Oak Lawn

BEE: Best Enchilada Ever in Oak Cliff is Closed

Earlier this month we reported that long-time Dallas restaurateur Monica Greene, who originally opened Monica's Aca y Alla in Deep Ellum, split with the recently opened Monica's Nueva Cocina. A message via the restaurant's Facebook page announced that while the spot still carries her name, she was n ... 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 >>

Jon Alexis of TJ's Seafood Market on Expansion, The Fishing Industry and Lobsters that Need a New Home

Recently we sat down with Jon Alexis, owner of TJ's Seafood Market at 11661 Preston Road, to discuss the seafood business, which turns out is pretty easy -- he's passionate about his business and doesn't need much prodding when it comes to chatting about it. He recently singed a 10-year lease for a ... More >>

Driftwood Opens, Vapiano Closes and More From a Busy April for Dallas Restaurants

Last month was a busy one in the Dallas restaurant scene. Read on for the full slate of opening and closing restaurants, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Driftwood (642 W. Davis): Oak Cliff is ho ... More >>

Chicken Scratch, McCallister's New Adventure and More Openings from a Busy March

As usual, last month was a busy one in the Dallas restaurant scene. Read on for the full slate of opening restaurants, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Chicken Scratch (2303 Pittman St.): Tim Byre ... More >>

Oak in the Design District is Open for Lunch

Chef Jason Maddy at Oak​The new Oak at 1628 Oak Lawn in the Design District, which was previously only open for dinner, announced today that they are now open for lunch. For starters the lunch menu includes hummus, foie gras and celery root and apple soup. For sandwiches they have a lamb bac ... More >>

Bolsa Mercado, Oak and Other Openings and Closings from December in Dallas Dining

December welcomed a handful of highly anticipated restaurants, with Bolsa Mercado setting up shop just a few doors down from Bolsa, the design District's Oak opening its doors and the Galleria welcoming Townhouse Kitchen and Bar. Read on for the full opening and closing slate, and be sure to share t ... More >>

And Now a Very Verbose Interview with Oak Lawn's Drag Queen Turned Reality TV Star

Chad Fitzgerald owns Cake Guys, a cakery with locations in both Dallas and Duncanville. He's also a constant on season two of TLC's Next Great Baker, which premiered Monday night. (Fitzgerald was part of the night's winning team). The next day, we got with Chad and talked to him about the show's pre ... More >>

In Broadway Our Way, the Uptown Players Sing it Loud and Proud, Honey

But at the Green Zone, blahblah's title says it all.

Holy Half a Million, Batman, That Dark Knight Art Sure Did Set a Record at Auction Last Night

Everyone scoffed when Barry Sandoval said this Batman would go for $100,000 in March. Though, technically, he was way off.​At the end of March, Heritage Auction Galleries invited some of us to walk across Oak Lawn to take a long, hard look at a never-before-offered original Frank Miller splash pag ... More >>

Art Behind Bars at Crow Holdings HQ

​Twice this week Friends of Unfair Park have written in to complain about the Crow family's decision to move their collection of sculptures formerly on display at the Trammell Crow Center behind the gates of Old Parkland, now Crow Holdings' HQ. A few weeks back, you'll recall, the Crows announced ... More >>

Eatzi's Pork Sausages: If You're Going to Break
A Rule, Do it Right

​Bit of a paradox, blogging about pork sausage the same week I blogged about potato latkes, but what the heck, I don't keep kosher, and I can't keep quiet about these pigs that need no blanket -- not anymore. My Jewish guilt is somewhat assuaged by the fact that I first discovered this style of ... More >>

All About the All About Uptown Fest

Photos by Sam MertenMike Rhyner​Despite the rain early on Saturday, I found myself at the All About Uptown Festival for the third-straight year, and it wasn't until checking out the festival's website just now that I realized it's only the third year of its existence. Not a heckuva lot has cha ... More >>

Before the State Fair, the Downtown Parade

Photos by Danny Fulgencio​Back when we officed downtown -- man, those were good times -- I looked forward to today: the annual State Fair of Texas kick-off parade, which rolled down Main Street but a few short yards from our Commerce St. HQ front door. Alas, a former publisher rained on our parade ... More >>

Lone Star Creator Kyle Killen Begs: Help a Brother Out and Watch My Show, K? Great.

Courtesy Lower Oak Lawn/Kendall ShifflerShooting an art auction scene with Jon Voight for Lone Star at ARTability on Oak Lawn last month​Thanks to the many Friends of Unfair Park who've directed my attention to this blog post from Kyle Killen, the creator of Lone Star, which, as we noted Tuesday, ... More >>

Get Your Hot Coppa On Tonight With Eatzi's "Pizza Night"

Daniel RodrigueEach Thursday evening, empty pizza boxes line both sides of the Oak Lawn Eatzi's entrance. ​Pizza Patron and Little Ceasars may have the market cornered when it comes to the whole hot-and-ready-to-go-pizza-pie thing, but those chains' pies don't hold a caper to the savory pizzas yo ... More >>

Forget Ties, Wallets and Slippers, and Give the Old Man What He Really Wants: Beer

All Meddlesome Moth owner Shannon Wynne wants for Father's Day is an ice cold beer -- and he's betting a few dads out there feel the same way. The Oak Lawn gastropub is buying a beer for every father who visits the restaurant this Sunday. In a YouTube pitch explaining the promo, a bespectacled Wynn ... More >>

La Paisanita Taqueria, Where the Tacos Shine Like the Asphalt Around You

Photos by Patrick MichelsThat's barbacoa on the left, pastor on the right, and a gordita in the back.La Paisanita Tacqueria 2505 Inwood Road 214-351-3232 Dude Factor: 9, or a Ford Ranchero, on a scale of 1 (Ford Fiesta) to 10 (Chevy El Camino) There are, give or take, 98 taquerias lining Maple Ave ... More >>

Fino's Italian Bistro May be Good for What Ails You

​Neighborhood gems add sparkle to any part of town. Of course, I'm referring to the restaurants and bars that make anyplace in the metroplex special. Many of these places have gained fans outside their area, but denizens of the neighborhood cherish them as uniquely theirs, welcome havens of res ... More >>

Taking Flight At The Meddlesome Moth, Plus Upcoming Beer Events

Jesse Hughey​One recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the "gastro-pub," is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines than your average bar. The late, great Zymology on Lower Greenville was one short-lived example, ... More >>

Kinky Friedman Says: There'd Be No Tea Party If Molly Ivins Were Still Around

Sam MertenFriedman campaigning at Urban Dog Coffee on Oak Lawn back in February​So insists the Texas Jewboy and former gubernatorial candidate in a piece penned for Tina Brown's Daily Beast, the headline of which is "Why Democrats Should Blame Themselves for the Tea Party." Friedman, who lost to h ... More >>

We Interrupt Our Regular Broadcast for Schutze to Say Something Positive About the City

On The Range: Chilaquiles

​Seriously, you would think that the people of Mexico had enough hangover remedies. After all, this is the culture that gave us menudo, that savory dish of cow or sheep stomach soup that is de rigueur eating on New Year's morning--not to mention other sopas such as chicken tortilla, which many p ... More >>

From One Civil Rights Movement To Another, A Same-Sex Kiss-In At Rosa Parks Plaza

Patrick Michels​Check out this photo set for more photos from the kiss-in.It wasn't quite the complete and total kiss-o-rama the posters suggested, but toss in the pecks on the cheek, the hugs and the still-awkward bro-pats between strangers, and there was plenty of same-sex affection out in the o ... More >>

Blessed With Sexy Synthpop Satire, Altar Boyz Zings

Masaryk Hits a Solid "Mod-Mex" Note, Over and Over and Over

Pairing Off: Orange Chicken (From A Grocery Store)

Patrick MichelsWhen asking about dishes considered unsuitable--or at least unusual--for wine, the experts generally push me toward something fruity and acidic.Makes sense, really: these are the two elements most capable of battling excess salt, wallowing fat and other banes of wine pairing. So when ... More >>

Pairing Off: Spam

Patrick MichelsThe classic 1949 film Battleground ranks as one of the best not only because Ricardo Montalban (or his character, anyway) freezes to death. There's also a scene appropriate to this week's Pairing Off.It lasts just a few seconds, but says everything one needs to know about America's re ... More >>

10 Questions: Rich Rogers

The owner of Scardello Artisan Cheese on Oak Lawn used to be just your average film and video production person.In fact, he spent 15 years shooting and editing corporate video. But the Dalhart native always loved good food and--in particular--good cheese. In between projects he studied the history o ... More >>

Pairing Off: Turkey TV Dinners

Photo: Patrick Michels There are, essentially, two rules to Thanksgiving—well, three if you include football: turkey and lots of it. Of course, not everyone makes it to the big family gathering. Police and firefighters must remain on duty, truck drivers and…um…others, may find themselves s ... More >>

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A Look at Harlan Crow's "Favorite Project" on the Old Parkland Site

Felipe Calderón Must Have a Hell of a Time in a Drive-Thru

Down-and-Dirty Developers Want Into the Inner City

As the city council looks at rezoning, we're wary of the quick-money guys

Absinthe Makes the Grimes Grow Fonder

Picture This

A picture's worth 479 words

Go West, Young Man

On the Real-Estate Cannibals Devouring Oak Lawn

There's That Eatzi's Lawsuit We Were Looking For

No Cone For You

Kids Do the Darnedest Things

Hell Hath No Fury

Plus: Cash for Candy; Tee’d Off

History Lessons

The Smithsonian brings modern artifacts

Scene, Heard

We admit it. We screwed up.

Party Girl

Confronting advanced breast cancer without a dime to her name, Texas legend Priscilla Davis insists the good times aren't over yet

Let 'em eat loin

1998 was a year of lusty carnivores, raw fish, and orgiastic indulgence

Hash Over

Joey's 15 minutes

The son of a famous Houston restaurateur gets ground up in the hype machine

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