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The Corner Bar on McKinney Avenue Has New Owners and a Brand New Menu

The Corner Bar is making its attempt to be a gustatory den of the highest order. Skim the menu and you'll see all the buzzwords you expect to see associated with Dallas' fine-dining restaurants. Tom Spicer's greens make multiple appearances, and there are hot dogs from Luscher's Red Hots. The Quer ... More >>

First Look at Si Lom

Thai Express, once located on Inwood Road, received a facelift, a name change and was relocated to its new home on Oak Lawn late last year. Si Lom Thai Asian Fusion has been open in the quiet basement suite at 3300 Oak Lawn Ave. (that once housed Daniele Osteria and more recently, d'Carlo) since Nov ... More >>

Looks Good Enough To Eat

The Ticket's Mark Followill Drops Top Five Taco Bombs On Dallas Listeners

I do not know Mark Followill, but if I met him, Id buy him a taco. I'm digging on the top five taco spot he just delivered on the popular Sports Radio Station known as The Ticket. As a fellow taco lover I have to challenge a few of his suggestions, but for the most part, I think he came up with a pr ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Weekend, Nov. 29-Dec. 2

Bettye LaVette, Bobby Patterson Thursday, November 29, at The Kessler Theater, $25-$35 Bettye LaVette's 1965 single "Let Me Down Easy" was the song that should have put the Detroit singer in the ranks of the Supremes and Marvin Gaye. LaVette's fame came later in life, however, namely as she's re-eme ... More >>

The New Korean Fusion

Bulgogi meets tacos, and nachos, and hot dogs, and more.

GOGHEE Taco is Back, Baby! Time for More Kimchee Tacos and the New "Gogeecoa"

GOGHEE Korean BBQ Tacos is opening in its new location today at 4895 LBJ Freeway (northwest quadrant, just west of Inwood Road). Their original spot was just a tiny drive-thru spot with no indoor dining. But, they needed more elbow room for all that kimchee slinging, so they upgraded to a bigger pla ... More >>

One Night, Four Dive Bars

Recently, I've been thinking a lot about dive bars, that sub-sect of watering hole fiercely guarded by established regulars. The type of place where the bartender and waitress know 90% of their customer's names and take the time to invest in conversation past the precursory friendly pre-drink banter ... More >>

Hey, Old People: If a Cop Calls and Wants to Inspect Your Money, Don't Let Him

First, a word of caution. If someone cold-calls you, says they're a police officer, then asks you to withdraw a large some of cash from the bank so they can see if it's counterfeit, don't do it. Chances are, they're not actually a cop and you're never going to find out if your money was counterfeit ... More >>

Bowery Opens, Screen Door Closes and More From a Very Busy July

Another very busy month has come and gone, and with it several Dallas restaurants have opened while others have closed their doors for good. Read on for the full list and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Opening ... More >>

If You Embrace Your Issues With Rum, You Should Hang at Sigel's This Wednesday

Sigel's is hosting a Summer Rum Festival and Tasting this Wednesday, August 1, at their Inwood Road location. There are going to be more than 50 rums to sample with distillery representatives ready to answer all your hard-hitting questions. If you've spent more time than you'd like to admit in the ... More >>

Snookie's is Out and Liberty Burger is on the Way In; Looking for Mid- to Late August Opening

See also: *Liberty Burger is Opened and Slammed in North Dallas The Snookie's on Keller Springs Road bid adieu earlier this month and is making way for a new Liberty Burger. Actually, this is a case of Dace Street, co-founder of Snookie's, passing the torch to his little sister, Mariel Street (they ... More >>

Bad News: Goghee To Go Taco is Closing. Awesome News: They're Reopening BIGGER!

News this morning from Goghee To Go, maker of Korean barbeque tacos at 2222 Inwood Road, is that the small drive through spot is now closed, but will open in a larger spot soon. The Goghee on Inwood was about as unassuming as a Korean-Mexican fusion taco place could be. Their beef goghee "transvest ... More >>

Get Pumped

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 >>

Dallas PD Asks: Do You Know The Gunman Who's Been Holding Up 7-Elevens This Week?

The video you see above was taken in the wee small hours of Saturday morning at the 7-Eleven located at 5123 W. Lovers Lane, just off Inwood -- you know, the one next to Neighborhood Services, which, according to Dallas PD records, has been robbed more than 70 times in the past five years. Reason DP ... More >>

Vinyl Fantasy Brings Out Wenches and Obtuse '70s Sex Music

Well, the weekend is over and I am still trying to remove my neon pink lipstick from the super fun wedding reception the Observer staff ingested too many jello shots at. All in the name of art, we are cultural consumers around these parts. Be it a new pop-up bar or an afterparty, I don't like to m ... More >>

Liberty Burger is Open and Slammed in North Dallas, and is Already Talking About Expansion

The wife and I were doing some house-hunting on Saturday morning and, after an unsuccessful showing, our realtor asked whether we wanted to try a new burger place. Being that I edit a blog that's more or less devoted to chronicling every sizzle produced by every patty of wet meat from Waco to the Ok ... More >>

To Discover That You Live Near Pulaski's Donuts is To Discover a Very Fine Neighbor

​Chances are decent you've got one down the street from you, but when was the last time you stepped into your local donut shop? The answer for me is never. So in my never-ending search for new breakfast spots, I put my local shop to the test. Probably like everyone else, it's a small space t ... More >>

Earthquake Hits North Dallas! Well, Sure.

​A Friend of Unfair Park dispatches this report from the U.S. Geological Survey: My near-neck of Northwest Dallas had itself a teensy-tiny earthquake in the wee small hours of the morning -- at 12:11:49, to be precise. As in: "Magnitude 2.0." Or, as Matt Peterson calls it, a "microquake." Which, I ... More >>

Good Friday Thursday: Christmas Weekend Edition

​Hey, remember that best local hip-hop post we ran the other day? The one that mentioned A.Dd ? Well, the aforementioned duo, along with the help of DJ Sober, put out a special WADD Radio Holiday Podcast, featuring classic holiday hits, hilarious between-song banter, and they even took phone calls ... More >>

You Think Your Family's a Pain

Café Istanbul, a Staple on Lovers, Gets a Makeover (Photos)

Café Istanbul has been in the Inwood Village Shopping Center on Lovers Lane for over 15 years, but this summer regulars found their go-to Mediterranean spot closed for renovations. When the restaurant reopened in mid-October, customers returned to a more slightly modern vibe, with new dark wood acc ... More >>

A Weekend Filled With St. Vincent. Also: 45 Fest, Manchester Orchestra, Battles and More!

Annabel MehranSt. Vincent​This is the weekend of St. Vincent. In fact, someone ought to make it a local holiday because it's going to be pretty difficult to escape the songstress over the next few days. She's set to perform in town three different times. On Saturday and Sunday night, she'll perfor ... More >>

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Don't Be Afraid to Go Into the Inwood

Good Friday: Homegrown Music & Art Festival, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Seriously: Does anyone have any new photos of Neon Indian?​This weekend's biggest show will give local music fans a good reason to get outside: On Saturday, Homegrown Music & Art Festival will feature performances from Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells and a handful of other bands with local ... More >>

Accept No Substitutes

Two Tacos from Maple Avenue That Are Good Enough to Marry

The dearth of information on most taquerías and Mexican restaurants in the Dallas area means that often this weekly series relies heavily on leaps of faith (and stomach). Call it food cartography, because, baby, there is no map. It's what barbecue expert Daniel Vaughn does at Full Custom Gospel BBQ ... More >>

Isn't She?

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How the Love Field People Mover Project Fits Into Downtown-to-Oak Cliff Streetcar Project

Click to embiggen the current streetcar project alignment, which runs all of 1.6 miles​Here's a council committee briefing worth keeping an eye on today: Streetcar Planning Update, always a topic of interest but even more so as the Federal Transit Administration revenue-service deadline barrels do ... More >>

It's the Bean-bonic Plague!

They Stay The Same Age

Hey You Guys!

At Inwood & Forest, Concern That Proposed Gas Station and Convenience Store Is Lowe's Blow

​Once or twice a week for the past couple of months, an e-mail will pop up in the in-box about a proposal to put a gas station and convenience store in the Lowe's parking lot on Inwood Road just off of Forest Lane. It's no small development, either: According to city docs, the complex will eat up ... More >>

Here Come the Men in Black

Maze of Bowie

Don Your Silver Underwear

Big Screen Darkness

Tomorrow: Get a Cheap Lunch at Which Wich

Patrick MichelsYou don't want to know what's in this.​Because there just aren't enough sandwich joints in Uptown, the folks at Which Wich have bestowed us with another location at which to build unique sammies. The new branch, which will open tomorrow at Inwood and Lemmon, is celebrating its g ... More >>

Tommy Invites You Into His Room

Supreme Being

Tattoo Who...dunnit

Don't Wait Till Valentine Day for Lovers

​All right, I know it's not Valentine's Day, but for those of you who like to plan for the future, I have a theme date for you. The first two words are Lover's Pizza. I recently shared a booth with a date at the great place on Lovers Lane. If you're going to a place with "lovers" in the title ... More >>

Rounding Up the Pumpkin Frozen Yogurt Sightings This Holiday Season

Patrick MichelsPinkberry's new pumpkin flavor will be around through the end of the year. Today's the greatest day of the year around City of Ate headquarters, where most of us are decked out in costumes of varying degrees of good taste, reminding everyone else in the building why they're sorry to ... More >>

Hash Over

It's a fiasco

It's a Veritable Feast! fumbles into famine