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30 Of the Most Kick-Ass DJ Residencies In DFW in Every Genre

It's nearly impossible to list them all, but what you will find below is a list of more than 15 awesome DFW-area DJs and musicians with 30 collectively kick-ass DJ residencies in your city. These residencies span almost every single day of the week and feature damn near every type of music imaginabl ... More >>

Hibiscus Executive Chef Takes Over at Whiskey Cake

Gastropubs everywhere! Just eight days after The Dallas Morning News published Leslie Brenner's guide to gastropubs, Whiskey Cake announces the gastro-blah blah based in Plano has a new chef. Brent Hammer, formerly of Hibiscus on Henderson, will take over as chef de cuisine. See also: - With a Name ... More >>

Dallas Beer Week Highlights and Events

"Beer drinkers, this is the most important week of your life," so goes the tag line for Dallas Beer Week, which runs from this Saturday to November 17. (Beer weeks actually have eight days, no explanation needed). The goal of Dallas Beer Week (DBW) is to orchestrate a massive craft-beer coup at l ... More >>

For Four Days This Month, Knox Will Become Dallas' First "Complete Street"

In June, the city of Dallas unveiled its Complete Streets Design Manual, a rather dense set of guidelines for the city as it dabbles with the idea of building certain roadways less as places that cars blow through en route from Point A to Point B and more as boulevards that are at least as accommoda ... More >>

The Drinks Fail to Deliver at Snack

Located in the seemingly doomed Henderson Avenue strip where Horne & Dekker, Fish City Grill and Urbino all met their maker, Snack seems to be the unfortunate red-headed stepchild of the otherwise successful ventures from dynamic duo Avner Samuel and Jon Stevens. It's been panned by critics and Yel ... More >>

It'll Do Club Set To Re-Open June 16, Brooke Humphries Also Opening A Million Other Businesses

Brooke Humphries is a busy woman. As we stand just outside the entrance of It'll Do Club on Elm Street, she fields questions from Red Bull reps and contractors: "You have two minutes of my time," she says to one of them. "You have one minute of my time," she says to the other. Divide and conquer. ... More >>

Knox-Henderson Keeps Shedding Restaurants

Just three weeks ago, we reported that Horne & Dekker had closed abruptly, on the heels of other failed restaurants in the area. H&D, Redfork and Alma all closed in less than a year, and I wondered if Knox-Henderson was a tough neighborhood for the service industry. Or maybe their food just sucked. ... More >>

Sundown Rises, Lumi Goes Dark and More Openings and Closings from a Busy January

January proved to be a busy month in the Dallas food scene. The highly anticipated Sundown at Granada opened its doors, along with a handful of other eateries. Read on for the full opening and closing slate, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section be ... More >>

A Monday Night at the Slip Inn: Was It Real or Just a Dream?

"Did you hear about that guy on the news?" "Oh, yeah. But what do you expect when you have a gas-huffing problem? One day you're going to absentmindedly light a cigarette and explode." "You sure are. You got a light?" Strange things happen when you go out on a Monday. You hear conversations that ... More >>

Three Holiday Drink Recipes for the Festive Boozehound in You

FlickrGive your eggnogg a cocoa makeover.​Whitney Filloon, our resident pastry chef/booze correspondent, took the week off from drinking to bring you these winter cocktail ideas. We have her assurances that she was sober when she wrote them. I enjoy a $12 cocktail as much as the next Dallas g ... More >>

Spend 20th Anniversary of Times Herald's Demise With Von Erichs, Dabney Coleman

I asked Schutze yesterday: "You know what tomorrow is?" His response: "Um, Thursday?" Well, yes, that -- and the 20th anniversary of the death of the Dallas Times Herald, which was bought by The Dallas Morning News on December 8, 1991, for $55 million, and then shuttered after 103 years in existence ... More >>

Italian Eats, Stackhouse Love, and a Cheap-Ass Sandwich: This Week in Dallas Grubbing

​Ugh. On the heels of a massive bowl of Pho with a Dallas Super Yelper (more on that next week), I'm ready for a quiet night at home. I wonder how many minutes I'll last alone on my couch before I get the bug to get out and look for something to interesting to eat. I give myself till 7:30 tops ... More >>

Hack Saws and Fried Guacamole. Who Else is Proud to be a Texan?

​ This week in food blogs, a Dallas chef milked cows and wielded a hack saw to win $10,000; El Bulli closed; and we gave you an arsenal of excuses to eat and drink. Read on. City of Ate If you're looking for Ethiopian food that is as nonthreatening as it is tasty, Scott Reitz suggests Ibex E ... More >>

Beauty Bar To Host "Unofficial" Girl Talk After-Party. Plus, It's The New Home For Cool Out.

I see what the Granada Theater is doing, and I like it. For the second time this month, after hosting a big draw on a Thursday night, the venue has decided to throw an unofficial after-party the way of DJ Sober and his weekly Big Bang! event at Beauty Bar. Tonight's "unofficial Girl Talk after-party ... More >>

Taking a Look at the Best Local Releases in 2011 So Far

A Steel of a Deal at Anvil Pub

​Quittin' Time brings you tips on where to spend your happy hour drinking money. Where: Anvil Pub, 2638 Elm St. What: $1 off all liquor, most beer. Service industry Monday, half price food Tuesday, Texas booze Wednesday. When: 4pm-8pm Monday through Friday. Additional discounts all night Mond ... More >>

Park: If Only the Menu Matched the Laid-Back Patio Vibe.

What the Dead Eat: A Día de los Muertos
Party Menu

​Halloween is so passé. It's nothing more than Christmas, a commercial boon for cheap decorations, terrible eats and overdone getup far removed from its cultural and religious foundations. What people, especially those with an unending love for Mexican food, should celebrate is Día de los Muerto ... More >>

The Common Table Drops Beer Prices, Declares Tuesday "Brewsday" With Mikkeller Single Hop Series

Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin IPA, one of four from the brewer's Single Hop series available tonight at The Common Table.​Good news for cash-strapped beer lovers who were having a bit of trouble justifying a $15 pint (imperial 20-oz pour notwithstanding) at The Common Table: General manager and beer exp ... More >>

Listomania: The 30 Best Songs About Genitalia

The Caddyshack soundtrack is slightly phallic.​If Cee-Lo wrote the greatest song of all humankind with "Fuck You," which has sufficiently taken over the Internet this week, then Meat Loaf certainly deserves a firm No. 2 spot for his own masterpiece, "California Isn't Big Enough (Hey There Girl)," ... More >>

Neighborhood Services Tavern brings good taste to social networking

The Year/The Decade: Embarrassments

​Probably should issue this caveat to start: Unless you're speaking of Paris Hilton or Tex Cobb, the label of embarrassment implies the person in question possesses some talent.Nobody is perfect, of course. The Rolling Stones recorded Emotional Rescue, Babe Ruth lost half a season due to a "bellya ... More >>

The Year/The Decade: People

​We all--well, most of us, anyway--like to group certain traits or people into easy shorthand definitions.For example, the French become "surrender monkeys," southerners are all "rednecks" and Eagles fans are...um, that's unprintable. As the guys from Monty Python once pointed out, the only group ... More >>

The Year/The Decade: People Who Shook Things Up

Meredith L. MooreSome of the wares at Tei An.​We started off thinking about innovators, but...well, sometimes innovation comes in the form of foams, deconstruction or other overwrought foods and we didn't really want to dwell on the subject.But there are always people who shake things, either by n ... More >>

Night Moves: A Winter Wonderland

Ray and Peter LekThe scene at Lizard Lounge Friday night​ GLO on Henderson hosted L.A.'s DJ Colette Friday night, and our nightlife photo crew caught up with her before heading out to Lizard Lounge for British DJ Rusko and Austin's Bird Peterson, spinning with the usual suspects in the Dallas Dub ... More >>

Review and Gallery: Hacienda On Henderson

Sara Kerens​In this week's Observer, Dave takes a few visits to Hacienda On Henderson, where a great patio and a happening location serve as backdrops for the troubled kitchen's Tex-meh cuisine.Though all is not well in the house of Hacienda, Dave writes that a recent visit suggested changes were ... More >>

Dude Food: The Porch

Holy shit, dudes.​The Porch2912 N. Henderson Ave.Dude Factor: 10, or The Stodg, on a scale of 1 (The Great Pyramid of Giza) to 10. This Dude Food is being filed from the home office, where I'm currently enjoying a productive birthday staycation. In honor of this momentous occasion (alas, the last ... More >>

Last Night: The Dandy Warhols at The Granada Theater

The Dandy WarholsGranada TheaterSeptember 8, 2009 Better than: the recession, for one. If the lights behind The Dandy Warhols on stage weren't alone enough of a reminder that the slick psych-rock outfit came prepared to offer its fans a show worth the price of admission, frontman Courtney Taylo ... More >>

Pairing Off: Bratwurst and Sauerkraut

Patrick MichelsWhen Charles de Gaulle famously moaned "how can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese," the Frenchman who best defined national vainglory hoped to excuse political chaos in his country.Geez, the Germans manage orderly governance (and the occasional foray into F ... More >>

Pairing Off: Chicken Fried Steak

Texas should be ashamed of itself.In the old days this state produced larger than life heroes--men like James Fannin, Clyde Barrow and "Hollywood" Henderson. But now, after two from the Bush clan (three if you count Neil), a Rove and the guys at Enron, all we can cling to is our national dish.And c ... More >>

DowntownDallas Crowd Can't Find the D-Spot

Hollywood Henderson Will Sack a Neighborhood Activist, If He Has To

Passing the Candle

Doyle Bramhall, Bugs Henderson

Friday, August 11, at the Granada Theater

Flaccid Flirt

Tryst arouses, but is it just a tease?

Life's a Strip

Apple- or hickory-smoked bacon: Is there a difference?

Dining Tyranny

Are we choosing ourselves crazy?

Danger Zone

Tom Clancy plays spy games

Opening the Tap

Knox Street Pub & Grill coming soon

Contact

A half century later, witnesses insist little green—or maybe brown—men crashed in New Mexico

"Today, a Generation Died."

Revisiting the story of the 1937 New London gas explosion--the worst tragedy involving schoolchildren in American history

Hibiscus Itch

New restaurant to hit Henderson Street

Hash Over

Grapes of glory; Coming and going

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Fish story; Real blarney; Flipping out of burgers

Thin line between love and hate

Cork is a promising wine bar that's plugged its excitement for the drink

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Events for the week

Moctezuma's revenge

No matter the name, this local Tex-Mex institution serves memory well