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April 11, 2012
Total Wine is Coming to Dallas, and Bringing Its Fine Array of Kegs and Cheap Booze with It
Maryland-based beverage superstore Total Wine is coming to Dallas. The new store, to be located in the shuttered Office Depot location in Park Lane (9350 North Central Expressway), builds on the more than 80 stores the chain has opened in ten states. The recent expansion will add stores to Texas, Ne ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Rahr Celebrates Snowmaggedon, DEBC Offers Its Cherry in Bottles and More Valentine Beer Drinking
Giving your sweetheart a box of assorted chocolates for Valentine's Day is a great way to say "I really don't know all that much about you." A fine beer, on the other hand, is a bold move all but guaranteed to impress. And if it's not appreciated? Well, better to have learned that he or she isn't ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Fairey Versus Wagner: The Ultimate Grudge Match
Tickets are still available for two events on Saturday, February 4 that target youthful supporters of the arts. The Young Professionals of the Dallas Opera are having beers and rapping about Wagner and the Dallas Contemporary has international DJ/Artist/Cool Dude Shepard Fairey spinning a giant bash ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Cow Peas For New Year's: You Gonna Eat That?
FlickrYesterday I wrote about a New Year's tradition based on German heritage, which is applicable considering the strong German population in the Dallas area. (Remember when Oktoberfest blew my mind a little?) But this post considers a tradition a little more native to Texas, and perhaps al ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Diwali Mela at the Cotton Bowl: Count Me In
When I first came to Dallas, many commenters thought I would be some sort of carpet bagging elitist who would swoop into town and declare everything that didn't align with my northern ideals unsatisfactory. While I did complain about some bad guacamole, and I remain steadfast in my distaste f ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Oktoberbest 2011: Announcing the Winner of the Final Pour
Alexander FloresWe've finally beaten the Germans at their own game. That's the only rational conclusion one can draw from the results of Oktoberbest 2011, in which the lone Teutonic entry got its ass handed to it. Paul Hightower and Brian Brown, Craft Beer Examiners for Dallas and Plano, respec ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
See Addison, See the World
Alexander FloresWe've finally beaten the Germans at their own game. That's the only rational conclusion one can draw from the results of Oktoberbest 2011, in which the lone Teutonic entry got its ass handed to it. Paul Hightower and Brian Brown, Craft Beer Examiners for Dallas and Plano, respec ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Before This Baseball Weekend, a Few of the Best Dive Bars in Arlington
Why Not? rules written over the bar include "No Overnight BS."Recently we ran a little ditty about a few new eateries in central Arlington. In response, a couple of dive-savvy readers asked about the often-overlooked older bars in the area, all of which are just west of the Ballpark in Arling ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Ballast for Your Beer Belly
Why Not? rules written over the bar include "No Overnight BS."Recently we ran a little ditty about a few new eateries in central Arlington. In response, a couple of dive-savvy readers asked about the often-overlooked older bars in the area, all of which are just west of the Ballpark in Arling ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Party With the Pooches
Why Not? rules written over the bar include "No Overnight BS."Recently we ran a little ditty about a few new eateries in central Arlington. In response, a couple of dive-savvy readers asked about the often-overlooked older bars in the area, all of which are just west of the Ballpark in Arling ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Oktoberbest 2011 Round One: Samuel Adams Speared By Harpoon, Paulaner Pounds Ayinger And More
We can only hope Hoppy The Clown brings as much drunken hilarity and pathos to The Common Table tomorrow as Shakes The Clown did to our VCR years ago.The first round of Oktoberbest 2011 is halfway over, with a couple of surprising upsets and a couple of shocking, bit-spitting failures by favored ... More >>
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September 24, 2011
Things Got a Little Too Cheesy and Too Private This Week in Dallas Food
This week in food blogs, some special people ate special meals, Dallas placed ahead of Anchorage but behind everywhere else, and someone finally thought to stick corndogs in cocktails. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz decides Wild Salsa is decent for its hit-or-miss selection of tacos, passa ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
The Greek Food Festival of Dallas: An Unsung Fest That Should Be On Hungry People's Radars
While most everyone I talked to had a blast at Oktoberfest, there were a few bitter beer faces. The complaints are always the same for event's like these centering on cost, supply of food (HOW CAN THEY RUN OUT OF SCHNITZEL AT A GERMAN FEST!?) and lines. Getting to events like these early (wi ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Obama's Home-Brewin' Won't Cut It. So: Five Foodie Ideas To Prop Up the Prez.
With Oktoberfest and other events coming up, it's High Beer Season, which explains why the White House has been serving up some of his homebrews. But why stop with beer? House-made anything is a worthy endeavor that rewards the laborer with a fresh, interesting product you can serve with a s ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Addison's Oktoberfest Draws Professional Drinkers, Lame Beer, and Great Eats
I stopped by the Addison Oktoberfest this Saturday, arriving just past noon to a rising thermometer and an already swelling crowd. I was expecting a sizable event, but nothing like this. With all the food venders representing local Bavarian and German cooking, tents selling decent art, bad ar ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
The Luck of the Germans
I stopped by the Addison Oktoberfest this Saturday, arriving just past noon to a rising thermometer and an already swelling crowd. I was expecting a sizable event, but nothing like this. With all the food venders representing local Bavarian and German cooking, tents selling decent art, bad ar ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Brewtopia, Beer Dinners, Oktoberfest and More Ways to Build Up Your Winter Beer Gut
Spaten will be among the beers available at Addison's Oktoberfest.What with Central Market's Brewtopia beginning today, Addison's Oktoberfest starting tomorrow and several beer dinners planned for the rest of the month, there are enough brew events in the next couple weeks that your liver should ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Central Maket's Brewtopia: Yet Another Excuse to Get a Little Drunk in a Grocery Store
It's a good time to be a lush. While we shake off the hops-induced cobwebs of Brew at the Zoo, and look forward to this weekend's Oktoberfest, this Wednesday marks the start of the second-annual Brewtopia at our favorite demo-crazed foodie-fantasyland, Central Market. From September 14 thr ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Addison's Oktober Fest: The Bigger the Stein the Better
Time to dust off your beer steins. Not days after Brew at the Zoo, from which I'm still hungover, it's time to start planning next weekend's beer-laden festivities. Addison's 24th annual Oktoberfest kicks off this Thursday evening with a ceremonial keg-tapping by Mayor Joe Chow. Admission is fre ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Tigers Might Tap the Keg
Time to dust off your beer steins. Not days after Brew at the Zoo, from which I'm still hungover, it's time to start planning next weekend's beer-laden festivities. Addison's 24th annual Oktoberfest kicks off this Thursday evening with a ceremonial keg-tapping by Mayor Joe Chow. Admission is fre ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
The Full List Of Beers You Can Pour Out In Memory of Timbo
Here's to you, Timbo. RIP.Timbo, the Dallas Zoo's oldest gorilla, died yesterday in surgery at the age of 49, and we're still bummed by the news. Even though we didn't know her personally, we still plan to mourn her the same way we've marked the deaths of friends, family members and celebrities a ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
Brew At The Zoo: Where Else Can You Taste Craft Beers in the Presence of Giant Predators?
By now you've probably noticed the banners across the top of our blogs or seen the Mixmaster post touting Brew at the Zoo September 10, but perhaps were hesitant to commit to a $30 ticket without knowing just which beers would be available. How about I just tell you that the ticket includes zoo ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Franconia Preparing To Bottle, Host Donnie Nelson Meet-and-Greet Saturday, and More Beer News
His dad may be banned from bringing beers to press conferences, but Donnie Nelson can have one with you.Dirk Nowitzki may have grown up just a few minutes away from Franconia brewmaster Dennis Wehrmann's hometown in the Franconia region of Germany, but it will be a different Dallas Mavericks pers ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Sampling Spring Seasonals From Samuel Adams and Magic Hat
Jesse HugheyBoy, doesn't this lovely weather just put you in the mood for a crisp, cold spring beer? Well, the temperatures may not quite yet be spring-like, and spring may not officially begin for more than a month, but spring seasonals are already appearing on grocery shelves -- just as it seem ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Celebrate February Holidays With Beer On Saturday
Kinda looks like a heart, doesn't it? Hell, close enough. Unless you're a school kid enjoying the surprise days off, February is indisputably the worst month of the year. And this has been an especially bad one in the Dallas area, what with the ice storms making us look like cheap clueless hicks ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Fall Beer Tastings And A Chance To Win Tickets To Libertine's Ommegang Dinner
We're coasting into the best time of the year, beer-wise, with winter and holiday seasonals and luscious stouts starting to edge out summer session beers on retail shelves and tap walls. At Hophead HQ, we've already nearly finished off our first (but likely not last) six-pack of Anchor's 2010 Chr ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Speaking of Ballparks and Getting the Munchies, A Look at the Rangers' New World Series Menu
Sam MertenTexas Rangers spokesman John Blake just sent word: For World Series Games Three and Four at the Ballpark in Arlington -- oh, right, Game Five too, fingers crossed -- the team's done beefed up (heh) its sports menu. Also: The team's added more places to buy beer in the park, which, a ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Avery Demons Series -- Beers of Unholy Strength Take Flight At The Moth
Jesse HugheyThree four-ounce pours from Avery's Demons of Ale series at the Meddlesome Moth. (Yes, it's a lousy picture. It was dark on the patio. I don't want to hear about it.) Last night, as part of the three-pub cooperative Avery push we mentioned Monday, the Meddlesome Moth cracked open thre ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Libertine, Meddlesome Moth and Common Table Unite Behind Avery Beer
Three of Dallas' best beer joints are teaming up to offer the rarest beers available from one of Colorado's finest breweries all week, beginning with a food pairing at The Libertine featuring Avery Salvation and continuing with pairings and tappings of Avery's Demons, Trinity and Dictators series ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Get Your Hasselhoff On with a Burger-Eating Contest
David Hasselhoff displays his skillsHaving done midget wrestling and sword swallowing, the folks at Duke's Original Roadhouse are now paying homage to David Hasselhoff's expert burger consumption (as seen in the infamous video recorded by one of his daughters) by hosting a burger-eating contest o ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Fried Beer To Cross State Fair Lines and Go National
Sara KerensFried beer has started its march to the sea, with the much-publicized snack scheduled for a second outing at Savannah's 27th annual Oktoberfest this weekend. "Believe it or not, fried beer will be available," the Savannah Morning News reported today. Fried beer has not been universal ... More >>
Music
September 23, 2010
Brave Combo
Kikiriki (Dentone)
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September 23, 2010
The Rahr of the Crowd
Kikiriki (Dentone)
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September 23, 2010
And The Libertine Beer Dinner Winner Is...
Self-portrait by Eugène Delacroix, who apparently came back from the dead to enter and win a beer-naming contest.Thanks to all the commenters for the fun beer ideas from yesterday's Libertine Oktoberfest Beer Dinner contest. Some sounded tasty, some sounded disgusting and some had us laughing ou ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Take One Down, Pass It Around: Office Sampling of Samuel Adams' New Harvest Collection
Last week, the Boston Beer Co. sent along a free sample mixed 12-pack, the company's Harvest Collection, which includes the new Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale along with a few other varieties and a couple bottles of the flagship Boston Lager. Also included in the package was a loaf of pumpkin b ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Libertine Bar Offers Pair Of Tickets To Oktoberfest Dinner Next Week
Speaking of Spaten Oktoberfest, this month's beer dinner at the Libertine Bar features five Spaten beers along with an Oktoberfest-inspired five-course meal. The dinner is at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, September 29. On the menu are apple and pear potato pancakes with spicy lingonberry sauce paired wi ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Hophead: Stone Vertical Epic Stout Is Meant To Be Cellared Three Years--But It Already Tastes Pretty Nice.
Jesse HugheyStone Vertical Epic 09-09-09 Belgian-style imperial porter.San Diego's Stone Brewery is known for creating some monstrously, even arrogantly hoppy brews. So it was somewhat of a surprise when I sat down to try a pint of the recent 09-09-09 Vertical Epic Belgian-style imperial porter, ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Accordian Party
Ennis says "Jak Se Mas"
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September 18, 2008
German Suburban
Addison throws an Oktoberfest
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September 20, 2007
September Brews
Drink summer away at OktoberFest
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October 19, 2006
Racing for Boobs
Run a 5K for breast cancer
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September 14, 2006
Super Kegger
Addison knocks 'em back at Oktoberfest
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June 19, 1997
Liquid sky
Fort Worth's Flying Saucer offers a cozy space for quaffing alien beers
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October 12, 1995
Hot Dish
Fort Worth's Flying Saucer offers a cozy space for quaffing alien beers

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