Jay Jerrier

Cane Rosso Donating Tonight's Sales To Red Cross For Oklahoma

If you happen to like pizza, which is pretty much everyone, and you like helping people, which should be everyone, then Cane Rosso is probably the restaurant you want to visit tonight. Jay Jerrier sent out an email earlier today announcing 100 percent of this evening's sales at the Deep Ellum locati ... More >>

Some Tips for New York Style Pizza at Home

There are two types of home cooks in this world: those who have trudged down the path to pizza perfection and those who have not. If you're in the club, you intimately know the struggles for ever-higher oven temperatures and endless experimentation to determine the optimal placement of your pizza st ... More >>

Cane Rosso White Rock Is Opening Tonight

Jay Jerrier sent word this morning that they're firing up the big white oven at the new Cane Rosso White Rock (7328 Gaston Ave.) tonight for the first night of official pizza business. "Seeing as it is raining and temps are supposed to drop down into the 40s with high winds, it seemed like a really ... More >>

The New Cane Rosso Was Robbed of its $2,500 Prosciutto Slicer Over the Weekend

Neighbors and pizza aficionados have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Jay Jerrier's second Cane Rosso, planned for Grand and Gaston just south of White Rock Lake, since word of its existence first leaked in November. It was slated to open in the middle of April -- just about now, in other words ... More >>

Victoria's Mexican Grill Opens, Lemon Bar Closes and More Restaurant Happenings

Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in March, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Victoria's M ... More >>

Dallas' Eight Best Pizza Places

As I sit at my desk a sudden craving for pizza has overcome me. This instantly reminded me that it's been sometime since we've updated our list for Best Pizza in Dallas, here on City of Ate. Things have changed a touch since we last updated that list. Even though it's still a little short, there's a ... More >>

Zoli's Lands in old BEE: Best Enchiladas Ever Spot in Oak Cliff

Since Il Cane Rosso opened in Deep Ellum in 2011, it has been one of Dallas' favorite pizza spots. Guy Fieri even made a stop there for an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, which made the wait lines for authentic Neapolitan pizza even longer. As reported last week, owner Jay Jerrier is also ... More >>

Oak Owners Plan Pakpao: A Thai Spot For The Design District

If there's one thing Dallas loves more than a popular restaurant, it's a second restaurant by the same owner. Side Dish has a short blog post about Richard and Tiffanee Ellman. The owners of the popular Design District restaurant Oak are bringing us another concept early this summer. Pakpao promis ... More >>

Bar Food, Bar Food and More Bar Food: This Week in Dallas Dining

Another weekend is here. If you need plans be sure to check out Lauren's picks for food inspired weekend activities. And don't forget to support your local farmers. White Rock Local Market kicks of the season this Saturday as well. This week I reviewed Outpost American Tavern. The recent spin on t ... More >>

Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso to Open New York Style Spot

Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso is caving into a little conformist pressure (but, not really). D Magazine broke the story Tuesday that he's working on a new pizza spot that will make his haters happy (although, probably not really all of them). Not to be confused with second installment of Cane Rosso ... More >>

Second Il Cane Rosso to Open Near White Rock Lake this Spring

Teresa Gets-it-Done Gubbins at Culture Map once again pulled a coup on Dallas restaurant scoop by breaking official intraweb news this morning of a second Il Cane Rosso location. Yes, a second red dog pizza parlor, with another custom-made Stefano Ferrara oven, which has already been delivered. Ja ... More >>

Happy Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day: City of Ate (and Friends) Pick the Best Spots

Ladies and Gentlemen, Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day is upon us. Today is the one day you can indulge without guilt, as it is clearly a national holiday that should be celebrated. Because America. See also: - 100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: CFS At All Good Cafe - Peace, Love and Chicken-Fried Steak D ... More >>

Alice Laussade Is the Guest Chef at Next Monday's Cane Rosso Pizza Party

By now you've surely heard that the folks at Cane Rosso love to invite celebrity chefs and other local food personalities to sit in as guest pizzaiolos. The story was almost getting stale before Alice Laussade got in on the action. This Monday night she'll be joining the ranks of Jack Perkins, Brian ... More >>

Eat this Dallas Dish, Not That: Local Alternatives to the Men's Health 20 Worst Foods in America

This is a bad bad list, people. Nasty. Men's Health has published a list of the top 20 Worst Foods in America. Usually it's fun to look at gut bombs, but after cruising through this list you'll want to brush your teeth and wash your face. The list is part of Men's Health on-going "Eat This, Not Th ... More >>

The Fieri Effect

Local restaurants try survive the crush of customers that follows a visit from Food Network's frosted-tip rainmaker.

Dallas Restaurateurs Debate Whether a Cell Phone Ban Could Work, and How

A comment in my story a while back about phone stacking caught my attention. "In Japan they have 'No Phone Areas' in restaurants, bars and even the subway," Wagner Gui Tronolone wrote. "I think it's awesome!" It does sound sort of awesome. Sometimes a cell phone feels like a leash. At the other end ... More >>

Lucia's Chef David Uygur is Making Smoked Duck Pizza at Il Cane Rosso Tonight

Jay Jerrier, owner of Il Cane Rosso, put it best: "Santo Merda!" (Holy Shit!) It's not too often that the best pizza shop in town offers up its authentic Neapolitan red-brick pizza oven to one of the best chefs in the city. A chef whose restaurant takes reservations a month out (but has three seats ... More >>

At Cane Rosso, Tryouts for a Mike Napoli Pizza

Texas Rangers​Yes, it's another post about Il Cane Rosso. Yes, I'm conflicted about the amount of real estate devoted to the Deep Ellum pizza maker. But this time it's about a badass catcher, so it's a must. Dallas Morning News sports writer Evan Grant recently bellied up to the pizza bar fo ... More >>

Hid In 2612: The New Pop-Up Bar at Cane Rosso, by the Guys Who Brought You Bar 828

A while ago I checked in with Jay Jerrier from Cane Rosso to see how his appearance on Diners Drive-ins and Dives would shape the future of his pizza business. He told us he'd taken control of the space next door and would turn it into additional seating for the restaurant as well as some lounge spa ... More >>

The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs

Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.

A Little Jolt of Excitement Over Dining in Dallas, Courtesy of the Guys Making the Grub

If ever there were a week for a foodie to pick up a print copy of the Observer, this is that week. Editor Joe dropped the proof of Lauren Drewes Daniels' cover story on my desk last week, and I devoured the story beginning to end on the spot. In addition to some great portraiture, the piece uses dis ... More >>

Pasta, Cheese, Bathtubs and Boobs: This Week in the Dallas Blogoshpere

Slow day here at the Observer. Slow week, even. It's almost depressing coming to terms with the fact that the holiday season is coming to an end, you're suddenly fat, your resolutions start next week and you have to at least pretend that you want to be a better person, and oh, you're not getting ano ... More >>

My Top 10 Food Memories of 2011

​The last weeks of December always serve as an inflection point: We spend 1/4 of our time reflecting on the past year and 1/4 of our time resolving to make the next year a little better. The other half we spend getting fat and drunk. (After all, it's easier to lose five pounds and sober up af ... More >>

Booze Booze Booze Tacobots: This Week In Dallas Grubbing

​Ouch. Remember that whole Bar 828 thing in Oak Cliff? Seems like a distant memory. While milling around out back of the event, I asked a bartender (details fuzzy for obvious reasons) his best hangover cure. He told me a gin and tonic water poured over a couple of alka-seltzer tablets with som ... More >>

Eater Readers Think Jonathon Erdeljac is Dallas' Best Chef. Eater Editors, Not So Much.

Flickr​Andrea Grimes, former City of Ater and current editor of Eater Dallas, announced Eater Dallas' Award winners yesterday, to the chagrin of many commenters on the site. A series of blog posts -- used to determined Dallas winners in categories including Restaurant of the Year, So Hot Right ... More >>

Dough Pizzeria Napoletana: VPNot

Preston Hollow's newest Pizzeria makes decent pizza, but it's not as authentic as the menu claims

Cane Rosso's New Hipster Bingo Coasters

Jay JerrierFact: Hipster Bingo coasters make the world a better place.​Cane Rosso just tweeted that they have some badass, brand new hipster bingo coasters. Prepare to enjoy your next time in Deep Ellum times a millionty. (Also, not sure if you knew, but I'm pretty sure the rule is that every time ... More >>

God's Gift To Pizza Pie: The Egg

Flickr​Early Phoenicians believed that a primeval egg split open to form heaven and earth; I believe eggs were created for pizza. Peperoni? That's a topping made in America. You won't see it in Italy anywhere. Some thinly-shaved ham is nice. I like basil and cheese, too. But a lightly cooked e ... More >>

Nutella Mascarpone, Let's Bone ... After Brunch at Cane Rosso.

Ricotta pancakes. Nutella mascarpone. Berries. Pancetta. Face. ​Saturday, Cane Rosso served brunch. Not really that big of a deal, right? WRONG, DUMMY! Look with your eyeballs at this menu!! Ricotta pancakes!! Biscuits and gravy! Braised pork hash! Nutella pizza!! This brunch menu offers every sin ... More >>

A Battle of Some of Dallas' Best Pizzas

​ If you've been trying to find Dallas' best 'za, an event slated September 29, will afford the opportunity to try three pizzaioli's handiwork all in one shot. Côtes du Coeur Wine Society members get in for free; the rest of us have to shell out $20. The event benefits the American Heart Associa ... More >>

Cane Rosso Restores My Faith In a Zini's-Stained Pizza Scene

Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana​When I first came to Dallas I was looking for a delivery option in Oak Lawn. I needed a quick meal amongst a sea of unpacked boxes. Someone suggested Zini's over Twitter, so I tried it. I'll hold off on forming my official position on that local delivery ch ... More >>

Bid on Lunch with Cheap Bastard. Or, Just Eat the Burnt-End Pizza.

​August 14, Pecan Lodge Catering and Lockhart Smokehouse will hold a fundraiser to benefit the family of Lt. Shannon Stone, the 39-year-old Brownwood firefighter who died July 7 after falling from the outfield stands at a Texas Rangers game in Arlington. There are $30 tickets are still availa ... More >>

Brackets Declines to Replace Departed Executive Chef

The executive chef at Brackets has left, and the restaurant's management team has decided against filling the position. ​Pedro Castrejon, late of Aventino and Ferre Ristorante e Bar, was at the helm when the table tennis-themed sports bar opened late last year in the former Trader Vic's locat ... More >>

Checking Out a Restaurant Before It's "Ready"

Moving from Dallas to Seattle means I get to do a few things I've never before done, including piloting a U-Haul truck across the Rocky Mountains and visiting restaurants before they're ready for review. ​I've held out on eating at Cane Rosso, Jay Jerrier's immobile pizza kitchen in Deep Ellu ... More >>

Brackets: Dining Here is Up the Creek If You're Without a Paddle.

Revolving Doors: Who's Afraid of a Little Ice?

​The weather may have given Dallas the finger right before the Super Bowl, but some high-profile restaurants, including The Cedars Social and Lockhart Smokehouse, were able to open in spite of ice, snow and Steelers fans. In January, we found out that Metro Diner will be closing its Gaston Avenue ... More >>

Cane Rosso Ready to Bloom On Valentine's Day

​Arguably the most beloved pizzaiolo in Dallas -- certainly a City of Ate favorite -- Jay Jerrier has suffered obstacles opening a brick-and-mortar version of his mobile Neapolitan pizza-making operation, Il Cane Rosso. But these will be over on Monday, February 14 -- that's right, Valentine's Da ... More >>

Revolving Doors: Super Bowl Stimulus

​Everyone's trying to cash in on the Super Bowl, from those renting their homes for the week, to restaurants and bars offering cheap drinks and food specials to lure in crowds for watching parties. For restaurants that opened their doors in January, the timing couldn't be better, but for the f ... More >>

Brackets Ends Pizza Partnership With Jay Jerrier, Who Will Take His Pies Elsewhere

​Just one month after opening, a new sports bar has terminated its partnership with pizzaoulo Jay Jerrier. As first reported by The Feast, Brackets has replaced Jerrier's Napoletana-style pies with the thicker-crust pizzas its comment card-completing customers prefer. The restaurant's also ex ... More >>

As The Green Room Revamps, We Wonder:
Can Deep Ellum Support Fine Dining?

​There's no shortage of good food in Deep Ellum, but does The Green Room's extended vacation mean fine-dining restaurants can't make it there? The Green Room hasn't gone out of business yet, although circumstances surrounding its unannounced closure were sufficiently suspicious to excite the ... More >>

Was the Glass Half Full or Half Empty for Dallas Diners in 2010?

Hash Over: More Barbecue Cook-offs, Samar Celebrates a Birthday, Brackets is Coming Soon, and Seasons 52 is Now Open

​We told you once and we'll tell you again, any season is barbecue season. Sure, you might need to trade in your swim trunks for snow boots at some point, but we're sure they'll look good with the "Kiss the Chef" apron you're wearing. This Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10, will be the ... More >>

Roma's Pizza & Restaurant: Who Said Anything About Broccoli?

​ Promised Delivery Time: 45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 33 minutes Scoring Summary: Easy Order Taking: 10 Partially Mucking Up My Order: 5 Repeatedly Being Told "God Bless You" By Delivery Driver: 30 Having to Eat Without Raccoons and Possums Begging for Food at My Feet: 30 Total: 75 I ha ... More >>

Il Cane Rosso: Our Favorite Mobile Pizza Guy Gets National Love

​It's been a big week for Il Cane Rosso. Not only did the mobile oven's pizza pie make our very own list of Dallas' 100 Best Dishes, owner Jay Jerrier was featured on the nation's leading pizza blog. Adam Kuban's Slice, one of the first and most-admired online chronicles of a single food obse ... More >>

Il Cane Rosso Stretches Wings, Flies Coup

​ In the months Jay Jerrier has been operating his guerrilla-style restaurant out of Chocolate Angel, located at Preston and Forest in North Dallas, he knew there would come a day when he would stretch his own wings and venture off for himself to take his love child, Cane Rosso, to the next le ... More >>

Jay Jerrier Loves Italian Pizza, But He Just Can't Break Up With Pepperoni

​"In Naples, a pizza maker is kinda like a rock star." It's been a year since Jay Jerrier, co-owner of Campania in Southlake, fired up a mobile oven and took his show on the road. Now Cane Rosso gourmet pizza catering is one of the hottest tickets in town. As he gears up for the return of his p ... More >>

Words And Meanings: A Blog Commenter's Responsibilities

Ian Britton/FreeFoto.com​Every Monday in this space I pick something to rant about. Today, however, I'm at a loss.I did want to thank Leslie Brenner for bringing up the growing "we don't take reservations" trend, which I find annoying...although I understand the value to a restaurant's bottom line ... More >>

Running On Pizza

Jerrier's version of meals on wheels.Many pizza joints deliver, but how many bring the whole oven along for the ride?That's right, not just a warming bag, but a wood-burning pizza oven on wheels. Jay Jerrier (of Campania Pizza) is now officially on the go with Il Cane Rosso, a mobile oven. The forme ... More >>

10 Questions: Jay Jerrier

Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie's or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and...And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for two years, then plunged into th ... More >>