Katy Trail

In New, Bike-Friendler Dallas, Drivers Have a Friend in the Morning News' Tod Robberson

With all the feel-good talk recently celebrating Dallas' hesitant but progressing embrace of cycling (Painted bike lanes! A don't-be-a-dick-to-cyclists ordinance!), it's easy to forget about the concerns of the driver. Never fear. Morning News editorial writer Tod Robberson is here to champion thei ... More >>

Graffiti-Curating Real Estate Developer Enters Council Race. His Oppenent *Cough* Adam Medrano *Cough* Remains a Mystery.

Herschel Weisfeld is a property developer by trade, but he's also the guy who started CorinthPark, the graffiti-covered artist's collective that is something of a model for the Dallas Police Department. Yesterday, the Dallas Voice broke the news that he also hopes to replace Pauline Medrano as Distr ... More >>

My Oh Yes

"Big D" both song and city, is earning big laughs at Lyric and the Wyly.

The Chicago Tribune Visits "Emerging Dallas"

Wendy Donahue's Chicago Tribune dispatch from her recent trip to Dallas begins with her family driving their rental car across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, the "symbolic hub of Texas-sized ambitions." She notes the breeze passing over the grasses along the Trinity and that the bridge is otherwise ... More >>

Trinity Strand Trail Adding A Couple More Miles

The Trinity Strand Trail will someday run about eight miles from the old Trinity River channel, pass under Stemmons Freeway and out of the Design District, lope alongside Turtle Creek, loop beneath the DART/TRE tracks and the Tollway, then link up with the Katy Trail. That's the plan, at least, but ... More >>

Dominique Thornton, the First Named Katy Trail Robbery Suspect, Has Been Arrested

Word came early Saturday afternoon that the Dallas Police Department had identified veteran shit disturber Dominique Trevun Thornton as one of the suspects in a string of armed robberies along the Katy Trail. And it wasn't 24 hours later before they announced that 23-year-old Thornton was in custody ... More >>

They Call Me Shoots: Blasting Away at Winfrey Point Crapola and Cops on the Katy Trail

Tried to get past these two very irritating issues but couldn't pull it off. Woke up in middle of night last night reaching for the shotgun. Please indulge. Eye and ear protection recommended. First clay pigeon I'd like to try a couple 12-gauge shells on: a throw-away line in an editorial last Sund ... More >>

Police Department Should Cut Loose Information About Katy Trail Robberies

WFAA Channel 8 aired a story last night, reprised in this morning's Dallas Morning News, about a series of armed robberies on and around the Katy trail -- three over the weekend and five more during the previous month. Both stories said Dallas Police had refused to comment on the attacks or to say ... More >>

Rahr's Bucking Bock: Drink it While You Can

I'm trying not to obsess, but it seems like every day feels a little warmer than the last. The climbing mercury is making me want to grab onto the last days of spring and hang on as tightly as I can. And there's other signs of the season slipping away. Like Rahr Brewery's spring Bucking Bock, a beer ... More >>

In Defense of Trees

Let's talk trees for a moment. They're a bit like orphans or endangered species in that when people cry out to save them, there's little push-back, even if little action is ultimately taken. But in an op-ed piece in today's New York Times, one sentence amid an opus of tree-praise citing studies and ... More >>

Bike Guru Gil Penalosa: Striped Bike Lanes Aren't Enough to Make Dallas a Cycling City

The City Hall staffers who last year tried to toss road blocks in the path of a City Council plan to stripe 840 miles of bike lanes in Dallas -- that's 840 miles more than what the city has now -- might be pleasantly surprised by part of what Gil Penalosa will have to say at his "Urban Bike Systems" ... More >>

Bolsa Mercado, Oak and Other Openings and Closings from December in Dallas Dining

December welcomed a handful of highly anticipated restaurants, with Bolsa Mercado setting up shop just a few doors down from Bolsa, the design District's Oak opening its doors and the Galleria welcoming Townhouse Kitchen and Bar. Read on for the full opening and closing slate, and be sure to share t ... More >>

Campo Lives, RedFork Dies, and More from a Busy November in Restaurant Openings and Closings

November was a busy month for restaurant owners in Dallas, with several spots opening and a few closing their doors. Read on for the full slate, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Del Frisco's Grill ... More >>

Dallas Pedicabs: Rolling in Uptown, But Will Anyone Go Along for the Ride?

Samantha GuzmanDallas Pedicab, rolling in Uptown​Robert Tobolowsky wobbled through the doors of Stubb's as the echo of roots and jam rang in his ears. It was a January night earlier this year; Tobolowsky, a Dallas native and recent SMU grad, was in Austin visiting friends. He stepped onto the ... More >>

The Birth of Bistro 31, the Death of Heart Attack Grill and More Movement from Last Month in Dallas Dining

Catherine DownesThe V Spot Cafe opened on Henderson.​October has been a busy month for restaurant owners in Dallas, with many restaurants opening and some closing their doors for good. Some notable additions to the city include Vegan café, V Spot and Alberto Lombardi's latest project, Bistro ... More >>

That Katy Trail-to-Bishop Arts Trinity Trail is Ready to Go. Now, to Fund and Fix the Streets.

​If, say, during your lunch break this afternoon you were to dip between the Trinity River levees, you would see the trail Jason Roberts first promised back in June -- the one that, when completed, will link Bishop Arts on one side of the river to the Katy Trail on the other side. It's nothing par ... More >>

If Only We Could Have Fried Cake Balls at Sam's Club

​ This week in food news, diners and their dogs flocked to patios to enjoy the cooler weather, we got the results of this year's Big Tex Choice awards and actually found a guy who has a problem with cake balls. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz came across new friends and a new beer this week ... More >>

Behold: A Trinity River Park Plan That Actually Makes Sense

How do you actually make an impact on the Trinity River? Make it small, cheap and fast.

Whitt's End: 5.13.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Went and watched the American professional debut of Cuban defector/Rangers' prospect Leonys Martin last night in Frisco. In a word, wow! With his father and agent in the stands at Dr Pepper ... More >>

Mike Rawlings Would Now Like to Have a Word About That Trail Safety Campaign Contract

​So far today we've heard from Ron Natinsky, David Kunkle, City Auditor Craig Kinton and even Mayor Dwaine Caraway about last night's Channel 8 story, which alleged that mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings used his influence as Park Board president to get city officials to hire his friend and former T ... More >>

Toulouse Brunch, C'est Bon!

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourToulouse's Bloody Marys came rimmed with a sweetly sour lime salt.​It is getting harder and harder not to eat brunch at a Lombardi family restaurant in this town. First, there was Penne Pomodoro. Then there was Cibus. Now, there is Toulouse, the French ca ... More >>

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 >>

Bar Owners On Edge Following Another Armed Robbery. But DPD Has One Suspect in Custody.

​Last week came word: The Old Monk and The Dallasite had been robbed at gunpoint. Dallas police did not think the two were related -- the former was violently robbed by three men who came in through the back door after hours; the latter, by a lone gunman who, moments earlier, had been drinking at ... More >>

"Hardass" Election Judge Explains Why Troy Aikman Got Really Wet Before Voting Tuesday

Sam MertenTroy Aikman signs autographs last year while kicking off the inaugural Friends of the Katy Trail membership drive.​Inevitably, a slew of anecdotes make the rounds in the days following an election, most of which we're unfortunately sworn to secrecy not to expose. However, we've been ... More >>

By the End of the Month, Main Street Garden Should Look a Little More, Ya Know, Alive

For no good reason, I was wondering earlier this afternoon whatever became of DowntownDallas's plan to fill up Main Street Garden's fountain, which, we discovered at the end of March, wouldn't be operational more than a two hours a day due to the fact Park and Rec's all tapped out. So I called Kourt ... More >>

Oak Cliff Activists Say Dallas Can Keep its Slogan. They've Got a Better One.

​Says Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and Go Oak Cliff, the slogan you see above is intended to counter the more familiar Dallas motto: "Live Large. Think Big." It's precisely that kind of thinking, writes Jason Roberts, that got the city where it is today, for better or worse. Hence this new slogan, pres ... More >>

A Lance Armstrong Gateway in the OC?

Courtesy Bike Friendly Oak CliffClick to expand the vision for Bishop Avenue with bike-only lanes between Methodist and Bishop Arts​Another day, another bike plan for Oak Cliff. But Jason Roberts, founder of Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, says the Seventh Street proposal and another for Bishop Avenue ar ... More >>

Happier, Safer Trails

​Apparently we have a stack of photos from yesterday's running of the White Rock Marathon forthcoming; till then, then, this is, for obvious reasons, an early front-runner for kosher fan favorite (speaking of, Happy Hanukkah!). And speaking of White Rock, more or less, users of Dallas's trails net ... More >>

Turtle Creek's About to Get a Master Plan

Patrick Michels​While we're looking ahead at City Hall meetings, says here that the Park and Recreation Board will be briefed next Thursday on the Turtle Creek Master Plan. Which is ...? Well, specifics are hard to come by: City Hall's closed till Monday, and Katherine Kosut at Booziotis & Com ... More >>

Angela Hunt Wasn't Pleased to Find Out About Chief Kunkle's Adios from Media, But Does Want Mary Suhm to Conduct National Search

Chief Kunkle and Angela Hunt at the Katy Trail lighting ceremony last year​Several members of the Dallas City Council are in San Antonio at a National League of Cities conference. Angela Hunt is not, which is why, like most of the city, she found out that DPD Chief David Kunkle was retiring by tur ... More >>

On the Set With Billy Zane, a Cool Dude and, Now, "a Citizen of Dallas and So Happy To Be"

Patrick MichelsTimothy Busfield, ex of thirtysomething and The West Wing, is in town to direct the fourth episode of The Deep End starring, of course, Billy Zane. He also did the second show.​Tales of Billy Zane sightings are not hard to come by in recent weeks, from kids' hospital charity fundrai ... More >>

Remember When Everyone Was Going to Build Hotels Near Turtle Creek? Like, a Year Ago?

Till April of last year, this Harwood K. Smith-designed building was at 2505 Turtle Creek. Now it's one more empty lot awaiting an economic rebound.​Seems like forever ago preservationists were fighting to save the Harwood K. Smith-designed office building at 2505 Turtle Creek Boulevard -- which, ... More >>

In Dallas, "Day of Decision Rally" to Follow Cali Court's Ruling to Uphold Gay Marriage Ban

Alexa SchirtzingerOne of the messages greeting Katy Trail-ers this morningThe Katy Trail's morning exercise contingent saw something new today: a series of musings on the meaning of marriage. Every few yards, there was a message scribbled in sidewalk chalk, among them: "What is marriage worth?" and ... More >>

Real Good Friends of the Katy Trail

Dyer Straits: Or, When a City Council Member Doesn't Trust the City

It's Not Hard to be a St. on the Katy

DowntownDallas Crowd Can't Find the D-Spot

Angela Hunt Finally Wins Something!

Mayor, Mayor, on the Wall | Spell C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T| Got a Beef | Phat Girlz | Judge Roy Bean

New Year's Resolutions Think Outside the Gym

Heir Jordan?

A Little Slice of Heaven

Ride, They Said

Downtown Dallas becomes a two-wheel world

Charmed Garden

Letters

Tough Glove

Ayala tries for Comeback King

Yo-ho-ho

Hey, sailor, wanna give some money to a good cause?

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QB&A

Plus: Breakin' the Law, New Entries in the Dallas Dictionary, El Norte TV

Flood Relief

A proposal for public potties in Dallas builds steam