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Burning Questions with Omar Flores of Driftwood, Including Extreme Requests and Barbacoa Tacos

Each week we track down a chef for a few burning questions. This week, Omar Flores at Driftwood shares some cookbook advice, spills on a few crazy requests and has a suggestion for a damn good margarita. What are a few of your favorite cookbooks? I love anything by Thomas Keller. Recently I've be ... More >>

Meatless Monday at In-N-Out? Why? Why? For Crap's Sake Why?

Let's get hypothetical. You've subscribed to Meatless Monday and have been trucking along just fine for a few weeks. Given the somewhat limited culinary scope of vegetarian dining in the mass market, your Mondays have been subject to quite a few sandwiches featuring grilled zucchini. And probably a ... More >>

Today at Burger House: 60-Cent Burgers. Does it Really Matter Why?

Burger House turns 60 this month and is celebrating today with contests, giveaways and the only thing you really care about: 60-cent cheeseburgers. The deal will be available at all Burger House locations across Dallas, Plano, Rockwall and Lubbock throughout the day. The Observer has long had a bit ... More >>

October's Openings and Closings from the Dallas Restaurant Scene

As summer comes to an end, a number of restaurants have opened and closed their doors. In-N-Out Burger continued its Texas growth with an Arlington location late last month. Lover's Lane Olive Oil Company expanded from its flagship store, Grapevine Olive Oil Company, and set up shop on West Lovers L ... More >>

Twisted Root Plants In Arlington, Along With (Yet Another) In-N-Out Burger

As part of Arlington's Re-identification Program, Twisted Root Burger Company is opening today at 300 E. Abram Street in the original downtown area of the city. By renovating an old furniture store, this Reader's Pick for Best Burger has quietly flown in under radar to this newest location. Just a ... More >>

Another In-N-Out Opens in Dallas in 3 ... 2 ...

Patrick MichelsIf Thursday's opening is anything like the one in Frisco, there will be lines like this.​That's right, folks: Another In-N-Out lands in Dallas proper this week -- another place for you to drive by and think, Even I don't love burgers that much. That's just weird. This one lands ... More >>

Top Golf = Good. Top Magic = Even Better.

​You like golf. But not for five hours in 100-degree heat while paying $50. Oh yeah, and you like Skeeball. And bowling, right? Then I've got your solution. TopGolf, which now has two locations, one in Dallas and the newest one in Allen. I beat the heat Saturday afternoon at TopGolf ... More >>

In-N-Out v. Whataburger, the Wine Wisdom of Andrew Chalk, and More from the Week in Dallas Food Yammering

​This week in Dallas blogs, more people tried to settle the debate between Whataburger and In-N-Out, a restaurant in Pennsylvania banned volume-challenged five-year-olds, and a place that looks like a tattoo parlor produced some damn good lamb shank. Read on. City of Ate Alice Laussade staged ... More >>

Burger Experts Eating Burgers: Dallas' Meat Mavens Test Fast Food

Sara KerensJack Perkins holds up the contestants: Whataburger and In-N-Out (left, right)​In the paper version of City of Ate this week, Alice Laussade writes of the patty smackdown we ordered between Whataburger and In-N-Out burger. We got Grape owner Brian Luscher, Angry Dog owner Todd Dicker ... More >>

In-N-Out Vs. Whataburger: A Petty Patty Smackdown

In the beef between Whataburger and In-N-Out fans, you win by not playing.

Five Asian Lunch Options to Add to Your Rotation

Kristy YangChosun's beef shortrib lunch box.​The boyfriend recently was moved to a different position at work, one with a shorter lunch break. So we decided to check out some of the quicker and better Asian-restaurant lunch deals around the Dallas area. Along with our own personal lunch spots ... More >>

Too Hot to Eat is Too Hot to Think Much About Eating, Apparently

Hungry burger fans mob the opening of Dallas proper's first In-N-Out. No, wait. They don't.​Even though a new In-N-Out opened, the only things hot this week were Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" peppers and the puzzling chains on Michael Costa's The Office Grill. Read on. City of Ate Welcome to ou ... More >>

The New Dallas In-N-Out Is, For the Moment Anyway, Positively Serene

All photos by Alex ScottThe scene of chaos, madness at In-N-Out Dallas this morning​About 20 minutes ago, on my way into Observer HQ, I swung past the new In-N-Out Burger, which opened at 9 a.m. today at Caruth Haven and Central. I was expecting to see tents, miles of idling cars, lines of people ... More >>

In-N-Out Burger Dallas Location To Open Thursday, Reports Say; Cue the Meat-steria

Patrick MichelsScenes from In-N-Out's opening in Frisco.​Fill the basement with canned goods and line the windows with aluminum: reports are coming in regarding the In-N-Out Burger location in Dallas. Park Cities People has a memo from the tenants of 8080 N. Central that details the security In- ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.17.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Jason Terry's voice is still hoarse from all the partying and cigars, but yet we're already peeking at 2012. Problem: The Mavs aren't a team built for the future, but rather the here-'n-now ... More >>

Lettuce Wrap Up: Crappy Burgers, NOSH, and Dad

Sara Kerens​Now that Dallas has cooled off from the In-N-Out craze (and Irving has cooled off from T.G.I. Fridays - forever), we're ready to start thinking about other foods, such as the rare Texas peach, brunch at NOSH, and burgers that are quite, er, innovative. Read on. City of Ate Jose Ralat ... More >>

Lettuce Wrap Up: Of Miami BBQ Sucks, Douche-bars, and Magnums

Utopias. A really expensive beer.​There was plenty going still going on with In-N-Out and food trucks this week, but I think we all need some time off. Instead, Dallas blogs have soda-and-burger paintings, fighting words about sous-vide and sweaters, and Miami spurting some nonsense. Read on. Cit ... More >>

It's Been Three Weeks: Was In-N-Out Burger Worth the Hype?

Was the burger worth the waterworks?​The Frisco and Allen locations of In-N-Out are three weeks old today. You've had time to digest the Double-Doubles, the well-done fries, and that one girl has, hopefully, wiped away her tears.Opening day was a manifest destiny of meat. Some travelers had "In-N- ... More >>

Meddlesome Moth's Chad Kelley: It's a Joy to Be Simple

Meddlesome Moth's Chad Kelley at work, pairing food with the restaurant's enormous beer collection.​The problem with bars with food is bar food. But Chad Kelley, 34, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, has fixed that problem with choices like meat pies, mothballs, venison tartare, arctic ch ... More >>

Twisted Root's Special Off-Menu Fries Should Stay Off

There's a good reason some items aren't listed on menus, like Twisted Roots "fancy" fries.​With all the excitement surrounding the grand opening of In-N-Out Burger last Wednesday, it's only natural that competitors are looking to capitalize on the hype. That's exactly what local burger joint T ... More >>

Whitt's End: 5.13.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Went and watched the American professional debut of Cuban defector/Rangers' prospect Leonys Martin last night in Frisco. In a word, wow! With his father and agent in the stands at Dr Pepper ... More >>

In-N-Out vs. Burger House. Or, Why Owning a Small Business Must Really Suck Sometimes.

​At the precise moment that I shot the above photo on Wednesday, a good 300 people were probably lined up at a fast-food burger chain up in Frisco. Maybe you heard about that? I'm guessing you did, judging from the Most Popular Stories widget at the top right of this page. It was shot at the ... More >>

Wrapping Up The Week That The Double Double Gods Finally Arrived In North Texas

These are the assholes who line-jumped at In-N-Out. In case you'd forgotten.​Copper River salmon is nearly back in season, and Dallas plans to open up a new Central Market this year. A recipe for soft shell crab emerges. That's all that happened this week in food bloggery. Oh, and some burge ... More >>

These Assholes Line Jumped at the Frisco In-N-Out Yesterday

Jenny BlockHave you seen these men? Contact the burger-ethics police immediately.​I've got to lay off the crack. I left my house in far North Dallas at 1:15 p.m. yesterday, thinking I would have missed the lunch rush by the time I got to In-N-Out. When I got there -- well, you know the scene. ... More >>

In-N-Out Burger: Worth the Wait, But Not the Fuss

First bite of the first fry by the first customer in Allen. Soon to be followed by two double-doubles.​Stay tuned to the Observer's food blog, City of Ate, for more from the In-n-Out opening.In-N-Out Burger is the best hamburger. Period. The end. When I'm in Oxnard, California for Co ... More >>

A Dispatch From the Frisco In-N-Out, Where Hundreds Wait in Line For Food, Animal-Style

Photos by Alice Laussuade​Here's the scene at you-know-where: Hundreds of people are in line. Guys in In-N-Out uniforms (plus that shitty hat) direct drive-thru traffic. A refrigerated 18-wheeler sits outside, full of back-up meats. If you are one of the hundreds who are in town, dying for a ... More >>

Woman Cries Over In-N-Out Burger. This is Getting Weird.

Dallas Morning NewsShe needs double-double napkins.​Yes, it happened. Burger tears. Real ones. While some twitter-ers are retina-bursting with In-N-Out hype rage, the folks down at the freshly opened Frisco location are busting in their shorts. Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade, who tweeted a photo of ... More >>

Scenes From Frisco At the Arrival of In-N-Out Burger

Photos by Patrick MichelsNever a dull moment in Frisco.As Alice related earlier this afternoon, there was a serious crowd out in Frisco for this morning's In-N-Out Burger grand opening. Covered in In-N-Out gear, giving friends a play-by-play while they stood around in line, they all had pretty much ... More >>

In-N-Out! In-N-Out! OMG! Will Life Ever Be the Same?

How excited are some of our staffers about In-N-Out's imminent arrival? Allow us to illustrate metaphorically.​It's official, In-N-Out Burger has announced that they'll be opening its doors, and drive-thru windows, to the public at both the Frisco and Allen locations this Wednesday. The grand ... More >>

In-N-Out Coming to Dallas Proper "This Month"

Jonas M. Luster​The Dallas Morning News' Leslie Brenner reported this week that the long-awaited In-N-Out Burgers near Frisco and Allen, the California chain's first foray into the DFW area, is set to open next week. But what about those of us who consider Frisco a bit too near the edge of civ ... More >>

10 Fast Foods That Sound Like Sex Positions

Paris Hilton dives into a very 'Big Carl.' (Western bacon style)​Just about anything can take on a sexual connotation, and while efforts are being made to sex up food, what of the unsexiest of all edibles: fast food? Nope, there are still fuck-tastically named items on every drive-through menu ... More >>

Is BEE A Keeper? Bloggers Share Their Thoughts

​In-N-Out has poked its head out of the ground again, looking for its shadow. Besides that, muffins may be coming back in a big way. In case you missed either post or are hesitant to believe BEE's boastful name, Dallas blogs and writers are here to enlighten you. Dallas Observer Hanna Raskin fin ... More >>

A Week in Restaurant News -- And Not All Is Super Bowl-Related

​It was touch-and-go for a while, but it seems like In-N-Out Burger may finally be sprouting in North Texas. While we continue to wait patiently, Dallas is whipping itself into a Super Bowl frenzy. Read on. City of Ate Even in the middle of winter, Brownstone still turns out stunningly tasty ... More >>

The Burger Stampede Grows Bigger

​National chains are apparently racing to win over area burger eaters before In-N-Out reaches Dallas. Elevation Burger, which bills itself as the "only organic burger franchise in the U.S.," is readying to open an outlet at the Hillcrest Crossing shopping center. And, according to Business Jo ... More >>

Because We Can't Go Too Long
Without an In-N-Out Reference

​In-N-Out's local opening may still be months away, but fast food fans willing to drive to Austin can feast on a sandwich being touted by burger bloggers as an Animal Style alternative. 4x4 Animal Style a contributor to the website GrubGrade who presumably knows his In-N-Out patties, is calli ... More >>

Why Texas Is More Awesome Than Your State

Created by Alexander Flores​That's right, we have both. We're talking to you other states. While In-N-Out is making its reverse manifest destiny across the United States, Five Guys has laid stake in North Plano and North Dallas. Let's also remember that Fat Burger is headed this way like a sta ... More >>

Hey, In-N-Out, Maybe You Should Change
Your Name to Godot Burgers

In-N-Outs journey to DFW: Slow as the second coming and just about as overhyped. Now you know why.​Is this really what you call fast food? The MGHerring Group yesterday announced In-N-Out Burger will open a location at The Village at Allen in mid-2011, bringing the count of confirmed future o ... More >>

In-N-Out to Open at Caruth and Central

Coming soon...​If this many hands touched an item at In-N-Out Burger, the health department would probably pay the restaurant a visit. But since y'all are starved for In-N-Out news, we share with you this latest tidbit, reported first by the Dallas Business Journal, and picked up by the folks ... More >>

In-N-Out Signs Lease in Fort Worth

​In-N-Out Burger is still planning a Garland location, but the store won't be the only one in the DFW area. The popular California burger chain has signed a lease with the West Seventh development in Fort Worth. According to a release from the developer, the store at the northwest corner of West ... More >>

Five Menu Words You Can't Resist

Doesn't get much simpler, better than In-N-Out's menu​Restaurants can list their offerings as "chicken," "steak" and "pasta," or they can add a few descriptive adjectives to their menus and up their sales by 27 percent. Cornell University's Brian Wansink's findings were a hot topic when the New Y ... More >>

Dickey's and Dr Pepper Here, There, Everywhere

​Texans will all remember this year in food news, as it marked three special occasions (so far). First, D Magazine's announcement that west-coast based In-N-Out Burger will grace us with a Garland location. Secondly, as Unfair Park reported via QSR Magazine this morning, the shotgun-like expansion ... More >>

Hello, I Must Be Going...And Growing

​Last month's Revolving Doors was all about the taco. This month it's mostly about expanding and starting over again. Oh, and closing, but lets not focus too much on that when we have so many new restaurants to look forward to this summer. We mentioned in a previous Hash Over that Avila's is op ... More >>

Five Not-So Secret Things You Need To Order When In-N-Out Comes To Town

From WikipediaA (secret) 3x3​In some sort of reverse Manifest Destiny, In-N-Out is finally making its way to Texas. The City of Garland's website, and Nancy Nichols at D who broke the story, showed seven yea votes for the building of the west coast burger chain.  There's a lot of hype about ... More >>

Whitt's End: 4.30.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to pay our last respects to the 2010 Dallas Mavericks. In life, they were an entertaining bunch. Fun. Fast. Full of energy and entertainment. But i ... More >>

Yes, In-N-Out Is Indeed "Looking at a Few Specific Sites in the Dallas Area." Now, See You at Maple & Motor for Lunch?

​Every time some local blog posts that In-N-Out's coming for sure this time swear to God not lying you'll see, the Unfair Park in-box fills up with missives from the hopeful and the haters who wonder, yet again, for reals? Pretty sure this latest go-round started with a post on The Advocate's blog ... More >>

5 Guys versus Wingfield's: The Burger Altercation

Steven DoyleFor epic gooiness, 5 Guys wins "Most Picturesque Burger." As for taste, read on.My left arm is still tingling as I write this story. As long as there has been fire, man has enjoyed the scent of cooked meat sizzling hard on an open flame. Be it the brontosaurus or the grazing heifer, ther ... More >>

Where Do Stephan Pyles, Tim Love and Dean Fearing Get Their Fast Food Fix?

The first Whataburger in Corpus Christi​Right -- this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked ... More >>

In-N-Out Ain't Coming to Dallas -- Not Yet, Anyway. But the Chain is "Evaluating" Sites.

It happened yet again. Late last week, a Friend of Unfair Park in the retail real-estate business heard that California-based In-N-Out Burger was "finally coming to Dallas." It was 'round this time last year that D's Nancy Nichols heard the same thing via a commenter on SideDish. Wasn't the first ti ... More >>

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