Highland Park (Brooklyn)

Mosquitoes Are Already Testing Positive for West Nile

The West Nile virus is officially back. Public health officials got their first confirmation of that last week when mosquito pools in Richardson tested positive for the disease. Today, Highland Park announced a positive test of its own. Dallas County is already urging residents to use insect repella ... More >>

Amanda Thatcher, Highland Park Grad and the Late Prime Minister's Granddaughter, is the Darling of the British Press

In the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death last week, the Morning News took the opportunity to plumb its archives to remind us of the British prime minister's surprisingly strong ties to Dallas. She was something of a regular here, making frequent trips to Highland Park to visit her son Mark and her t ... More >>

13 Dallas Spots for Healthy Foods That Don't Suck

Every once in a very long while I like to make believe I have a little something called willpower. And like most other folks on this planet, I get a surge of confidence in my nonexistent willpower right around January 1. See also: Our Best of 2012 Winners Now, I have this thing that tends to ruin ... More >>

TJ's Seafood Market and Grill is Now Open in HP/Oaklawn [Photos]

For chief fishmonger Jon Alexis, the building of TJ's new location in the Shops of Highland Park has been a labor of love and the culmination of all the years he's been running his family's business. "This is what I've always wanted TJ's to become," Alexis says. See also: - Jon Alexis of TJ's Seafo ... More >>

Highland Park Will Be Having None of Your Tacky Artificial Grass, Thank You

Highland Park's city council has decided to ban fake plastic grass from the town's front yards, a scourge which according to one city official has overtaken at least three (3) properties. The Morning News reports that council members voted on the new ordinance on Monday. Artificial turf will stil ... More >>

Cocktails, Food Fears And Summer Camp For Smoke Freaks: This Week In Dallas' Food Blogs

Hello Dallas. Planning on having a boozy weekend? Craft cocktailery has descended en masse on our city, and Monday could be a little rough. Make sure to drink your Gatorade before imbibing with enthusiasm. And if you do catch a bad case of morning malaise you'd do well to head up to the Crossroads D ... More >>

Mitt Romney Moves Left With Education Plan. That'll Never Last.

Oh, man, and me a total Obamatoid! Am I going to have to vote for Mitt Romney? But he's already way to the left of Obama on education and batting 1.000 on one of my favorite themes, the need to integrate schools by class, not race. For years there has been persuasive research out there arguing that ... More >>

Spring Vegetables, Spring Festivals and Lots of Tequila: The Week In Dallas Eating

More festivals this weekend. The 6th Annual Real Texas Festival kicks off today. I wasn't around for it last year, but Nick Rallo was and he gave the event a ringing endorsement. There are worse ways to spend your time than sampling barbecue from entrants chasing a $500 grand champion prize. Things ... More >>

So Why Did the Dallas Country Club Really Set Off Fireworks Last Night?

Over on the News' ice cream blog, Robert Wilonsky reports that North Dallas was baffled last night by an unexpected firework display, allegedly to help celebrate the new clubhouse at the Dallas Country Club. But we all know that a little clubhouse opening isn't enough to warrant fireworks in the Pa ... More >>

Dallas' Five Best Margaritas, in Honor of National Margarita Day

The margarita may be the greatest drink of all time, if only because it almost always comes alongside a free, bottomless basket of chips and salsa. Born out of desperation, the margarita originally provided a way to choke down bad tequila. At some restaurants this still holds true. At others the dri ... More >>

Marquee Grill's Seasonal Affective Disorder

Tomatoes in winter dull the spotlight in Highland Park.

Bistro 31 Sets Highland Park Buzzing

Simple Mediterranean-inspired plates designed for Park Cities palates.

Top Chef: Texas Does Dallas at a Fancy Schmancy Highland Park Dinner Party

Socioeconomically speaking, Dallas has a pretty damn diverse food scene. The Big D is chock-full of $1 taco stands (if you're of the financial status to seek them rather than pass with blinders), $2 slightly fancier tacos found at many bars (LaGrange's are tasty), barbecue shacks out the wazoo (hey, ... More >>

How Restaurants Should Fight Dallas' Dining ADD

​In this week's paper I tackle Bistro 31, the new Highland Park restaurant by Lombdardi Family Concepts. While researching the story, I spent time reading about Bistro 31 and the other restaurants in the group on well designed websites for each location. One line on Bistro 31's website stood out: ... More >>

Federal Judge Unseals Suit That Asks: Did Dallas Screw HUD Out of Hundreds of Millions?

​On June 10, 2010, I wrote a column for the newspaper about an official complaint brought to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by two Dallas developers alleging a decades-old pattern of racial discrimination and fraud by the city of Dallas, the county and other local entit ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Plus Halloween: My Cunning Plan for a Little Political Compassion

​Great trick-or-treaters last night on my street. Some years we just get kids from the block. They're great. But last night we got spillover from the Halloween gala on Swiss Avenue a block away. When that happens, we get an even bigger window on the festival. Got me thinking. Check me on this ... More >>

How Much Do Packers Like Highland Park?

​The Green Bay Packers were supposed to practice at SMU. Yeah, not so much. Instead, they wound up using the Highland Park Scots' relatively new indoor practice facility, which, from the looks of this glowing press pack, is worth every penny of the $4.5 million spent. From The Packers' Official Te ... More >>

Watch Hard: Christmas in Oak Cliff, and a Tour of Some of Your Finer Dallas Nativity Scenes

Two You Dallas offerings this morning, both guaranteed to put a smile on Robert Jeffress's face. At top is our pal Justin Terveen's Crèche Crawl -- "from Lakewood to Baylor Hospital to Highland Park," and points in between. Prematurely aged for your pleasure. And on the other side: the bright Chris ... More >>

Daiquiri's To Go, To Go

Click to embiggen the Daquiri's To Go menu​You've been to Daiquiri's To Go, no? Most of our staff has -- something, methinks, to do with its proximity to Unfair Park HQ (it's more or less at Oak Lawn and Market Center Boulevard). That, or there's just something about booze in a cup in a bag -- and ... More >>

Legal Briefs: SLAPP and Jindal

Bobby Jindal​Meant to be sung to the tune of this Squeeze single ...Remember Hiram Walker Royall? Sure you do -- he's the Highland Park developer who sued anyone who wrote, reviewed or pretty much read Carla Main's 2007 book Bulldozed: "Kelo," Eminent Domain and the American Lust for Land, which d ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Grilled Cheese and Chili
At Highland Park Pharmacy

​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ... More >>

Newsweek's Wild About Woodrow. And DISD Still Has the Nation's Top High School.

​The latest Newsweek ranking of Best High Schools in the U.S. of A. is out, and, yet again, The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center is at the very tippy-top. And it's joined by eight other Dallas schools -- though one's Highland Park, and the other's La ... More >>

Wrestling the Ghost of Jimmy Buffett at Preston Center's Flying Fish

Photos by Patrick MichelsI once at a fish this big.​Flying Fish6126 Luther Ln.214-696-FISHDude Factor: 8, or Don Knotts, on a scale of 1 (Kevin Costner) to 10 (Ernest Borgnine) I'd been too long on the turf, dudes, and got the hunger for a little surf. Fish Shack would have done nicely, but no way ... More >>

A Talk with Kyle Rote Jr.: Dallas Tornado, Hall of Famer, Soccer "Missionary"

NASL Jerseys​Kyle Rote Jr. -- who, it was announced this week, is finally being inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame as a "veteran," no kidding -- did indeed call me back earlier this week. Said I'd have better luck trying him later -- meaning, oh, 'round 11 p.m. or midnight, he'd b ... More >>

Sons of the Shining Star

Sloppy Seconds: Moving On Up

​Some places we covered this week are punching above their weight, for better or for worse, and others are aiming purposefully low. The best of City of Ate this week covers a handful of spots toying with a new social place.The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: Dave tries slumming it at ... More >>

Old School Sweets

One of these guys has been hittin' the sauce...well, the extract, really.Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers...uh...must...resist...Beavi ... More >>

Short Orders: Who's Who Burgers

Who's Who Burgers69 Highland Park Village214-522-1980I'm almost certain Laura Bush walked by as I readied to try my first Who's Who burger in about five years. I say "almost," because if it really were the former first lady and only cognizant person in the White House, federal agents would have torn ... More >>

Long May You Run

Athletes tackle the White Rock Marathon

The Mint is Heavy on Fusion and Light on Spice

Still I Rise

A new Highland Park souffle joint is blowin' up

Get Lost

A reason to like Ron Perlman

Little Lolita

Celia Rivenbark campaigns against child skankiness

The Eyes Have It

Great Scot...Land!

Waterworld

Cafe Pacific may not resemble San Francisco much, but it's still pretty good

Sob Story

Buzz sheds a tear for 2003

Letters

Time Warp

Believe it or not, it's 2003 in Highland Park, too

Horton Heard What?

Find out Who's Who at Romano's latest venture

Best Place to Take a Tourist

Highland Park Christmas lights tour

Best Art Gallery

Plush, Purple Orchid

Best outing with the kids

Dallas Museum of Art

Best Exorcism

Mark Cuban raising the Mavericks from the dead

Lack of confidence

Highland Park officers would like to get rid of their chief, if they could only figure out how

Buzz

The price of privilege

Highland Park ISD's expansion plans target the homes of the district's less affluent residents

User friendly

Cafe Highland Park brings The Bubble down to earth

Buzz

Forward to the Past

Grapevine Lake project takes aim at the automobile