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Red Lobster Seafood Restaurants

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    WhataFail: How Some Dallas Restaurants Treat Their Employees

    Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has released a new restaurant guide. The 52-page guide makes no mention of food quality, ingredient sourcing, or a customer's dining experience, but instead focuses on how well restaurants treat their employees. Wages, benefits and advancement opportunities ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Eddie V's Chef Brad Albers on the Best Food City in the World (And Dallas, Too)

    ​Chef Brad Albers is charged with keeping everyone fat and happy at Eddie V's in Dallas, a job at which he seems to excel. Originally from Dallas, he attended the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco followed by an unplanned German-language immersion program in Switzerland, where he le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Bar 828 Popped Up in Oak Cliff Last Night, and Plenty of Drinkers Popped In

    The line forms at Bar 828​Last night in Oak Cliff, booze enthusiasts swarmed to Bar 828, the city's first ever pop up bar, to see some of the area's top mixologists at work.  The guerrilla bar, as it's known to Michael Martensen, the man behind the project, will take place in an empty space a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Puppy Love: Praise for Shuck 'N Jive's Cornmeal Treats

    ​Some of you may remember the day when hush puppies were featured at many of the seafood places such as Zuider Zee, H Salt Fish and Chips, Arthur Treachers and Captain D's. Perhaps you shed a tear when they were taken off the menu at Red Lobster (to be replaced by the Cheddar Bay Biscuits). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Going for Broke: Blow Your H&R Block Loan on These Valentine Dinners

    Just tell your girlfriend you're going to the bank.​It's hard not to be envious of kids on Valentine's Day when all they have to do is pass out store-bought cards and chalky candy hearts to classmates. You, however, are not going to win any points with your Valentine with gifts like stale candy o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    The Slow Drip of TABC's Beer and Wine Permits

    Go Oak Cliff​Last week the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent over that press release listing the two new retailers given permits to sell beer and wine in previously dry parts of Dallas. This morning, after seeing this Channel 5 story about how the newly wet are missing out on year-end champ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Newest Menu Items at Leading Chains Not Designed for Teetotalers

    ​Corporate kitchens are continuing to add wine and spirits to their dishes, apparently angling for sophistication and increased perceived value. Olive Garden is now pushing a pasta dish with shellfish "sautéed in white wine" and a stew "simmered in light white wine." Red Lobster's developed ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 9, 2010

    Seasons 52: Chain Food Minus Butter and Salt. What's the Point?

    ​Corporate kitchens are continuing to add wine and spirits to their dishes, apparently angling for sophistication and increased perceived value. Olive Garden is now pushing a pasta dish with shellfish "sautéed in white wine" and a stew "simmered in light white wine." Red Lobster's developed ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    Lisa Stone turned to Facebook to reunite with her high school girlfriends; they turned to Facebook to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

    ​Corporate kitchens are continuing to add wine and spirits to their dishes, apparently angling for sophistication and increased perceived value. Olive Garden is now pushing a pasta dish with shellfish "sautéed in white wine" and a stew "simmered in light white wine." Red Lobster's developed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Five Mass-Produced Foods Even Food Snobs Love

    ​Chefs are notorious for yapping on about the pleasures of farm-fresh vegetables - and then opening a bag of something for dinner. The rigors of restaurant work and human nature lead even the most fearsome food snobs to occasionally indulge in mass-produced, highly-artificial, uber-preserved snack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Hunt Presents Plan For Lower Greenville, Swears It Won't Be West Village Redux

    Photos by Gloria LevarioAngela Hunt at last night's Lower Greenville meeting to discuss the proposed Planned Development District ordinance​Last night, more than 100 folks packed into the dining room at Vickery Towers "senior living community" for a standing-room-only public meeting on the propo ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Michael Manos Was Living the Same Lie in Dallas That He Peddled Across the Country. Only Here, the Truth Caught Up with Him.

    Photos by Gloria LevarioAngela Hunt at last night's Lower Greenville meeting to discuss the proposed Planned Development District ordinance​Last night, more than 100 folks packed into the dining room at Vickery Towers "senior living community" for a standing-room-only public meeting on the propo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Question Of The Week: Why Do Some People Scorn Chains Yet Rave About Mi Cocina, Houston's, Etc.?

    ​Sure, Houston's is better than, say, Applebee's or Red Lobster, but it's still a nationwide chain. And if you admit to dining at Mi Cocina or Taco Diner because of the quality of their cooking, you might also like Chili's.So what's going on? If we love one and hate another, doesn't that suggest t ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 12, 2009

    Dallas's Most Authentic Dive Bars

    Pull up a stool, order some cheap whiskey and don’t forget to duck when the beer bottles fly

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Short Orders: Palomino

    ​Palomino500 Crescent Ct. (Atrium)214-999-1222Age can fray a restaurant. Leather wears, fittings crack and the room begins to lose its allure.Not so in the case of Palomino. The dining space at this veteran Crescent Court locale speaks of timeless dinner club finery, with an inviting bar and patio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Review and Gallery: Nori Sushi Bar and Grill

    Sara KerensPassing up the Red Lobster cheddar biscuits and Outback blooming onions, Dave makes his way this week to Nori Sushi Bar and Grill and finds reasonable seafood in Northwest Dallas.For more shots from the restaurant -- including a sushi-rolling demo you can even (sort of) follow along with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    10 Questions: Jon Bryan

    Patrick MichelsHell with all this 'mixologist' talk. After 16 years behind a bar, Bryan calls himself an inebriation specialist.The Grapevine's longstanding early shift bartender--he signed on in 1998--knows most people in the joint by name...or he will, if you show up again. His casual, chatty and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    A Blue State

    What to do on those inevitable slow news afternoons where even a call from Red Lobster regarding their “reinvented” brand seems interesting? How ‘bout a nod to Blue Collar Bar—not for their intentionally dismissive name, but for reviving (at least in name), the blue plate special.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    We Really, Really Want to Root for Lisa Garza. Just Remember: "Approachable."

    What to do on those inevitable slow news afternoons where even a call from Red Lobster regarding their “reinvented” brand seems interesting? How ‘bout a nod to Blue Collar Bar—not for their intentionally dismissive name, but for reviving (at least in name), the blue plate special.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    The Cooking World is Tré's Oyster

    What to do on those inevitable slow news afternoons where even a call from Red Lobster regarding their “reinvented” brand seems interesting? How ‘bout a nod to Blue Collar Bar—not for their intentionally dismissive name, but for reviving (at least in name), the blue plate special.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2007

    An Ungodly Silence

    What to do on those inevitable slow news afternoons where even a call from Red Lobster regarding their “reinvented” brand seems interesting? How ‘bout a nod to Blue Collar Bar—not for their intentionally dismissive name, but for reviving (at least in name), the blue plate special.

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Chop Suey Syndrome

    Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?

  • Dining

    May 13, 2004

    Man, Myth and Shots

    With more than 85 varieties of tequila at Agave Azul, who cares thatthe food is good, too?

  • Dining

    December 4, 2003

    Fish Play

    McCormick & Schmick's has great shucks, no jive

  • Dining

    October 17, 2002

    Stayin' Alive

    Avanti Ristorante survives the McKinney Avenue curse

  • Dining

    May 30, 2002

    Fishing Trip

    The excellent 9 Fish is worth the trek to Frisco

  • Dining

    December 13, 2001

    Pot Melt

    Ethniko swimming in mediocre waters

  • Dining

    October 11, 2001

    Sweet Leaf

    The Bay Leaf has plenty of personality

  • Dining

    August 9, 2001

    Tale of Three Cities

    Dallas independent restaurants learn from Addison, eye Frisco

  • Dining

    January 4, 2001

    Code Red

    Caribbean Red

  • Dining

    December 14, 2000

    Pavlov's Diners

    Restaurant designers know what you want--even if you don't

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Letters

    Restaurant designers know what you want--even if you don't

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    The spring of our discontent

    Raphael Palmeiro is hurt. Johnny Oates is grumpy. Pudge Rodriguez is acting like a spoiled brat. Lee Stevens just wants to play baseball. Welcome to Texas Rangers spring training.

  • Dining

    July 16, 1998

    Resurrecting diner grub

    Maybe Guthrie's needs a seance

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Fish story

    Environmentalists and some high-profile Dallas chefs say ocean food supplies are in crisis. But is their disaster cry simply publicity bait?

  • Film

    November 14, 1996

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

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