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Mico Rodriguez

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Valet Parking, Dr Pepper and Enchilada Porn: This Week In Fatness

    Is it quitting time yet? We're close. ZestFest is going down at the Irving Convention Center this weekend. Make sure you stock up on your TUMS, and avoid hospital trip inducing capsaicin extracts. It's also shaping up to be a fine weekend for patio drinking, but before you go we've got a week to wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Great Service Can Mask Flawed Food, But It Doesn't Work the Other Way

    A few weeks ago I tuned into an NPR broadcast out of DC. The Kojo Nnamdi show featured local journalists, and they discussed the state of dining in the nation's capital. Tom Sietsema, food critic for the Washington Post, made reference to a survey that determined diners were more inclined to return ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Campo Lives, RedFork Dies, and More from a Busy November in Restaurant Openings and Closings

    November was a busy month for restaurant owners in Dallas, with several spots opening and a few closing their doors. Read on for the full slate, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Del Frisco's Grill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Holy Mole, Carolinas has the Good, Hard-to-Find Stuff

    This mole was so alive with flavor it shook the camera.​The waiter sets down the photogenic plate of pollo con mole in front of me, and I behold once again the earthy, lavalike chocolate morass, oozing like primordial mud. The aroma wafts through my nostrils, and I quickly grab a forkful and savor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    The Year/The Decade: Flops

    Patrick MichelsDrinks at Lazare.​No one relishes disaster.Take that back. No one relishes disaster in their own community. While wary of competition, restaurant owners also know that a popular venue opening nearby helps drive traffic, and traffic means potential profit.Yet sometimes man's reach ex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Revolving Doors: Nodding Through November

    ​Wow, the end of November crept up on us.Things generally seem to slow down as we approach the end of a year. And while the days have ticked by with surprising speed, restaurant business lagged as the economy continued to wallow.Still, the month wasn't all that bad. Sure, there were some moments o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Revolving Doors: A Howling October

    ​Seems there's always much ado about little in the restaurant news. So it was in October: Lazare became Lemon Bar and will, most likely, become something else before long. Ten 15 Elm (or 1015 Elm, I was never sure) decided to call itself Thrive instead. The ballyhooed Jean-Michel's, coming to down ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 10, 2009

    A lush patio makes the drive to the iffy neighborhood of Carolina’s Mexican Cuisine’s worth it. And so does the food.

    ​Seems there's always much ado about little in the restaurant news. So it was in October: Lazare became Lemon Bar and will, most likely, become something else before long. Ten 15 Elm (or 1015 Elm, I was never sure) decided to call itself Thrive instead. The ballyhooed Jean-Michel's, coming to down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Mi Cocina vs Carolina's Mexican Cuisine: Mole Melee

    Alex Flores​Like so many of the world's most famous dishes, the true origins of mole are shrouded by time. Is it, as many insist, from Puebla or did cooks in Oaxaca first concoct the spicy bitter chocolate sauce? Maybe it was created by nuns. Some say it resulted from a kitchen accident.Hardly see ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 1, 2009

    A Tough Year for Local Restaurants Sputters to an End

    Alex Flores​Like so many of the world's most famous dishes, the true origins of mole are shrouded by time. Is it, as many insist, from Puebla or did cooks in Oaxaca first concoct the spicy bitter chocolate sauce? Maybe it was created by nuns. Some say it resulted from a kitchen accident.Hardly see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Hash Over: Brothers To Expand, Brother's Shuts Down And Other Tidbits

    Alex Flores​Like so many of the world's most famous dishes, the true origins of mole are shrouded by time. Is it, as many insist, from Puebla or did cooks in Oaxaca first concoct the spicy bitter chocolate sauce? Maybe it was created by nuns. Some say it resulted from a kitchen accident.Hardly see ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 27, 2008

    Group Owning Geisha House to Launch Sports Bar in Victory

    Also: Mico Rodriguez is close to opening the TV-free Twenty 2.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Also: Mico Rodriguez is close to opening the TV-free Twenty 2.

  • Dining

    August 4, 2005

    Life Proverbs

    Life ebbs and flows and Sushi Zushi

  • Dining

    August 4, 2005

    John's Movement

    For cafe, it's not "goodbye" but "until we meet again"

  • Dining

    April 14, 2005

    Looking for Smoke

    Sipango to be transformed, and a new restaurant is coming to McKinney Avenue--well, never mind

  • Dining

    December 18, 2003

    Up the River

    Plans not hot for a new Cool River

  • Dining

    October 16, 2003

    Absolute Zero

    The Mercury's out. Club Manhattan is in.

  • Dining

    April 3, 2003

    Tough Sledding

    Rosebud is far from a work of genius

  • Dining

    January 2, 2003

    Big Death

    Fading flashiness marked the year in Dallas dining

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Fancy Restaurant

    The Mercury

  • Dining

    September 12, 2002

    Noodling Around

    New Liberty Noodles to open in October

  • Dining

    June 27, 2002

    Taco Break

    Papadopoulos signs a deal with M Crowd chief

  • Dining

    June 13, 2002

    Frenchie Flash

    Loosen up and enjoy the ride at Paris Vendôme

  • Dining

    May 30, 2002

    The Other White Meat

    New restaurant is a prime place for pricey steaks

  • Dining

    February 28, 2002

    Eat to Live

    New seafood spot to open this spring

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Diverging Brands

    Carlson's decision to dump its upscale restaurant division scarcely bothers its founder

  • Dining

    February 21, 2002

    Taco Takeover

    Taqueria Cañonita changes hands

  • Dining

    January 3, 2002

    Party's Over

    Dallas restaurateurs weather a year of many valleys, few peaks

  • Dining

    November 15, 2001

    Heavy Metal Nosh

    The Mercury stands tall above its food court neighbors

  • Dining

    November 8, 2001

    Flake n' Bake

    Seems like things are coming together for David Brawley

  • Dining

    September 13, 2001

    Grape Smarts

    Wine consumption goes hand-in-hand with higher IQs

  • Dining

    October 12, 2000

    Cockle Do

    Rooster ruckus?

  • Dining

    May 18, 2000

    Hash Over

    Tuscan lurch; Mixed hash

  • Dining

    November 25, 1999

    Better fed than red

    Citizen rises above its quirks -- sometimes

  • Dining

    February 25, 1999

    Mexican light

    Taco Diner tries to marry subtlety with Tex-Mex -- somehow, it works

  • Dining

    February 25, 1999

    Hash Over

    Taco Diner tries to marry subtlety with Tex-Mex -- somehow, it works

  • News

    February 8, 1996

    I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

    Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business

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