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May 17, 2012
Hope You Brought Your Glove to Work, Because We're Giving Away Some Bad-Ass Tix to Today's Rangers Game (Updated)
Update: We wussed out and used a random-number generator to choose a winner from the most creative responses. Your winner? Sarah: My boss is crazy. My husband is crazy. My home is regularly festooned with dog diarrhea. I recently broke my iPhone and my pinkie toe. Unrelated, I fell down last week a ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Chocolate Secrets Covers Bacon in Chocolate. We Thought You Should Know. (Photos)
Chocolate Secrets is at the corner of 3926 Oak Lawn and Avondale. It serves organic candied Black Forest bacon nestled in a sea of dark chocolate ganache (see more photos below). They're among the most magnificent things I've ever eaten. We now return you to your regularly scheduled bacon programmi ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
You Should Avoid Oak Lawn Ave. at the Moment
If you're planning on traversing Oak Lawn somewhere between Cedar Springs and Maple, don't. Pictured above is the sedan that plowed into a utility pole not long ago. As I just discovered during the drive into the office, Dallas Police have a huge swath of Oak Lawn completely cordoned off, and a u ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Aguas Fail: Tasting Nestle's Aguas Frescas
Elotes. My new friend. I loved the street food, but it left me thirsty. Thankfully, aguas frescas were available just inside the Oak Lawn grocery store. El Rio Grande Supermercado offered at least 10 versions while I was visiting, ranging from the simple and refreshing lime and cucumber, to a ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
The Lights Are Out, But We're Still Home
Elotes. My new friend. I loved the street food, but it left me thirsty. Thankfully, aguas frescas were available just inside the Oak Lawn grocery store. El Rio Grande Supermercado offered at least 10 versions while I was visiting, ranging from the simple and refreshing lime and cucumber, to a ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Elotes Cart Converts My Skepticism Into Full-Blown Corn Enthusiasm
I wasn't excited. It was early afternoon, the temperature was already 100, I was hungover and I was hungry. My invitation arrived by text: "Want to get elotes with us in 30 mins? There's a place up on Maple." I'd seen a version of this snack back in DC. Street vendors skewered whole ears of ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
It's Time To Hit Your Local Bar, Assuming You've Got One of Those
I'm wrapping up my second week in Dallas. It's been a little booze-y, I'll admit. I've been dipping in and out of every bar and pub that grabs my eye, an attempt to find something that I fear might elude me. Certainly as long as I keep things framed as I'm used to. The Grapevine is the close ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
It Was So Hot Yesterday We Tried Cooking Bacon and Cookies in the Car
All photos by Nick RalloPretty sure we violated a few health codes.So, a question for all of your doctors out there: If you eat bacon that cooked on the dashboard of a car parked outdoors in the midday, 100-plus degree heat, will you experience health issues?Ah, hell, never mind -- that ship's pr ... More >>
Dining
March 17, 2011
Thai Lotus Kitchen: Cheap, Seedy and Delicious, Just the Way We Like It.
All photos by Nick RalloPretty sure we violated a few health codes.So, a question for all of your doctors out there: If you eat bacon that cooked on the dashboard of a car parked outdoors in the midday, 100-plus degree heat, will you experience health issues?Ah, hell, never mind -- that ship's pr ... More >>
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March 6, 2011
The Art of Moving Sculpture
On our way back from an early-morning Trinity River outing yesterday (more about that tomorrow), we happened past the Trammell Crow Center on Ross. The boy wondered why there was a giant horse in the street; his mother, a former art-history major, explained that's a sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Dallas Stonewall Young Democrats Want To "Light Up Oak Lawn"
Dallas Stonewall Young DemocratsAn Oak Lawn street that lacks lighting may have a surplus of crime according to the DSYD.The new "Light Up Oak Lawn" campaign isn't a reaction against the city's official-today ban on phony cannabinoids -- it's an initiative spearheaded by the Dallas Stonewall Youn ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
City of Ate's 100 Favorite Dishes: #95 Flatbread Pizza at Dish
As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on th ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
La Duni's Too-Good-To-Be-True Brunch
Cocktails, brunch, and perfect spring patio weather. What a civilized way to start the week. My wife and I have been indulging our food fetish alfresco as of late, since last winters freeze has retreated, and the all-too-brief-in-Texas good weather of bluebonnets and Blue Bell ice cream gives wa ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
2009 Prize Winners
Yes, we're really giving prizes this time.For the quality and--more importantly--quantity of comments that made their way into the non-winners list this year, the following readers have earned some top-notch (the phrase is relative) prizes. We have a collection of cookbooks published this year, a ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
A Halloween Party Retrospective, In Two Parts
Justin TerveenZombies, take a seat.Gloria LevarioA relatively tame moment from Oak Lawn Saturday night.Halloween's still a few days off, but last weekend there were plenty of chances to take the costume for a spin, especially for zombies in Deep Ellum last night, and for every other thing you ... More >>
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August 13, 2009
Oh, Wheelie?
On the drive home from the office Tuesday, 'round 7 p.m., I got struck in a sudden snarl on the Dallas North Tollway between Oak Lawn and Mockingbird. Turned out, the cause of the logjam was a familiar one: a few stunt riderz on motorcycles zigging and zagging through traffic so they could find r ... More >>
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August 10, 2009
Short Orders: Green Papaya
Eddie GarzaGreen Papaya 3211 Oak Lawn 214-521-4811This much is obvious: few people care whether or not Green Papaya trots out traditional Vietnamese dishes or Texafied facsimiles. It's not even an issue. The place has been so consistent over a long term that when they home in on authenticity or ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
On Sunday Afternoon, Pride and Anger Along Oak Lawn's Million Gay March of Texas
Patrick MichelsMike McKay, of the Resource Center of Dallas, tells the crowd it's time to get angry.Sunday's Million Gay March of Texas struck a different tone than that of the annual Dallas Pride Parade or other celebrations in Oak Lawn. Folks marched with hands raised in fists instead of waves to ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Veggie Girl: Cosmic Cafe
Fill in the blank: The best thing about Cosmic Café is... ...a deck of Tarot cards at every table. ...free yoga. ...unlimited mugs of soy chai. ...delicious plates of all-veggie food, whose prices all add up to multiples of nine. (We don't know why. We asked our waitress, and neither did she...b ... More >>
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March 11, 2009
Dallas, a Compare-and-Contrast
Justin CozartAt left, Lemmon at Oak Lawn avenues circa 1940; at right, how they looked by 1990. Don't worry -- they're much bigger on Justin's page.Yet again, our old friend Justin Cozart has just posted some essential must-sees to the Dallas Urban History page on Flickr -- this time, a series of be ... More >>
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February 27, 2009
Bargain Hunting at the City Store
Some of the amazing, ahem, finds at the City StoreI'm on a tight budget -- but, right, who isn't? So when my boyfriend suggested we check out the inventory of police-confiscated property for sale at a nearby warehouse, I jumped at the opportunity.The City Store, located off Stemmons Freeway on Irvin ... More >>
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December 1, 2008
How 'Bout Them Knockers: Yumi To Go
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
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June 16, 2008
The Fire This Time: Now What's on Fire? "The Church Without Walls," Turns Out.
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
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April 25, 2008
Audubon Place Developer Says He Hasn't Flown the Coop on Swanky, "Modernist" Oak Lawn "Community"
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2008
Oak Lawn Band's Take on The Simpsons
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2007
Where There's Smoke Over Downtown Dallas ... There's What, Exactly?
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2007
Dancing in the Mall? In!
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2007
At Least One Car Was Getting Through Dallas Traffic
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2007
This City's on Fire!
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2007
Free the Fuzz: An Unfair Park Ticket Giveaway!
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2006
Unfair Park Giveaway! (Our First One)
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Dining
July 13, 2006
Ring Tone
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2006
The Undiscovered City
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2006
My New Job As Lookout
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2006
Day of Inaction
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2006
They've Done It Again
Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai- ... More >>
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February 10, 2005
Face Lift
Station 4's drag queens aren't the only things made over
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Frozen Drinks (Tie)
Republic
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December 25, 2003
Tiny Bubbles
Jeroboam hosts a taste test
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Place to See a Man in Leather Hot Pants Enjoying a Down-Home Dinner
Good Eats
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best piano bar
After Dark
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best Oak Lawn Restaurant
Marco Italian
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best grocery store for last- minute wine and flowers
Kroger in Oak Lawn
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best fashion shoe store for men and women
Sole Kitchen
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October 8, 1998
Hash Over
Sole Kitchen
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May 8, 1997
Hot Dish
Sole Kitchen
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October 3, 1996
No fizz
Bellini's follows the rules--unfortunately
Dining
February 29, 1996
In the shadows
Cafe Bianco offers charm amid Oak Lawn's new glitz
Dining
February 29, 1996
Making the rule
Cosmic Cup is one giant exception to everything Dallas
Dining
February 15, 1996
Bread and circus
Despite upscale pretensions, Eatzi's aims for a lowbrow market. Will it fly?
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