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  • News

    March 1, 2012

    The Feds Attack Online Poker

    On Black Friday, The Justice Department killed a $2.5 billion industry.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Baboush Chef Yaser Khalaf on How to Make it in America (It All Starts in Lexington)

    Yaser Khalaf, owner of Medina and Baboush in the West Village, traveled throughout the Middle East and Europe as a child. Then in college, he traversed America, Route 66-style, in a van in which he literally blew the engine. His life-long passion for food, culture and people helped mold him into a s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2011

    Arts That Makes You Wunder

    Yaser Khalaf, owner of Medina and Baboush in the West Village, traveled throughout the Middle East and Europe as a child. Then in college, he traversed America, Route 66-style, in a van in which he literally blew the engine. His life-long passion for food, culture and people helped mold him into a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Bill Maher's Coming to Dallas This Sunday. But Not Before His Unfair Park Interview.

    ​There was a time in the 1980s when Bill Maher was little more than a modestly successful comedian for whom small roles on big television shows were considered the mark of having Made It. His early résumé reads like a Nick at Nite who's-who, with roles on Alice; Murder, She Wrote and Newhart amo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Austin Newcomer Creates Guide to Area's Barbecue Joints

    ​Gloria Corrall, the author of the newly self-published Barbecue Lover's Guide to Austin was happy to talk to me when I called this morning: She just had to finish chewing a piece of smoked turkey first. Corrall's eaten plenty of smoked meat since she moved from San Francisco to Austin to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Why I Like Anonymous Comments. Mostly.

    ​The New York Times op-ed page today has a big essay on anonymous blog comments and what to do about them: "Where anonymity breeds contempt," by Julie Zhuo, a "product design manager" at Facebook. So how do you feel about anonymous comments, fellow Unfair Park Anonymati? Me, my own feelings are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Dallas Isn't a Barbecue Town (Ready, Aim, Fire...)

    ​City of Ate readers earlier this week didn't take kindly to my saying that "barbecue isn't very good in Dallas," suggesting my assertion must mean I'm an agoraphobic Californian. Wrong on both counts, but their ire brings up an interesting question: What constitutes a barbecue town? Do a few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Dueling Piano Bar Set to Open in Uptown

    Blue Moon Talent​A Lexington, Ky.-based dueling piano bar has received the city's go-ahead to open a location in Uptown. According to Dallas city records, the Penguin Dueling Piano Bar has been granted a certificate of occupancy, allowing its troubadours to start tinkling near the corner of C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Chef Tim Byres Goes in Search of Himself and Finds Smoke

    ​Walk into Smoke early on any Saturday afternoon and you'll get the sense that the year-old restaurant hums along effortlessly. Simple preparations, a small, amiable kitchen crew, a mastery of the menu. Truth is, the food takes hours to prepare and there is meticulous care in the execution of wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    A Southerner's Revenge on Unloveable Kudzu

    The scourge of kudzu​Southerners rue, curse and unhappily abide kudzu, but few of them ever eat it. The Internet's awash in recipes for steamed kudzu leaves and powdered kudzu root starch, yet most folks who live where the Japanese vine's transformed once-recognizable landscapes into undulating h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Nice Brisket, Toots

    Snow's BBQ516 Main St.Lexington, TexasNoah W. BaileyThe line at Snow's. At 10:20 a.m.​Dude Factor: 10, or Billy Joe Shaver, on a scale of 1 (Beth Toben) to 10.On a recent weekend trip to College Station to visit my fiance's parents, I found myself with a few free hours on a Saturday while my lady ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Pairing Off: Dunkin' Donuts

    Patrick Michels​Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Back in 1982 I took off with a friend on summer long road trip up and down the east coast, from Montreal to Atlanta and many, many points in between.It was a good trip. We walked the rout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Q&A: Chiodos

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2006

    No, Thanks, I'll Take the Bus

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    A House Divided

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 27, 2004

    Expecting

    Legal Grounds pair to launch restaurant, bar and market

  • Music

    April 15, 2004
  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Catch Those Tigers

    Years of little or no regulation have made Texas a place where big cats prowl--and sometimes kill

  • Music

    May 24, 2001

    One More Time

    Everything happens at the right time for Alejandro Escovedo

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Killer Smile

    Tommy Lynn Sells claims to have murdered dozens, and Texas Rangers fear he's telling the truth

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Granny get your gun

    Dallas' pistol-packing 'Second Amendment Sister'--63-year-old grandma Mary Thompson--takes aim at a million moms

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Hide and seek

    Deep Ellum developer Lou Reese bilked a savings and loan, bled his creditors, and walked away from federal prision a rich man. Bragging about it was is one big mistake.

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Bench press

    A pack of well-heeled lawyers calls for the head of mercurial Dallas Judge John Marshall

  • Music

    September 30, 1999

    High fidelity

    Pavement isn't breaking up. It's just learning how to grow old together.

  • Culture

    April 16, 1998

    Big strides

    Michelle Mullins trains winning horses. Oh, yeah--and she's a woman.

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Mr. Passion

    Meet Dallas literary agent Evan Fogelman, the brains behind the bodice-rippers

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    God and mammon

    Kathy and Richard Kingsmore seemed like such nice church folk. But the Feds say their greed trumped their gospel.

  • Music

    September 12, 1996

    Bad news

    Death of Rockadelic co-owner leaves a scene in the lurch

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