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Stateside Pie and Beer in Mesquite, with Pizza and Bacon-Infused Bourbon, is Now Open

Stateside Pie and Beer opened recently in Mesquite, at 1335 North Peachtree Road. The upscale sports bar's name was inspired by World War II veterans' dreams of returning home, and the interior is cloaked in mages of that "Greatest Generation." Bring your copy of Unbroken, or perhaps not because the ... More >>

Texas Anti-Abortion Group Wants to See a "Fetal Pain" Bill Passed This Session

Seven months ago, the influential anti-abortion advocacy group Americans United for Life released its annual report, Defending Life 2012, featuring an enthusiastic blurb from Governor Rick Perry, who called the report "ammunition in a fight that is far from over." In return, AUL was full of praise f ... More >>

Dallas' (and the Rest of America's) Love of Fast Food, Visualized in 'Beefspace'

That's a map. In the northwest quadrant is Dallas-Fort Worth, represented by a spattering of magenta (Jack In the Box), yellow (Wendy's) and many other bright colors in the midst of the giant periwinkle cloud (Sonic). I think the forecast calls for tator tot rain all day. HuffPo originally reported ... More >>

Five Slowcore Bands That Weren't Really Slowcore

Last year, we detailed five fantastic post-rock bands that scoff at the term post-rock and, more or less, pissed on the very thought of being tagged as such. With Luna's Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips conquering the grassy hill at the Belmont Hotel tonight as a part of KXT 91.7's Barefoot at the ... More >>

Dallas-Based MOOYAH Burgers Announces 20-Unit Expansion This Year

Dallas-based MOOYAH has announced an aggressive plan to open another 20 locations this year, increasing the total number of fast-casual burger spots to about 50. Specific locations aren't set, but Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and Virginia are "ripe for expansion." Founded just five years ago, MOOYAH h ... More >>

The Eclectic Treats of Denton's Atomic Candy

Denton's historic downtown square has long been a revolving door of independent shops and eateries. In the former Madison June baby boutique space (turns out drunk college kids don't have a need for a $40 onesie), former popcorn business-owner Tim Loyd has opened Atomic Candy. This place is just d ... More >>

Deion Sanders' Charter School Now Accepting Applications for Students/Reality Stars

Kids walking the halls of Prime Prep Academy next fall might have a shot at television stardom because Deion Sanders, the school's co-founder, is working with entertainment exec Tracey Edmonds (with whom Sanders' ex-wife accused him of cheating) to make his school a reality ... show. That's right, a ... More >>

Theatre Three Actors Click with Aaron Sorkin's Fast-Talking Drama The Farnsworth Invention

Better Burgers Opens at Lemmon and Inwood, Because What This Town Needs is More Burgers

Sam and Kathy Vergos, whose family also owns Original Market Diner on Harry Hines and the Circle Grill on Buckner, have opened a new spot, Better Burgers, at the southwest corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road. The menu has the standard sandwiches, like a single, double, chicken, mushroom, BLT a ... More >>

Smoke Chef Tim Byres on His New Place for Chicken, the Importance of Nostalgia and a Fried Chicken Roadtrip

After recently opening the new bar The Foundry, Chef Tim Byres is trying to finish out a family-style casual fried-chicken joint called Chicken Scratch, both of which are just around the bend from Smoke in north Oak Cliff. In the interview that follows, we discuss it all, including the best fried ch ... More >>

John Bowers of Nurses Talks Vampires, Idaho and Inner Journeys in Rainy Portland

Portland's Nurses sound as odd as their moniker. Dracula, the band's 2011 effort and second Dead Oceans LP, upped the ante considerably over former releases with its focus and poise. In anticipation of tonight's opening slot for Steven Malkmus & the Jicks at the Granada Theater, keyboardist and voca ... More >>

Built to Spill Added to 35 Denton Lineup

​ Are you ready to fly your flannel flag? Built to Spill, Boise, Idaho's second finest export, were just added to the 35 Denton roster. It's shaping up to be a pretty eclectic one, too -- they join Houston baller Bun B, dub duo Peaking Lights, UK post punks the Raincoats, the Mountain Goats, T ... More >>

Hammered by the Drought, Texas Ranchers Are Running Out of Cows to Send to Slaughter

Brandon Thibodeaux​Since we started catching rain in pans and writing down measurements, Texas has never gotten so little rainfall as we have this year. As we reported in our recent story on the cattle industry, we're in uncharted territory. That's why, in August, experts were anticipating ano ... More >>

At Tillman's Roadhouse, Big Crowds and Bigger Portions

After changes and a tragedy, an old Oak Cliff favorite presses on.

For Sale: Architect John Barthel's Award-Winning Home, Which Doubles As Fine Art

​If you had $425,000-ish to drop on a new home, would you buy: a two-bed, two-bath ca. 1794 clapboard house in Providence, Rhode Island; a one-bedroom, two-bath log cabin in Cougar Gulch, Idaho (no doubt the setting of a more rustic Cougar Town spin-off); or this four-bedroom, two-bath midcentury ... More >>

Music Video Monday: Demi Lovato, Fungi Girls and Gaston Light Each Release New Clips...

It's been about a month since we wrote off Colleyville's Own Demi Lovato, saying that she'd been officially overtaken as Disney's top starlet by her BFF, Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez. Last week, though, Lovato struck back. Well, not really. But she did release the music video for her new single ... More >>

Tim Byres Brings Cool Summertime Fun to the Supper Club

​Supper Club at The Kessler (presented by City of Ate) returns Wednesday with chef Tim Byres of Smoke. Byres' summer-inspired four-course-meal will be paired with four wines from California-based Wente Vineyards. Austin-based bluegrass/indie act MilkDrive will provide the tunes for party-goers to ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Josh Ritter at the Granada Theater and Elvis Took Acid at Hailey's Club

A sold-out show at the Granada and a punk show up in Denton highlight tonight's kickoff to the work week.

Attention McDonald's: Five New Burgers for Japan McDonald's "Big America 3"

McDonald's via Wall Street Journal​Last week, Japan McDonald's debuted their Big America 2 campaign that featured four Hulk-fist sized, America-themed burgers. The four burgers, named Idaho, Manhattan, Miami, and Texas 2, clock in at more than 500 calories each, and range from nearly tasty-looking ... More >>

Pop Quiz: Can You Tell One City from Another By Menus?

​I recently had occasion to look up a menu from a town where I used to live, and was startled by how ostentatiously it flaunted the region's culinary biases. The menu was so obviously issued by a restaurant in this particular town that I'm pretty sure I could pick it out of a line-up of 100 me ... More >>

Why, Angela Hunt, You Hurt Boise's Feelings

I dunno -- from the looks of these photos, the Boise airport is kinda nice.​Like I wrote yesterday, Sam was at that council briefing during which they back-and-forthed over those three themes for the new-n-improved Love Field. Sam shot me a few texts during the meeting, including some funny quotes ... More >>

Real Chanukah, Real Latkes

Smitten Kitchen​When I was a kid, I helped my mom make latkes every year. But this was my first year going at it all on my own.Before oil met pan, I decided to investigate the online latke universe. And what a massive universe it is. People make them with everything from apples to zucchini and top ... More >>

Down on the Farm: Are Women Being Denied Credit for Changes to Eating Habits?

In a less patriarchal and oppressive society, she'd be holding the pitchfork.​Ms. Magazine took on food politics this month, arguing in a cover story that women aren't getting enough credit for their contributions to the changing culinary landscape. Author Jennifer Cognard-Black fingers a "fa ... More >>

If It's Good Enough for Boise: What We Learned About Dallas From the Outta-Towners

Megan FeldmanFrom left: Judy Burns, Sherry Brant and Janice Nally of Boise, Idaho​As we mentioned earlier, some of the meeting planners in town for the Association for Convention Operations Management's annual conference took a tour of Dallas this morning. They hit all the, um, hot spots -- meanin ... More >>

Built to Spill

There Is No Enemy (Warner Bros.)

Food For Thought 3.31.09

"I just wanted to find a way to save money. We have to sell ads for our yearbook, for our school newspaper. I don't think this small amount of advertising will change my classroom." (Jeb Harrison, history and economics teacher at Pocatello High School in Idaho, who agreed to carry an ad for Molto's ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: The Derek Trucks Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Cut Copy, Matt and Kim and White Tie Affair

Ready to take your weekly trip into the rockin' world of this past weekend's music? Bust out those headphones and let's do it! Remember, all videos come courtesy of your friends and mine, those camera-wielding folks at the front of the club. They press on, despite tired arms, so that you can I can e ... More >>

Crystal Football

Police Scheduled to Play Dallas in Three Weeks. Might Wanna Sell Yer Tix Now.

That's a Hell of a Lot of B.S.

Built to Last

Doug Martsch runs the biggest little band on Earth

Josh Ritter; Rosie Thomas

April 12

Best Fishmonger

TJ's Seafood Market

Boards of Canada

Geogaddi (Warp)

Food Foolery

Shenanigans' sleight of hand is all thumbs

Out & About

Owls

Melody Maker

Built to Spill's Doug Martsch might claim to be an amateur on the six-string, but don't let him fool you

Out & About

Caustic Resin

Eurotrash pickup

Avanti Euro Bistro proves that a little smarminess isn't all bad

Cry wolf

IMAX shares company with Wolves

TV dinners

Swarna Palace plies good food and great tube

Pardon...Mumford?

Letters

Bait yer hooks

Matsu and Ichiban struggle with fish food

Out Here

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Good vibrations

After a brief setback, local prodigy is again on track

Lost Tribe

Grand Prairie's Henry Clayton has proclaimed himself chief of the new 'nato Nation. Is he the head of Texas' largest Indian tribe-or an indian impostor?

Trolling the Mainstream

Dallas' newest seafood restaurant seeks to fill the fish niche

B.S. 101

John Singleton's college melodrama Higher Learning is a baffling misfire