Panama

Customer Claims a Dallas Red Lobster Served Him Beer Laced with Caustic Poison

Justin Grogg was in town from Panama City on a business trip when he and a colleague went out on the town to sample the local fare. They went to the Red Lobster at Stemmons and Northwest Highway, and Grogg ordered a Budweiser. Grogg says it took only a second for him to realize that the burning sen ... More >>

Fifty-Six Year Old Community College Student and Republican Precinct Chair Wants a White Student Union at Tarrant County College

Richard Railey is definitely not an idiotic, racist troll. Nope, he's just your average 56-year-old community college student, pursuing an associates degree in IT security while trying to form a White Student Union at Tarrant County College. Burnt Orange Report wrote about Railey's quest this morni ... More >>

The Sexy Valentine's Day Dishes of Dallas

In honor of tomorrow's holiday I put together a slideshow of some seriously sexy and photogenic Valentine's Day dinner options around town. The gallery includes shots of bacon-wrapped jumbo Panama shrimp, brushed with cherry mustard and served on a bed orzo pasta with carrot greens at DISH; an ugly ... More >>

Is Irving Ahead of Dallas in Preparing for Global Trade When the Panama Canal Expands?

Time to read the tea leaves. Avi Selk at The Dallas Morning News is report-tweeting this morning that the Irving City Council has slapped its mayor by voting to pay transportation consultant David Dean all of the two hundred grand he billed the city after his contract with the city expired last Sept ... More >>

The Inland Port Can Still Win the Race for Jobs If We Don't Let Fixers Screw Us

Cocktail Wizard Jason Kosmas Dishes On the Dallas Scene, Fedoras and His New Spirits Company

If you've ever sipped a $12 cocktail in Dallas, you've likely sampled the handiwork of Jason Kosmas. When we last caught up with him, he was boozing it up as the beverage director at Marquee Grill, but he's also done time at Neighborhood Services and Bolsa and lent his expertise to the drink menus ... More >>

Van Halen Postpones Handful of Concert Dates: Dallas Is Still On, Though

Better grab tickets for Van Halen's June 20 show at the American Airlines Center while you still can. The band's North American tour just got significantly lighter. Turns out the group (David Lee Roth'll be on hand for the Dallas) has postponed 30 or so concert dates after June 26, which means the ... More >>

Opening Credits: Today's Cinematic Releases for Jan. 13

Contraband Director: Baltasar Kormákur Writer: Aaron Guzikowski Condensed Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster Mark Wahlberg stars as a former pop star/underwear model turned actor turned smuggler turned former smuggler who gets himself in deep with a drug lord to protect his brother- ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: Dallas Has a Soccer Team, and It's Quite Decent on the Pitch

MLS SoccerFC Dallas scored in the 27th second against the Panamanianites.​Editor's note: Observer.com contributor Justin Bitner got drunk and admitted to being a soccer fan, so we made him attend Wednesday's FC Dallas match against Tauro FC of Panama, FCD's fifth game of CONCACAF Champions Lea ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 40: LehtMoJoe

​Like most babies from the '80s who grew up with an ear for music, Vincent Sliva dedicated hours of his youth to recording his favorite songs off the radio onto cassette tapes. But rather than just playing them back on his boombox, he tried to sync the songs up with other songs on the b-side ... More >>

Try Mola With Your Mocha

Park: If Only the Menu Matched the Laid-Back Patio Vibe.

You Can Take the U.S. Trade Representative Out of Dallas, But You Can't ... Well, You Know

​Late yesterday, as the boy grew fidgety from yet another day stuck at home, we flipped on the teevee hoping to find something interesting, educational. Which meant: No Disney Channel, no nonsense. A few flips later, and there we were on C-SPAN2, listening to former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk address t ... More >>

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Friday, December 10, at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton

.357 Lover Covers Katy Perry's "California Gurls," Throws Some Van Halen In For Kicks

Well, this is pretty much priceless. The above clip features noted former Dentonite Corn Mo and his band .357 Lover covering Katy Perry's "California Gurls" and tossing a little Van Halen "Panama" into the mix for good measure. It's kind of like a mash-up, but mostly, it's just a good time. Or so it ... More >>

Year in Review: 2009's Best Proves the Stars Are Shifting in Latin Music

It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>

On The Range: Ceviche

Ledelboy​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Ceviche is marinated seafood, so it should come as no surprise that Mexico and nearly every country in Central and South America with a coastline features it in their cuisine.In an article entitled 'The Many ... More >>

18-Wheeler Wisdom

The LCC offers words to drive by

Stay Hungry, Live Longer: the Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Diet

An SMU biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.

Going To Duran Duran's Scheduled Show At The Nokia Theatre Tonight? Uh... Don't.

OK, game time, kids: How many obscure '80s references can I fit into one blog post about Duran Duran canceling its Nokia Theatre gig tonight? Let's see...Double Trouble, gang! In the span of about two minutes, we just got word from both the booking agent of the Nokia Theatre (AEG Live) and Duran Dur ... More >>

Words of Wiz-dumb

Right Now

Wagman the Dog: Or, Enron Did It!

Imagining the Night David Lee Roth Rejoined Van Halen

Leprechaun Bandit Admits Stealing

What a VIP Off

A night at the Ghostbar is just like Hollywood, without the celebrities or fun

Countrified

The legendary New Riders of the Purple Sage are only slightly jammy

The Hunted

Minutemen train their sights on a new target: Hispanic day laborers

U.S.A.-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Feels Like Old Times

With Sammy Hagar back onstage, Van Halen trudges on

Smokin'

DTC kicks it up a notch with Anna in the Tropics; area critics honor the year's best stage work

Mean Streets?

Amid talk of increasing Deep Ellum violence, our reporter spends a Friday night at Nairobi Grill, one of the area's rumored "trouble spots"

Get FIT

Independent theaters' home away from home

Van Halen

The Best of Both Worlds (Rhino)

Shipshape?

Awash in oil, the Spanish victims of a tanker disaster seek justice from a Texas company

Basic Straining

Oh, look--another bad John Travolta movie. How original.

Chief, It's Chaos

Tony Scott, with Redford and Pitt, plays a mad but vigorous Spy Game

Milking it

Terri Hendrix proves you can't keep a girl down on the Farm

Anatomy of a slacker

The MAC debuts a charming, overly chatty meditation on the terrors of adulthood

Manhunters

The Dallas bounty hunter's arsenal includes the pizza scam, the utility-clerk hustle, and the occasional M-1 rifle. Now who's the crook?

Getting to first base

Everyone's a contender during spring training, but can Will Clark and the Texas Rangers come back from last season's disappointments?

See your world on a small screen at the 11th Annual Dallas Video Festival

The Saint

Marlon St. Julien has beaten the odds at Lone Star Park. Now he's got the inside track to bigger things.

You got another thing comin'

Venal old fraud Pat Boone bellies up to the trough once more with an album of metal covers

Picture Imperfect

A struggling arts foundation gives kids a chance to see South Dallas through a camera lens

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

A strange goodbye

Odd sights--and musings--at Mickey Mantle's funeral

Bad Company

Drugs from Bolivia. Cash to Panama. Arms to Nicaragua. Bo Abbott says the CIA called - and he delivered.