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Cheese: This Week In Dallas Dining

So cheese week happened. We've filled City of Ate with so much cheese news we looked like a full -on cheese blog. Even ol' Lee Harvey up in the header there is eating cheese. This week we ran a porny slide show devoted to some of the better cheese boards in Dallas instead of running a traditional r ... More >>

Ten Bells Tavern Gets Ready to Open in Oak Cliff, If They Can Just Find a Dark Enough Marker

Two years ago Meri Dahlke and Michael Hickie jumped on the crazy train of bar ownership. They found an old building on a nice plot in the Bishops Arts District and decided to give it a go. Now, it's just a matter of weeks now before they actually open Ten Bells Tavern at 232 W. 7th Street. They've l ... More >>

Study: Dallas Diners Eat Out More Than Any Other City. Like, A Lot More.

Speaking of Dallas being unfit to walk from here-to-there without grasping a building ... According to a study on Bundle, which attempted to break down the stats on dining out in American cities, Dallasites are eating out more often than any major city. Yes, even New York City. Hard to imag --[fin ... More >>

A Three-Way With Chad Davenport, Simon McDonald and Gavin Mulloy of The Local Yokel Show: "We're Not Curing Cancer Here."

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. The Local Yokel Show podcast was meant to be a fun gathering of friends who play local music, but it ended up providing a perk to those artists: in-studio video. It's a great social medi ... More >>

Spring Is Here, and It's Time to Say "Yes."

Fedoras and $12 Drinks Don't Make the Bar

It's a relatively quiet Wednesday night at Deep Ellum's newest watering hole, Swallow Lounge (double entendre or just a hastily chosen name? You be the judge). I take a seat at the empty bar lined with bright red vinyl stools. Above the bar, back-lit swallows -- those little birds that adorn collarb ... More >>

Sundown Chef Patrick Stark Talks Sourcing Locally and Scorching Hot Pans

Originally from Akron, Ohio, Patrick Stark, chef at Sundown at Granada, enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America fresh out of high school at 17 years of age, partially because he just wanted the get the hell outta town. He's worked throughout the United States, a few spots in Europe and had a t ... More >>

Five Ways Drunk Folk Justify Drinking

​As if you needed another reason to have a beer besides "It's Hump Daaaaay!" and "It's daytime!" and "I like beer!," here are five "facts" drunks will throw at you to convince you that getting hammered is actually good for you. "Wine is nature's sunblock!" -- your mom and these scientists&nbs ... More >>

Good Friday: Steve Earle at Billy Bob's Texas, Plus The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Steve Earle​There are some pretty big shows coming to town this weekend -- massive ones, actually. But you'll be hard-pressed to find a more important singer than Americana legend Steve Earle, who will perform at Billy Bob's Texas on Saturday night.He's not the only legend playing in town this wee ... More >>

The Mumbles' Darin Robinson Had The Flu, But He Still Paid Good Money to See The Who

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Darin Robinson​Even though they play cover songs, you'd be remiss to think of The ... More >>

From the Film Vaults: Rush to Judgment

A witness to the Kennedy assassination shows Mark Lane where he was on November 22, 1963.​While looking for something unrelated this morning, I came across quite the cinematic find just posted to the Internet Archive: a full-length copy of Oscar-nominated director Emile de Antonio's 1966 film Rush ... More >>

In Tarrant County, Oswald's Brother Sues Auctioneer, Funeral Home Over Lee's Coffin

Inside the coffin of Lee Harvey Oswald​Remember when that L.A. auction house auctioned off the pine box in which Lee Harvey Oswald was buried on November 25, 1963, at the Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Chapel & Cemetery in Fort Worth? Man, seems like only six weeks ago. Since then, of course, the c ... More >>

Our Top 5 Broke-Ass Tuesday Dinners

At half price, carne asada never tasted so good.​So you've probably spent your whole paycheck on gifts for the kids and now you're looking for ways to save some cash. Rather than going on the McDonald's dollar menu diet, check out our list of the best Tuesday food specials. 5. It's not ... More >>

Then There Was Deep Ellum's Better Block ...

Courtesy Patrick Kennedy/Walkable DFW​We began the day by taking a look back at yesterday's Arts District Better Block, an edible experiment augmented by the goings-on up and down Flora. But Grimes reminded me earlier: Saturday was also Deep Ellum's turn up to the Better Block chopping block, cour ... More >>

Hamburger on New Year's Eve? Neil, That Is.

​Patrick's forthcoming with pictures and words from the downtown blow-em-ups this morning, as Big Bob Jeffress and Mayor Tom held hands and made First Baptist go boom, but first, this just in from the Texas Theatre: Love-him-or-hate-him Neil Hamburger's been booked into the joint for what it's cal ... More >>

Buy This: Closing the Door on Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald's Former Oak Cliff Apartment

​Initially I thought this would be just an oddball novelty item: Heritage Auction Galleries is selling the door to Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald's old Oak Cliff apartment -- the one on Elsbeth and Davis Streets, more or less across the street from the Bishop Arts District. It doesn't officially go ... More >>

Photos: The Epic Burgers of Dallas

Sara KerensOur Best of Dallas 2010 Hamburger: The Angry Dog​There really is no shortage of incredible burgers in this town. We gave Angry Dog our Best Of Dallas nod for their always juicy, shredded cheese-topped hamburger--knowing full well the worthy contestants in the mix. Let's just say, it ... More >>

Why, If You're a Cop, You Shouldn't Fire a Gun in a Car or Move a Dash Cam During a Beating

One of the officers in this picture was fired yesterday. (Hint: the one in the middle.)​Dallas Police Chief David Brown isn't messing around: Late yesterday the DPD sent out yet another laundry list of officers being terminated, the third such release in the past few days, bringing the total of ca ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape: The Flashback Episode

​Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it'd be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of them have been up to since be ... More >>

Come On, Get Happy! We've Found 50 Local Bars That Will Help You Do Just That.

Good Friday: Buzzcocks, Dope on Plastic, Shiny Around The Edges, Peopleodian, Hawk Vs Dove, Doug Burr, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, The O's, Babar and More!

"Goodbye!"​This weekend wishes a farewell to two Dallas gems, the supersaturated fun that is Giggle Party and the dance hip-hop twosome Sore Losers. Giggle Party is set to leave for San Francisco next week and will have its going away celebration tonight at bassist Jason Reichl's homemade venu ... More >>

DFW's always Been A Haven For Cover and Tribute Acts

Dallas After Dark: Tomorrow Night, It's Lights Out, Yet Again, For Earth Hour

Justin TerveenDowntown Dallas as it looked during last year's Earth Hour​Speaking of our pal Justin ...Last year we enlisted him to shoot the city as it went dark for World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour. Only problem: Despite the lengthy list of buildings scheduled to join the 60-minute blackout, it ... More >>

Good Friday: Butthole Surfers, Peaches, MEN, Digital Leather, King Bucks, Ghoultown, John David Kent, Horrorble Party, Play-N-Skillz Halloween Bash, House Harkonnen and More

Don't forget your costume. Here's one idea.​Love it when Halloween falls on a weekend, as is the case this year. What that means for music fans is lots of costume contests and tribute nights, and bands and fans will likely be even more intoxicated than usual--so be careful out there. Recently some ... More >>

Good Friday: Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Alice in Chains, The King Bucks, Flametrick Subs, Black Heart Procession

​Kind of a slow weekend 'round these parts. Which, y'know, is OK, actually. Feels like we've been moving at 100 mph of lat. A slower pace is kind of welcome for once. Still, that doesn't mean nothing's happening. There certainly are a few things worth checking out this weekend--mostly smaller affa ... More >>

Good Friday: Peaches, Viva Voce, Malford Milligan, David Byrne, International Waters, Oliver's Army, Airline, Jonathan Byrd, The Phuss, Gaelic Storm, Todd Sarvies

This particular weekend offers an interesting mix of local and national talents, many of which are playing unheralded venues scattered about the Metroplex. The mix of genres represented in our area in the coming days is quite remarkable.First off the shows that were already covered in print or onlin ... More >>

Echoes And Reverberations: Hitchhiking Along Post-Industrial Boulevard

Noise is not for everybody. Some people hear a jackhammer on the street corner and promptly cover their ears; others hear a subsonic melody and random harmonic movement in the staccato repetition of mechanized machinery. “Industrial music” is the umbrella term used to describe artists who e ... More >>

Last Night: Butthole Surfers At The Granada Theater

Good Friday: Granada Fourth Anniversary, Skate or Rock, Bridges and Blinking Lights and more

Good Friday: Pikahsso, Nellie McKay, The Theater Fire, The Lashouts, Here in Arms, Black Tooth BBQ and Bash, And More...

MC 900 Ft. Jesus Lives

Indie-rap innovator MC 900 Ft. Jesus spins on, quietly, at Lee Harvey's

Waging War on the Digital Jukebox

Norman Mailer Never Did Like Dallas

Mini-Spinners

Tweeners the Goldfish Girls can werk it

Making the Cut

Cowtown's favorite psychedelic/garage combo hits its stride

Twisters and Double Wides

Postmodern news you can use

Look, Who Doesn't Want Some of Mark Cuban's Money?

So, Like, Wanna Know Who Killed J.F.K.?

Clueless in the City

Write on Time, Local Authors Return

Odds & Ends

In this corner: Salim Nourallah. In the other corner: Doug Simmons. Let's roll!

Calling Back

Twenty-five years later, former Telefone Gerard Dirkx replaces skinny ties with sweaty soul

Raising the Bar

More than olives and beer nuts, Vickery Park takes pub grub to the next level

Bottle Tops

Who are the best bartenders in Dallas?

Odds & Ends

The Golden Falcons make some animal friends; minc celebrates three "interesting" years

Kiss the Sky

Best Developing Entertainment District

Lamar Street

Odds & Ends

MC battles, a benefit at Lee Harvey's and mad love for Bowling forSoup's new single

Last Call

XPO Lounge closes its doors

Jerry Lee, Dino, and Homer Henderson

The "Amazing One-Man Band" signs on with one of the greatest living American writers