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Big Cities Have a Glut of Lawyers While Small Towns Suffer

Everybody knows the Shakespeare quote, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." It's the stuff of T-shirts. But how many people know what it was about? In Henry VI, Dick the Butcher proposes killing all of England's lawyers as the first step toward accomplishing the treasonous plot of J ... More >>

Midwesterners Take Heart: Maid-Rite is Now Open in Arlington

So, the deal with Maid-Rite is it's really old (85ish) and their meat is loose. And apparently the funny naming homophones are simply attributed to the original founder's inability to spell -- not that I'm throwing stones, seeing how my own house is kind of glassy there. Maid-Rite is a Midwestern s ... More >>

If Your Mouth Could Drive, It Would Go To These Five Places

Maybe you've noticed, the Dallas-Fort Worth region is huge. Everything outside of the urban core takes an hour if you're lucky. Unless you need to hop on LBJ, in which case BLAAAAGGHHH. But now that gas has dropped a few cents and it's not quite hot as the devil's balls yet, we think a nice little d ... More >>

BrewRiot in Oak Cliff Celebrates Homebrewers This Weekend. And Running!

Oh it's just another beer festival, that's all. 'Cause that's how we roll here in Dallas. Beer festies every weekend. This one even involves running, which is great because there's such satisfaction in digging a hole just to fill it right back up. Sunday brings the Third Annual BrewRiot Homebrew B ... More >>

Tortas Las Tortugas is Expanding; the Original, in Oak Cliff, is a Must-Visit

Chicken Torta​On a tip from a friend, I recently visited Tortas Las Tortugas in Oak Cliff. In a building that might have once been a Dairy Queen, this very friendly and sharply run establishment is mostly void of the standard Tex-Mex fare found in Dallas. Instead they specialize in hearty Mexi ... More >>

Frank Hill Runs His Own Company, Manages The Likes of Fair to Midland and Ha Ha Tonka

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Frank Hill​Frank Hill's story is essentially that of a music scene kid wh ... More >>

Brain Freeze: Our Panel of Experts Samples New Summer Coolers

Lauren Drewes DanielsArby's Jamocha Oreo Shake, a summer drink worth fighting for.​Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the ... More >>

DQ Offers $4 Treat for Free
To Reindeer Wranglers. How Very Generous.

We're guessing this big fella is smarter than whoever came up the DQ's new promotion.​Dairy Queen Blizzards retail for about $4. But the ice cream chain's willing to give you a frozen treat for free if you'll just wrangle a live reindeer and bring it to a participating store on December 24 fro ... More >>

Shouldn't Dairy Queen's Mini Blizzard Be Called a Flurry?

​Dairy Queen is putting on a very big show to celebrate a very little Blizzard. The Blizzardmobile, which looks like a bright blue mail truck with a giant Oreo Blizzard cup mashed in its middle, is coming to Dallas this weekend to promote seven-ounce servings of Dairy Queen's signature whippe ... More >>

Those Burger Commercials of Yore

It's still National Burger Month, so we here at Days Gone Bite are celebrating the ultimate meat sammich with a look back at some of the more memorable fast food burger commercials.Feel free to link to your faves in the comments, as we're really just hitting the Biggies that crop up here in the Lone ... More >>

Toque to Toque Seafood Shack vs. Uncle Julio's: The Ceviche Slam

​This week a fellow City of Ate friend recounted his experience at Cyclone Anaya's spurring some debate as to the authenticity of restaurants south of certain Dallas boundaries and quadrants. I personally contend that wonderful restaurants can be found across all city lines as Dallas is chock-ful ... More >>

Cowboys Stadium: Reviewing Our Suite Dreams

Somehow seven years ago I didn't forsee 5-star bars equipped with back-lit chandeliers and littered with HDTVs.​Back in 2002 when I was at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram we first started getting wind that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was toying with the idea of building a new stadium. "Ga ... More >>

Dude Food: Rooster's Roadhouse

Rooster's Roadhouse113 Industrial St., Denton940-382-4227Dude Factor: 10, or Brave Combo, on a scale of 1 (Don Henley) to 10.Last weekend I found myself at Denton's finest watering hole/music venue, Dan's Silverleaf, when I noticed a new restaurant called Rooster's a couple doors down. Just as I was ... More >>

Cornerback Dwayne Goodrich: "The Cowboy Who Killed Those Kids"

Former cornerback Dwayne Goodrich comes to grips with his hit-and-run of three Good Samaritans as he plans for life after prison

The Top 10 Sports Zingers I Can Think of Off the Top of My Head

Not saying Sean Avery isn't an asshole. Or a horrible teammate. Or, for that matter, a room-wrecker the Dallas Stars should consider dumping.I'm just saying he shouldn't have been suspended - or worse, pending this afternoon's meeting with NHL poobah Gary Bettman in New York - merely for his "sloppy ... More >>

DQ Country

Gilmore signs books, but not Blizzards

Review: Neighborhood Diner John's Cafe a Not-So-Greasy Spoon

Grecian Yearn

The truth is, Kavala is mostly a beauty

The Dark Side of Nokia

See some lasers in Grand Prairie

Give Peace a Dishtowel

Think peace protesters are lame? So, what are you doing with your life?

The Late Show

Open Arms

Friendly Starfish does clean Cajun seafood in Oak Cliff

Junk Food City

Two Cow Garage

Tuesday, August 16, at Rubber Gloves, and Wednesday, August 17, at Barley House

Curing Rubaphobia

Experience Lazlo's "infectious spirit"

Counsel for the Defense

At 76, flamboyant criminal lawyer Racehorse Haynes keeps doing what he does best--winning

2002 Revealed

An aging Buzz finds little to celebrate in the year gone by. What did you expect?

Long Live the Poison Pen

There are two kinds of critics: those who criticize, and those who don't

Best Tirade

Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks

He's Baaack

That lovable jackass from Philly returns. Oh, joy.

Best Hamburger

Culver's

Superiority Complex

How Glenn Heights turned a debate over starter homes into a nasty small-town war

Slaughterhouse Jive

Dallas-based Supreme Beef fought what it believes are unfair regulations, only to wind up on the USDA's killing floor

Oasis / U2

Familiar to Millions (Epic Records) / All That You Can't Leave Behind (Interscope)

Testing Patience

A gun-toting fugitive gets a hand from Chuck Norris, while a father waits for help from anywhere

Fallen Star

A small town turns away from a football hero convicted of drug crimes

Across the Bar

Comet sighting; Clumsy in Motown; Grand Street redubbed; Bar of Soap brings in road grime

Blink

Unbuckling the Bible belt

Quick, draw

After years of talking and hoping, DNA Productions finally inks a big-time deal

Night & Day

April 1-7, 1999

Night & Day

January 7 - 13, 1999

Night & Day

December 17 - 23, 1998

Amateur hour

Standing center stage, Guffman salutes and satirizes small-town America

Events for the week

Alpha Tex-Mex

Omega's brings a little heart and soul to Deep Ellum

Cajun quest

Good cuisine--even if it involves bathtubs of boiling oil-- never goes out of style

The edible canvas

The DMA's Seventeen-Seventeen is an artistic masterpiece

User friendly

Cafe Highland Park brings The Bubble down to earth

Paradise lost

With Casino, Scorsese brilliantly leads us down the primrose path to heaven--and hell--on earth

Big men, big houses

For one sports star, home is where the bowling alley is