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Dude Food: Eatzi's

Eatzi's3403 Oak Lawn Ave.214-526-1515Dude Factor: 5, or Thurston Howell, III, on a scale of 1 ("Carlton Banks") to 10 ("Jed Clampett")  From the moment the Observer first moved to Maple and Oak Lawn in 2005, lunch runs to Eatzi's became a frequent occurrence around here, but honestly, ... More >>

Chewing The Fat: Wednesday Ground 'Round

Here are some of the leftover bits from the past few days. Officials in Marin County, Calif., are considering the potential benefits of turning food waste into an energy source. The city already does something similar with sewage, but adding food apparently assists the process, according to St ... More >>

Buzz

Here are some of the leftover bits from the past few days. Officials in Marin County, Calif., are considering the potential benefits of turning food waste into an energy source. The city already does something similar with sewage, but adding food apparently assists the process, according to St ... More >>

The variations of Tom Waits

Or: What do Liberace, Rodney Dangerfield, and a one-armed pianist have in common?

10 Questions: Megan Henderson

An era ends today as Megan Henderson waves goodbye to Fox 4's Good Day--and to Dallas.The California native joined the popular morning show in August of 2003, after stints in Wichita Falls (of all places) and Salt Lake City. As the perfect foil for stolid veteran Tim Ryan, she helped turn Good Day i ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Rocco's Uptown

Order Doritos and end up with this.Rocco's Uptown 2916 McKinney Dallas, TX 75204 (214)871-9207 Promised delivery time: 30 minutes Actual delivery time: 60 minutes Ordering online and not worrying if you will be put on hold listening to Kenny G : 20 Singing along with the website's Italian music ... More >>

Blair Bitch Project

Boys will be girls in The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, a ribald triumph of low comedy and high production values

Outta Shape

Boys will be girls in The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, a ribald triumph of low comedy and high production values

Scene Stealer

John Witherspoon hits the Improv

Pop Art

On J.D Whittenburg's new disc, everything adds up

Review: Fearing's at the Ritz Carlton

Fearing (but no loathing) in Uptown

Because I Got High

Fearing (but no loathing) in Uptown

Funny Girl

Laughter's the best medicine? For aspiring stand-up comics, it's more like heroin.

Roller Ghoster

Laughter's the best medicine? For aspiring stand-up comics, it's more like heroin.

Down-home

Café Italia hits some rough spots, but it just might have some potential buried under the bumps

Buzz

Make nice; Hacked off; Party hardly

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Good Friday: The Mother's Day Weekend Edition

We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we'v ... More >>

Veggie Guy: How Vegan Are You?

Off limits?​I find it rather off-putting when militant vegans say things like, "How vegan are you?" or "[I'm] a true vegan." Hmm...guess I didn't realize this was a competition. Fact is, no one living in modern day society can be completely vegan. As one of my pals puts it, "If you're breathing ... More >>

Hash Over: Convenience Store Offers Organics, State And Allen Sets New Happy Hours and ZaZa Offers Uptown A Neighborhood Night Out

We don't normally associate this logo with convenience stores, but Urban Pantry is looking to change that.​Ordinarily we wouldn't get too excited about the opening of yet another convenience store in Dallas. It's hard to remember the last time we griped that we had a hard time finding a place to g ... More >>

Whitt's End: 2.12.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The combo of weather and injuries and chicken shits is diminishing NBA All-Star Weekend. No Kobe Bryant. No Allen Iverson. No LeBron James in the dunk contest. Silver lining: Mavs' icon Dirk Nowit ... More >>

Ten Food Names that Are Designed to Kill You

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

Top 10 Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot...Yet

Alexander Flores​In honor of today's holiday (don't act like you don't know what it is, unless the boss is around) City of Ate presents a list of Ten Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot That Maybe Ought To Be. The Internet is full of recipes for the old standbys of brownies or tea made with ... More >>

Carlos Quintanilla's Found a New Delicious Target For Protest: Plano-Based Frito-Lay

Now might be a good time to go back and read Megan Feldman's '06 profile of Carlos Quintanilla​Oooh, just got a press release about an "informational protest" scheduled from 4-6 afternoon at a 7-Eleven close to my house -- the one at Marsh and Forest Lanes, to be precise, as it's apparently "the l ... More >>

A Baker's Dozen of Authentic Munchies Recipes

From Holytaco.com​Last week, we discussed The New York Times' article on "haute-stoner cuisine" and, in response, we offered up some dishes from local restaurants that totally speak to the high mind.This sparked (ha!) some discussion regarding much more low-brow, what's-left-in-the-pantry culinary ... More >>

Beef Jerky Outlet: Herbivore's Nightmare, Carnivore's Dirty Dream.

​ Beef Jerky Outlet 4441 Bass Pro Drive #500 Garland 972-203-2337 Try: cherry cheesecake popcorn Don't try: Buffalo Bob's kangaroo jerky In Garland out by the Bass Pro, there's a beef jerky outlet creatively named Beef Jerky Outlet. There, you'll find a beef jerky shop clearly created by som ... More >>

Pie in the Sky: Is Fried Frito Pie Ready
To Hit the Top of the Greasy Charts?

​Not satisfied with winning "best taste" honors at yesterday's Big Tex Choice Awards, fried Frito pie inventor Michael Thomas has implied he'd like his concoction to become a concession stand staple. "The deep-fried Frito pie is a game changer for fair food," Thomas told The Dallas Morning Ne ... More >>

Pantry Raid: Six Snow-Day Meals

Save the carrot. It may keep you alive.​Holy crap, it's snowing! Who could've seen that coming? (Shut up, Everyone's Parents.) We're excited for the snow day, but once the roads froze over we were a little concerned that a grocery run wasn't an option in the near future. So, it's time to bust ... More >>

Super Bowl Side Benefit: Lunch Downtown on a Weekend

​Dallas eaters who live downtown may be the unintended beneficiaries of this weekend's anticipated Super Bowl hubbub. While many downtown lunch spots typically shut down for the weekend, at least one sandwich shop has announced plans to stay open this Saturday. For the first time ever, Jason' ... More >>

You'll Need to Trenta-Stomach: What Else Starbucks' New Cup Can Hold

Via Eater​The Starbucks new Trenta coffee cup, which can hold 31-ounces of iced coffee, can carry an entire bottle of wine. There's video evidence to that fact, thanks to the good ol' Internet. This news came after the calculation that the new plus-sized cup is about as large as the average hu ... More >>

Taco-Flavored Doritos Are Insulting

​I had wanted to write a review of the limited-edition taco-flavored Doritos when Frito-Lay released them for the Super Bowl. Alas, I wasn't quick enough and missed out on the special. Or so I thought until my wife came home with a bag of the stuff. Splashed across the top left corner are the ... More >>

Week of the Iguana -- And Other Stuff

​Here are two things you haven't tried: taco-flavored chips and iguana tamales. For that, we have you covered. For all the things you might have tried (ie. Crossroads Diner, The Speedway Club, the wonder of vegan baking), Dallas blogs are happy to expand. Read on. City of Ate For Decanter in ... More >>

Go Ahead, Boss Us Around. We Looooove It. Oo, Yeah.

​You controlled the media this week by telling us where to eat and what to eat when we get there. Besides that, a (pseudo)-scandal (allegedly) breaks out at Maple & Motor, and Denton gets some love. Read on. City of Ate In her last-last-last review for the Dallas Observer, Hanna Rakin gets h ... More >>

Dear Taco Bell: If You Build The Taco Shell Made of Doritos, People Will Come

Via FoodbeastA taco shell made entirely of Nacho Cheese Doritos? The memories will be so thick, we'll have to brush the crumbs from our faces.​Dear Taco Bell, Don't keep this a secret. It needs to be out there. Surely, there's a lot on the line after the great meat fiasco of 2011, and this co ... More >>

Lettuce Wrap Up: Of Whiskey Cake and Pickled Eggs. Bleh.

Via FoodbeastAnd then Taco Bell tested a shell made of Doritos. ​This week, Dallas is buzzing about Whiskey Cake (we beat the rest of them to it, FYI). And even though Easter is right around the corner, only a few displays of enthusiasm (like eating 41 pickled eggs, or finding a certain flavor ... More >>

Dear Food Diary: I Hate You

Maybe they should include simple check boxes for Slim Jims and Doritos.​It's hard to find people who agree with me here, but food diaries are worthless. A food diary is a log of everything you ate, where and who you ate it with and what you were feeling as you ate it, (Everyone who jots down ... More >>

The Walking Taco: It's Not Fried. There's No Taco Involved. And It's Not Fried.

Andy SalinasTurns out, Andy Salinas' Walking Taco is really a taco salad in a Doritos bag.Andy Salinas made it into the Big Tex Choice Awards as a finalist with his Walking Taco. He says, "It's a taco that you can walk around the fair and eat." I'm confused. I've never met a taco that wasn't al ... More >>

Five Doritos Flavors That Should Be Poured Out for Creator Arch West

​The AP reported Monday that the creator of Doritos, Arch West, passed away in Dallas on Tuesday. West's daughter told the Dallas Morning News that the family plans on "tossing Doritos chips in before they put dirt over the urn." We're so sad to hear about the passing of the Doritos creator. Dori ... More >>

Celebrate National Taco Day With Free Tacos -- Or, Better Yet, Ones You Pay For

​ Pollo Campero is celebrating National Taco Day by rolling out a new line of tortillas stuffed with Peruvian grilled chicken, crispy seasoned chicken, fresh cooked bacon, panela cheese and salsas. All three Dallas locations of the International chain will offer a free Campero Chicken taco to ... More >>

P-nutty's: A Dallas Stoner's New Best Friend?

​It's Saturday morning, 2:30 a.m., and after a night of partying at Sfuzzi you find yourself on your couch, more stoned than a Snoop Dogg's bus driver, and in desperate need of a candy bar. Who you gonna call? P-Nutty's Snack Delivery Service. The new Dallas-based home-delivery company recent ... More >>

Scardello: Their Cheese Will Move You

Alice Laussade​Each week, the Cheap Bastard goes looking for a new place to eat a meal for less than nine million dollars. This week, she cuts the cheese at Scardello Artisan Cheese, 3511 Oak Lawn Ave., and we hope we mean that literally. Level of fancy I felt eating prosciutto and fig at lun ... More >>

Checking in on Dallas Beer Week

​Midway through the first official Dallas Beer Week, you could say things aren't quite going according to plan. But considering how loosely organized and sporadically publicized the week has been, that's not especially surprising, even if the cancelation of Saturday's Dallas Beer Festival is a big ... More >>

100 Holidays Ranked By Deliciousness

Thanksgiving's cool, but Day After Thanksgiving is the fucking best thing ever. ​Known: Thanksgiving is one of the best food holidays ever. So, where do the other 99 holidays we could think of rank? We're so glad you asked. 1. Day After Thanksgiving: All the food, none of the family. Plus you ... More >>

The 10 Worst Fast Food Trends of 2011

Denny's Mac and Cheese Big Daddy Melt, which was part of their "Lets Get Cheesy" Menu​Last year, Planet Earth sorrowfully asked mankind "Why, dear peoples, why?" after the invention of something sinister and bizarre: KFC's Double Down. Well, congratulations, 2011: You are the mind-fuck of a fast ... More >>

Top 10 Super Bowl Commercials Starring Food

Here Weego!​This year, like most years, the multi-million-dollar-slinging advertising competition known as the Super Bowl was largely dominated by those in the motor vehicle category. But if you were paying close attention, somewhere between the David Beckham ogling, flipping back and forth fr ... More >>