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Starbucks Responds to Questions About Free Coffee, Plans to Move Trailer

Earlier this week, we responded to a Facebook post that claimed a Starbucks trailer had set up a trailer just around the corner from the downtown location of the Pearl Cup Coffee shop. What's worse is they were giving the coffee away for free. Crystal Johnson, a manager for the local business, said ... More >>

Starbucks Wars: Chain Sets Up Free Coffee Trailer Close to Downtown Pearl Cup (Let's Call it Java the Hut)

Crystal Johnson noticed business was a little slower than usual this morning, but she didn't think much of it until a customer came in and told her about the Starbucks trailer that was parked on the same block as the downtown coffee shop. The trailer was giving away free coffee on the corner of San ... More >>

The Pumpkin Spice Latte Shortage Of 2012: Another B.S. Shortage

A new marketing ploy is gaining popularity. It's called the shortage. The technique was successfully leveraged a few weeks ago to drum up press for the already over-hyped pork product we all love way too much: bacon. Now Starbucks is getting into the shortage game with an alleged pumpkin spice latte ... More >>

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to Open This Week, But Why Didn't They Just Name it Nolan Ryan Coffee?

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, a specialty coffee and tea cafe, is set to open at 15250 Dallas North Tollway this Friday, September 28. On Thursday, however, from 4:00 to 7:00 they're hosting an open house and customers can sample the goods for free. The Coffee Bean is originally out of Southern Cali ... More >>

Patience Is A Virture In Matters Of Pour-Over Coffee

"So you really brew every cup by hand?" I asked the petite barista wrapping up her shift at Mercantile Coffee House. She told me it was the only way they could do it, so I pointed to the two massive drip machines perched on the counter, prompting her honesty. "Gotta have some reason to keep people f ... More >>

Localizing Love Field's Food Options

​Love Field is trying to soften the blow of travel delays, Southwest cattle calls and rubbery, sometimes inedible food by classing up the joint. In the middle of its facelift , Love Field will add four new dining options known -- three that are native to Dallas. Campisi's Restaurant, se ... More >>

Cymbals Eat Guitars' Matthew Whipple's Top Five Ideas for All-Time Top Five Lists

​We've really been getting a kick out of learning what many artists consider to be their all-time top five things of various topics are since we kicked off this recurrign feature a few months back. It's a simple enough concept: For the most part, we look to connect a top five list with the artist ... More >>

Brain Freeze: Our Panel of Experts Samples New Summer Coolers

Lauren Drewes DanielsArby's Jamocha Oreo Shake, a summer drink worth fighting for.​Being bored for extended amounts of time builds character. Everyone (kids, in particular) needs to stare at the wall so long that it makes them crazy. Then go outside and stare at the hot grass. Then lie on the ... More >>

A Fuzzy Empire, Rare Puns and More This Week on Food Blogs

​If you like lists or food trucks (and who doesn't?) it was a good week to be a Dallas blog reader. Nancy Nichols ate a bunch of steak, a blog post inspires readers to plug their iPods into onions, and Fuzzy's Tacos shops are popping up like.... Something that pops up quickly and all over. Lik ... More >>

Today, At Least, Downtown Dallas's Super Bowl Hustle and Bustle Lacks Both Hustle, Bustle

Photo by Patrick MichelsCold pigeons outnumbered cold people in Downtown Dallas this afternoon.​Somebody get on the horn to Jerry Jones (or Tom Leppert or Phillip Jones) and tell him to send in those gazillions of folks who are supposed to be handing over their wallets to downtown merchants, bar o ... More >>

Cold "Oatmeal" is Hot With Trendy Breakfast Eaters

Oatmeal, once derided as dull, is now so trendy that at least one Dallas-based restaurant chain's slapped the name on a dish of uncooked rolled oats, yogurt and fruit. ​The sweet breakfast snack is officially muesli, but - after nearly a decade of name-tweaking --Corner Bakery now sells it as ... More >>

Zaguán Latin Café & Bakery's Known For Food, But The Coffee's Damn Good Too

Photos By Daniel Rodrigue​This morning, after hearing very good things about the coffee and espresso at Zaguán Latin Café & Bakery from several of the folks around the bullpen at Observer HQ who regularly visit the establishment, Roasted finally headed across the street for an early-morning ... More >>

Hi Soccer or Bye Sucker?

​The Dallas Cup will live on each Easter weekend as one of the world's most prestigious youth tournaments. FC Dallas will anonymously toil away in Major League Soccer. And Starbucks-slurping soccer moms in their minivans will still dominate our roads and bogart our athletic field parking ... More >>

At This Weekend's Republican Convention, A Showroom Full of Fabulous Merchandise

Photos by Patrick MichelsMay his legacy live forever on women's tote bags.​The good people with the Republican Party of Texas are just beginning to get their biennial convention locked and loaded into the Dallas Convention Center, where the next few days promise a wealth of political theater, and ... More >>

Inside Dallas News's Price-Hike Strategy

​The Dallas Morning News's circulation is way down -- by 30 percent since 2007 -- which is just what A.H. Belo higher-ups expected when they decided to start upping the price of the paper. In a "special report," Editor & Publisher details just how the News came up with the decision to charge $ ... More >>

Today In Music News: Pavement's Not Making New Songs, Brendan Mullen Dies and Carly Simon Hates Starbucks

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 14, 2009...Sorry kids: Pavement won't record any new material when they reform and tour next year.L.A. punk pioneer Brendan Mullen has died.Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for failing to properly promote her album This Kind of Love on its ... More >>

It's a Grind in Deep Ellum is more than just a coffee shop, it's a sanctuary for second chances.

Dallas Does Need More Outdoor Hangouts

Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked: Why is the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Construction cam still showing a photo from 9:36 a.m. ... yesterday? Says Frank Librio at Dallas City Hall, via e-mail, "The link is down due to to wx," by which I assume he means ... weather? But fret not, fresh photos ... More >>

Food For Thought 3.20.09

"Dunkin' Donuts has always appealed to the 'Everyday Joe.' We really appeal to a broader psychographic and not so much a demographic--everyone from a company CEO to a construction worker." (Casey Corrigan, spokeswoman for the doughnut chain, on the continued popularity of their coffee. While Starbuc ... More >>

At West Village This Weekend: Wii Got The Beat

Dear rare Dallas music fan who wouldn't mind being seen in Uptown this weekend, According to this blog post I just stumbled across, there's gonna be some sort of Wii Music demonstration thing with street performers and stuff tomorrow and Sunday at West Village. Might be cool. Dunno. But it sh ... More >>

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