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    April 23, 2012

    Dallas Restaurateurs Debate Whether a Cell Phone Ban Could Work, and How

    A comment in my story a while back about phone stacking caught my attention. "In Japan they have 'No Phone Areas' in restaurants, bars and even the subway," Wagner Gui Tronolone wrote. "I think it's awesome!" It does sound sort of awesome. Sometimes a cell phone feels like a leash. At the other end ... More >>

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    April 11, 2012

    The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas

    For this week's cover story, Alice "The Cheap Bastard" Laussade provides an extensive and profane guide to, as she puts it, her "favorite restaurants in Dallas where cheap meets delicious (without meeting diarrhea)." It follows. Drive-Through Deals White Rock Coffee 4216 Abrams Road The Starbucks d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Lucia's Chef David Uygur is Making Smoked Duck Pizza at Il Cane Rosso Tonight

    Jay Jerrier, owner of Il Cane Rosso, put it best: "Santo Merda!" (Holy Shit!) It's not too often that the best pizza shop in town offers up its authentic Neapolitan red-brick pizza oven to one of the best chefs in the city. A chef whose restaurant takes reservations a month out (but has three seats ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 19, 2012

    The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs

    Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Revolving Doors: All's Well That Ends Well

    ​As December comes to a close, it seems all is well, or at least better, as many highly anticipated restaurants made their debuts. David Uygur was back in the kitchen, plus a New York deli and the latest Lombardi venture both opened. We were expecting few restaurants to shutter since, being the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Tocque Roulette: Kitchen-Swapping Spreads Among Chefs

    Tiffany Derry​Tiffany Derry will be in the kitchen at Loft 610 tonight, joining fellow Top Chef All-Stars competitor Tre Wilcox to produce a $100 nine-course meal. And while tonight's supper may be served with extra on- and off-screen drama, restaurant trend watchers say chefs showing up in ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Revolving Doors: November Is a Cruel Month

    ​T.S. Eliot proclaimed that April was the cruelest month, but we would argue that November has been particularly unkind to some restaurants. Top Chef fan favorite Tiffany Derry found herself without a gig after Go Fish Ocean Club shuttered its doors this month, and Sharon Hage closed York Street, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Hash Over: 'Tis the Season of Giving and Grease

    Photo by Jose Ralat Maldonado​It's always hard to go back to work after Thanksgiving, especially if you spent the last few days chilling out in your Snuggie like we did. Before you polish off that cherry pie, check out what's happening this week at these restaurants. We also have suggestions f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    A Final Look at 48 Nights

    Robert Bostick.Right to left: Chefs Nathan tate, Randall Copeland and Jeff Harris relaxing.​After eight months of charitable cooking, the chefs behind the ambitious 48 Nights project recently put the popular weekly event to bed. Dallas restaurateurs Chris Jeffers, Chris Zielke and Tim Byres r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Slow Food Dallas Wants to Plant a Seed
    For Immigrant Neighborhood

    ​Slow Food Dallas is planning to use a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming $100 per plate benefit dinner to help launch a community garden in a Vickery Meadows area apartment complex. The local chapter has traditionally raised money to send delegates to the biannual Terra Madre conference in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Dallas Storms the Bastille in Oak Cliff, Leaving Organizers Très Suprised by Massive Turnout

    Jason Roberts, via FlickrEarly in the Bastille-stormingHere's hoping your relationship with Big Chief White Cloud, the god of parking, isn't just one of those Christmas-and-Easter things, because if you intended to get to last night's Bastille Day celebration in Oak Cliff's Bishop Arts District, hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    David Uygur Flexes His Mussels To Win Bastille On Bishop Cook-Off

    Photo by Kristy YangA beret and an accordion -- can't get more French than that, right?​As you can see in our slideshow, Go Oak Cliff and Alliance Francaise De Dallas celebrated Bastille Day yesterday with a Francophile street festival featuring crepes, wine, a mussel cook-off, French maid obstacl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Tuna Served in Dallas Counts as a Slow Food?

    Do edible turtles count as slow food?​An upcoming Dallas fundraiser for Slow Food USA has struck some local food advocates as slightly out-of-step with Slow Food principles. The Slow Food movement, launched by industrial food-opponent Carlo Patrini in 1986, prizes the planet's biodiversity an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Spongebob Tickets Go Fast, But Still Plenty of Room for Grown-ups to Preview Lucia

    ​Heaven help you if you have your heart set on learning the recipe for Crusty Crabby Patties: A mere three seats remain for Central Market's Spongebob Squarepants Supper class next Monday. But there's still plenty of room at the table for food lovers not between the ages of 5 and 7 who are in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Hello, I Must Be Going...And Growing

    ​Last month's Revolving Doors was all about the taco. This month it's mostly about expanding and starting over again. Oh, and closing, but lets not focus too much on that when we have so many new restaurants to look forward to this summer. We mentioned in a previous Hash Over that Avila's is op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Food Biz Is On The Uptick If Restaurant Openings Is Any Measure

    ​Tacos, tacos, tacos. That should be the theme of this month's Revolving Doors. With Rusty Taco finally opening their doors, the Austin-based Torchy's Taco making a move to Dallas this summer, and Fuzzy Tacos and Urban Taco adding more locations, that's all anyone can talk about lately. Well, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    The Year/The Decade: Things We Miss

    ​You leave any era with some regret. It can't be helped, really, for there are moments that pass and places that disappear. The vibe inside Sense when it first opened, before crowds moved elsewhere, that brief period of silliness when places from Paris Vendome to Nana began serving Kobe burgers, k ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 27, 2009

    The Long Good Bye to Lola

    ​You leave any era with some regret. It can't be helped, really, for there are moments that pass and places that disappear. The vibe inside Sense when it first opened, before crowds moved elsewhere, that brief period of silliness when places from Paris Vendome to Nana began serving Kobe burgers, k ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 27, 2009

    The Long Good Bye to Lola

    ​You leave any era with some regret. It can't be helped, really, for there are moments that pass and places that disappear. The vibe inside Sense when it first opened, before crowds moved elsewhere, that brief period of silliness when places from Paris Vendome to Nana began serving Kobe burgers, k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    And The Winner Is...

    Of course, nobody really wins on City of Ate. But if we ever do try prize giveaways again, there's a mess of stuff to pick from. Let's see here...a miniature bottle of Tuaca, a big ol' container of Chef Paul Prudhomme's Magic Seasoning Blend, a packet of seeds and oats that may be cereal sent by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Davids On The Dole

    Does the city have something against chefs named David?​David McMillan, recently ousted from Consilient restaurants. His long career includes Nana and his own 62 Main.​David Gilbert, didn't fit in at Lazare. The rising star left and was replaced by his sous chef, Ryan Carbery.​David Uygur, wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Top 10 Chefs Who Deserve More Attention

    When we sat down and thought about this, so many names popped into mind that if they were diseases, we'd be riddled. There was a time when few people mentioned Joel Harloff (Dali Wine Bar) or Brian Luscher (The Grape), but those days are fading. Michael Zeve of Sevy's or Jeffery Hobbs at Suze are bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Chefs Roundtable Sunday To Focus on Local Sourcing

    As mentioned below, The Second Annual Chefs Roundtable, 4 p.m. Sunday at the Dallas Farmers Market Resource Center (1010 S. Pearl Expressway), will focus on the concept of buying local food. In case you hadn't been paying attention to restaurant trends, the importance of using fresh, locally produce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Burning Question: Do Chefs "Do" Sloppy Seconds?

    Sean Avery's not the only one who has a problem with leftovers."I hated them as a kid," admits James Neel, chef at Tramontana. "I didn't want the same thing two days in a row."Wait...are we talking about the same thing? Maybe not. Fortunately, cooks in the city treat sloppy seconds with a little mor ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 18, 2006

    Road Wear

    Bye-bye, Volvo. Hello, Lola.

  • Dining

    November 11, 2004

    Burning Question

    Bye-bye, Volvo. Hello, Lola.

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    October 14, 2004
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    October 30, 2003

    Tasty

    It's a mixed-up world, but not at Lola

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