Meat

A Tiger with a Runny Nose Turned into a Massive Case of Canine Distemper at a Big Cat Rescue in Wylie

The trouble started innocently enough, back in early May, when Cairo the tiger had a snotty nose. Vicky Keahey, the president of In-Sync Exotics, the Wylie rescue society where Cairo and several dozen other big cats live, wrote down the nose leakage in the cat's logbook on May 5. "I didn't really ... More >>

Picking a Bone With Pecan Lodge

Want access to some of the best barbecue in Texas? Get in line.

Ten Bells' Black Pudding Is Bloody Delicious

I'm quite certain that an expat straight from England would scoff at this entire blog post, but it needs to be said. Ten Bells has a damn fine full breakfast on its weekend brunch menu. Let's clear up a few things quickly for the sake of discussion. Yes, the tomatoes actually look like real tomatoe ... More >>

Texas Rangers Invested in a Plethora of Glorious Gut Bombs This Off Season. Our Top Ten.

The Texas Rangers have been busy this off-season. No, not building a better bullpen. Who cares about that? Instead, they've been building amazing plates of glorious food. While trying to orchestrate the feeding of an estimated 25,000 hot dogs to baseball fans next Friday at Opening Day, Casey Rapp ... More >>

Los Torres Taqueria Has Got Your Goat

And they've tucked it into a compelling taco.

Oink And Moo Barbecue Will Kill Us All, But Especially Me

The concept of a mobile barbecue food truck, which may appear next to me at any moment in any situation, is a health danger on a par with snakes, shoddily constructed buildings and being fired out of a cannon into the sun. Especially snakes. I really hate snakes. Previously, I would have had to driv ... More >>

Now You Can Have Snow 's BBQ Right on Your Couch

You've heard of Snow's BBQ, right? How about Black's and Kreuz Barbecue in Lockhart? The most popular barbecue restaurants in Texas are known for their long lines and wait times as much as they are their meats. But what if you could sit on your couch and wait for a packaged brisket to drop at your ... More >>

30 Essential Texas Restaurants to Visit Before You Die

Stampede 66's Bright Lights

If you want to show an out-of-towner Dallas, Stephan Pyles' latest will give you a show.

Our Favorite Dallas Dishes of 2012

So much food, so little time

Fort Worth BBQ-palooza, Day 3 : Diving over the Meat Cliff at Cooper's Bar-B-Que

The final part in what some are calling the Fort Worth Barbecue Trilogy, this is where I introduce characters that make no sense to the plot and kill off the leads. Either that, or it's the conclusion of my Fort Worth road trip. Please drive outside of Dallas and get some other barbecue. You'll have ... More >>

Dallas Chefs and Personalities on Favorite Burgers, Then and Now, Plus What Makes A Great Burger

What a day to celebrate choice. Regardless of what some may like to believe, really the most important choice most of us will make this week (honestly, any week) is which burger to eat. So many choices. Well, we're here to help you with the electoral map of burgers. As part of Burger Week, we sent ... More >>

Jerry's Wood-Fired Dogs to Open In Late October

Earlier this week, I got a tip from a commenter that another hot dog restaurant is opening soon: Jerry's Wood-Fired Dogs from Orange County, California. See Also: - Hofmann's Hot Dog Restaurant - The Bowery's Bogus Dogs Today I talked to the franchise owner Joe Corcoran, who is originally from D ... More >>

Dickey's Would Be OK for Fast-Food BBQ If It Were 75 Percent Cheaper

For every gourmet $20 cheeseburger, there must be a McDonalds. For every independent Mexican restaurant that cooks fresh to order, there must be a Taco Bell. For every $40 steak, there must be ... a really cheap steak. You get the idea. So, barbecue food is popular round these parts. By what I am go ... More >>

Bowery's Bogus Dogs

Sexy toppings can't hide an inferior hot dog.

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 6: Barbacoa Tacos At Restaurant Y Taquería Cristina

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Restaurant Y Taquería Cristina tacos may be greasy as hell, but it's hard to argue ag ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 12: Berkshire Pork Belly with Japanese Plum At Sharaku

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Let's not get sucked into semantics of Kurobuta versus Berkshire when discussing this ... More >>

An Eater's Guide to Dallas' Three Best Delis

There are three delis in Dallas. They are: Cindi's New York Delicatessen, Deli News and Gio's Café and New York Delicatessen. If you just thought inside your head, "But what about Jason's Deli?" you should come here so I can slap you. Stay quiet and learn something.

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 25: Grilled Whole Bronzini At Tei Tei Robota

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I had no clue what I wanted to order till I watched the old guy tending the grill grab ... More >>

Embracing Gluttony with an Extra Large "Big Meat" at Serious Pizza

In a city bulging at the seams with gluttonous plates of nachos, barbecue, hamburgers and fried chicken, it's hard to nail down the highlight reel. The options are bold and plentiful. Few, however, have the girth of an extra large "Big Meat" from Serious Pizza in Deep Ellum. It's a scene. Many stop ... More >>

Acme F&B Goes Whole Hog

McKinney Avenue's newest restaurant is turning heads - and eating them.

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 32: The Pork Chop At Acme F&B

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. For a little while I tried to figure out whose pork chop was better. Jason Maddy's pre ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 34: DIY Fried Chicken Taco at Pollo Campero

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Don't look for this dish on the menu of Pollo Campero. If you want this taco, you're g ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 43: Pastor Tacos At La Banqueta

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It took three visits to get to these pastor tacos from La Banqueta. On my first visit ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 48: The Fried Bologna Sandwich At Maple And Motor

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Maple and Motor gets a lot of attention for their burgers -- Jack Perkins has built a ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 49: The Sloppy Taco At Off Site Kitchen

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. ​While I wait on my petition to have Off-Site Kitchen rebranded as the Dallas Observ ... More >>

Community 'Cue

The tradition of open-pit barbecues in Texas predates the Civil War.

Dalat's Pho Goes Late Night

A new Vietnamese restaurant enters the after-hours game.

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 65: St. Pete's Chili Dog

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. St. Pete's chili dog easily won our chili dog smack down, trumping the Angry Dog and s ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 77: Pho At Lemongrass

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Most of the oho I've eaten in Dallas leaves a lot to be desired. It's salty as sin and ... More >>

How Dallas Chefs Grill: The Tools, the Meat and the Techniques

We tracked down a few Dallas chefs to get a little insight on how a Memorial Day cookout in their backyard might look, taste and smell. From grills and smokers to favorite cuts of meat, plus some tips for the novice, let their words serve as inspiration as grilling season officially begins this week ... More >>

How Jimmy's Conquered Dallas

How did a humble neighborhood bodega become the city's sausage king? With a recipe restaurants couldn't resist.

Old World Sausage Co.'s Beef and Sausage Sandwich Is a Link to the Past

Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Old World Sausage Co. Sandwich: The Italian Beef and Sausage Sandwich ($6.95) Bread: Good old hoagie Toppings: Home-stuffed Italian sau ... More >>

At Jeff Harris' Bolsa, One Dish Reveals the Chef's Chops

Want to measure a chef? Look to his chicken.

The Universal Food Shame Scale

Damn. Eating that freezer burrito made you feel like an awful human being. But, exactly how awful? Wish there was a way to know exactly how much shame you should feel when you eat a horrible, awful food? Wish. Effing. Granted. Above is our very helpful, very scientific Universal Food Shame Scale: ... More >>

How America Fell in Love with the Chicken Breast, and Why We're Finally Falling Out of It

Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal published an article noting the increased demand for chicken legs at grocery stores. The story claims that shoppers have been driven by TV cooking shows that celebrate dark meat's richer flavor and softer texture. Finally, people have realized: It tastes bet ... More >>

I Just Ate Twisted Root's Beaver Burger and Everything Is OK

If you saw the story we published yesterday (after we published it the day before), you know Twisted Root is currently selling beaver burgers. The company announced that it had purchased 60 pounds of river rodent to be offered up as burgers for $7.99 each. I dropped in to order one just after they o ... More >>

The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas

For this week's cover story, Alice "The Cheap Bastard" Laussade provides an extensive and profane guide to, as she puts it, her "favorite restaurants in Dallas where cheap meets delicious (without meeting diarrhea)." It follows. Drive-Through Deals White Rock Coffee 4216 Abrams Road The Starbucks d ... More >>

In Honor of Pink Slime, Five Other Gross Meats That We Happen to Love

Oh, pink slime, where did it all go wrong? Your name alone is gross, your photo induces a gag reflex and, unfortunately, the image has been seared into our brains (for now, anyway). And now grocery stores -- including Walmart, where just about everything goes there -- are banishing you. Sorry, kiddo ... More >>

303 Bar and Grill's Psycho Burger

Oak Cliff's newest burger house is still searching for its identity

Who's Eating All This Steak?

Steak steak steak steak steak steak steak. The Dallas Morning News published a Pavlovian steakhouse slideshow the other day, with pictures and a link to a story published two summers ago that ranked Dallas' best steakhouses. There are some sexy shots in that slideshow, but they invoked deja vu: D M ... More >>

At Pecan Lodge, the Brisket Taco of My Dreams

My first brisket taco was a major disappointment. Not because it wasn't good -- the first taco in my two-taco order disappeared in just over a minute -- but because it was so far from what I'd pictured when I first heard of brisket tacos. Brisket is a Texas thing, right? A half-crazy pit master wi ... More >>

Great Scott! Wagyu Brisket and Burnt Ends at Pecan Lodge Make a Timeless Sandwich (Update: This is Now a Thing)

​Update, January 20: This sandwich, which Justin built on his own and named the Doc Brown, is now officially a thing. And it's being served. Now. Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check i ... More >>

The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs

Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.

At Rudolph's Meat Market: Keeping Old-School Butchery Alive One Tip Roast at a Time

​In 1895, Austrian immigrant Martin Rudolph opened Rudolph's Meat Market in Deep Ellum. Almost 50 years later, Cyrill "Sid" Pokladnik, who was an employee, bought the butcher shop, and it has remained in his family since. Pokladnik's five grandchildren all take part in running it now. I rece ... More >>

Hard Eight BBQ is a Hard Ten

​ Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Hard Eight BBQ The Sandwich: Sliced Beef ($5) Bread: Fresh Baked Jalapeño Roll Toppings: Sliced brisket and a little self-appl ... More >>

Meatloaf is Gross, I'm Sure You'll Agree

Meatloaf the man: Yes. Meatloaf the loaf of meat: Never ever.​It's getting cold outside and that means one horrible, awful, nasty thing: It's meatloaf season again. Not sure if you know the origin of meatloaf, but it was invented hundreds of hundreds of years ago by other horrible cooks. The foll ... More >>

Chopped Beef and Loose Meat: Barbecue For Pit-Sissies

FlickrThis sandwich may taste good, but it's more about the sauce than the meat​Yesterday I told you about the impending Texas debut of Maid-Rite, a corporate franchise type thing selling loose meat sandwiches, shakes and chili cheese fries. While a few commenters seemed to echo my lack of ent ... More >>

RedFork's SoulSearch

The dissonance that caused its early missteps lives on in a dining room that can't find its identity.

Thoughts On Chicken-Fried Steak and This Week's Review: Tillman's Roadhouse

You can't put lipstick on a pig. Well I suppose you could, but then we'd have another set of issues to discuss. At any rate, this is the phrase that jumped into my head when I tore into the chicken-fried steak at Tillman's Roadhouse a few weeks ago. The kitchen used filet mignon in the recipe -- br ... More >>