Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Quaker Steak and Lube Wants to Hurt Me With Their Hot Sauce

The first time I got some hot sauce from Quaker Steak and Lube, I promptly gave it away. I wasn't very interested in a chain that specialized in cheese steaks and hot wings. Besides, we'd already done a post announcing the arrival of the service-themed, fast food restaurant. That was enough, right? ... More >>

Preparing For Zest Fest: Learning The Scoville Scale

With Zest Fest on the horizon, my eyes are a little more attuned to chili-related news. A post on the Smithsonian Food and Think blog seems a perfect primer to the upcoming festivities. See Also: -Zest Fest Returns to Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas -I Ate the World's Hottest Pepper This We ... More >>

Rodeo Goat is Open in Fort Worth (Photos)

Not upscale, not pretentious, no cute food. Rodeo Goat's tagline fits it quite well, even if it does nothing to describe what the restaurant actually is. The Fort Worth burger joint opened at the end of November at the hand of Sam Wynne, the man behind the Meddlesome Moth and the Flying Saucer chain ... More >>

Our Favorite Dallas Dishes of 2012

So much food, so little time

The Soup that Inspired the Seinfeld "Soup Nazi" Episode is Coming to a Tom Thumb Near You

The SoupMan, made famous by the "No soup for you!" line on Seinfeld, is now being delivered fresh from Al Yeganeh's soup kitchen near Hell's Kitchen in New York City to local Tom Thumb grocery stores. OK, maybe that's not the exact logistics, but it's close. After years of work, they've boxed it up ... More >>

Smoke Chef Tim Byres on The Lost Art of Butchery, Plus the Best Butcher from Meatopia

See Also: How Jimmy's Conquered Dallas See Also: Rudolph's Meat Market: Old-School Butchery Since Before the Art Was Cool Recently Chef Tim Byres of SMOKE and Chicken Scratch was one of three judges in the 2012 Best Butcher competition at Meatopia in New York City. The contest, hosted by Whole F ... More >>

Hypnotic Donuts Hosting "World's Spiciest Donut" Eating Contest

Local donut pioneer, Hypnotic Donuts, is hosting an inaugural "Beat the Heat - World's Spiciest Donut" eating contest, Saturday, August 25 at 1:00 p.m. at their store at 9007 Garland Road. Mocking the oppressive summer heat, this "progressive" contest starts with a regular donut then, as each is eat ... More >>

I Ate the Hellfire at Hypnotic Donuts and Lived to Tell About It

"That's the one." I tapped the glass with my finger, pointing to a lone, menacing-looking doughnut behind all the rest. This one was topped with a mound of emerald green and vivid orange pepper slices, in sharp contrast to the others so innocently adorned with pink frosted animal cookies, M&Ms and ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 93: Chicken and Waffles at Jonathon's Oak Cliff

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It could just be the picture. I've admitted my obsession with it before. There's somet ... More >>

A Look at a New Food Truck: Cajun Tailgaters

There has been an steady stream of new food trucks in the DFW area recently. And it seems the scene is, for the most part, taking shape. Last weekend both Dallas and Fort Worth hosted food truck parks or parties and customers kept the meals on wheels busy. A few of the newbies include Potato Potah ... More >>

The Marquee Grill's Shrimp and Grits Stand with Dallas' Best

​Shrimp and grits, the low-country fisherman's breakfast staple, has been a mainstay on elevated southern menus for more than three decades. If you're interested, Robb Walsh wrote up a history on the dish over on the Houston Press, but regardless of the lineage of the dish, its permanence as a ... More >>

10 Cocktail Suggestions While Listening To Dallas Bands

​Earlier this week we came across the website, Drinkify, which claims to "generate the perfect cocktail recipe to accompany any music." Naturally, as fans of both music and all types of alcohol, the site proved to be the perfect happy hour time kill. Our findings? The site is not only pretty com ... More >>

What the Hell is Buckle? And Other Thoughts From City Of Ate Presents Supper Club Last Night

Photo by Leslie MinoraIf every night ended with buckle, the world would be a better place.​So, we're new around here. And in an effort to assimilate us into both Observer culture and make us less alien to the Dallas food scene, we were sent to the City of Ate-sponsored Supper Club at the Kessler T ... More >>

First Look: Elevation Burger Not Scaling New Heights

​Burgers and fries will never be good for you. But the conceit behind Elevation Burger, a small chain that recently opened its first of three planned DFW locations in the Hillcrest Shopping Center, is that fast food could be good for the earth.Elevation Burger claims to be the only franchised burg ... More >>

Cibus Brings Brunch To The Mall

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourThe Cibus Benedict features creamy Parmesan sauce and, supposedly, crab.​Sunday morning, as downtown restaurants were brimming with Super Bowl brunchers, the Man O' The Hour and I headed north into the sweet, consumerist bosom of North Park Center. There, ... More >>

Tabasco Sauce Could be Feeling Super

Something Tabasco fans can use to wash down all that pizza.​The reliably stupendous sales of pizza on Super Bowl Sunday have inspired makers of pie accoutrements to intercept some of the action. Tabasco sauce has made an annual habit of piggybacking on the pizza industry's holiday, running ra ... More >>

Pantry Raid: Six Snow-Day Meals

Save the carrot. It may keep you alive.​Holy crap, it's snowing! Who could've seen that coming? (Shut up, Everyone's Parents.) We're excited for the snow day, but once the roads froze over we were a little concerned that a grocery run wasn't an option in the near future. So, it's time to bust ... More >>

Six Tips for Losing a New Year's Hangover

Nick RalloHypnotic Donuts has some damn fine spicy hangover cures.​After you figure out whose bed you're in, whose underwear you're wearing and how to get home, here are a few tips for hangover recovery on New Year's Day: 1. Eat donuts Donuts are the perfect booze-sopping-up grease bomb. Add ... More >>

Pop Quiz: Can You Tell One City from Another By Menus?

​I recently had occasion to look up a menu from a town where I used to live, and was startled by how ostentatiously it flaunted the region's culinary biases. The menu was so obviously issued by a restaurant in this particular town that I'm pretty sure I could pick it out of a line-up of 100 me ... More >>

When It Comes to Saving Food Dollars,
One is a Lonely Number

Hey, Betty Crocker: Got anything cheaper than $15.87 for a meal for one?​Since the holiday season seems like a good time for scrimping -- I'm still reeling at the price of postage for my holiday cards -- I've twice eaten dinner at home this month. Neither experience has been as cost-effective ... More >>

Dean Fearing Listens to Andrea Grimes.
Oh Man, We'll Never Hear the End of That.

​In an open letter to chef Dean Fearing, City of Ate contributor Andrea Grimes this week asked "Dean Fearing, why don't you make your won Bloody Mary mix?" Fearing now has a tortilla soup, tomato juice and V-8 answer at his namesake restaurant at the Ritz Carlton. "It's kind of one of those ... More >>

5 Hot Sauces Your Mom Doesn't Want To Try

​For my birthday this year, I received a wonderful gift: Professor Phardtpounders Colon Cleaner. That's the kind of hot sauce packaging that makes you laugh, but also makes you a little nervous -- and if you're me, a lot excited. Colon Cleaner is a mustard-based hot sauce (great on a burger o ... More >>

When Good Donuts Go Nuts at Hypnotic

Nick RalloLeft: Jalapeno Donut with Tabasco and Frosting; Right: Donut Topped with Queso ​At Hypnotic Donuts early Sunday morning, creator James St. Peter had a big tease: next week he will debut the "no-more than 2,500 calorie" biscuit sandwich. What makes up the 2,500 calories? Fried chicken, h ... More >>

Cheap Bastard Finds Grace at El Jordan -- the Cafe, Not the River.

Educating Hanna: A Quick Trip to Find Out What All the Barbecue Fuss is About

Kolaches​To further my Texan food education, I ventured out this weekend past where my bike could carry me, making a red-meat pilgrimage to the state's 'cue capitals -- and meandering just enough to make the acquaintance of a few other worthy foods. I'm still reeling from the chicken-fried por ... More >>

Amid Carrollton's changing restaurant scene, the Inca's Café Really Gets Its Goat

Sara Kerens​Once known as a haven for large-chain dining, Carrollton is slowly changing, as more and more immigrants move there from Asia, and Central and South America. Drive down East Belt Line Road or Josey Lane and you will see taquerias aplenty, plus homey establishments that draw culinary i ... More >>

Neighborhood Services Tavern brings good taste to social networking

Screen Door: If Mama Cooked This Good, We'd A-Stayed Home

No Need Skimping on the Shrimp--Not in Mexico or Your Fridge

​Forty tons of shrimp. That's how many of the curvy crustaceans are processed and shipped from Mazatlan every year deservedly earning this jewel city of the Mexican Riviera its designation as "Shrimp Capital of the World". (In fact, I've read estimates as high as 40,000 tons. In any case, that's ... More >>

Out Of Order: The Chipotle "Ensalada de Meat Four Ways"

Each week Out Of Order challenges restaurants to defend their dishes against someone trying desperately to mess things up. We hope to find a few who say the customer isn't always right.Patrick MichelsCount 'em, four meats.Ensalada de Meat Four WaysBowl of lettuce with chicken, barbacoa, carnitas and ... More >>

Girl Drink Drunk: The Double-Wide, Anniversary Edition!

​It's hard to believe that just over a year ago, I sat at a patio table at the Double-Wide with Jen as we got trashed on Hurritangs and I lost my camera. Oh, memories. Sweet, sweet memories. Well, since then, my girl drinkers and I (and a few boys thrown in for good measure) have put ourselves thr ... More >>

Appetite For Instruction: Gazpacho With Jumbo Lump Crab

Recipe Demonstrated by Executive Chef James Johnson of Pappas Bros. SteakhousePappas Bros. Steakhouse is known for meat. Dry aged in house for 40 days and seared to sizzling perfection, you'll find their Rib Eyes, New York Strips and Filets Mignon on just about any Dallas-area carnivore's Top 10 lis ... More >>

Salum: Paring Down Portions But Not Flavor at a Dining Gem

Firehouse Subs Turns Up the Heat

Pairing Off: Buffalo Wings

Patrick MichelsWe all know the story by now, how a Buffalo pub owner took discarded chicken parts, fried them up and rolled them in a sauce composed largely of butter and Tabasco. Within a few years, wings were everywhere--the invention joining those other gifts that city has bestowed upon the world ... More >>

Review: James Rowland's Bistro Nous

Bistro Nous is inventive, but it's deviled by poor attention to details

Slick Porch

New Tristan Simon venture has good food, little personality

Hamming It Up

Walk the mall to help the hungry

Ancestral Glaze

The aging diva L'Ancestral needs an infusion

Be Saucy

Sur La Table thinks outside the bottle

Big Shucking Deal

Do different oysters really taste different?

A Manner of Drinking

What are bartenders’ biggest pet peeves?

Big Fish

The Oceanaire Seafood Room is a "power steak house with a seafood center"

Best Bloody Mary

Tramontana

Lovely 'Rita

The neat, clean Margarita Ranch needs to let loose a little

Of Feedlots and Fisheries

Richard Chamberlain puts smiles on the mouths of both fish and meat fans

Scene, Heard

The Adventures of Jet sets the record straight

Best seafood restaurant

S & D Oyster Company

Sofa kingdom

The Contemporary British Painters exhibit soothes the critic's savage breast

Super fry

Babe's chicken is as good as you'll get 'round these parts