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Take A Shower, It's Easter

If Freakin' Oklahoma Can Go Soft on Pot, Surely Texas Can, Too

Every week, managing editor Patrick Williams disappears into his office and reemerges a cranky, nicotine-addicted, third-person-referring superhero we like to call Buzz. The message that rolled into our inbox earlier this week was upbeat. A "juggernaut of marijuana bills" is rolling its way through ... More >>

Chef Burning Questions: Lisa Garza of Sissy's Shares Her Favorite Cookbooks and Meals

Each week (or thereabout) we ask a local chef three burning questions about their favorite culinary reads, food shames and best (or worst) meals. Today we chat with the proprietress of Sissy's Southern Kitchen and Bar, Lisa Garza, who has small library of cookbooks, but swears off some foods. What ... More >>

Driftwood's Leeway

Complex plates and intense flavors wander from the star of the show: seafood.

Driftwood, Chef Omar Flores' Oak Cliff Seafood Joint, Opens Tuesday. Here's a Sneak Peek.

It's been a long time coming for Driftwood (642 W. Davis). The seafood spot in Oak Cliff was supposed to open months ago, but electrical and plumbing issues kept setting them back. Finally, last week, Chef Omar Flores and owner/operator John Baudoin planned a soft opening for family and friends -- ... More >>

Oh My Cod: A Dying Breed Means Your Fish and Chips May Soon Get More Expensive

OMC!!!​I headed over to the Libertine Bar this weekend to indulge in their weekend fish and chips special with a few cold Boddingtons. The move was a preemptive measure based an article published in The New York Times this weekend, which hints that cod fisheries could be in trouble. The story ... More >>

King Tackles a Prez's Redrum

The Fun in Dysfunction

Four Area Shows Tonight That Will Help You Get Your Early Weekend Started Off Right

Not a bad early start to the weekend tonight, as both local and national talent serve up some tasty music this evening.

Honey Mussels Elsewhere, not Dallas

​Honey Mussels, a specific strain of mussels named for their amber shell and unique flavor, may be garnering culinary popularity as they make their way to U.S. cities, popping up in places like New York, but they don't seem to have made it into Dallas -- yet. The mussels originated in Britis ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Eric Johnson at The Granada, Sick of It All at The Loft and The Ink Couch at Andy's Basement

Quite a diverse collection of musical options available in the area this Wednesday evening. Choose wisely.

The 10 Best Christmas Dinners

Avoid a holiday dinner disaster by dining out.​Sometimes it's better to leave the cooking to someone else, and we can't think of a better day to stay out of the kitchen than December 25. It used to be hard to find anywhere open besides the neighborhood Chinese joint, but times have changed. ... More >>

Lady of the Lens

Tonight, Tonight: Bonjay at Rubber Gloves, Never Shout Never at the House of Blues and Redstone Hall at The Aardvark

A rather low key collection of shows highlight this hump day evening. Choose wisely.

Engine Brakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Or: The City Wants Big Rigs to Turn It Way Down.

​This is what it sounds like when a diesel-powered big rig hits the brakes -- or, more to the point, the compressed engine brakes that release compressed air stored in the exhaust valves to slow down the vehicle. Got that? No? Try this, then. Or: The Straight Dope! Or maybe you've heard of the Jak ... More >>

Mmm, That Milk Tastes Like Coffee!

Dtrap via WikimediaAn Autocrat coffee milk.​When we were just knee-high to a grasshopper, Granny and Mamaw would make us special drinks that made us feel like grown-ups. As the 'dults drank from the ever-ready pot of hot coffee, we'd get a tiny cup containing milk, sugar and really, just a splash ... More >>

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

Sea, Sail, Snap, Shutter

If Movie Tickets Aren't Expensive Enough For You, Just Wait for Gold Class Cinemas

Steven MillerOur paper in Seattle ran this slide show when Gold Class Cinemas opened up there in the fall of 2008.​Not sure what to think of this press release that just landed in the in-box -- the one that says come May 7, I'll be able to buy a ticket to Iron Man 2 that'll only cost ... what the ... More >>

Hash Over: Easter is Coming, a Time of Spritutality, Renewal and Brunch

www.sfgate.com​ Another holiday is upon us, City of Aters. It's that time of year when you put on your Sunday best, dye perfectly good eggs, receive a basket full of goodies from an over-sized bunny, and of course, stuff yourself with food until you feel like you're about to explode, among othe ... More >>

Eye For An Eye: Why Don't Mexicans Strike Back Against Racists Who Attack Them?

First Look: Bruno Davaillon's Menu At The Mansion

An old shot of the new chef. I...um...forgot to bring my camera last night.​Chef Bruno Davaillon is eager to know what Dallas wants for dinner. At least that was the sentiment echoed by the wait staff and marketing department last night at a media dinner at the Mansion on Turtle Creek.The Mansio ... More >>

Up, Up and Away

In Maine, a Dallas Wedding as Allison V. Smith and Barry Whistler Tie the Knot

​Occasional Dallas Observer photographer Allison V. Smith and the namesake of the Barry Whistler Gallery on Canton Street were hitched Saturday evening at Allison's family vacationland in Maine. Just read all about it in The New York Times, which has a lovely photo of the couple as well as a few f ... More >>

Mind's Eye View

Hash Over: Corn Dog Throwdown, Sevy's Wine Dinner And Free Subs For Charity

At least two City of Ate contributors plan to celebrate Independence Day on Saturday the way our forefathers would have wanted: by throwing down (and hopefully not up) at The Libertine Bar's Brass Knuckle Corn Dog Beatdown. The 15-minute bout, limited to 25 gluttonous idiots brave gurgitators, will ... More >>

10 Questions: Henry J. Gentry

Everyone in the world of ice cream knows his name. Many of the local restaurateurs do, as well, for Gentry's Plano-based company Henry's Homemade Ice Cream deals with many of the city's upscale venues.Since moving his company to Texas from Philadelphia, he's racked up dozens of awards, including fir ... More >>

Neighborhood Services

Goods things here are worth waiting for

Love Stories

Guys can earn major points with Almost, Maine

Post-Memorial Day Video Hangover

Review: Nonna

Clean, minimalist, delicious and sort of Italian

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts in Almost, Maine

Also: Young lovers bore in Kitchen Dog's Trestle

The Write Advice

Wall of Apathy

Best Challah

Empire Baking Company

Best Fresh Seafood Market

TJ's Fresh Seafood Market

Best Fishmonger

TJ's Seafood Market

Setting Son

In the Bedroom, a couple's anguish turns to rage turns to rational madness

New Year's Eve Guide

Don't be caught at home when 2002 arrives

You Slaid me

On the road in his Dodge Dart, Slaid Cleaves is the last of the traveling troubadours

Cat Scratch Fever

What's new pussy cat? (meow, meow, meow)

Hash Over

Order in the cork

That Gothic thing

11th Street Theatre Project paints two very different family portraits in Southern Rituals

Highway roulette

In Texas, more people die in truck crashes than any state in the country. It's not an accident.

Getting dumped

Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

Grand hotel

The Adolphus' French Room offers courses in dining elegance

Ramblin' toque

Chef Avner Samuel turns up for another 15 minutes of culinary fame at Okeanos

Out of the past

Slaid Cleaves finally molds his influences into the shape of his own voice

Seaworthy

Lefty's handles the big bugs adroitly

Sea of sap

21st Century Road Gang smothers On Golden Pond in sweetness