Ireland

The Social House on Routh Is Now Open

The Social House (2708 Routh S.) has opened a second restaurant in the old Arcodoro-Pomodoro space in Uptown. The Social House got its start in the West Village about four years ago, then in 2011 moved north to Addison into much bigger digs and tweaked their concept and focused more on a from-scratc ... More >>

Dallas' City Plan Commission Just Got a Very Special Workshop on How Safe Gas Drilling Is

When we last left the beleaguered members of the City Plan Commission, they were opting to once again delay a vote on energy company Trinity East's application to drill for natural gas in the floodplain along the Trinity River. This morning, the CPC was subjected to a four-hour workshop on gas drill ... More >>

The Ten Most-Read City of Ate Stories of 2012

With only a few days left in the year, I decided to hit our reporting software and see what you guys clicked on most in 2012. The last time I did this, bikini-clad women made more than one appearance in my year-end list. This year you guys have proven yourselves nothing but a bunch of cheap-ass drun ... More >>

Dublin Bottling Works is Back Online for the Retro Soda Fan on Your Shopping List

If your mouth waters a little when you see one of those "I'm A Pepper" shirts, then you undoubtedly recall last summer when Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group decided to sue Dublin Bottling Works, the then-sole maker of the original-formula Imperial Cane Sugar Dr Pepper. Papa Bear said Baby Bear wa ... More >>

Behold, The Bubble Roller

After Dueling Presentations, City Council Still Isn't Quite Sure What To Do About Gas Drilling

We promised you a throwdown during yesterday afternoon's gas drilling hearing before the city council, the first step towards an updated ordinance on drilling within city limits. Dallas Drilling, meanwhile, guaranteed a "smackdown." It's possible in retrospect that those were slight overstatements, ... More >>

The Frackers and the Environmentalists Will Square Off at Dallas City Hall This Week

This was all supposed to be wrapped up months ago. The City Council formed the Gas Drilling Task Force more than a year ago, which was initially scheduled to wrap things up and have a final recommendation by November. A handful of issues -- proper setbacks, whether to allow drilling in parks and flo ... More >>

Roadtrip: Dublin Bottling Works Turns 121 and Celebrates Small Town Style. Plus, 7 New "Retro" Sodas.

Dublin Bottling Works is celebrating its 121st birthday next Saturday, June 9, with "fanfare, music and a giant outdoor party in downtown Dublin." I'm thinking this is a great road trip for the kids. You know, we always say we're going to get them out to the country more -- let them stare at vast ... More >>

Turning the Trinity into Something Magical Doesn't Require a Bridge, It Needs You

Feargal McKinney, Owner of the Old Monk and Blackfriar, on the Magic of an Old Irish Whiskey

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Feargal McKinney came to the U.S. after college to see the sights and do a bit of traveling. After some time in New York City, he took the scenic route to California and stopped in Dallas to visit a friend and essentially never left -- partially because he got stuck ... More >>

Dublin Bottling Works Is Taking Over Velvet Taco's Soda Fountain

Jeff Kloster has struck again. Back in January we told you about Dublin Bottling Work's move to bolster the Dublin soda industry. Maple and Motor still serves their sodas, and they're becoming more available by the day. Now Velvet Taco plans to add more of Kloster's offerings. They've been carrying ... More >>

Dallas Director Who Captured Demise of Dublin Dr Pepper Raising Funds to Finish Documentary

On the final day of 2011 -- "a slow Saturday" -- Don Merritt drove from Dallas southwest to Dublin. He used to make the 120-mile trek all the time and figured on this day he'd grab some footage in addition to some sugar-cane Dr Pepper. "We shot tours," he says now, "the soda shop." Merritt was think ... More >>

Another Texas Icon's Caught Between Dublin Bottling Works, Plano-Based Dr Pepper: Big Red

The set-up at Maple & Motor. For now.​Ever since Jack Perkins got his Dublin Bottling Works soda fountain at Maple & Motor, well, let's say I've had way too many cane-sugar soft drinks in recent weeks. (May I recommend mixing the Tart-N-Sweet Lemonade, Cherry Limeade and Dublin Lemon-Lime ... More >>

Dr Pepper Be Damned, Dublin Bottling Works is Striking Back Against Big Soda

Leslie Minora​Jeff Kloster, owner of Dublin Bottling Works, didn't sit on his ass and sulk after his company's settlement with Dr Pepper Snapple stripped him of his top-selling product, Dubin Dr Pepper. The day after the news hit, he says, he picked up the phone and did the same thing he's don ... More >>

Dublin Dr Pepper -- Yes, The Actual Stuff from Dublin -- Returns to Maple & Motor's Tap

As Scott mentioned earlier, Jack Perkins, founding partner of the Maple & Motor burger mecca -- and once a proud provider of Dublin Dr Pepper on tap -- is joining forces with Dublin Bottling Company to serve up the other sodas by the still-standing indie soda company. But that doesn't mean you'll ... More >>

Buy Up All the Dublin Dr Pepper You Can, Because As of Today It No Longer Exists

​If you have but a single can or bottle marked "Dublin Dr Pepper," don't open it. It's a collector's item as of this very moment. That's because as of 5 p.m. today there is no more Dublin Dr Pepper: From here on out, per a settlement agreement just announced in the case filed by Plano-based Dr Pep ... More >>

Dublin Dr Pepper Launches Legal Defense Fund in Legal Spat With Plano-Based Parent

Photo by Brantley Hargrove​Brantley espied that giant check you see at right during his tour of the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant a few weeks ago; turns out, it was just seed money. We just received word that in order to keep pace with Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is suing the Dubl ... More >>

In God We Trust. Unless You're Dublin Dr Pepper, Says Corporate's Latest Filing.

​At the end of last week, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. filed its response to Dublin Dr Pepper's response to corporate's lawsuit filed in June, in which the mothership insists Dublin's violating a licensing agreement by selling The Imperial Pure Cane Sugar-y Good Stuff outside of a six-count ... More >>

Dublin Dr Pepper Responds to Corporate HQ's Lawsuit With Quite the Legal History Lesson

It probably doesn't help Dr Pepper's case that CEO Larry Young went on KERA's CEO in '09 with a Dublin sixer and touted it as "the original Dr Pepper formula with the Imperial sugar in it" with an "unbelievable" following.​Back in June, you no doubt recall, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. deci ... More >>

Plano-Based Dr Pepper Wants Dublin Dr Pepper to Stop Selling the Good Stuff Everywhere

Courtesy Flickr user Rich Anderson​Last night KXAS-Channel 5 had a most fascinating story: Dr Pepper v. Dr Pepper. Specifically, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. says the Dublin-based maker of The Real Thing (that is, a Pepper flavored with original-formula Imperial Pure Cane Sugar) is violatin ... More >>

Get Your Memorial Day Drink and Eat On

Memorial Day weekend, a time to stock the cooler, spark up the barbecue, and hang out with friends and family. The holiday is here, and we have a list of local spots that will be celebrating the long weekend by offering up fun, affordable parties. ​ Idle Rich Pub (2614 McKinney Ave.) Idle ... More >>

Home Run Hoffman

Beggars Can Be Choosers
During Happy Hour At The Idle Rich

​Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: Idle Rich Pub, 2614 McKinney Ave., 214-965-9926 When: 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder, The Autumn Defense, Paleface

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder (Dublin, Ireland)San Patricio (Black Rock Re ... More >>

Today In Music News: T.I. Gets Popped, Jazzy Jeff Gets Booted And GNR Get Pelted

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 3, 2010...You would think a prison stint and probation would be enough to keep T.I. on the straight and narrow. Think again.No one rocks a party like Jazzy Jeff. But, apparently that wasn't good enough for him not to get escorted out by ... More >>

MOM and POPcorn Begets 48 flavors

Photo by Liz Smith​The MOM and POPcorn Company 215 E. Louisiana St. McKinney 972-542-7605 Try: Parmesan and garlic popcorn Don't try: Cricket Lick It and Real Scorpion Suckers, unless you're brave enough. When a friend first told me about a gourmet popcorn shop, I didn't exactly jump to my f ... More >>

Guinness Brewmaster Fergal Murray Speaks About St. Patty's Day, American Vs. Irish Guinness And Introducing Foreign Extra Stout

Jesse HugheyGuinness brewmaster Fergal Murray at Trinity Hall Tuesday night. ​It's a busy time of year for Guinness brewmaster Fergal Murray, as you might imagine. Not only is he tasked with ensuring the quality of every batch of beer at Dublin's St. James Gate Brewery (which produces approximatel ... More >>

Why Is Dallas City Hall Trying To Bury The Burgeoning Farmers Market Movement Under A Morass Of Municipal Regulation?

Tool Sells Out Nokia Theatre In Under Half An Hour. Except, Of Course, On eBay

A couple Friends of DC9 have checked in with us over the course of the day today wondering if there's some sort of conspiracy afoot with the Tool show coming up on July 25 at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie. Well, far as David Ireland, marketing manager for the regional branch of AEG Live (the co ... More >>

Short Orders: Irish Rover

Irish Rover8250 Gaylord Parkway, Frisco214-618-6222No need to venture here for the food. You can also ignore the decor, a den of predictable Irish-themed odds and ends surrounded by dark wood and glass--what anyone gets when they call up and order an authentic look-alike.Go for the beer and the folk ... More >>

Chewing The Fat: Pour Technology

It's St. Patrick's Day...or soon will be, anyway. Or, wait--we just had it on Saturday, right? So by now you've read a dozen stories about the mythologized "perfect pour" of Guinness . To hear someone going on about it at the bar sounds anal retentive at best (and pretentious at worst). This arti ... More >>

Dishsmithing

A culinary master teaches classic prep

Landlubber

Stage West presents The Seafarer

Far as the Reusable Bag People Are Concerned, Dallas Missed Out

Ain't No (Apollo) Sunshine

It's Dr Pepper Time!

As least for those bootlegging the sugar-sweetened stuff out of Dublin, Texas

It Takes Two

Ginned Up

BlackFinn takes the "Irish" out of Irish pub

Wrapping Paper

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters are insane

O'Dowd's Goes Flat

Last call at the McKinney Avenue pub

Best newspaper columnist

Timothy O'Leary, The Dallas Morning News

Empire's end

High drama and spirited romance spice up The Last September

Lightweight

Southpaw's look at a poor Irish scrapper highlights a worthy subject but lacks technique and punch

Fantasy Ireland

The Closer You Get delivers only the half monty

Folk that

The Chieftains prove folk music can be popular -- as long as you record with Elvis Costello and The Rolling Stones

Never mind the troubles

Kirk Jones' Waking Ned Devine brims with the pluck of the Irish

Two out of three ain't bad

The beer and the company are great at the Tipperary Inn. Just stay away from the food.

Pulp o' the Irish

I Went Down travels a familiar path through some new geography

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX