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Jack in the Box Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Jack in the Box Has a Bacon Milkshake for Its Marry Bacon Campaign. Also, Bacon.

    Via Foodbeast​There's so little left to conquer. There's little territory left unbaconed. It's in our cookies, our perfume, our lube, and our adhesive bandages. Oh no, no, it's not a bad thing. Following in Denny's meatsteps, Jack in the Box has kicked off a new bacon campaign that wants you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    A 966-Calorie Burger King Burger is Creating a Stir in the UK. Um, 966? That's It?

    ​Over in the United Kingdom, healthy people who eat health food have been twisting up their knickers over Burger King's new 966-calorie Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus burger. In addition to having a thousand calories, it has 58 grams of artery-waterboarding fat. Consumerist quotes a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Falling in Reverse's Ronnie Radke Talks Getting Out of Prison, Getting Kicked Out of Escape the Fate

    Back in 2006, Ronnie Radke was on top of the world. He was the lead singer of Escape the Fate, a post-hardcore band that had just released its debut album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. A fateful turn of events in Las Vegas led to Radke being charged with battery, and his refusal to report to his pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Why Smashburger Sucks More Than It Has To

    Gratuitous macro depicting maximum crustiness.​Late last year, Forbes named Smashburger America's most promising company. The article describes an American population as burger-obsessed and compares the Denver-based smashers to other chains, including Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Jack in the B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    The West Dallas Gateway, Future Site of Street Fairs, Concerts and Concession Stands

    ​Drove the Continental Avenue bridge several times over the weekend on back-and-forth trips to Oak Cliff; the boy and I even pulled over on the west side, at the under-construction entrance to the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, to grab the quick pic seen below. As mentioned Friday, all that and more w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    The Five Most Annoying Current Fast Food Trends

    ​Caught an article over on Adage this morning on Domino's revamp of their "cheesy bread." In an attempt to capture what marketing executives must think are idiot foodies, the pizza chain is selling "gourmet" varieties of cheese bread (with spinach and feta and bacon and jalapeño).After blacking o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Texans Eat Out More Than Anyone. No Wonder We're So Fat.

    Alice LaussadeMeanwhile, back at the house, those leftovers in the fridge go bad.​Texans eat more than 3.5 meals a week in restaurants, according to Zagat. That's more than the diners in any other state in this great, fat union of ours. Houston leads the way, eating a full four meals a week ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Hey, There's Dairy In That Milkshake: Five Ways I Justify My Terrible Food Decisions

    If she can settle on the pasta by convincing herself she needs to carb load before her big night of drinking, we'd probably get along.​I had a milkshake with lunch the other day. I didn't feel too bad about it, even if I have been bitching about my build lately. I look sort of like a centaur t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Why Go Wiking When You Could Go Bubing?

    The tricky part to beefgliding is grill storage and flare-ups.​For centuries, people have been boozing it up while they hike. (Ask your mom.) But now that it's becoming popular to do wine-tastings on hikes, the activity has been given a new name: wiking. We're really excited for this new tre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    On In-n-Out Day, Five Tips for Enjoying Your Maiden Meat Voyage

    ​Happy In-n-Out Day, Dallas. Decades from now, when you're stuffing your face with a Triple-Triple (we get fatter in the future) and wondering if anyone called while you were out (cell phones, the internet -- it's all going to stop working soon, I swear), we'll remember the days leading up to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Can You Tell Chicken Salad from...That Other Thing?

    Arby's chicken salad sandwich: Just right -- if you're a whale.​It is on like Donkey Kong! Don't get too crazy about this, kids, but Arby's has just unleashed a throw-down with Subway. I am so on this. See, they are both promoting their seasonal chicken salad sandwiches. And now Arby's has a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    St. Patrick's Day/Greenville Avenue Parade/Toadies Concert: My Top 10 Observer-ations

    ​10. The St. Patrick's Day/Greenville Avenue Parade is my favorite day of the year in Dallas. It's the one day our city lets its hair down, drops the materialistic b.s. and has fun, with total disregard to how we may look doing it. For about 12 hours a year, I get tricked into think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Julia Lopez: Smart, Simple Cooking Needs No Translation

    La Duni​It's a very cold Monday night when I go to La Duni on Oak Lawn to visit with their corporate chef, 37-year-old Julia Lopez. Horse-drawn carriages roll by outside and almost all of the tables inside are filled with large parties of revelers. 'Tis the season and all. Warm, freshly-made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Daniele Puleo: Not Born in Texas, But He Got Here as Soon as He Could

    Daniele Puleo​Yesterday, we gave you the goods on Daniele Puleo, executive chef at and owner of Daniele Osteria and Brix Pizza and Wine Bar. Today, we asked Puleo to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow, he shares one of his yummy recipes. (Puleo's words are after the ellipses.) My frie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    The Week in Food: Things to be Thankful For -- And Others Not

    ​You might be stressed about cooking dinner next Thursday, but that's the kind of anxiety Dallas chefs breathe, sleep and eat for breakfast (slow-roasted and lavender-infused, naturally.) Some Dallas restaurants are closing for good, some are revamping their previously underwhelming menus, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Free Is Too Much for Jack in the Box Tacos

    ​"Our tacos have had a cult-like following since the 1950s, when they gained a permanent place on our menu. This is especially true in Dallas, where our guests are counted among our long-term favorites," Brian Luscomb, Jack in the Box spokesperson, told me over the phone. With those words in m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Hash Over: There's Such a Thing
    As a Free Lunch

    It's back to the daily grind, but we have something to brighten your spirits and fill your stomach -- for free. The good folks at Jack in the Box know how much you love free food, and they've got a giveaway Tuesday you won't want to miss. After 2 p.m., head to Jack in the Box to receive two free t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Jack Hammers Another Nail in Rye's Coffin

    ​"Hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread?," Jack in the Box's mascot asks a fictional focus group leader in a recent commercial for the chain's new pastrami sandwich. "Totally," the researcher assures him. Customers may be pleased with Jack in the Box's decision to simplify its ingr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Five Fast-Food Breakfast Staples That Should Go Away -- Now.

    Hardees Monster Biscuit Sandwich has 2310 mg of sodium.​Most important meal of the day, right? The Associated Press announced Burger King's new business plan recently to add nine more breakfast items to their masterpiece of all-things-obese menu. The Sun-Times reported that Burger King's breakfa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Chick Fight: Popeye's vs. Pollo Campero

    Photo by Steven DoylePollo Campero takes the prize by a beak.​Toque to Toque has made strides this year, delving into various cultures and cuisines. Some of our favorites included the mussel challenge, the soup dumpling debacle and the souffle cook-off where we met a former president. A chef ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 15, 2010

    Los Cabos: Okie-Mex is About What You'd Expect.

    Photo by Steven DoylePollo Campero takes the prize by a beak.​Toque to Toque has made strides this year, delving into various cultures and cuisines. Some of our favorites included the mussel challenge, the soup dumpling debacle and the souffle cook-off where we met a former president. A chef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Soda Lovers Unite, Coke is Sending Freedom Your Way

    Coming soon to somewhere near you.​From the "trivial things newcomers notice" file: It's ridiculously easy to find strawberry Fanta in Dallas. I always grouped strawberry Fanta with those esoteric soft drinks that take a good Internet tip and a full gas tank to find, but in Dallas, strawberry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Guess What I Had For Brinner? That's Right, I Said Brinner.

    Bon appetit!​So I'm out and about last night/this morning/feels like 20 minutes ago (y-a-w-n), and I realize "Damn, I'm hongree." Also hit me that I hadn't eaten dinner. But it was closing in on time for breakfast. A little compromise and - voila - Dinner Breakfast = Brinner. And wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Who'll Buy Their Dallas Punk-Rock Memories?

    Of course this one would be sold out.​I've spent the better part of 20 years trying to find my box of old Hot Klub fliers, which I'd swipe off telephone poles on my bus drive down Maple Ave. to junior high in the early 1980s. Turns out, all I had to do was look here: Twilite Room Records and Punk ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    The owners of Bolsa are at it again—launching another hot, new restaurant while keeping their demons in check.

    Of course this one would be sold out.​I've spent the better part of 20 years trying to find my box of old Hot Klub fliers, which I'd swipe off telephone poles on my bus drive down Maple Ave. to junior high in the early 1980s. Turns out, all I had to do was look here: Twilite Room Records and Punk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Norman Brinker, Dead at 78

    Kristina BowmanThe News is reporting that Norman Brinker died this morning while on vacation in Colorado Springs; he turned 78 last Wednesday. Brinker, of course, is the Colorado-born chairman emeritus of Brinker International -- and the man who, in 1984, took Larry Lavine's Chili's concept public; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Handshakes And Sissy Slaps

    People we'd like to shake hands with:Jason Williams, from the cradle of NFL superstardom and Harvard of the Midwest--yep, Western Illinois University. Home of the fighting Leathernecks. WIU is many time almost-champion of 1-AA (they tend to falter in the playoffs, even when ranked #1), the team that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Letter from Denny's: Four Cups of Coffee and a Free Grand Slam

    Patrick MichelsFree today, the Denny's Grand Slam breakfastLike all the other reporters stopping by a Denny's this morning, I'd come to watch the train wreck. The Super Bowl ad announcing a free Grand Slam breakfast today suggested tremendous potential for chaos. What if they're overrun by bargain-h ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    Laying Down the Unwelcome Mat for Bush

    Patrick MichelsFree today, the Denny's Grand Slam breakfastLike all the other reporters stopping by a Denny's this morning, I'd come to watch the train wreck. The Super Bowl ad announcing a free Grand Slam breakfast today suggested tremendous potential for chaos. What if they're overrun by bargain-h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Former Dallas Police Detective Says Good Morning America

    Patrick MichelsFree today, the Denny's Grand Slam breakfastLike all the other reporters stopping by a Denny's this morning, I'd come to watch the train wreck. The Super Bowl ad announcing a free Grand Slam breakfast today suggested tremendous potential for chaos. What if they're overrun by bargain-h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Dallas' Top Chefs Make Their Bravo Bow Tonight, So Eat Up

    Patrick MichelsFree today, the Denny's Grand Slam breakfastLike all the other reporters stopping by a Denny's this morning, I'd come to watch the train wreck. The Super Bowl ad announcing a free Grand Slam breakfast today suggested tremendous potential for chaos. What if they're overrun by bargain-h ... More >>

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Icy Hot

    Maybe this girl should name her next cat Mike Modano

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    They Know Jack

    Maybe this girl should name her next cat Mike Modano

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2005

    Green Day

    Maybe this girl should name her next cat Mike Modano

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Pinky Swear

    A music critic's resolution for 2005

  • Calendar

    August 5, 2004

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    A music critic's resolution for 2005

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2004

    Heart School

    Texas artists send a Valentine

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Star Bright

    Plus: Gimme Some Skin; Dude, You Owe Us, Like, $304

  • Dining

    October 31, 2002

    Fly Cook

    Jeff Moschetti joins team ZaZa

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Dirty or Duped?

    Who's to blame for the fake-drug scandal rocking Dallas police? Virtually everyone.

  • Dining

    February 1, 2001

    Naked Lunch

    Paying the price for strip club freebies

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Superiority Complex

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

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Slaughterhouse Jive

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

  • Culture

    April 27, 2000

    Geek love

    The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

  • Dining

    January 27, 2000

    Grungy sipping

    Il Solé's menu rocks. Unfortunately, so does the sound system.

  • Film

    August 21, 1997

    Open your mouth and say "AH"

    Mimic rehashes a familiar story line

  • Dining

    July 3, 1997

    Tasty tavern

    The Cock & Bull is vaguely European, but definitely yummy

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Buzz

    The Cock & Bull is vaguely European, but definitely yummy

  • Dining

    December 1, 1994

    Comforts of old Mexico

    Casa Navarro reincarnates one of Dallas' original Tex-Mex restaurants

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