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Economists: Trinity Groves Will Spur $3 Billion in Economic Development, Create a Hipster Paradise

The Trinity Groves project is still in its infancy. Babb Bros. BBQ and Four Corners Brewing arrived last year, followed by Hoffman Hots. The restaurant incubator hasn't just started incubating. The stores and apartments are still just a glimmer in Phil Romano's eye. But backers aren't letting the p ... More >>

The 35 Must-See Bands at 35 Denton

So, this is definitely a top-five weekend in North Texas music annually. We're flush with bands this time of year, what with the mid-size tour Mecca four hours south and four days away. But much of what's going on in the Metroplex in the coming weeks owes at least as much of its awesome to our own d ... More >>

It's National Pie Day! Here are Some Alternative Pie Options in Dallas

Yes, there's pie. Lots of really really good pie. But, we want to embrace National Pie Day for every flake of crust it's worth, including doing a little math, listening to great old Dean Martin songs and arguing about the metaphor of that tiger in Life of Pi. In a culinary sense, however, we'd lik ... More >>

Burgers Burgers Burgers: This Week In Dallas Dining

I've never been more excited to have control of my diet again. This will be a weekend full of smoothies, salads and as much exercise as I can handle, but definitely no burgers. Things weren't all beef related here on CoA. Alice took a look Top Chef's three Dallas-based contestants and cheered them ... More >>

Happy Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day: City of Ate (and Friends) Pick the Best Spots

Ladies and Gentlemen, Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day is upon us. Today is the one day you can indulge without guilt, as it is clearly a national holiday that should be celebrated. Because America. See also: - 100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: CFS At All Good Cafe - Peace, Love and Chicken-Fried Steak D ... More >>

BrewFest, Next-Mex, Openings and Benton's Bacon: This Week In Dallas Dining

Gloomy day in Dallas today, and the weekend promises to deliver more of the same. Perhaps a little liquid sunshine will brighten your weekend? I know I'm excited to try a few hundred beers while strolling around the Arts District. Before we start celebrating beer, though, we have a week to wrap up, ... More >>

The Mecca Did Brisk Business Its First Weekend In East Dallas

This past weekend The Mecca opened its doors after moving to its new location in East Dallas. On Sunday morning a line snaked out the door as customers waited to check out the ages-old diner that took over the Molly Maguire's space on Skillman. Things inside the old pub have changed, but not too m ... More >>

The Mecca Announces Retro Dinner Service (and Prices) For Final Meal

When I interviewed Cheryl Hurt after a reader tipped me off that The Mecca would be moving to East Dallas, the closing date and plans for their last dinner service were still up in the air. I promised her I'd call back around the first of August and see if anything had firmed up and I just found out ... More >>

The Mecca is Moving to East Dallas

Cheryl Hurt has only been the manager at The Mecca for three years, but she talks like she's been with the restaurant for all 74 of them. I called her when a reader emailed to tell me the restaurant was making a move form its spot on Harry Hines to Live Oak Street. Hurt told me they just signed a le ... More >>

If You Drive I-30, Prepare to Be Told That Dinosaurs Walked the Earth with Humans

Wait. You knew that man and dinosaur walked the earth hand-in-talon, right? Happened about 6,000 years ago? "And on the fifth day God created dinosaurs and on the sixth He made man to rideth upon them."? Well how exactly do you explain these fossil things that keep turning up? I recommend you watch ... More >>

Mother's Day in Dallas: A Survival Guide

Mother's Day is only behind Valentine's Day in terms of craziest days to eat out. Choosing almost any other day of the year would be probably provide a better experience, but mom gets what mom wants on this day. I prompted Chris Jeffers, co-owner of Smoke, one of the best brunch spots in the city, ... More >>

The Mecca is Still a Mecca, and Breakfast There is Still a Beast

Alex Nham travels the globe, mainly the part with Dallas on it, in search of new places to eat breakfast. My breakfast credibility may have been questioned for not coming here yet, but I just didn't want to spoil one of Dallas' oldest gems. The Mecca is Dallas', well, mecca for breakfast, serving l ... More >>

From Mi Cocina to Mr. Mesero: Mico Rodriguez's Comeback

The founder of Mi Cocina is back, and his new place feels like home.

On National Pie Day, Dallas' Best Diners for Pie

Norma's​Yes, it's National Pie Day. No, we don't know why it isn't a National Holiday. Yes, we're drafting a letter to address this degradation of our national food. In the meantime, we're offering up a few of our favorites to guide you through your four-hour lunch in which you try each place ... More >>

One More List of Things to Do In Dallas Reminds: There Are Much Better Things to Do

​The librarians have landed, as today's the first day of the estimable American Library Association Midwinter Meeting at the Dallas Convention Center, so you know what that means. Good timing, then, for Reuters' freshly minted "48 hours in Dallas/Fort Worth" itinerary, which is a little better tha ... More >>

Looking for Good Texas Peach Amid the Drought? Try a Pizzeria.

Lauren Drewes DanielsReplacement peaches. ​ A few summers back when I was a punk-ass kid, a few friends and I were driving from Germany to Switzerland. The trip itself was an utter fiasco, but one highlight was stopping at a store and finding some peaches for sale. True to our arrogant form, ... More >>

Head North For Explosions In The Sky

My First Time: An Art Director's Tale of Attending Rock Poster Convention Flatstock

All photos by Alexander FloresFor more photos from Flatstock 29, check out Alex's two-part slideshow here and here.​Greetings citizens: I don't usually do this, but at the request of our intrepid music editor, I'm compelled to give an account of my virginal visit to the phenomenon that is known as ... More >>

In Latest Dallas Mavericks Promo with Help from the Mecca Restaurant, Dirk Nowitzki Sees You Big Cinnamon Roll.

Far as we know, the storied North Dallas breakfast spot humbly named Mecca doesn't really serve 20-pound cinnamon rolls. Not yet, anyway. But with a little green-screen trick photography, the Mavs-produced video above (tip o' the hat to The Two Man Game) has Shawn Marion, Jason Terry, DeShawn Steve ... More >>

Hungry on DART's Green Line? Here's a Big Honkin' List That Might Help

​It took four years and $1.8 million to complete the longest light-rail construction project in U.S. history -- says DART -- but a little more than one month since DART's Green Line opened, it's been for all intents and purposes a success. While the full line was officially opened on December ... More >>

Picture Show: The Amazing Pies of Dallas

Kristy YangMecca Restaurant's Lemon Meringue. Jealous? See the full slideshow. ​Not sure if you've heard, but pie is totally the new cupcake. Yeah, it's everywhere, dude. The New York Times even wrote about it, saying New York and San Francisco are centers of pie innovation. Not to be out deli ... More >>

O, Canada... We're Waiting for You

Clash of the Pupusa Titans: Pupusas Mama Tia II vs. Michoacan Tortas y Pupusas

Michoacan Pupusa​Just over a mile from the airport outside San Salvador you will find a tiny village ripe with what many would call the national snack of the Central American country, El Salvador--the pupusa. In the village of Olocuilta little shops sell these masa harina cakes, which are filled ... More >>

The Frozen Fracas: Pink Thing vs. Lemon Chill

​Angus Wynne Jr. is credited for many things in his long life and illustrious career. Besides developing a major portion of Oak Cliff in a post WWII building frenzy, he also played a major role in saving Love Field from the clutches of a monopoly that gripped the airport tightly in the hands ... More >>

In Case You Missed It, Dallas Was the "City" in Last Night's Chefs vs. City on Food Network

​Dunno why Food Network never sent out a heads-up that last night's episode of Chefs vs. City -- a sorta-kinda culinary Amazing Race pitting Aaron Sanchez and Chris Cosentino against two comers -- took place in Dallas. Good thing the 6-year-old who lives in my house likes to wrap up his Sundays wi ... More >>

Four Reasons Why An Insane Clown Posse Show Isn't So Bad.

Urbano Cafe: A Delightful Treat in a Plain Brown Wrapper

Victor Tango's vs. Mama's Chicken and Waffles: The Fried Chicken Fracas

Alex Flores​My research takes the famous Chicken and Waffle phenomenon back to 1930's Harlem to Wells Supper Club billed as "Home of Chicken and Waffles Since 1938." They claim to be the first to sell the dish during the Jazz Age, when late-night diners would order breakfast or dinner to soak up t ... More >>

Schutze and Dreher, a Christmas Miracle

​This may or may not be our last post before we call it quits (I've got to prep for my Christmas Day job, besides). Still, I meant to mention this yesterday: On his way out the door to West Conshohocken, PA, Dallas News columnist Rod Dreher discovered that Schutze is, indeed, his brother from anot ... More >>

Singin' The Blue Plate

They tried to make us work for the details by sending us on repeated trips to KentRathbun.com, which slowly leaked information over the course of a few weeks. Clever. Of course, Robert Wilonsky cracked the case some time ago on Unfair Park, but...But now, Kent Rathbun is spilling lots of informatio ... More >>

Digable Planets, Strange Fruit Project

Tuesday, November 18, at the Granada Theater

Review: Mecca Restaurant

Rusty's Tiki Dare

Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory

Free Tickets! Don't Thank Us.

Altered State of Mind

Inner-City Kul

It's too cool for school, but can we call it art?

Best Hardware Store

Ace Hardware Lakewood

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Glory Bound

Book it to the Dallas Book & Paper Show

Swell's Bells

It's like Martha Stewart for hipsters

Members Only

It's a view to a thrill

All the Bells and Whistles

All aboard for Family Fun Day

Faked Out

Looking for counterfeit goods, sheriff's deputies go bargain hunting

My God Is Better Than Yours

Letters from November 28, 2002

Worth the Sprint

Central Market offers up a variety of meals on the run

Letters

Hatred's Two-Way Street, Brightest Star

Best Bicycle Equipment

Richardson Bike Mart

Kiss 'em, Cowboys!

Pegasus Theatre serves up a gay romp on the range

Birds of a Feather

Critic, pimp and bloodsuckers meet in the Undermain's production St. Nicholas

Strung Out

Looking for a vintage 1973 Taurus Moog pedal board?