Luby's Inc.

Milkshake Maniac is Scary. No, It's Funny. No, It's Scary.

When we found the Milkshake Maniac series on YouTube, we were interested, then afraid, then interested, then afraid again. We had to know more about this dude from Plano who wears an "I Heart MS" shirt and makes extended-dance-cut "oh"-faces at the camera. So, we asked him some questions.

Mike Rawlings Wants to Shoot Southern Dallas With Bullets. Of Economic Development.

When I wrote yesterday about Mayor Mike backtracking from his backtrack on the Trinity Toll Road, I glossed over the real purpose of his visit to the Oak Cliff Chamber, which was to pitch his GrowSouth initiative. For the uninitiated, GrowSouth is the plan to revitalize southern Dallas, which Rawli ... More >>

EatZi's is Expanding to Grapevine and Plano, but It's Not Going National Again

Nation's Restaurant News reported yesterday that eatZi's will open two new spots in the 'burbs. The first will open on May 17 in Grapevine and will occupy 10,000 square feet "of freestanding retail space in a former Luby's Cafeteria site." The Plano store will be a newly constructed 10,000 square- ... More >>

Five More Meat Suggestions for Twisted Root

Twisted Root has gone and made everyone in the metroplex over the age of 12 giggle by adding beaver burgers to its menu. In addition to beaver, the Root also serves beef, buffalo, turkey, venison, elk, lamb, ostrich, kangaroo, emu, boar and alligator burgers topped with all kinds of melty and crispy ... More >>

On My First Meatless Monday, Baby Steps (and No Tofu) at Fadi's

Along with food critic Scott Reitz, resident booze correspondent Whitney Filloon is giving Meatless Mondays a shot. They'll both be sharing their experiences in the coming weeks. I couldn't quite stomach the idea of tofu or any new and therefore strange meat substitutes on my very first attempt at ... More >>

What It's Like to Live in Plano, According to The Internet's List Makers. Everyone Loves Lists.

Image via Plano.govThat baby is actually 45 years old. ​Perhaps you heard that Plano was recently named the 12th longest-living city in the country by the Daily Beast. But what you may not know is that a whole bunch of other listicles ranking places based on their General Pleasantness have spotlig ... More >>

Because Mom is a Lone Star Great Too

Chefs for Farmers: This Isn't Your Grandma's Cafeteria Food

​High-end chefs kick it cafeteria-style, and Silly Bandz and sub sandwiches help save lives. Read on. The Event: Chefs for Farmers The Cause: The Family Place The Where and When: Highland Park Cafeteria, 4 p.m. March 13. Cafeteria-style is no longer reserved for high schools and Luby's. A tea ... More >>

This Christmas, All this Family Wants is for NFL Running Back Ricky Williams to Know He's Got A Home in Dallas

Photos by Patrick MichelsRoss Williams, right, has been running right along with Ricky Williams through his football career, trying to convince the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner that he's his real father. Ross's brother Ray Williams, his daughters Patricia and Vernice and the rest of his family have jo ... More >>

Hibiscus May Have Changed Chefs, But Our Opinion About Its Food Remains The Same

Oh, Those Three Beans of Yore

Taste of Home​Every Sunday ever spent at a certain grandmother's house involved a three-bean salad. Granted, this salad, with it's green beans, wax beans and kidney beans -- and a little vinegar and sugar -- was made with love and firm-handed grace. Everyone ate it, so everyone must have liked the ... More >>

Former Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ron Springs' Tale of Triumph Takes a Sad Detour Through Stagnation and Litigation

DISH Suffers From a Lack of Focus on Getting the Food Right

Hash Over: Libertine Fights Brain Cancer, NBC Starts Fish Fight, and Stephan Pyles Holds Celebrity Dinner Sunday

​The Libertine Bar may have the Best Bar Food in Dallas, along with a great selection of beer and wine--and, of course, the monthly Playlister P local-music DJ nights. But beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow night, the bar's brain cancer awareness event gives yet another reason to love the Lower Greenvil ... More >>

And The Winner Is...

​It is truly weird when City of Ate stories pop up in other venues, often without context. For instance, our Top 10 on foods to fry for next year's state fair somehow ended up in a Baltimore paper's blog, where some people show surprising scorn for things Texan.These cross-posts, or whatever they' ... More >>

Luby's vs Furr's: Buffet Brawl

Alex Flores​People tell me I have a glamorous job. They tell me over and over...until I respond with "gotta go to Furr's; want to come along?" As much as we dismiss pile-it-on buffets, however, we've all bellied along a serving line. Whether we regret it moments later or rationalize the experien ... More >>

Music and the Munchies: A Day of Mourning

I attempt to lift my pen peck my keyboard today with a heavy heart, and an empty stomach. For, alas, two staples of my life's diet are no more. R.I.P., NIN. And Luby's, 4:45 p.m. dinners will never taste the same. Trent Reznor, one of the most chaotic, rhythmic, unique and dark nois ... More >>

Dude Food: Burguesa Burger

​Burguesa Burger2222 Inwood Road214-350-7772Dude Factor: 6, or Dean Hodes, on a scale of 1 (Peter Scottson) to 10 (Andy Botwin).Back when it first opened in May, everyone around the Observer offices was buzzing about Burguesa Burger, the new Latin-targeted burger stand from Which Wich and Geng ... More >>

Cheatin' Hearts At Uptown Players and Theatre Three, Straying Spouses Make for Easy Laughs

This Just In: St. Vincent's Still Incredible.

Yesterday over at GvB, Chris Cantalini posted a clip of DFWd's own St. Vincent privately performing her song "Marry Me" for the folks of Shoot The Player at the Sydney Festival. It's a hell of a video--and not just because Annie Clark takes the time to perform a gorgeous stripped-down rendition of t ... More >>

Normandie Alliance Reaches for France and Comes Up Short

African Immigrants Find Unity Missing At Home On Dallas Soccer Field

Life's an Eskimo Pie

The Elite Eight, or: Get Your Mayoral Brackets Ready!

No Masterpiece

Grotto serves typical Dallas Italian. Too bad.

Gator Done

Crustaceans launches an "a-salt" on the taste buds

Standard Transmission

Tune up and laugh at Stanton's Garage; a fun ride into Bombay Dreams

Mother's Grub

Poached Prime

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Bellies of the Beast

Food cuts have inmates and guards grumbling

What Lies Beneath

Subtext sings in Happy Days; The Lion King's a dull roar

Something to Crow About

Rooster serves up some lively dishes--and lots of corn relish, too

Worth the Sprint

Central Market offers up a variety of meals on the run

A Slice of Pizza Face

School lunch competes for student tastes, government dollars

Shoal Shocked

The Lighthouse doesn't quite work

Union Labeled

Contract mail drivers win a long struggle to unionize

Nick Gets Fired Up

Phil Romano stays cool when We Oui chef Nick Badovinus jumps ship

Middle-Class Italian

A circular drive and fountains aren't the only amusements at Ruggeri's new digs

Italian Surprise

Raneri's does the Big I

Out Here

Buzz

Boonies kitsch

Theme-soaked La Hacienda Ranch is worth the drive to Frisco

Blues bothers

It ain't necessarily all good

Cheap speed

Silks' reach for culinary respectability fades in the stretch

Buzz

Born of El Sol

Germinated in the rich tradition of El Sol de Texas, the Spanish-language press takes root in Dallas

Holding food court

Lunch at Neiman's is still fashionably good, but Nordstrom just serves off-the-rack

Arlington Metro (Part II)

Wednesday, April 3, 1996 Arlington, Gateway to Pantego

Punching in

Cal Ripken Jr. can't understand all the fuss

Fever dream

The adolescent fantasy Heavenly Creatures is the best film Terry Gilliam never made