Randall Copeland

Heavy Cooking Isn't the Only Way to Embrace Local Meat. Though It's a Pretty Tasty Way.

Tomorrow: Soup's On, Featuring a Load of Great Chefs and the Lady Who Wrote Glass Castle

Artist Cornelius Brackens Jr. "I Knew You Were There"​The fourth annual SOUP'S ON! Stewpot Alliance Luncheon and art sale is tomorrow at Union Station. Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, will be the keynote speaker, and nine of Dallas' top chefs will serve up signature soups. The art ... More >>

Chefs Rally Around Paul Quinn College Urban Farm

Bolsa partner Chris Zielke hopes an upcoming fundraiser benefiting Paul Quinn College's Food For Good Farm will help change how people think about Oak Cliff. ​"From the Oak Cliff community standpoint, I want to show people it's more than just Davis Street," Zielke says. "There's a big area ou ... More >>

Restaurant AVA Draws Customers into the Kitchen to Pitch In For the Holidays

​With holiday events stretching restaurant staffs, a few local chefs are turning to a Tom Sawyer-like solution to keep their kitchens and catering gigs running smoothly. "I can't afford to take my cooks out of the restaurant," says Restaurant AVA's co-executive chef and co-owner Randall Copel ... More >>

Where To Find Sharon Hage Tonight

Well, it certainly looks tasty.​If you're planning on staying at home tonight because, well, you just don't go out on Tuesdays, you might want to reconsider because Culpepper Steak House in Rockwall is hosting a white truffle dinner at 7 p.m. We can hear the groans already -- another truffle ... More >>

Hash Over: 'Tis the Season of Giving and Grease

Photo by Jose Ralat Maldonado​It's always hard to go back to work after Thanksgiving, especially if you spent the last few days chilling out in your Snuggie like we did. Before you polish off that cherry pie, check out what's happening this week at these restaurants. We also have suggestions f ... More >>

Dallas Toques Give Thanks: Five Chefs Talk Turkey

Hopefully, your turkey will turn out better than Clark Griswold's. ​Over the past week, City of Ate has caught up with Dallas-area chefs. We asked them about their Thanksgiving plans and what they're thankful for - because if we have to suffer the same cheesy fate at our families' Thanksgiving ... More >>

Shouldn't a Cliff Lee Burger Have Caviar On It?

Cliff Lee​Local restaurants are continuing to try to capitalize on the Rangers' success, with the first burger named for a ballplayer becoming available at lunchtime today. Scotty P's Hamburgers' Cliff Lee burger features a mound of jalapenos and jalapeno jack cheese, in honor of the star pit ... More >>

Restaurant Ava's Southern Brunch Done Way, Way Right

​Walking into the crisp, white linen-and-dark wood decor of Rockwall's Restaurant Ava on Sunday morning was a welcome change from my weekend of fireside beer-swilling in East Texas. It's not that campfire kebabs and Jiffy Pop don't make for a great meal, but it's nice to go from one extreme to the ... More >>

Corndog Millionaire: Fletcher's Manager Tells All

Copeland Selling Corn Dogs​The Fletcher's corn dog stand closest to Big Tex is the State Fair's busiest corn dog stand, and it's not just lowbrow eaters who line up to trade nine coupons for the venerated snack: Randall Copeland, chef-owner of Restaurant Ava, recently joined the throngs. But u ... More >>

A Final Look at 48 Nights

Robert Bostick.Right to left: Chefs Nathan tate, Randall Copeland and Jeff Harris relaxing.​After eight months of charitable cooking, the chefs behind the ambitious 48 Nights project recently put the popular weekly event to bed. Dallas restaurateurs Chris Jeffers, Chris Zielke and Tim Byres r ... More >>

From Farm to Table: Chef for Farmers Event
To Boost Local Producers

Photos by Robert BostickRandall Copeland, Bruno Davaillon, Janice Provost, Chad Houser, Nathan Tate and Matt McCallister​A unique twilight dinner has been scheduled at Eden's Garden Organic Garden Center and CSA Farm in Balch Springs that will pair seven chefs from five Dallas restaurants for ... More >>

There Is Strength In Flavors

Photos by Robert BostickRandall Copeland, Bruno Davaillon, Janice Provost, Chad Houser, Nathan Tate and Matt McCallister​A unique twilight dinner has been scheduled at Eden's Garden Organic Garden Center and CSA Farm in Balch Springs that will pair seven chefs from five Dallas restaurants for ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Sweetbreads Made Two Ways from Restaurant AVA

​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 the ... More >>

Park vs Ava: Mussel Mayhem

Alex Flores​In 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>

Bella gives a little-known, talented chef a place to shine

Alex Flores​In 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>

Cadot is Poised To Become One of the Best Mid-range Restaurants in Dallas

Alex Flores​In 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>

Ava: A restaurant so good, Dave Faries might consider moving to Rockwall for...Nah.

Alex Flores​In 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>

Appetite For Instruction: Wood-Grilled Salmon With Texas Creamer Peas (Part 2)

Recipe Demonstrated by Chefs Nathan Tate and Randall Copeland of Restaurant AVA Tate (left) and CopelandThere's been much ado about Copper River Salmon lately. Its name is tossed out left and right, accompanied by buzzwords like "sustainable" and "seasonal", but what exactly is this trendy fish? Wh ... More >>

Appetite For Instruction: Wood-Grilled Salmon With Texas Creamer Peas (Part 1)

Recipe Demonstrated by Chefs Nathan Tate and Randall Copeland of Restaurant AVA Nathan Tate (left) and Randall Copeland.What is local food? Well, it ain't a potato chip that bears a passing resemblance to the tuber it once was which just happened to be grown in your state. And what about in seaso ... More >>