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First Round of SXSW 2013 Acts Announced, Including Blackstone Rangers and The Relatives

With the announcement of 35 Denton's initial lineup, it was only a matter of time before you felt that tightening in your chest, aka the first round of SXSW acts. North Texas' Blackstone Rangers, Ronnie Fauss, the Relatives, Somebody's Darling, Sarah Jaffe and Tedashii are all represented. Thurston ... More >>

Take the Bull by the Horns

Before We Get (Another) Plan for Downtown's Parks, the Bridge Club Should Get a Clue

Tale of two cities on today's front pages: Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic at The New York Times, presents a big-canvas panoramic of Rio Park in Madrid, Spain, where they entombed a highway to bring a river back to life. Linking Madrid's vast and wonderful new park to trends in Europe and Am ... More >>

Prediction: Next Month's Art of Knox Street Party Becomes Kind of a Big Deal

​Recently some businesses along Knox Street colluded, but not in a mafia-ish way, to "brand" their neighborhood, officially calling it "The Knox Public Improvement Project." Catchy, isn't it? To celebrate their new collaborative identity and goal of improving things, this loosely knit group o ... More >>

Fox & The Bird's Road to Tonight's Album Release Show at Sons of Hermann Hall

Sara KerensOn the road with Fox & The Bird...​For the past few weeks, the Family Band-ers in Dallas' Fox & The Bird have been on the road, taking part in their largest tour to date, all of which is meant to promote Floating Feather, the band's long-awaited debut release, which formally com ... More >>

Chef Sergi Arola Demonstrates the Artistry of Spanish Fine Dining

Photos by Lauren Drewes DanielsChef Sergi Arola visits Central Market.​Madrid was a little lighter this past weekend and Dallas a little fuller as chef Sergi Arola of Spain traveled here to dispense his passion for food, music, Harley Davidsons and life in general. Through Central Market's Pas ... More >>

Sangria: Perfect for Punch-Drunk Love

​A couple of Tuesday nights ago, my date and I went for dinner at Sangria Mediterranean Tapas and Bar on Cole Avenue.  On Tuesdays the restaurant offers half price bottles of wine, which you can take home if you don't finish by the time the check comes.  We considered the wine special but th ... More >>

Cafe Madrid: Rain Couldn't Dampen the Tapas,
But Mr. Pedestrian Did

​A week ago, two friends and I ate dinner at Café Madrid. One had never eaten there -- shame on her. The other friend and I remarked how we both loved Café Madrid's tapas but hadn't been there in awhile. Then I remembered how long it had been and who I had been there with last -- the infamou ... More >>

Mayor Tom: Dallas and Spain Have "Long, Close Relationship" Getting "Stronger Every Day"

Pardon this blurry screengrab from one of Heinbaugh's iPhone videos. Next time I should just go with.​(Note to self: Stop. Watching. Baseball.)OK, then. Just received the latest postcard from Chris Heinbaugh, who's tagging along on Mayor Tom & Co.'s trade mission to Europe. It follows. But lon ... More >>

Under Madrid With Mayor Tom, or: How a Tunnel in Spain May Hint at Dallas's Rail Future

Chris HeinbaughA postcard from Mayor Tom and the Dallas delegation from the tunnel in which they spent part of their first day in Madrid​Funny thing: Yesterday, in the comments below, longtime Friend of Unfair Park Montemalone asked this about the Dallas delegation's trade mission to Europe: "I wo ... More >>

Some Days You Gotta Sit Through Council Meetings. Some Days You Go To France, Spain.

Last November, Mayor Tom and the missus went to Korea. This fall: Europe. I formally announce my candidacy for Dallas mayor.​I hope you don't need a face-to-face with Mayor Tom Leppert, council member Ron Natinsky, state Rep. Rafael Anchia or Karl Zavikovsky, head of the Office of Economic Develop ... More >>

Stephan Pyles Executive Chef Matt McCallister
Is Living Every Food Fan's Dream

Photo by Robert Bostick​With the crush of talented wizards working magic in Dallas kitchens, it pays to know just who is behind the saute pan at your favorite eatery. To help you keep track, City of Ate brings you Three-Course Meal, a three-part chat with some of the best, most inventive chefs ... More >>

Hash Over: SMU Foodjects, Dollar Day at Lone Star Park, Free Appetizers at Ferrari's, and More

Meadows Museum​Who wants to celebrate Spanish culture and gastronomy during the month of July? The Meadows Museum at SMU will be presenting "Foodjects: Design and the New Cuisine in Spain" from Tuesday, July 6, to Monday, July 26. A collaboration of Spanish designers and chefs will display mo ... More >>

Hello, Torchy's. Goodbye Tre Amici.

​Well, we wish we could say the month of June was a great one with some long-awaited restaurants finally making their debut, but as they were coming, others were going. As we said hello to the Torchy's, we were forced to say goodbye to Cafe Madrid in the Bishop Arts. As the new Brownstone R ... More >>

Munch at Madrid

Ah, Espana

Gig Alert: Neon Indian at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

He Said, She Said, They Said

Today we received a note from the fine folks at Gardere, a highly respected Dallas law firm. Seems one of their clients, Donica Jimenez (founder and owner of Cafe Madrid restaurants), was upset that other publications listed Ildefonso Jimenez (of Si Tapas Restaurant) as a founder of Cafe Madrid.The ... More >>

Dollars and Crawlers

Two exhibitions near their end at Conduit

Dale Hansen’s Scholar Athlete of the Week, Eat Your Heart Out

Our Cups Runneth Dry

From Fino to Flan

The sherry, baby, will make you come out tonight to Café Madrid

Rub It In, Travelocity. Rub It In.

Total Bull

Café Madrid plays Pamplona

Flipping the Lid

Is there more to Spanish cuisine than tapas?

On Fire

Noche Flamenca is for the people

It's Greek to You

Pillsbury's treasure hunt

The Zero Effect

Km. 0 tries a little tenderness, and it works

Best Sangria

Cafe Madrid

Euro-Hash

Who has the worst cuisine in Europe?

Destiny Calls

Sex and Lucia proves both convoluted and sentimental

Born-again Baja

Baja California Grill transforms itself again

Best tapas

Café Madri

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Village strokes; Mixed hash

Blink

Overseas loan; Hardy laurels; Destructo art

Fill 'er up

¡Hola! provides a pitstop for tapas

Cheers and tallyho

Your devoted columnist -- the little ingrate -- sails off into the sunset

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Guts from the old sod; Mixed hash; List watch

The good Mother

Almodovar gets his kicks in this surreal 'screwball drama'

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Under new management; Mixed hash

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Tapas attack!

Ketama and De Tapas hit Dallas with flamenco fury

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The glory of Bugs

Texas guitar hero Bugs Henderson wouldn't swap family for fame

Musical conquistador

Dallas' Grover Wilkins uncovers the lost music of old Spain

Hot Dish

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX