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May 11, 2012
Going Ape for Pookies Donuts
Pink gorilla robot cheesesteak plus fresh, super-sweet doughnuts Alice. We're just grateful no one was injured in the frenzy at Pookies Donuts (6522 Lemmon Ave.). Other people count: 13 People-watching amazingness level: 2,310 When you see the giant pink gorilla robot waving at you in front ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Dublin Bottling Works Is Taking Over Velvet Taco's Soda Fountain
Jeff Kloster has struck again. Back in January we told you about Dublin Bottling Work's move to bolster the Dublin soda industry. Maple and Motor still serves their sodas, and they're becoming more available by the day. Now Velvet Taco plans to add more of Kloster's offerings. They've been carrying ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Dallas Director Who Captured Demise of Dublin Dr Pepper Raising Funds to Finish Documentary
On the final day of 2011 -- "a slow Saturday" -- Don Merritt drove from Dallas southwest to Dublin. He used to make the 120-mile trek all the time and figured on this day he'd grab some footage in addition to some sugar-cane Dr Pepper. "We shot tours," he says now, "the soda shop." Merritt was think ... More >>
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February 22, 2012
Another Texas Icon's Caught Between Dublin Bottling Works, Plano-Based Dr Pepper: Big Red
The set-up at Maple & Motor. For now.Ever since Jack Perkins got his Dublin Bottling Works soda fountain at Maple & Motor, well, let's say I've had way too many cane-sugar soft drinks in recent weeks. (May I recommend mixing the Tart-N-Sweet Lemonade, Cherry Limeade and Dublin Lemon-Lime ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Dr Pepper Be Damned, Dublin Bottling Works is Striking Back Against Big Soda
Leslie MinoraJeff Kloster, owner of Dublin Bottling Works, didn't sit on his ass and sulk after his company's settlement with Dr Pepper Snapple stripped him of his top-selling product, Dubin Dr Pepper. The day after the news hit, he says, he picked up the phone and did the same thing he's don ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Dublin Dr Pepper -- Yes, The Actual Stuff from Dublin -- Returns to Maple & Motor's Tap
As Scott mentioned earlier, Jack Perkins, founding partner of the Maple & Motor burger mecca -- and once a proud provider of Dublin Dr Pepper on tap -- is joining forces with Dublin Bottling Company to serve up the other sodas by the still-standing indie soda company. But that doesn't mean you'll ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Dublin Dr Pepper is Dead; Maple & Motor and Oak Cliff's Soda Gallery are among the Mourners
Jack Perkins, co-owner of Dallas burger institution Maple & Motor, appreciates that a swig of Dublin Dr Pepper is just the thing to wash down a delicious burger. Once every few weeks since he opened his Maple Avenue burger shack, someone from his restaurant has made the two-hour drive to Dublin, Tex ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
We Gave Trailercakes a Big Box of Crap and They Made Us Two Glorious Cupcakes
Can Dr Pepper Ten and Red Vines equal crazy-delicious?Once a month or so, we invite a new lucky soul to attempt to conquer The Box. Their challenge: To create something awesome out of whatever ingredients are in the box. It's like Chopped plus Punk'd, only less terrible. This month, Traile ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Buy Up All the Dublin Dr Pepper You Can, Because As of Today It No Longer Exists
If you have but a single can or bottle marked "Dublin Dr Pepper," don't open it. It's a collector's item as of this very moment. That's because as of 5 p.m. today there is no more Dublin Dr Pepper: From here on out, per a settlement agreement just announced in the case filed by Plano-based Dr Pep ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Five Nights of Drinking at Home: It's Not Alcoholism If There's Christmas Music On
FlickrDon't ask me out for a drink because, 1.) I'm cheap and 2.) at the height of holiday shopping insanity, I like to leave my house less than Sigorney Weaver in Copycat. So I stay home, watch TV, read and drink. My drink of choice is usually peppermint Schnapps in hot chocolate. Yes, I kno ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Dublin Dr Pepper Launches Legal Defense Fund in Legal Spat With Plano-Based Parent
Photo by Brantley HargroveBrantley espied that giant check you see at right during his tour of the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant a few weeks ago; turns out, it was just seed money. We just received word that in order to keep pace with Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is suing the Dubl ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
In God We Trust. Unless You're Dublin Dr Pepper, Says Corporate's Latest Filing.
At the end of last week, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. filed its response to Dublin Dr Pepper's response to corporate's lawsuit filed in June, in which the mothership insists Dublin's violating a licensing agreement by selling The Imperial Pure Cane Sugar-y Good Stuff outside of a six-count ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Dublin Dr Pepper Responds to Corporate HQ's Lawsuit With Quite the Legal History Lesson
It probably doesn't help Dr Pepper's case that CEO Larry Young went on KERA's CEO in '09 with a Dublin sixer and touted it as "the original Dr Pepper formula with the Imperial sugar in it" with an "unbelievable" following.Back in June, you no doubt recall, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. deci ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Responds to Dublin Dr Pepper's Response to Corporate's Lawsuit
Via.Back to the Dr Pepper-on-Dr Pepper lawsuit ...Early this morning we posted Dublin Dr Pepper's response to the lawsuit filed in June by Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is trying to limit Dublin's real-deal Imperial Sugar-spiked soda pop to a six-county area and alleges the oldest Dr ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Plano-Based Dr Pepper Wants Dublin Dr Pepper to Stop Selling the Good Stuff Everywhere
Courtesy Flickr user Rich AndersonLast night KXAS-Channel 5 had a most fascinating story: Dr Pepper v. Dr Pepper. Specifically, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. says the Dublin-based maker of The Real Thing (that is, a Pepper flavored with original-formula Imperial Pure Cane Sugar) is violatin ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Spiral Diner: Vegan That Doesn't Suck. And we're not full of baloney. At least today we're not.
Courtesy Flickr user Rich AndersonLast night KXAS-Channel 5 had a most fascinating story: Dr Pepper v. Dr Pepper. Specifically, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. says the Dublin-based maker of The Real Thing (that is, a Pepper flavored with original-formula Imperial Pure Cane Sugar) is violatin ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Fergie and Dr Pepper Cherry: Full Brazilian Smooth?
Um...this.We've seen this board on our way to work for a while now and every time we drive past we think, "So, The Ferg and Dr Pepper both shave their pubies?" "Dr Pepper Cherry and Fergie, now as amazingly smooth as a baby's bottom." We're not the only ones who read the board this way. One ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Dr Pepper Thefts Are Probably a Local Job, Says One Cargo Theft Expert
If police have any new leads in that statewide run of Dr Pepper truck thefts, they're not saying much -- days of phone messages left with Fort Worth PD spokesmen and detectives have gone unanswered. (As if they've got more important things to do.)I was, however, able to reach Sherman Police spoke ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Truck Thefts from Texas Soda Distributors Make Dallas a Hub for Hot Dr Pepper
Thieves drove off with two fully loaded trucks from this Wichita Falls Dr Pepper bottling plant last month, before abandoning the empty trucks near Dallas -- the third such theft recently.A trio of truck thefts from Dr Pepper distributors around Texas in the last few months have all ended the sam ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Ste Genevieve Red: Not Bad, If You're Broke
Gallo. Robert and CK Mondavi. Beringer. Kendall-Jackson. Franzia. You know them as the 800 pound gorillas, the Two Buck Chucks, if you will, of the wining world. They take up voluminous amounts of space on the grocery store shelves with their bottles, magnums and boxes of mass-produced ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
I'm a Geek Who Drinks...Root Beer?
I've been totally jazzed about telling all you drinkers, girl and otherwise, about how bad ass Geeks Who Drink on Mondays at the Barley House is. It is just 2 weeks old, but it is outstanding. Geeks Who Drink, for those who don't know, is an organized pub quiz for teams of up to six, spanning pop ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Twisted Root Burger Co. Offers Humanitarian Program to Beat the Summer Heat: Free Popsicles
Hard to remember the last time the temperature was less than 100 degrees. Aside from holing up in our air-conditioned house and jacking up our utility bill, we're starting to think there are no other means of keeping cool. But Twisted Root Burger Co. has given us another way of chilling out. Begi ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
I'm Thirsty, Pass Me a Buffy The Vampire Slayer Blueberry
http://www.myjones.com/limited/buffyAn American Tradition: having a cane- sugar soda with a big damn sub sandwich. I mean, that sandwich better have a good ladle of oil & vinegar, some ribbons of lettuce, and two fistfuls of meat. And golly, there is NOTHING better to wash it down than a Jone ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Dallas Donuts: Way Cheap and Pretty Awesome.
http://www.myjones.com/limited/buffyAn American Tradition: having a cane- sugar soda with a big damn sub sandwich. I mean, that sandwich better have a good ladle of oil & vinegar, some ribbons of lettuce, and two fistfuls of meat. And golly, there is NOTHING better to wash it down than a Jone ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
The Soda Gallery: High-Fructose Corn Syrup Heaven
Try: Rat Bastard root beer Don't try: spending less than 10 bucks here I was on a mission to find Henry Weinhard's root beer. I know that some shmancy grocery stores in town sell six-packs, but they're always sold out by the time I get there (because Weinhard's is the shiiiiiiit), so I nee ... More >>
Dining
July 1, 2010
Torchy's Tacos: Get There Quick, Before We Eat Them All
Try: Rat Bastard root beer Don't try: spending less than 10 bucks here I was on a mission to find Henry Weinhard's root beer. I know that some shmancy grocery stores in town sell six-packs, but they're always sold out by the time I get there (because Weinhard's is the shiiiiiiit), so I nee ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Timeless Greaseballs and Frosty Brews Down At the Dairy-Ette
Photos by Patrick MichelsDairy-ette 9785 Ferguson Road (214) 327-9983 Dude Factor: 9 (or Bodacious), on a scale of 1 (Ferdinand the Bull) to 10 (Bevo).After a long weekend soaking up culture down in Ennis, and sun out at the FOE pool, yesterday's return to traffic, cubicle walls and that car alar ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Dear Snapple: An Open Letter Concerning the Abandonment of Soda
A Snapple soda bottle. The CLR is elusive.Dear Snapple, You produce beverages -- allegedly with the best stuff on Earth -- with which many are satisfied. Some might say they even crave your drinks. Even 30 Rock has been generous with Snapple's product placement, with character Cerie going so far ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Download: Neon Indian -- "Sleep Paralysist"
Mountain Dew: Code DentonAs promised, DFW's own Neon Indian released a new single via Mountain Dew's new Green label Sound entity today, and the song's available as a free download through the label's site. The song, called "Sleep Paralysist," is pretty token Neon Indian, filled with blips, bleep ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Days Gone Bite: RC Cola And MoonPies
deepfriedkudzuFew people write songs about pizza and beer, chocolate and peanut butter, or gin and juice. Foie gras and Sauternes? Forget it.Yet dozens--just a rough estimate--of hits and near hits have referenced the combination of tooth-decay inducing sugar water and tooth decay-inducing chocol ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Girl Drink Drunk: Smoke
The Texas Strawberry Sweet Tea and cute Sharpie menuDearest Smoke,On two separate occasions you have wooed me and my posse with food and drink divine. I'm not even going to get into discussing the hominy casserole for fear I'll abandon all responsibility and drive to you to eat it now. But the dr ... More >>
Dining
October 15, 2009
John’s Seafood & Chicken: Don’t Drive Through. Just Keep Driving.
The Texas Strawberry Sweet Tea and cute Sharpie menuDearest Smoke,On two separate occasions you have wooed me and my posse with food and drink divine. I'm not even going to get into discussing the hominy casserole for fear I'll abandon all responsibility and drive to you to eat it now. But the dr ... More >>
Dining
September 24, 2009
Jen's Place Bakery & Cafe
The Texas Strawberry Sweet Tea and cute Sharpie menuDearest Smoke,On two separate occasions you have wooed me and my posse with food and drink divine. I'm not even going to get into discussing the hominy casserole for fear I'll abandon all responsibility and drive to you to eat it now. But the dr ... More >>
Dining
September 17, 2009
Numero Eno’s
The Texas Strawberry Sweet Tea and cute Sharpie menuDearest Smoke,On two separate occasions you have wooed me and my posse with food and drink divine. I'm not even going to get into discussing the hominy casserole for fear I'll abandon all responsibility and drive to you to eat it now. But the dr ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2009
Kids Eat The Darnedest Things: SodaStream Homemade Soda
Mikal Beth HugheyCarbonating water with the SodaStream machine. We hear lots of things in this office, such as last week's notice of a "New and Fun Drink Idea:" the SodaStream home soda maker. Well, while the idea of making soda at home was new to me, it's not exactly a new idea to the world, ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Chewing the Fat: Carbonated Beverage Sales Going Flat
Carbonated beverages sales are fizzing out, with reports showing 2008 as the fourth consecutive year of decline. Amidst a recession, fears of childhood obesity and the recent findings of BPA in soda cans, a 2009 comeback doesn't look like a very safe bet, either. With sodas long thought to be rec ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Food For Thought...
"A lot of people have left the category. Also a lot of young people have not entered the category, so these ads may help Coke both recruit new, young consumers and recruit some lapsed consumers." (Beverage Digest editor John Sicher, clearly excited over the soft drink company's new marketing campai ... More >>
Dining
June 5, 2008
It's Dr Pepper Time!
As least for those bootlegging the sugar-sweetened stuff out of Dublin, Texas
Dining
September 6, 2007
I'm on the All-Carb Diet
Record Grill doesn't give a crap about fat grams
Blogs
July 2, 2007
Is The Simpsons Even Still On?
Record Grill doesn't give a crap about fat grams
Film
March 24, 2005
Love in Gloom
Russia's stab at romantic comedy lands a tad on the dreary side
Best of Dallas
October 14, 2004
Best Retro Candy
Metro Retro
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September 26, 2002
Best Non-alcoholic Watering Hole
Ifs Ands & Butts
Best of Dallas
September 26, 2002
Best Cold-Drink Store
Ifs Ands & Butts
Best of Dallas
September 20, 2001
Best Soda
IBC black cherry
Music
June 7, 2001
Scene, Heard
KRBV's change in format causes barely a ripple in the airwaves
Best of Dallas
September 21, 2000
Best place to buy juice
Whole Foods Market
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April 22, 1999
Cola kids
Public school students become a captive audience for corporate advertisers
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October 24, 1996
Hot Dish
Public school students become a captive audience for corporate advertisers
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August 15, 1996
White-trash chic
Behind a low-rent facade dwells a Blue Soul of great eats
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