundry list of no-no's the da ... More >>

Love and Money: New Airport Concessions Deal Gets Pricey.

Gilbert Aranza to Stay at Love Through 2014, Gets First Shot at 27 Percent of New Space

Brandon ThibodeauxGilbert Aranza​Longtime Dallas Love Field Airport food and beverage concessionaire Gilbert Aranza has accepted the city's offer to extend his lease through the remainder of the new terminal's construction, according to a statement just released by Aranza. As requested by the ... More >>

Fare Is Fare: Cab Drivers Cry Foul Over Special Privileges for Natural Gas Taxis at Love Field

Photos by Patrick MichelsOutside City Hall this morning, cabbies air their grievances with the mayor's push to let CNG-powered taxis jump the line at Love Field.If you had a hard time flagging down a taxi this morning, well, consider that just a taste of what's to come if independent cabbies don't ... More >>

To High-Speed Chase or Not to High-Speed Chase? That's the Question for the Council.

​This afternoon's meeting of the council's Public Safety Committee should be a particularly good one; its agenda, covering everything from reality teevee shows to neighborhood crime watch groups to the latest crime stats, is action-packed. Andrea, but of course, will liveblog. But the item most li ... More >>

Mary Suhm Gives Us the Inside Baseball Behind the Love Field Airport Concessions Vote

Sam MertenCity Manager Mary Suhm and Mayor Tom Leppert at the June 23 council meeting shortly before Leppert deferred the Love Field Airport concessions item so Suhm's office could bring new options to the table.​Even though Mayor Tom Leppert won an important battle when Angela Hunt voted on A ... More >>

The Mayor Sends a Note About Why Dallas Should Love New Love Field Concessions Plan

​Late last night, after a long day sluggin' it out with the council (Carolyn Davis especially) over those Love Field concessions contracts, Mayor Tom Leppert sent out a conciliatory congratulations e-blast with the subject header "Love Field decision will benefit Dallas." The decision, for those w ... More >>

Consultant Says Part of New Love Field Concessions Proposal "Just Doesn't Make Sense" and Extending Contracts is "Fairly Common"

Airport consultant Pat Gleason​As Mayor Tom Leppert told DMN'er Rudy Bush last night, there will be at least four options for the city council to evaluate at Wednesday's briefing about the Dallas Love Field Airport concession contracts, two of which contain the mayor's input. We asked Leppert's ch ... More >>

Yeah, But It's Not Like President Obama's Gonna Be in Dallas Too Terribly Long Today

White House​No doubt you've heard: The president's coming to town today. But one look at his schedule reveals he's probably not staying for dessert after the early-bird buffet at the Highland Park home of attorney Russell Budd: 4:20 p.m. The President arrives in Dallas, Texas Dallas Love Field O ... More >>

Mayor Thanks Whole Council (?) For Working Hard to Open Up Love Field Concession Contracts For Bids in Latest Campaign E-Mail

Havin' an e-blast with Mayor Tom Leppert's odd thank-you note to the council today​After Mayor Tom Leppert quashed public comments and instructed city staff to bring more options to the city council in August regarding the Dallas Love Field Airport concession contracts, Schutze declared victo ... More >>

Liveblogging Today's City Council Meeting, That Is, At Least Until They're Done Talkin' About the Interesting Stuff

Sam MertenCity Manager Mary Suhm and Mayor Tom Leppert early this morning at today's city council meeting.​With my trusty laptop in hand, I prepared to liveblog the heck outta today's city council meeting -- the last one before the council leaves for its July recess and then returns to tackle ... More >>

Dallas Black Chamber Says Contract Extensions Amount to "18-Year Monopoly" for Concessions at Love Field; E-Mails Support Mayor Leppert

The DBCC seemed a bit confused in its arguments in support of opening up the concession contracts at Love Field for bids, which might be one of the reasons why they marked their letter to the mayor "confidential." ​(ITEM UPDATED) The day before Mayor Tom Leppert and the city council deferre ... More >>

Concession Giant Calls Leftovers at Love Field "Very Desirable"; Magazine CEO Says Extending Contracts "Is Not an Unusual Practice"

Patrick MichelsMayor Leppert has a letter from a major company claiming they won't bid on the Love Field concessions leftovers 'cause it ain't worth their time. But another big-time company calls that same space "very desirable."​One of the arguments presented by Mayor Tom Leppert in his quest ... More >>

Are Vonciel Hill and Carolyn Davis About to Call Out the Mayor? (Update: Apparently Not.)

Sam MertenDMN'er Rudy Bush thought I was taking a picture of him walking into the meeting, but I assured him I was merely capturing City Manager Mary Suhm with a smile on her face, which he agreed is rare these days given the city's $130 million budget shortfall.​The second meeting of the city ... More >>

Everything You Wanted to Know About Love Field Concession Bids and Terminal Updates But Were Afraid to Ask

Click to embiggen the current proposal for Love Field's new food and beverage layout upon completion of the Love Field Modernization Program​Late last night, Dallas City Hall finally posted the briefing docs for tomorrow afternoon's debut performance of the Love Field Concession Committee, formed ... More >>

So, If The Mayor's So Unhappy With Love Field Deal, What's He Gonna Do About It?

Tomorrow, the role of Laura Miller will be played by Tom Leppert.​So tomorrow's shaping up to be a very interesting Dallas City Council meeting: As Rudy Bush wrote yesterday, the mayor's mighty unhappy with the no-bid concession contracts being doled out to Dallas Love Field Joint Venture and Huds ... More >>

City Hall Wants to Make It Very Clear: We Don't Need No Lousy Bids at Love Field

A conceptual rendering of Love Field after it undergoes its extreme makeover​Still haven't heard from City Attorney Tom Perkins concerning the legal above-boardness of those no-bid concession contracts at Love Field Airport, which the council will vote on tomorrow. But outta nowhere a a little whi ... More >>

The Latest Stack o' Council Memos: No-Bid Contracts, Policing the Protesters and More Retiring City Employees

Brian HarkinIn May, Vonciel Hill voted to keep concessions at Love Field in the hands of one company, whose CEO contributed to her campaign. ​Every so often I like to post the pack of memos Frank Librio sends to council and media at the end of every week; below are the ones that went out late Frid ... More >>

Star Power

Meanwhile at Love Field, American Eagle Flies Away to Make Room for Construction

And, in other airline news ... In April of last year, American Eagle dropped its Kansas City and Austin flights out of Dallas Love Field and opted instead to fly to Chicago's O'Hare. Only, for now, that too is a no-go: AMR announced today that beginning June 11, American Eagle will suspend operation ... More >>

The Love Field Airport Chunnel

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Keeping Tabs on the Garbage Man

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Dick in Dallas

The Super Ball

Flags of Our Fathers

Remember Iwo Jima at Frontiers of Flight

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Take Off

Visit the wild Frontiers

No Fooling

The city's tearing down gates at Love Field--and that's no joke

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