Greenville

Goodrecords: The Series Has an Open Casting Call Saturday

A few months ago, Christopher Telles, who works with the TNT series Dallas announced plans for a scripted TV show called Goodrecords: The Series. There are big ambitions for the show, which would use the shop on Greenville as a central setting.

DART Predicts Traffic Tweaks on Central Will Save $26 Million Per Year

Head down Central Expressway at or near rush hour, and you're guaranteed to spend awhile sitting in traffic. There's no guarantee, though, that any other route will be quicker, so drivers are left to sit and wait and wonder. You won't have to wonder for much longer. DART is rolling out a system nex ... More >>

A CamelBak Of Guinness

Mudsmith Coffee is Now Open on Lower Greenville

Dallas business woman, Brooke Humphries (entrepreneur behind Acme F&B, It'll Do and Barcadia) has ventured into the ever-booming coffee shop business. Humphies' opened Mudsmith Coffee (2114 Greenville Ave.) on lower Greenville in the space squished between World Beer Co. and the Single Wide that onc ... More >>

Monica's Nueva Cocina Opens, Rohst Closes and More From a Busy August

At last, August has left us, bringing us that much closer to the promise of cooler weather. Someday soon, we hope. In the meantime, the month brought Dallas several new restaurants and wilted a few others. Read on for the full list of openings and closings and be sure to share tips about shifts in t ... More >>

Meatless Monday At Freebirds Is Highly Stressful

I was out running errands in the Old Town shopping center at Lovers and Greenville when I found myself hungrily eyeing the guinea pigs on display at Petsmart. Alarmed by my newfound taste for small domesticated mammals, I checked my watch and realized it was 4 o'clock and all I'd consumed that day w ... More >>

Reminder: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses Headline The Observer's St. Patrick's Day Concert on Saturday

We were all scared there for a while, weren't we? Earlier this year, it looked like the 33-year-old Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade might not happen, due to increasing fees and inadequate funds putting a kink in our beer-filled garden hose. And then Mark Cuban rolled out of bed, decided h ... More >>

The Observer Goes Greenville

At Parkit Market, Sitting Front Row for the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade

When Frank and Ann Todora opened the Parkit Market 50 years ago at the corner of Greenville Avenue and University, it was mostly surrounded by pastures. Greenville was a small, two-lane road and what is now Central Expressway was even smaller. There was one lone power line running down Greenville, n ... More >>

Organizers Say the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade May Not Happen This Year

So here's some potentially lousy news: The Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day Parade, that beloved march of green-tinted debauchery that's been blowing down Greenville since 1979, appears to be on its deathbed. The concert at the parade route's end will play on, headlined by Ryan Bingham. The par ... More >>

What Good is Rohst Without Fire?

If Greenville Avenue's latest wants to conjure Korea, it needs to turn up the heat.

Taste of Greenville Avenue to be Very Tasty This Weeekend

​Among many other things going on this weekend is the 3rd annual Taste of Greenville Avenue (TOGA), this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Energy Square, 4925 Greenville Ave. More than two dozen Greenville area restaurants will be on hand to serve small portions of signatures dishes that co ... More >>

The Night They Turned Off the Lights at 7-Eleven And Other Tales of Greenville Ave.

​Yes, as a matter of fact, they did close the 7-Eleven on Lowest Greenville this morning -- at midnight, almost to the second. And, at just past midnight, the sidewalks -- which, moments before, had been thick with club-goers shuffling from drink special to drink special at the Pussycat Lounge, Ku ... More >>

Plan Commissioners: This Isn't Just About a Bowling Alley, But Future of Lower Greenville

A look back at the plans for the new-look Lower Greenville Avenue​I've tried several times this morning to reach Michael Northrup, the attorney repping a coalition of neighborhood associations at yesterday's City Plan Commission meeting where Madison Partners' bowling alley concept was voted down ... More >>

Rasansky Says You'll Know Sooner Than Later What's Replacing Greenville Ave. Whole Foods

​I see Avi's posted a piece to Barking Dogs wondering whether a Walmart will take over the old Whole Foods on Lowest Greenville. Writes Adelman, yesterday "teams of inspectors -- electrical, structure, property, roofing -- swarmed all over the building, taking photos, comparing architectural drawi ... More >>

Dine At The Grape Tomorrow Night After The Observer's Iron Fork

​After you get a taste of competition at the Observer's Iron Fork tomorrow night, make your way to The Grape(2808 Greenville Ave.) for this month's installment of the Come-As-You-Are dinner series. Tomorrow's dinner features boutique wines from Spain, selected by Sommelier and co-owner Courtn ... More >>

b.b.bop Rice Bowls: There's Asian Fusion and There's All Over the Asian Map

Photos by Kristy YangOutside b.b.bop's new location at Lovers and Greenville.​b.b.bop Rice Bowls confuses me. The Carrollton-based restaurant opened a Lovers Lane/Greenville location recently, and several friends on separate occasions suggested I try it. Admittedly, when I heard about the concept, ... More >>

A Barking Dog Wants to Take a Big Ol' Bite Out of That Lower Greenville Avenue Ordinance

​From the sound of Andrea's December 16 liveblog from the City Plan Commission, not to mention the myriad other sit-downs Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano have had with Lower Greenville Avenue stakeholders in recent months, the council members' Planned Development District ordinance has a lot of su ... More >>

Dallas PD, Sheriff Roll Out Holiday Initiatives

​Local law enforcement agencies have scheduled two press conferences this week -- one at the Jack Evans this morning, another at the Kroger on Mockingbird at Greenville Wednesday. Long story short: DPD wants to get the word out two programs coming down your chimney at this, the most wonderful time ... More >>

The Libertine Announces New Free Live Music Series On Monday Nights. (Plus: The Tracklist From Last Night's Local Hang.)

​Looks like Lower Greenville is about to get a new live music venue--at least on Monday nights. The Libertine has just announced plans to host free concerts from local acts every Monday night. The night will be called "The Hang Up." Huh. Wonder where they got that idea... Anyway, the new weekly se ... More >>

The 2800 Block of Greenville Avenue Hopes to Rise From the Ashes by February

As part of its rebuilding effort, Terilli's is selling welcome-back bricks that'll become part of a "Friends of Terilli's Wall" upon its February reopening.​Shortly after a four-alarm fire destroyed the block of Greenville Avenue housing Terilli's, Hurricane Grill, Mick's and the Greenville Bar &a ... More >>

Dallas City Council Members Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano Have A Plan To Help Rid Lowest Greenville Avenue Of Crime. If Only They Can Get Neighborhood Businesses To Cooperate.

Rusty Taco: Get Your Mex Fix With a Side of Posers

Greenville Bar & Grill Owners Claim Negligence Caused Fire to Spread, Sue Landlord For Damages

Jim Schutze​The owners of Greenville Bar & Grill -- Lucky Merk, LLC -- filed a lawsuit this afternoon claiming the property owners of Terilli's were cited 17 times for code violations by Dallas Fire-Rescue in the months before the March 2 fire that burned down four Lower Greenville staples. ... More >>

New Restaurants are Blossoming This Spring

​ This March kept true to the saying "in like a lion, out like a lamb," kicking off with a four-alarm fire on Lower Greenville on March 2. The fire started in Terrilli's and soon destroyed Hurricane Grill, Mick's and Greenville Bar & Grill only a few weeks before one of Greenville's biggest ... More >>

Massive Fire Claims Block That, Till Hours Ago, Was Home to Terilli's, Hurricane Grill, Mick's and Greenville Bar & Grill

Jim SchutzeMore photos from Jim follow after the jump. Here's a slide show featuring photos from Jim and Patrick Michels.​At this very moment, Schutze is down on Lower Greenville, where the block that once housed Terilli's, Hurricane Grill, Mick's and the Greenville Bar & Grill is now a memory ... More >>

Question Of The Week: Should Small, Chef-Driven Restaurants Expand?

A Nick Too Far?​Last we we asked about chains. This time around, we were wondering about small-scale expansion. Word came recently that Nick Badovinus, chef and owner of Neighborhood Services, would soon open a second and third branch of the restaurant. Nothing wrong with this--expansion is someti ... More >>

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 23: HYMNS

...and for the Youtube-inclined, here's your link.Fresh off a three-star review Rolling Stone review of its new EP, Appaloosa, Brooklyn-based retro-rock outfit HYMNS stopped by to participate in our ongoing DC9 in SPACE series last Wednesday night, offering up toned-down versions of the new EP's so ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Piggie Pies Pizzas & Pasta

​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Piggie Pies Pizzas & Pasta 5315 Greenville Suite 120 B 214-821-OINK Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 35 minutes Scoring Summary The promise ... More >>

DOMAXXI: The Showcase Lineup REVEALED!

Yup: On Saturday, July 18, we'll be taking over Lowest Greenville yet again--for the third year in a row, I believe--to offer up a lineup of 39 Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated acts performing six different venues, all for the low, low cost of five dollars. Check the entire DOMA Showcase lineup ... More >>

10 Questions: Toby Bittenbender

Patrick MichelsThere are A-list bartenders working the hot clubs. But you know something? They all had to start somewhere.Bittenbender is new to bartending. The Dallas native spent years playing guitar in a band, touring from venue to venue...until fatherhood caused him to rethink priorities. So he ... More >>

The Southern Sea

Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. (Old House)

Bonus MP3: The Southern Sea -- "These Things Always End Badly"

In this week's print edition of the Observer (at some newsstands already, but on your Internet now), you'll find a review of The Southern Sea's Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. in our Home Grown CD review section, which, really, despite the thoughts of one quick-to-comment reader, is meant as quite ... More >>

Always Greener

Saturday Night's DOMA Showcase on Lower Greenville rocked. So how come it's not always like that?

Look Out, Avi, But Forbes Just Gave Folks a Reason to Move to Greenville

Got Any Irish In You?

Going to the Dogs

At least three canines say the Lower Greenville bar scene is nothing to sniff at

Sin City

On patrol with the $2 Halloween hos on Lowest Greenville

Stripped Down

Sometimes too much is way too much

Circlin' Round the Chief

Best Case of Compassionless Conservatism

State Senator Robert Deuell, R-Mesquite

Beer Run

The only nuts here are at the bars

Best Sunday Brunch

Greenville Bar and Grill

Belly-up

Greenville Bar & Grill lets you eat like a king

Best Competitive Rivalry

Condoms To Go, Condom Sense

Best urban street-side patio dining

Thai Soon

Broke-down Palace

A controversial Lower Greenville neighborhood bar fades quietly into the night

Night & Day

January 14 - 20, 1999

Swat it!

Dragonfly darts with a tedious buzz

Bait yer hooks

Matsu and Ichiban struggle with fish food