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February 9, 2012
WhataFail: How Some Dallas Restaurants Treat Their Employees
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has released a new restaurant guide. The 52-page guide makes no mention of food quality, ingredient sourcing, or a customer's dining experience, but instead focuses on how well restaurants treat their employees. Wages, benefits and advancement opportunities ar ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
AT&T PAC Vows to Find "Inspirational" Replacement for Now No-Show Jamie Foxx
Over on Unfair Park I just posted the note that Jamie Foxx's Brinker International Forum appearance at the Winspear, which was scheduled for tomorrow night, is now a no-go. The reason: Something to do with his inability to get away from the set of Django Unchained, the new Quentin Tarantino movie ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
SEC Sues, Settles With Brinker Financial Analyst, Husband Over Insider Trading
Digging through Pacer this morning, looking for something unrelated, I came across this: In Dallas federal court yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Donna Hvidsten the manager of Planning and Analysis at Brinker International, and her husband Bruce, a former Brinker employee, f ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Sip, Savor and See How You're Making a Difference
Sip wine and feel good about more than the antioxidants this week in Dallas. Read on. The Event: Savor Dallas The Cause: North Texas Food Bank The Scoop It will be a feel-good festival of premier chefs, food and drinks at the seventh Savor Dallas event on March 18 and 19. Said premier chefs ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
It's a Southern Thing: Who Gets Credit
For Introducing Vietnamese to Crawfish?
Andrea Nguyen's presentation at the Southern Foodways Alliance symposium this weekend was bound to be a bit contentious, as the award-winning cookbook author was slated to explain to a roomful of proud Southern eaters and cooks that the Vietnamese crawfish tradition rightly belongs to Califor ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Food Festivals Like Taste of West Village Aren't Necessarily About Food
Since news about Texas food tends to find its way to my inbox, I know way more than I should about Texas Roadhouse happenings. I don't usually find too much in the Roadhouse oeuvre that's worth sharing, but I was oddly riveted by a recent announcement regarding the restaurant chain's partici ... More >>
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June 28, 2010
NorthPark Center Is Not a Drive-Thru. Unless, Apparently, You're Trying to Steal ATMs.
This just in from the Dallas Police Department concerning an attempted smash-and-grab at the mall at around 3 this morning:Dallas Police Officers Responded to a call at North Park Mall at 8687 North Central Expressway regarding an open building. A witness who works at NorthPark Mall told officers ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Brinker Makes a Run for the Border and Offloads Yet Another Chain to SF Firm
Surprising(ish?) news late today: Brinker International just announced that a year and a half after it unloaded its majority interest Romano's Macaroni Grill to San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital, it's selling On the Border to the equity firm as well. For how much? The press release doesn't ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Revolving Doors: Nodding Through November
Wow, the end of November crept up on us.Things generally seem to slow down as we approach the end of a year. And while the days have ticked by with surprising speed, restaurant business lagged as the economy continued to wallow.Still, the month wasn't all that bad. Sure, there were some moments o ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Breadstick Birbiglia
Wow, the end of November crept up on us.Things generally seem to slow down as we approach the end of a year. And while the days have ticked by with surprising speed, restaurant business lagged as the economy continued to wallow.Still, the month wasn't all that bad. Sure, there were some moments o ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
In The (Olive) Garden Of Eden
A couple weeks ago, a reader by the name of Beth posted an interesting comment under one of our stories. "May I inquire as to why it is common practice on these blogs to look down upon other so-called 'middle-class casual restaurants?'" she (assuming) wrote, mentioning Olive Garden as a favored ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Days Gone Bite: Potato Skins
Some say that T.G.I. Friday's invented the potato skin.This was back in 1974, with the country reeling from Watergate, the withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam, inflation and--worst of all--the introduction of all those sluggish mid-70s cars. Chrysler was, in fact, buying up the world's produ ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
Steak and Ale's Dead. Long Live Steak and Ale!
Seems like forever ago that Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group shuttered Bennigan's and Steak & Ale -- but, nope, it was just July of last year. A few Bennigan's locations resurfaced shortly thereafter, when Richardson-based Bennigan's Franchising Company, LLC assumed the position and re ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
The Wrestler
Seems like forever ago that Plano-based Metromedia Restaurant Group shuttered Bennigan's and Steak & Ale -- but, nope, it was just July of last year. A few Bennigan's locations resurfaced shortly thereafter, when Richardson-based Bennigan's Franchising Company, LLC assumed the position and re ... More >>
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June 9, 2009
Norman Brinker, Dead at 78
Kristina BowmanThe News is reporting that Norman Brinker died this morning while on vacation in Colorado Springs; he turned 78 last Wednesday. Brinker, of course, is the Colorado-born chairman emeritus of Brinker International -- and the man who, in 1984, took Larry Lavine's Chili's concept public; ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Tail Trot
Kristina BowmanThe News is reporting that Norman Brinker died this morning while on vacation in Colorado Springs; he turned 78 last Wednesday. Brinker, of course, is the Colorado-born chairman emeritus of Brinker International -- and the man who, in 1984, took Larry Lavine's Chili's concept public; ... More >>
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December 19, 2008
Even in a Lousy Economy, Brinker Finds Someone to Buy Macaroni Grill
And then there were three. Eleven days after analysts predicted Brinker International would indeed unload Romano's Macaroni Grill despite the lousy credit market, it's happened -- for about $88 million, which doesn't seem like a lot of pasta for a chain with some 220 eateries worldwide (as in, Egypt ... More >>
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August 15, 2008
Win, Win: Brinker Forum Swaps John Travolta for Carl Reiner, Martin Short
And then there were three. Eleven days after analysts predicted Brinker International would indeed unload Romano's Macaroni Grill despite the lousy credit market, it's happened -- for about $88 million, which doesn't seem like a lot of pasta for a chain with some 220 eateries worldwide (as in, Egypt ... More >>
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July 29, 2008
"There's My Flair."
And then there were three. Eleven days after analysts predicted Brinker International would indeed unload Romano's Macaroni Grill despite the lousy credit market, it's happened -- for about $88 million, which doesn't seem like a lot of pasta for a chain with some 220 eateries worldwide (as in, Egypt ... More >>
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April 15, 2008
Sure, the Food at Bennigan's is Mediocre. But at Least It's Cheaper Now.
And then there were three. Eleven days after analysts predicted Brinker International would indeed unload Romano's Macaroni Grill despite the lousy credit market, it's happened -- for about $88 million, which doesn't seem like a lot of pasta for a chain with some 220 eateries worldwide (as in, Egypt ... More >>
Dining
October 4, 2007
Strike Two
What's in a name?
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May 31, 2007
Eating for the Kids
What's in a name?
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November 30, 2006
Training Day
Catch D-League action in Fort Worth
Dining
August 31, 2006
Texas de Ka-ching
The churrascaria king expands his dominion
Calendar
March 23, 2006
Plano: Prim And Bookish
The churrascaria king expands his dominion
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March 9, 2006
A Vow So Weak
The churrascaria king expands his dominion
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Seafood Restaurant
Oceanaire Seafood Room
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Restaurateur to Party With
Dee Lincoln at Del Frisco's
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Cheap(er) Steak Place
Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse
Dining
December 11, 2003
All’s Pair
Is wine only for fine dining?
Dining
August 14, 2003
See Dean Run
It's been a good year for Preferred's McSherry
Dining
June 26, 2003
Come High Water
Monica's owner hopes to open a pathway to heaven
Dining
August 1, 2002
Tastemakers
Does atmosphere affect our appreciation of a drink?
Dining
May 2, 2002
Thom Tom Tim
Triple R Group lands its first chef
Dining
February 28, 2002
Eat to Live
New seafood spot to open this spring
Dining
January 3, 2002
Party's Over
Dallas restaurateurs weather a year of many valleys, few peaks
Dining
June 21, 2001
Fox in the Steakhouse
Silver Fox still has to work out the kinks
Dining
May 10, 2001
Sleeps with the Fishes
Soprano's gets squeezed out
Dining
March 1, 2001
Cloudy Issue
Bill proposes to ban smoking in Texas restaurants
Dining
October 12, 2000
Cockle Do
Rooster ruckus?
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best all-American diner/lunch spot
Guthrie's Historical American Restaurant
Dining
September 14, 2000
Suze cruze
He finally did it
Dining
February 24, 2000
Hash Over
Hot spot goes to pot; Mixed hash
Dining
January 6, 2000
Hash Over
Where's PoPoLos?; Dowdy McKinney; Lo lo Lola
Dining
April 29, 1999
Hash Over
Where's PoPoLos?; Dowdy McKinney; Lo lo Lola
Dining
October 29, 1998
Of men, meat, and money
Capital Grille lays it on thick
Dining
July 23, 1998
Hash Over
Capital Grille lays it on thick
Dining
May 28, 1998
Hash Over
Capital Grille lays it on thick
Dining
December 5, 1996
Peripatetic pleasure
The Cajun drifter, Margaux, has found yet another new home
Dining
April 20, 1995
Hot Dish
The Cajun drifter, Margaux, has found yet another new home
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