TGI Friday's Inc.

A Chance Encounter at the Airport Bar

A friend picked me up to take me to the airport. She cracked the window, lit a cigarette and turned down the music. I was chatty, the pre-vacation adrenaline already swirling through my veins. It was just a long weekend, not quite the escape of a European sabbatical. But dreams of someone else's fav ... More >>

Ellen's Southern Kitchen Cooks With Soul

The West End just got itself a great CFS.

The Secret Chain Restaurant and Fast-Food Shame of an Englishman

You see all those chain restaurants, Dallas? All those bright shiny lights, beckoning you in to eat products of a questionable providence at a price so reasonable there's no need to go home and time-consumingly construct a meal for your baying, hungry, ungrateful family? You grew up around them (the ... More >>

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: The End Can't Come Soon Enough

Po' Melvin's Po' Boy: A Sando for Mardis Gras

Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Po' Melvin's Sandwich: Fried Oyster Po' Boy ($9.99) Bread: Giant, soft baguette Toppings: Cornmeal battered and fried oysters, lettuce, ... More >>

How to Make a Football Feast Out of That Box of Veggies On Your Porch (Or in Your Fridge)

I'm calling out Drewes Daniels right here, right now. Her post earlier today lamenting the untimely delivery of her farm-to-table produce box because the Super Bowl is this weekend just doesn't hold up. Besides, those greens might look like compost fodder if she waits till Tuesday, and you know she' ... More >>

Blogger in Taiwan Jailed for Calling Food "Too Salty"

Members of the Taiwan Restaurant Critics Association after they paid an ill-advised visit to T.G.I. Friday's in Taipei.​Remind us not to write about the food in Taiwan. On Tuesday, a blogger in Taiwan was sentenced to a month of detention and two years probation for writing that a restaurant's ... More >>

Lettuce Wrap Up: Crappy Burgers, NOSH, and Dad

Sara Kerens​Now that Dallas has cooled off from the In-N-Out craze (and Irving has cooled off from T.G.I. Fridays - forever), we're ready to start thinking about other foods, such as the rare Texas peach, brunch at NOSH, and burgers that are quite, er, innovative. Read on. City of Ate Jose Ralat ... More >>

Irving T.G.I. Friday's Bites the Dust

​Even restaurants with God in their names aren't immune to the economy. (Or maybe God got shorted on his order of potato skins.) The T.G.I. Friday's chains Irving location at 1001 MacArthur Park has closed. Every piece of T.G.I. Friday's flair and signage has been removed and all that remain ... More >>

Mayuri Makes a Move

​Earlier this month, Mayuri, "one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the DFW area," according to its owner Lalith Thota, moved from its location at Highway 114 and O'Connor Boulevard, where it had been serving diners for 14 years. Mayuri now serves its "typical ethnic Indian food," including ... More >>

Tonight: Party with Former Reality TV Stars and Pro Mixologists

​For those of you waiting for the final rose ceremony with the giddy anticipation of a preteen who just got her first copy of Tiger Beat, your dreams are about to come true. Tonight, Brad Womack will choose his dream woman -- or at least a woman who will join him for the morning talk shows ro ... More >>

TGI Friday's: No More In NorthPark; Yes More in the Middle East

​T.G.I. Friday's, a place known for its red-and-white stripes and flair for shrugging off the work-week, may be feeling the crunch just like everyone else -- or it may just be changing its game. Within the last week, the location at NorthPark Center shuttered its doors amidst numerous T.G.I. ... More >>

A (Foot) Baller Pub Brunch at Uptown's Londoner

Photos by Andrea GrimesThe "Full Monty" -- baked beans and all.​Would we go south of the border, or would we sail 'cross the pond? You probably read the headline to this blog entry, so I won't pretend toward some surprise ending. The Man O' The Hour and I labored for several long minutes over the ... More >>

Retro Top Ten: Food Product Jingle Edition!

This week we're featuring some of those outstanding jingles that ingrained themselves into our gray matter. You know, the ones that were on worn VHS tapes of holiday specials. The ones that made you crave chips or gum. Those that you loved (or hated) just because of that catchy melody. The ones that ... More >>

Days Gone Bite: Potato Skins

​Some say that T.G.I. Friday's invented the potato skin.This was back in 1974, with the country reeling from Watergate, the withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam, inflation and--worst of all--the introduction of all those sluggish mid-70s cars. Chrysler was, in fact, buying up the world's produ ... More >>

Boom to Bust: Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Now Designing for Breastaurants

Patrick MichelsFormer Cowboys cheerleader Terra Watson has moved her booming business down to Expo Park​Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Terra Watson spent the last 12 years designing and manufacturing pro-team dance and cheerleader uniforms -- including her former teammates' Christmas presents t ... More >>

Good Friday: The Lash Outs, True Widow, Les Americains, Kansas City Faggots, Collin Herring

Wait--it's just now the weekend? Coulda fooled us, as it's been hard not to feel like we're the only ones in the world working today...Oh, well. Anyway, here's your weekend. In music, of course.First, the shows we've already dropped knowledge on...Saturday night's a big 'un in Ellum, what with it ho ... More >>

Bennigan's Reducing Its Pieces of Flair

Rusty's Tiki Dare

Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory

A Vow So Weak

Over the Rump

Why doesn't anyone go to the West End?

Meal Tickets

Are airline meals worth the cost?

Porn Pawns

The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale

Woof-la-la

Spoiled bitches have their day

Bomb Shelter

You can have an Atomic time at this West End sushi joint

Dead Star

Star Canyon goes out with a whimper, not a bang

Bold Fish

Chef Chris Svalesen perseveres with 36 Degrees

New Tricks

Magic Johnson has gone from basketball star to business success

Jurassic 5; Blackalicious

August 10; August 13

Café Cadaverous

Crushing expenses shut down Mockingbird Station eatery

Diverging Brands

Carlson's decision to dump its upscale restaurant division scarcely bothers its founder

Give Him an Inch

John Cameron Mitchell takes a mile with his all-purpose, silly-fun musical Hedwig

Wrapped Up In Chains

Fast-food restaurants are quietly taking over the world

Sleeps with the Fishes

Soprano's gets squeezed out

Playing Chicken

Come boom or bust Dallasites gotta eat--out, that is

Meat market

Venus Steakhouse & Supper Club stocks it all

Hash Over

Venus fling trap; Mixed hash; List watch

Hash Over

Bizu kisses off

A bowl with a view

Fishbowl is for peering. Eating isn't bad either.

Theme puke

At Jekyll & Hyde Club, the actors act, the puppets howl, and the food...well, never mind

Broke-down Palace

A controversial Lower Greenville neighborhood bar fades quietly into the night

Hash Over

One, two, three, kick

The Samba Room looks -- and tastes -- marvelous

Hash Over

Hash Over

Hash Over

Night & Day

July 30 - August 5, 1998

Delighting in the details

Picardys is much more than shrimp--or even seafood

A better brew

Routh Street Brewery ranks as Dallas' best brewpub to date

Pawns and dreamers

Being a baseball scab won't be easy