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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Carl's Jr. Scientists Finally Shaped Ice Cream into a Burger. What Took So Long, Guys?

    Carl's Jr., which has a location within a terrifying-close range to Observer headquarters, is testing the "Ice Cream Brrrger." Now, now: keep calm. A "brrrger" isn't actually an ice cream-flavored burger. That, sources say, is still a few months away, and will likely debut in Japan, where the reall ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2011

    Standing Up In His Brother's Shadow

    Carl's Jr., which has a location within a terrifying-close range to Observer headquarters, is testing the "Ice Cream Brrrger." Now, now: keep calm. A "brrrger" isn't actually an ice cream-flavored burger. That, sources say, is still a few months away, and will likely debut in Japan, where the reall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Miss Turkey and The Top Five Shameless Carl's Jr. Ads

    Carl's Jr - YouTube"To help you remember we put Miss Turkey in a bikini": Carl's Jr. new ad for their turkey burger.​Carl's Jr., which opened a new spot in Dallas late last year, has added a new entry to their weird, not funny food-meets-porn marketing strategy. The commercial popped up on Eater t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Who Cares If It's Real Beef When Taco Bell's Tacos Are Free?

    ​Thirty-six percent. Eighty-eight percent. One hundred percent. Seriously, does the composition really matter when the food is free? Taco Bell and its millions of Facebook fans don't think so. To follow-up the full-page ads and videos in response to a class-action lawsuit that claims the beef in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    McDonald's Japan Captures Texas on a Bun

    ​The Texas Burger, released last month at McDonald's restaurants across Japan, proved so popular that the fast food chain's already issued a sequel. Spokeswoman Melissa Daly describes the Texas 2 Burger, available now in Japan, as featuring "flavors of the Lone Star State with spicy chili bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Subway Tests a Gluten-Free Sandwich in Dallas

    ​Customers at Dallas area Subway restaurants will soon be able to ask their sandwich artists to hold the gluten. According to a release published on Celiac.com, billed as the "first site on the Internet dedicated solely to celiac disease," Subway plans to test a gluten-free roll and gluten-fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Because We Can't Go Too Long
    Without an In-N-Out Reference

    ​In-N-Out's local opening may still be months away, but fast food fans willing to drive to Austin can feast on a sandwich being touted by burger bloggers as an Animal Style alternative. 4x4 Animal Style a contributor to the website GrubGrade who presumably knows his In-N-Out patties, is calli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Burger King's Pork Ribs Are Flying

    ​ Pigs aren't exactly flying out of The King's empire, but one part of arguably everyone's favorite farm animal is--ribs. On June 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Burger King Corp's 100 percent bone-in pork BK Fire-Grilled Ribs were so popular that the short-term special, which began May ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    No Way (In-N-) Out...For Now

    Does California's storied burger chain have it in for Dallas? Unfair Park has the answer...for the time being.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Yet Another Burger Chain Flirts With Dallas, But, For Now, Takes Its Meat to East Texas

    Houston PressIn fast-food news, this note out of Denver: A burger chain called Smashburger announced today that it's expanding from one Texas location (a corporate-owned joint in Houston) to 75 locations in the coming five years, including 10 just-announced franchises in East Texas. A little digging ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 7, 2009

    Williams Chicken, For When You Want it Fast and Done Right

    Houston PressIn fast-food news, this note out of Denver: A burger chain called Smashburger announced today that it's expanding from one Texas location (a corporate-owned joint in Houston) to 75 locations in the coming five years, including 10 just-announced franchises in East Texas. A little digging ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Food For Thought 4.30.09

    "I'll either look like a genius or a fool." (Ed Bailey, owner of the just opened Bailey's Prime Plus in Cedar Hill--as well as three more proposed branches of the upscale steakhouse--on his prospects over the next year as he sells off profitable McDonald's locations in favor of fine dining venues. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Carl's Jr. to Expand in Texas. After That, Carl's Jr. to Expand Texas.

    Dunno, maybe I shoulda gone into the burger biz -- still time, I guess. Because while there's a Carl's Jr. on damned near every block in Los Angeles, there are only three in the Dallas area -- and just one in Dallas proper, at 8800 S. Polk Street. But today comes word that the burger chain's looking ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 31, 2008

    Laugh Laugh

    Bruce Bruce hits Addison

  • Dining

    October 11, 2007

    I Got Your Burger Right Here

    Bruce Bruce hits Addison

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    They Know Jack

    Bruce Bruce hits Addison

  • Music

    November 4, 2004
  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Root Beer Float

    Prince of Hamburgers

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Use of Tofu in Fast Food

    Tofu Delight at Lover's Eggroll

  • Dining

    June 14, 2001

    Wrapped Up In Chains

    Fast-food restaurants are quietly taking over the world

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