Preston Royal

At Last, We Have a Firm Opening Date for That New Central Market in Preston Royal

​Speaking of new grocery stores ...Last we'd been told, the Central Market replacing the old Borders (which replaced an old Safeway) in Preston Royal would be open come "mid-winter." But as you can see from the photo I snapped a couple of nights ago, it's looking awful close to opening. How close? ... More >>

Dallas' Five Best Chinese Restaurants

​I am not a Jewish person, but I like Jewish things. Latkes top my list. As does getting drunk. Gefilte fish doesn't excite me very much, but Christmas does, which isn't Jewish at all, but you know the drill: movies, Chinese food, drunk. I'm good at these things. These are City of Ate's five ... More >>

Today's Sign of the Times: Man, Somebody Really Misses the Preston Royal Blockbuster

​Espied whilst driving down Royal yesterday, at the site of the former Blockbuster in Preston Royal, once the chain's crown jewel. Took a long while for the 8-year-old in the back seat to stop giggling while yelling, "It burns my eyes, Dad, it burns my eyes!"

Central Market to Ask Council For Variance to Sell Beer and Wine Next Door to St. Mark's

The under-construction Central Market in Preston Royal, which used to be a Safeway, by the way. You can see the original walls from the Royal Lane side, matter of fact.​Used to be, a business situated too close to a school, church, hospital or daycare center that wanted to sell booze couldn't, exc ... More >>

Council Checks Out Our Libraries, Some of Which (Hint: Bishop Arts) Will Get Quite Fancy

Corinne Hill​Yesterday we got 'round to covering the first half of the council's Arts, Culture & Libraries Committee meeting -- the part about how other cities spend more on their arts organizations than Dallas, and how we might be able to fix that. (Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette tax.) Th ... More >>

But Will a Petition Drive Convince Trader Joe's to Open in Lake Highlands? We Shall See.

From the sales pitch that follows after the jump​A few weeks ago I was talking to Office of Economic Development head honcho Karl Zavitkovsky about something unrelated when he mentioned the petition drive aimed at convincing Trader Joe's to open a location at the Lake Highlands Town Center, where ... More >>

That's Quite the Campaign Sign Crackdown

A friend of Unfair Park suggested I drive by the Preston Royal library on my way into work today. So I did.​Remember that item last week about how the city was going to use code enforcement to collect and toss election signs planted on public property, "including parks, recreation centers and libr ... More >>

Right Now, Only Two Dallas Blockbusters to Survive. Everyone Else In "Wait and See" Mode.

The longstanding Preston Royal Shopping Center Blockbuster, which may be about to go the way of Betamax​In the wake of news that Dish Network's looking to keep only a few hundred of Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar locations once the deal's sealed Thursday, several Friends of Unfair Park living in N ... More >>

Eric Nadel Really Loves His Job This Season (And Has a Musical Recommendation Too)

Courtesy the Texas RangersThe great Eric Nadel, baseball broadcaster and music aficionado​Long ago I used to run into Eric Nadel -- The Voice of Your Texas Rangers -- all the time in the music section of the Borders in Preston Royal, which should tell you how long ago that was. First time I saw hi ... More >>

Half Price Books, Second Chapter: Borders's Future May Include Selling Used Books

Photos by Harry Wilonsky​Sooner than later, of course, there will be but one Borders left in Dallas -- the Lovers and Greenville location, spared, so far, from closure following the company's Chapter 11 filing a few weeks ago. The other two locations, in Preston Royal and the West Village, are wel ... More >>

Borders' Bankruptcy Claims Two Dallas Stores. A Decision Points Firesale Can't Be Far Behind.

Robert WilonskyThe scene at the Borders in Preston Royal a month ago. Come April, it'll be even emptier.​A month ago, Robert offered a lamentation for what's become of this Borders in Preston Royal, where the kids books had been replaced by board games, the music section was two CD bins, and an en ... More >>

Borders' Co-Founder, Now a Texan, Would Rather Not Talk About Today's Sad News

From the Preston Royal Borders' grand-opening week ad that appeared in the Observer in September 1992​We knew Borders' bankruptcy was coming; it wasn't a particularly well-kept secret, either in the business pages or in the stores themselves, which long ago began pushing books off the shelves to m ... More >>

With Book and Videos, Dallas Museum of Art Steps Up Efforts to Ignite the Power of Art

​Speaking of books ... Yesterday, Yale University Press sent word that Bonnie Pitman's Ignite the Power of Art Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums is now available at Your Finer Booksellers. (Well ... it's supposed to be -- the Borders and Barnes & Noble in Preston Royal, at least, don't y ... More >>

Remember When Borders Sold Books?

The Preston Royal Borders looks less like a bookstore than an art installation these days​I needed a book yesterday and happened to be driving by the Borders in Preston Royal, which did not have said book. Or many books, for that matter. There were, however, bins full of discounted tchotchkes, ais ... More >>

Effort to Cut Off Tap of TABC Permits For Beer, Wine Sales Citywide Put Off Till Next Week

​The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is slowly but surely doling out those permits to retailers who want to sell beer and wine in the previously dry parts of Dallas (though none have been issued in the last few days). The lawsuit filed by the parties opposed to the citywide off-premise sale of ... More >>

Dubya to Drive 1.1 Miles to First Book Signing

​This just in from the Borders in Preston Royal: At 8:30 Tuesday morning, George W. Bush will make the very short drive from Daria Place and stop by to sign copies of his "untraditional" tome Decision Points, presently tops on Kayne West's must-read list. Borders also sends these instructions for ... More >>

One Week Before the Wet-Dry Referendum, Caraway Insists: "We've Turned up the Volume"

​Several Friends have asked, privately, in recent days: Whatever happened to Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's threat to drown Keep the Dollars in Dallas? As you may recall, when it came time for the council to call the election that will allow the off-premise sale of beer and wine citywide, Caraway ... More >>

Let's Now Cut to the Chase

NBC Universal​It's getting close to that most wonderful time of the year -- when the fall teevee season commences. Later today we'll post a few peeks from Hal Samples and my visit to the set of Lone Star, the so-far-so-great (based on the pilot, at least) FOX series currently shooting all over tow ... More >>

Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill Flies
Both High and Under Radar

​Nick Badovinus two weeks ago opened a Neighborhood Services Bar & Grill in Preston Royal, but some neighbors still haven't noticed. That's fine by Badovinus, who says he relies on satisfied customers rather than fancy signage to attract business. "To be honest, it's really where you want to ... More >>

That's Quite the Drugstore, Cowboy

Justin Terveen​Since as long as I can recall, Dougherty's has been my family's pharmacy, dating back to its days in Oak Cliff (it didn't move to Preston Royal till '67). So I've taken it for granted all these many years -- just one more place I stop in or drive by, no big. Then Justin Terveen, on ... More >>

Roy's Natural Market: So Long to the Man with Wheat Grass Miracles

Roy Beard is closing Roy's Natural Market come August.​Used to get a lot of sore throats, from, well, let's just call it "cigarette" smoking. That was back in the '80s when I, well, let's just say smoked. Invariably, the tickle in my throat would progress to soreness, which would progress to a ... More >>

It Would Appear the Former Preston Royal 7-Eleven Has a New Bagel-Sellin' Tenant

​Yesterday, Rudy Bush mentioned that Doug's Gym on Commerce Street downtown is getting a new neighbor: a 7-Eleven, oh thank heavens. Should be open in late August or early September.But before that, that former 7-Eleven in Preston Royal -- shuttered because, among other reasons, "it wasn't facing ... More >>

For Your Weekday Listening Pleasure: Norah Jones in Paris, a Long, Long Way from Popolos

​I drove by the now-shuttered Popolos Cafe in Preston Royal on the way home last night -- hated to see it go a couple of weeks back, when it lost its lease due to the landlord's raising the rent. Used to go there all the time: It was close to the house, always good for a almost-fancy date night, a ... More >>

More About Those Blockbuster SD Card Download Kiosks From the Bossman Himself

​One month ago we introduced you to the NCR-manufactured Blockbuster kiosk that allows users to download movies to SD cards. The response was, to put it mildly, mixed. I finally saw one a couple of days ago while reporting a piece for next week's paper version of Unfair Park; there's one at the br ... More >>

Maddow, Slater Preview Bush's Turn as Matt Foley: "Babbitt Meets the Super Bowl"

​Maybe you've heard the radio ads: Rudy Giuliani (didgeridoo), Colin Powell (bass), Terry Bradshaw (lead vocals), Zig Ziglar (banjo), Robert Schuller (keytar), Rick Belluzo (hurdy gurdy) and Tamara Lowe (bagpipes) are getting the band back together for an all-star jam session at the Fort Worth Con ... More >>

Get on the Bush: Cindy Sheehan Comes to Town to Visit an Old Friend, Sell Books

Danny HurleyIt was Bush-on-Bush action in front of John J. Pershing Elementary courtesy Cindy Sheehan and a band of protesters.We've got more photos from the protest in a slide show, coming soon.About 65 protesters -- and nearly as many members of the local media -- showed up at the southwest corner ... More >>

These Days Are Ours

As One Independent Bookstore Opens in Plano, Another Closes in Frisco

T.O. Loves Him Some God

So, How're Those Convention Center Hotel Negotiations Going, Anyhow?

North Dallas is Good for the Jews

First Eddie, Now Valerie? C'mon.

Going to Shell in a Handbasket?

A Shell of Its Former Self?

Yes, You Will Have Total Access to Cowboys-Packers on Thursday. Don't Worry.

Norah Jones Channels Her Inner Linda Ronstadt

A Harry Situation

Livin' in the 1960s

One Helluva Bonfire

Joe Ely graces area bookstores

Bookstore Wars

Oh, Norah

Madeleine Peyroux | William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux

Careless Love (Rounder) | Got You on My Mind (Wake Up Music)

Best Pizza

Al's Pizza

Tin tongue

Tin Star's "salsa, smoke, and sizzle" fizzle

Are you Rex-perienced?

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Short ciao line

Dallas has yet to grow good Italian dining

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Home run

Pasta Plus would bring a smile to Mama's face

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