Roanoke

Tripping On Babe's Chicken-Fried Steak

Well, I finally made it to Babe's. What kind of food critic lives in Dallas for nearly two years and doesn't check out the chicken fried steak blessed by Sam Sifton himself? I didn't stop by the Roanoke location like the former New York Times food critic recommended, but I did follow his direction t ... More >>

Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids: "We Were Doing it Just to Get Some Beer and Meet Chicks"

Back in the mid '80s, you couldn't find a more fun experience than catching Southern Culture on the Skids. Rick Miller's psychobilly/surf rock creation could turn even the most modest of crowds into a seething, food throwing collection of fools that seemed to feed on the music's trailer park charm. ... More >>

30 Essential Texas Restaurants to Visit Before You Die

Watch Airplane Crash Into SUV As it Lands at Denton County Airport

William Davis is just learning to fly an airplane, so his wife was filming as he brought a 2005 Cessna Skyhawk in for a landing Saturday at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas. Then, an SUV drove in his way. He hit it, the plane crashed, and you can see it all on the video above, courtesy o ... More >>

Chef Jason Boso Closes Cowboy Chow and Reopens as Tacos & Avocados in Roanoke

Chef Jason Boso of Twisted Root fame has shuttered Cowboy Chow out in Roanoke and opened a new concept in its place called Tacos & Avocados. Boso spent 50 grand giving the place a makeover and is bringing a touch of Dallas to the country with art from Brian Gibb's gallery in Deep Ellum, the Publi ... More >>

Twisted Root's Jason Boso to Open Up a New Taco Spot

Jason Boso, the owner of the growing Twisted Root burger chain just announced he's taking the taco business for a test drive. Boso is closing his Cowboy Kitchen location in Roanoke for a few weeks to renovate and re-brand the space. When he's done Tacos and Avocados (101 South Oak Street) will open ... More >>

Pam Chittenden Is Raising the Bar on Bar Food

Pam Chittenden has served up dishes to North Texas for almost 30 years. In the last 10 years or so, she's offered her culinary talents to some of Denton's local taverns, and added a mix of cheap beer and four-star meals. Those meals, which are known as either Guerrilla Cafe or Pamfood, started in ... More >>

The Morning News and John Cornyn: A Match Made in Fantasyland

An "op-ed" page in a newspaper -- the page opposite the editorials -- is supposed to be a kind of village square for diverse voices, but does that mean it should be a billboard for lies? The case in point today would be the op ed page of The Dallas Morning News, given over to an especially sleazy pi ... More >>

Ready to Drink, Ready to Run... In Fuzzy Helmets

Thar She Blows: A Great Idea Rises at City Hall. Fetch the Harpoons.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. A huge idea turned up at City Hall yesterday. Huge. This is like a Blue whale beaching itself on the banks of the Trinity River. I'm afraid City Hall is going to send a crew out there and chop it into cat-food. We need to stop and take a big look at this ... More >>

Good Friday: Eisley Returns To Dallas, Plus The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Eisley plays Granada Theater on Saturday​It's not the strongest weekend we've seen here lately, but there are still some worthwhile shows to get out and see. Namely, Eisley, who'll perform at the Granada Theater along with their kid sister, Christie DuPree, and The Narrative. This will be their fi ... More >>

Five CSAs That Aren't Just For Earth Day

​Earth Day is this week's cause celebre. Everyone from food trucks and arts institutions to television networks and giants of industry has jumped on the green bandwagon. Come Monday, many will have forgotten the simple message of how each of us can do our part to protect our planet. One method ... More >>

"Regionalism" Just Means Dallas is Going to Get Drilled When It Comes to Fracking

​So-called regionalism is a rip-off, a scam and a hoax designed to neuter cities and sell them down the river to the damned suburbs. A few weeks from now the Dallas City Council will take up the issue of fracking, the kind of natural gas drilling in which drillers pump millions of gallons of ... More >>

Chef Daniele Puleo on Surfing Trends
While Staying True to Heart

Daniele Puleo​Chef Daniele Puleo and his fiancée are having dinner when we arrive at Daniele Osteria. When I called to let him know we're stuck in traffic, he tells me to take my time. "We'll go ahead and order," he says. I don't know who he's talking about at the time. But I am nervous to di ... More >>

Great Deep-Frying Minds Think Alike: Twisted Root Debuts Fried Pop Tarts

Sara KerensThis is how Isaac Rousso fries Pop-Tarts​Deep-fried Pop-Tarts are now available to eaters who don't want to splurge on a State Fair of Texas ticket -- if they're willing to settle for Chef Jason Boso's version of the treat. Boso, executive chef of Twisted Root Burger Co. and Cowboy ... More >>

U.S. Attorney Sends Word of 19, Most Locals, Indicted For "Massive Cybercrime Conspiracy"

​After the jump, in its entirety, is a release we just received that offers sketchy details involving 19 people -- most of them locals -- who were indicted by a federal grand jury this week for their involvement in what the U.S. Attorney's Office calls a "massive cybercrime conspiracy." We will fo ... More >>

Roger the Dodger Gets Called Back to Lead One More Super Bowl Drive

Revolving Doors: A Howling October

​Seems there's always much ado about little in the restaurant news. So it was in October: Lazare became Lemon Bar and will, most likely, become something else before long. Ten 15 Elm (or 1015 Elm, I was never sure) decided to call itself Thrive instead. The ballyhooed Jean-Michel's, coming to down ... More >>

Hash Over: Bonus Jack Is Back, A New Cowboy Chow, Pluckers To Burn Good Morning Texas And More

The Bonus Jack of fantasy...​Jack In The Box has reintroduced the Bonus Jack burger, which is a sandwich made of two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese and pickles on a triple-decker bun. For some reason, that ingredient listing is prompting a serious case of deja vu. Where in the world ... More >>

10 Questions: Mike Davis

Davis is kinda like Richard Petty or the New York Yankees, at least in the world of competitive barbecue.Since he began working the pit in 1994, this Marietta, Oklahoma, native has claimed 66 grand champion titles, including last year's World BBQ Cook Off in Munich. He's even featured on the cover o ... More >>

BREAKING NEWS: Former Dallas Cowboy Terry Glenn Arrested in Irving on Multiple Charges

His health in question, Terry Glenn is out of football. His personal life in turmoil, Terry Glenn is out of jail. For now. According to Irving police, Glenn, the Dallas Cowboys' leading receiver in 2005 and an integral part of their 2006 playoff team, was arrested at a hotel last week on c ... More >>

Beating A Dead Mustang

Lord of the Pings

Come Home

A family dysfunction

The Sweaty Hereafter

Pandora to open in Purgatory

Greasing the Wheels

How Texas Motor Speedway got Denton County to pay for a freeway exit to nowhere—except, that is, to the speedway

Best Fried Chicken

Bubba's Cooks Country

Road Warrior

Texas Motor Speedway needed property to build a road. Someone forgot to tell the landowner.

Unlocking the Gong

A group of Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement, travel from Dallas to D.C. on an urgent rescue mission, sending out righteous thoughts and cultivating Xing Xing along the way

Scene, Heard

Check out the, uh, interesting artwork on Lift to Experience's debut album

Scene, Heard

Butthole is back

Red, red whine

Red Onion Bistro is not so layered

Grub at earth's end

A stop at The Classic Cafe means eating well where the highway ends

Less than a stranger

She said it was abuse. He said it was manipulation. By the time a Denton court got through with this messy custody battle, a good mother would lose her kids forever.

Cat Fight

When a couple of wealthy benefactors took on the founder of the Texas Exotic Feline Foundation, they found themselves in a cat fight

Big men, big houses

For one sports star, home is where the bowling alley is