Subject: Istanbul

• Women's Chorus of Dallas Doo Doo Doos Its Way Into Our Hearts

  April 24, 2008

• Roadshows

  December 1, 1994

• Turkish delight

  August 10, 1995

• Deck the malls

  December 4, 1997

• Joe Bob in Bloom

  December 17, 1998

• Best local tour of the Middle East

  September 21, 2000

• Fix The Streets Or Build A $500 Million Hotel. Seems Like A No-Brainer

  May 29, 2008

• Kelly and Kim Deal Faced Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle Together in The Breeders and With Addiction at Home

  May 1, 2008

• Educational Giants

  February 28, 2008

• Wah! Wah! Wah!|Living in the Past|Corrections for 1/17/08

  January 24, 2008

• Anna Nirvana

  Falling in Love-40 with a tennis temptress

  November 30, 2006

• Our top DVD picks for the week of September 19

  September 21, 2006

• Mid-Rift Crisis

  Where can you find belly dancing in Dallas?

  March 17, 2005

• Best Middle Eastern Restaurant

  Café Istanbul

  October 14, 2004

• They Might Be Giants

  July 17-18

  July 15, 2004

• A Little Respeto

  How Maná won the war for its reputation--without even trying

  October 10, 2002

• Civil Disservice

  Ted and Laura team up, which is a deeply unnatural thing

  September 12, 2002

• Crit and Shap 2000

  The worst of the worst

  December 28, 2000

• Abstract Rebel

  To achieve the stillness and symmetry that define his art, Hermann Sigg had to burn a big bridge

  September 28, 2000

• Walking In The 'Burbs

  Not that I socialize much, but when I returned from my stint in Europe, two questions--approaching from different perspectives, but essentially the same--kept popping up in conversation: "are you glad to be back?" and "do you miss it?"Neither is easy to answer. Every city has its own set of positives and negatives, after all. But I think what I miss is walkability.The city of Dallas gives lip service to street life, hoping to invent it at Victory Park or reinvent it downtown. Yet it's near impos

  June 29, 2009

• Revolving Doors: June Without The Swoon

  Word that Sambuca decided to shutter their Addison location stirred little reaction. It had been relegated to the ranks of karaoke bar, after all. Then Omega's locked up and Fedora appeared to follow suit. Suddenly it looked as if Dallas had hit the skids.Oh, the recession cut into profit margins across the board. But so far we've seen more restaurants open than close...and (justified or not) June eventually proved no different.EnteringEinstein Bros. Bagels, FriscoCarolina's Mexican Cuisine--two

  June 30, 2009

• Sloppy Seconds: A Case of the Mondays

  ​In this back-to-school edition of Sloppy Seconds, we're recapping a hectic week that saw complications both technical and interpersonal as the City of Ate crew went about its business. Still, from wine classes to a little meta-analysis, last week saw plenty of learning opportunities for devotees of the Dallas dining scene.The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: Dave bats around thoughts on the year's best new restaurants for a while, on the way to being impressed by chef Christopher

  August 24, 2009

• Top 10 Reasons The Dallas Suburbs Rule

  austrini, via FlickrAllen at its most scenic​Take a look at that grid of little boxes. Just like East Dallas, really--with newer homes and fewer trees. And no backyard chicken farming.Just this afternoon we received a note from Brian Rudolph, urging us to visit his Holy Grail Pub (an Old Monk spin-off), located somewhere in the 'burbs. "I know that it is a long hike from inside the loop," he wrote apologetically. Clearly he expected some sort of negative grunt in response.Oh, well--urban provi

  August 27, 2009

• If All Goes According to Plan (Commission), Deep Ellum Will Be Bursting With New Joints

  LaGrange is but one of a handful of new joints slated to open on Elm Street before year's end.​While perusing the City Plan Commission agenda for Thursday I stumbled across some further good new for Deep Ellum: Two more joints are inching closer to opening on Elm Street, both right across the street from Trees. Actually, it's three if you include Crickets, the Chicago-style deli Mike McMeans hopes to open "in probably three weeks," he tells Unfair Park today. (McMeans says he got got his certi

  October 20, 2009

• Three New Venues Coming To Elm Street?

  ​On a walk down Elm Street while heading to last week's Slowride Reunion at Elm Street Tattoo, I noticed that the doors were open at 2826, and a few people were buzzing about. The club isn't yet open, mind you--but owner Frank Maldonado, a couple booking agents and some artists who were working on an inside mural were all pretty hard at work. Why's that? Well, says Maldonado, the club's about 40 days out from its official opening. That's no doubt is more good news for Deep Ellum, which, as any

  October 20, 2009

• They Might Be Giants

  October 29, 2009