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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Pizza Patrón Offers Free Pizza to Spanish-Speakers. Sounds Bueno to Us!

    Yesterday, Pizza Patrón announced a new pizza promotion: On Tuesday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m., Spanish speaking customers get what every Spanish speaking customer desperately craves -- free pepperoni pizza. The press release tried to preempt any possible backlash by doing its best to invoke a jov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Break Out Your Bubble Gum: Maid-Rite Corporation Is Coming to Dallas

    ​Des Moines, Iowa-based Maid-Rite corporation promises to descend en masse upon the DFW metroplex, blanketing the area in its popular "loose meat" sandwich, tucked inside a mass produced white-bread bun. The 85-year-old corporation has targeted a Arlington's Green Oaks Shopping Center at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Irving T.G.I. Friday's Bites the Dust

    ​Even restaurants with God in their names aren't immune to the economy. (Or maybe God got shorted on his order of potato skins.) The T.G.I. Friday's chains Irving location at 1001 MacArthur Park has closed. Every piece of T.G.I. Friday's flair and signage has been removed and all that remain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Olive Garden Rolls Out Remodel in Texas

    A plan to revamp Olive Garden restaurants nationwide is getting its start in Texas. Three Dallas area stores are among the nine "remodel locations" recently announced by the Italian-American restaurant chain. According to spokesperson Kristen Johnson, more than half of the chain's 700 stores will e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Battle Over Mi Cocina Name in Colorado Ends With Truce

    ​Our sister paper in Denver today reports the M Crowd Restaurant Group has settled its lawsuit with a small Northwest Denver restaurant operating under the name "Mi Cocina". According to the settlement's terms, Saul Sierra may continue to use the name in a limited area of Colorado, a result t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    TGI Friday's: No More In NorthPark; Yes More in the Middle East

    ​T.G.I. Friday's, a place known for its red-and-white stripes and flair for shrugging off the work-week, may be feeling the crunch just like everyone else -- or it may just be changing its game. Within the last week, the location at NorthPark Center shuttered its doors amidst numerous T.G.I. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Breakfast Tacos: Taste What You're Missing, America

    Get a clue, America.​Restaurant owners are growing increasingly excited about the prospects for breakfast pizza, but breakfast tacos don't show any signs of making significant inroads nationally. Breakfast pizza is typically a tomato sauce-less concoction of eggs, cheese and meat -- sort of l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Shoot, We Didn't Know You Could Put
    Lap Dances on a Tab

    The real reason men go to strip clubs.​Newspaper readers in places as far away as London are today laughing at the hapless Dallas duo that opted to flee a Northwest Highway strip club when they couldn't pay their $5,000 tab. But folks have thus far failed to praise Micah Boswell and Elizabeth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Wanna Know Why We're Fat? Let the Feds Draw You a Map.

    Fast food state -- see the pretty, pretty purple.​The only thing worse than coming back from vacation is beating the rest of the world back to work -- especially if you're a reporter waiting for return phone calls. It's been a quiet day in the office. But all that time spent in silence hasn't ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 9, 2010

    Seasons 52: Chain Food Minus Butter and Salt. What's the Point?

    Fast food state -- see the pretty, pretty purple.​The only thing worse than coming back from vacation is beating the rest of the world back to work -- especially if you're a reporter waiting for return phone calls. It's been a quiet day in the office. But all that time spent in silence hasn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Of Dining, the American Dream and Places in the Heart

    ​Apologies for missing last week's Walk the Wok. Hope everyone has been eating well and has discovered something tasty since the last time we rendezvoused. During my MIA time, I've been revisiting past blog-subject restaurants with the intention of doing updates. I stopped in at Naga Thai to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Restaurateurs Struggle to Match App to Appetite

    ​The website for Fearing's is a pretty good model of restaurant website design. It doesn't sing, or waste time on Flash graphics that never load properly. It helpfully provides menus and hours and allows patrons to make online reservations. Fearing's iPhone app is somewhat less impressive. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Pizza Patron Prez Wants to Light Mavs' Fire

    ​First it's ice, then it's fire. While chatting yesterday morning with Pizza Patron publicist Sandy Bell about frozen pie prices, she asked me whether I'd heard the other big Antonio Swad news: Apparently the culinary impresario -- he's president of Pizza Patron -- can't limit himself to one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Pizza Patron's New Line Gives
    Franchisees the Chills

    ​Pizza Patron's newest product is distressing some franchisees, who fear the frozen pizza line will cut into their sales. "I'd say a number of them are concerned," concedes brand director Andrew Gamm. "But it's a great opportunity for the brand." Pizza Patron frozen pizzas are now available ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Eat Cheese Fries for a Good Cause

    ​At last, a way to feel virtuous while stuffing your gullet with chili cheese fries and "Triple Dippers" at Chili's restaurants. On Monday, September 27, the 25-year-old burger chain will donate 100 percent of its profits for the day to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, one of the world's lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Dragonfly Chef Announces Departure

    ​It must have been a heck of a honeymoon. Grant Morgan, who'd planned to return to his executive chef post at Dragonfly when his honeymoon ended on Sept. 14, has announced his departure from the Hotel ZaZa dining room. His resignation is officially effective next Saturday. According to a pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Dude Food: Olive Garden

    Olive Garden639 N. Cockrell Hill Road, DuncanvilleDude Factor: 3, or Roseanne (waitress/proprieter of loose meat sandwich specialty diner The Lanford Lunch Box), on a scale of 1 (Zach Braff in Garden State) to 10 (Jonah Hill in Forgetting Sarah Marshall)Last Saturday my lady and I--with tired bones, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Food For Thought 3.12.09

    "The good news for the restaurant industry is that consumers typically get hungry about every four to five hours, generally three times a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year." (Bob Derrington, securities analyst with Morgan Keegan & Co., on the ability of restaurants to weather nasty little ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    A Swanky Replacement: Brooke Shields?

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    So, Bennigan's Lives? Steak & Ale Too? Good Luck With All That.

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Reiner, Short & Brinker: Not a Law Firm, But a Love Fest

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 19, 2008

    Willie-Nilly

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    Folks Sue Brinker, Claiming Its Guiltless Food Is a Little Too Guilty

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    First the Stock's Downgraded. Then, Some Chili's Abruptly Close.

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 10, 2008

    Former Screen Door Chef Takes Reins at Dali Wine Bar & Cellar

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Cooling on Chili's

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    Dallas' Food Friends Noodling Around With P.F. Chang

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    On the Brinker

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2007

    The Revolution, One Slice at a Time

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    Bennigan's Reducing Its Pieces of Flair

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 11, 2007

    Rathbun Leveraged

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    Rathbun's Regroup

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2007

    Calling Minor Foodies

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2007

    Dallas' Food Chains

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2007

    Pizza Patron Extending "Peso Gimmick" Indefinitely

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2007

    Passing the Candle

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2006

    Texas de Kaching

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Bite the Vote

    For the second time in three months, the Brinker International Forum has had to swap out celebrity guests -- once again because of a "scheduling conflict." (Do these people not have calendars? Or assistants with calendars?) After already getting a two-for-one deal in September, when Carl Reiner ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 31, 2003

    At Any Cost

    How do restaurants set their prices?

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    She's Gotta Serve It

    Dallas dining is largely controlled by men. Seven women are trying to change that.

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Dead Star

    Star Canyon goes out with a whimper, not a bang

  • Dining

    January 30, 2003

    Puff Puff Poof

    Smoking ban passed in the name of public health--right?

  • Dining

    January 10, 2002

    'Tisn't the Season

    Bars, restaurants take divergent paths through dismal fall

  • Dining

    December 28, 2000

    Playing Chicken

    Come boom or bust Dallasites gotta eat--out, that is

  • Dining

    October 5, 2000

    Burning Question

    Where are the spoons?

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Fallen star

    How greed, incompetence, and allegations of fraud sank Dallas' FoodStar Restaurant Group

  • Dining

    December 31, 1998

    Let 'em eat loin

    1998 was a year of lusty carnivores, raw fish, and orgiastic indulgence

  • Dining

    July 2, 1998

    Hash Over

    1998 was a year of lusty carnivores, raw fish, and orgiastic indulgence

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