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Jeana Johnson

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2013

    Where to Find Frogs' Legs in Dallas

    A story in yesterday's New York Times has me thinking about frogs' legs. The story details France's historic obsession with the amphibian delicacy. The passion has waned as tastes have changed and a ban in the '80s made it illegal to trade in French frogs. Still, some restaurants hang on to the culi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2013

    Get Ready For Your First Limited Time Offer From Trinity Groves

    LTO has announced their first idea for the Trinity Groves pop up restaurant. Over the past few weeks we've told you about the concept that will feature a temporary restaurant that provides four short months of atmosphere and cuisine crafted by a chef and designer picked by local Dallas diners. LTO a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2013

    Bacon, the Cat From Lee Harvey's, Talks About Local Bands and Programs for Kids

    He's one of the quiet observers-from-a-distance of our local music scene. He knows local people both big and small, but judges no one. He's sick and tired of all the name jokes, and wisecracks about being eaten on a Lee Harvey's burger. He's the ultimate barfly, and wise observer of all things that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2013

    Acme F&B Offers Half Priced Food Night Among Other Changes

    It felt so strange walking into Acme F&B on a recent weekday evening. The dining room was completely empty, except a couple of ladies at the bar, and outside the patio was only half full. Just under a year ago, the restaurant was one of the hot dining destinations of the summer, and people flooded t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2013

    Il Cane Rosso White Rock Opens and More from a Busy April

    Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in April, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Il Cane Rosso White Roc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2013

    With Mot Hai Ba, Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare Continue Their Plan of World Domination

    Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare are opening a new Vietnamese restaurant named Mot Hai Ba tonight. I don't know the days of the week very well, so I checked it out last night, before they were open. So, take a look, drool, and drive your mopeds there tonight. Behold: A Sampling of the Food Things of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2013

    Mot Hai Ba to Open Tuesday, Bringing a Blend of North Vietnamese and Street Food

    Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare have announced the opening date of their much anticipated Vietnamese concept. Mot Hai Ba will open next Tuesday, serving a blend of North Vietnamese cooking including a selection of street foods that may just be perfect for snacking. See also: An Open Letter to Mot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2013

    An Open Letter to Mot Hai Ba: The Upcoming East Dallas Vietnamese Restaurant

    Dear Mot Hai Ba: You better bring it. There is a massive hole in Dallas' dining scene that you could exploit, and I know if you do this city will be all the better for it. The announcement of your coming existence in a Culture Map blog post was a welcome one, and your creators, Jeana Johnson and Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2013

    Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare Nab Old York Street Spot

    Exciting news from the T-Gubbins Party Line. Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare have bought the old Watel's spot, which used to be York Street. York Street broke hearts when it closed back in 2010. For 10 years, Sharon Hage created a quaint East Dallas restaurant that became a landmark in the Dallas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2013

    Marc Cassel's New Seafood Spot to Open Tuesday, January 22

    Longtime Dallas chef and Plano native Marc Cassel will soon open his seafood restaurant 20 Feet Seafood Shack in the same strip along Peavy Road as Good 2 Go Taco and Goodfriend Burgers. Choosing this particular spot wasn't really all that difficult Cassel said. See also: - Goodfriend is a Good Fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2013

    Stampede 66 is Now Open for Lunch

    Stephan Pyles latest concept, Stampede 66 (1717 McKinney), opened in early November as an ode to southwestern cuisine from the creator himself. Pyles also helped create much of the Dallas dining scene with an honor-roll of students that studied in his kitchens; like Tim Byers of Smoke, Jeana Johnson ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    Dallas Chefs and Personalities on Favorite Burgers, Then and Now, Plus What Makes A Great Burger

    What a day to celebrate choice. Regardless of what some may like to believe, really the most important choice most of us will make this week (honestly, any week) is which burger to eat. So many choices. Well, we're here to help you with the electoral map of burgers. As part of Burger Week, we sent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2012

    Presenting: The Winners of Meat Fight 2012 (And Incredible Meat Photos)

    Sunday, at Sons of Hermann Hall, it was every carnivores' dream Meat Prom. Purple, sparkling pigs, each wearing tiny party hats, sat on top of tables and glittered gold letters on standing signs indicated where myriad animal parts would be served. This was the scene at Meat Fight. In case you miss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    Colleen O'Hare and Jeana Johnson Cook Farm-to-Table Dinner Tomorrow in Dodd City

    Tomorrow Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare of Acme F&B and Good 2 Go Taco are partnering with "Outstanding in the Field" to host a dinner at Sloans Creek Farm in Dodd City. See also: - Interview with Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare Outstanding in the Field is a group dedicated to reconnecting "di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare of Acme F&B Talk Gas Station Kitchens, Pyles' Charisma

    If we considered all the Dallas restaurants that Jeana Johnson, Colleen O'Hare and Norm Grimm have worked in and made a connect-the-dot style map, it would be an overly complicated, yet highly impressive sketch of "six degrees of Kevin Bacon." I bet Bacon really is in there at some point. There's so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    Cheap Bastards, Chili Dogs and Chorizo Tacos: This Week In Dallas Dining

    In need of weekend plans? We've got the best food events to keep you sated over here, but before you head out of the office, we've got a week to wrap up. This week I reviewed Start, a new fast food concept on Greenville Avenue. If you're looking for a quick meal that doesn't leave you hampered with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2012

    Acme F&B Changes Chefs Less Than Four Months After Opening

    The folks behind Acme F&B announced Norman Grimm has been hired as their new executive chef. Grimm's resume includes the opening of Mercury and three years at York Street with Sharon Hage. He also worked in California, Portland, Ohio and France. Grimm also spent a few months at Nosh before heading ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2012

    The Cheap Bastard Is Throwing A Party, So Brian Luscher Took A Leak On Cane Rosso

    Last November when I was a newly branded food critic, running around Dallas trying to figure out who had the best chips and salsa, Alice Laussade sent me an invite to a backyard barbecue. She called it meat fight, and while no punches were thrown, a fierce battle ensued as amateur barbecue enthusias ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2012

    A Week After Anouncing He's Leaving Parigi, Chad Houser's Already Talking Like A Suit

    Chad Houser isn't talking like a chef lately. The long time toque at Parigi uses terms like board members and ROI, and discusses the legal matters of incorporation and trademarking. His new lexicon is borne out of his new position with Cafe Momentum, and he sounds a lot more like a CEO than someone ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 9, 2012

    Acme F&B Goes Whole Hog

    McKinney Avenue's newest restaurant is turning heads - and eating them.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2012

    Acme F&B's Jeana Johnson Knows How To Pick a Staff and How All of Us Can Get Better Service

    While dining at Acme F&B, the subject of this week's review, I couldn't help but notice the polished staff. Maybe they stood out against all the rusting metal worked into the design of the dining room, but I had a feeling it had more to do with a management team that chose employees carefully and tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2012

    ACME F&B Pops Out Some Interesting Dishes, Without the Boom Boom

    Inside the recent whirlwind of closings, openings, quick closings in order to reopen later and yet more openings and closings, we find ACME F&B, the latest to open its great big wooden doors.

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    It'll Do Club Set To Re-Open June 16, Brooke Humphries Also Opening A Million Other Businesses

    Brooke Humphries is a busy woman. As we stand just outside the entrance of It'll Do Club on Elm Street, she fields questions from Red Bull reps and contractors: "You have two minutes of my time," she says to one of them. "You have one minute of my time," she says to the other. Divide and conquer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    We Gave Good 2 Go Taco Chef Jeana Johnson This Big Box of Crap and She Invented The Best Hot Dog Evar

    Welcome to the return of The Box, the mean-ass game we play with chefs in town just because we like seeing these important-types give us the stink eye. Last time, Chef Chad Houser gave our The Box the stink eye and then made us fancy Easter Dinner out of Peeps and popcorn. This time, we gave our The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    The Universal Food Shame Scale

    Damn. Eating that freezer burrito made you feel like an awful human being. But, exactly how awful? Wish there was a way to know exactly how much shame you should feel when you eat a horrible, awful food? Wish. Effing. Granted. Above is our very helpful, very scientific Universal Food Shame Scale: ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 8, 2011

    Goodfriend is a Good Find

    A Beer Garden and Burger House offers East Dallas the kind of bar you'll want to make your own.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    A Day by Day Guide to Dallas Beer Week

    ​Considering that I don't get paid by the word here on City of Ate, there is simply too much going on during Dallas Beer Week to list every event taking place this Saturday through the November 19 Dallas Beer Festival in Fair Park (which warrants its own post, coming soon). And that's not even tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    A Sneak Peek at Goodfriends, East Dallas' New Burger Spot and Washer Pitching Battleground

    ​Amy Curry joined East Dallas at a sneak peek of the coming-soon neighborhood spot, Goodfriends. Here's her dispatch. It won't open for at least a few weeks, but Goodfriends (near Peavy and Garland in East Dallas) finally opened its patio yesterday to invite its already devoted following, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Jump at a Chance to Feed Your Face and Help White Rock Lake

    ​This weekend, For The Love of The Lake -- a group of volunteers dedicated to the preservation of White Rock Lake Park -- is hosting a benefit for the White Rock Lake Foundation and the Friends of the Bath House. This weekend's events also mark the finale of the Comerica White Rock Lake Centennial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Super Bowl Visitors and Taco Lovers: A Dallas Tacos Trail

    Created by Alexander FloresMake the jump for the Taco Trail​ This certainly isn't the week to jog the Katy Trail (Fountain Place is frozen, man!), so instead, Jose Ralat Maldonado -- who has traversed the taco scene for City of Ate -- and the rest of us implore you to eat. Eat as much as you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Good 2 Go Taco Leaves the Gas Station Behind with New Digs That Seem Downright Palatial

    ​Good 2 Go Taco finally has a permanent home. After plans of rolling out a taco truck operation and a segment on Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate, co-owners Jeana Johnson and Colleen O'Hare closed their continuously packed space in the back of The Green Spot in late August 2010. The mobile ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    The Best Taco Food Network Ever Ate

    ​Cruised on over to a certain Buckner Road taco joint's Facebook page today to check out the menu board postings -- as we are wont to do -- and was reminded that tonight it'll finally be time to see that one episode of The Best Thing I Ever Ate. The one you've all been waiting for. The one featuri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: La Vaca Loca Taco at Good 2 Go Tacos

    ​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Good 2 Go Taco Is Revving It Up for the Road

    Good 2 Go's FacebookTheir ever-changing Chalkboard is now headed for the road.​Good 2 Go Taco at The Green Spot market and gas station in White Rock has been providing inventive takes on the south-of-the-border sandwich for more than seven months. But that hasn't stopped owners Jeana Johnson and C ... More >>

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