Tea

Eden's Shameful Pass at "High Tea" Tempts an Englishman to Sin

Sometimes a brisket-loving expatriate Brit just needs a taste of home, so we've sent our Englishman in BBQ Sauce on a trek to sample Dallas' version of cream tea. We hope Anglo-American relations will withstand the stress. Deep down, I knew that Maudee's, with its understanding of appropriate tea a ... More >>

Dallas Does Cream Tea? Bad Mistake, Dallas.

Cream Tea. It's very important to British people. That's why I capitalized each of the two delightful words that make it up. It's also extremely straightforward. Upon possession of English Breakfast Tea (which we just call "tea") and acquisition of a scone (I'm not sure what level I need to be descr ... More >>

Just Bring ’Em All Out At Once, Please

Hey UTA! Here's Your Guide to Cheap Grub in Arlington

Classes at UT Arlington started late last week and everyone is excited about the new fancy-pants $160 million College Park District, which includes a 7,000-seat center for sports, concerts and general hoopla (like commencement ceremonies). The 20-acre area on the east side of campus also has new dor ... More >>

Kombucha is Alive and On Tap in Dallas

The Wall Street Journal shines light on kombucha, a fermented beverage made from freshly brewed tea, bacteria and yeast. The preparation, popularized by health nuts, is slowly becoming a trendy alternative beverage and ingredient at bars and restaurants everywhere. Joel Levin, the service manager a ... More >>

Playboy Plans Out Your Evening In Dallas (But Gets It All Wrong)

​Everyone loves a good excuse to visit Playboy's website while at work. This one is even legitimate. The magazine recently published a Never Sleep: Dallas guide prescribing the perfect Saturday night. In the name of work, I thought I'd take the guide apart one recommendation at a time to see h ... More >>

Rating Two New Stone Brewing Co. Collaborations

All (phone) photos by Jesse HugheyCherry Chocolate Stout​With its gargoyle logos and its cocky slogans and beer names, not to mention its intensely bitter IPAs, Stone Brewing Co. -- which celebrated its 15th anniversary Tuesday -- may try to maintain a bad-ass image. But a couple of new collaborat ... More >>

We've Spent Way Too Much Time Watching Honest Tea's Hidden Downtown Camera

​OK, Honest Tea. You win. You too, Kat Kirsch, sender of press releases. Because for the past way too long to admit, we've been riveted to the tea company's livestream from Akard and Main, where that unmanned kiosk's been set up to see if people will leave a dollar, as requested, or just walk away ... More >>

Tea and Spice, Actually Nice

​I'm skeptical of the value of pepper spray and sending people to the hospital, two things that appear on the resume of capsaicin, the active component in chili peppers. So when I found Prometheus Springs Capsaicin Spiced Elixir, a bottled tea whose quirkiness and individuality hinges on the s ... More >>

Alma: Great Mexican Food, but Give Us Tea for Texas.

Tea Time

Ah, Frisco, the City of Love -- and Crepes

​Who knew you'd be driving to romantic Frisco to experience some crepes this Valentine's Day? But that's where you need to go if you want to try the tasty sweet and savory crepes at Café Flair and pretend you're eating in Paris, the City of Love. While Café Flair, located in a Frisco strip ... More >>

Chill Bubble Tea Joins with Crow Collection to Instruct North Texas About Trendy Drink

​Fans of bubble tea consider their favorite beverage an everyday drink, but a local purveyor's seizing the opportunity provided by the Chinese New Year to expose more potential customers to the trendy tea. Chill Bubble Tea, a Chicago-based company with four locations nationwide, is partnering ... More >>

More Than a Drink With Jam and Bread

​Tea at Christmastime tends to be a Victorian affair, complete with jam cakes and velveteen trimmings. But Farmers Branch Historical Park is this month reminding visitors that Brits don't have the monopoly on hot tea service. A traveling exhibit on global tea traditions, curated by Tea in Tex ... More >>

School Lunches: How Can Something That Taste Like One be so Hard to Make?

Low-sodium sauces​Editor's note: Apparently, feeding kids is a lot more complicated than tossing them a box of Pop-Tarts and a 3-liter jug of root beer. Who knew? For the breeders among you readers, here's a wrap-up of newsy, nutritional items Hanna shipped in from the School Nutrition Associa ... More >>

Basket Case: Kazy's has giant balls. Of tapioca.

Alice LaussadeHey There, Sugar Balls​Kazy's Gourmet 9256 Markville Drive 972-235-4831 Try: Meiji fruit drop candy Don't try: Konpeito sugar balls I was out of rice wine vinegar, so instead of going to Tom Thumb to pay a zillion dollars for it and wait in the self-checkout line for eight hours w ... More >>

Bubbles You Don't Blow or Burst, but Chew (And Where to Find Them)

​A major gripe amongst my Asian friends and me is the lack of bubble tea shops in Dallas. When the trend hit fever pitch a few years ago in other major cities, I figured it was only a matter of time before Dallas jumped in on the craze. Unfortunately for us, the drink never caught on like other s ... More >>

Drink Up, Pinky Out

Tea Thyme & Tisane offers a taste of ’70s small-town Texas--and a big helping of 2009 Internet promotion

Review and Gallery: Tea Thyme & Tisane

Sara KerensChili Rellenos with shrimp, rice and black beans​ Dave visits Carrollton's Tea Thyme & Tisane this week for the Obsever's Dish review, which combines a shop celebrating tea culture and an all-out restaurant with a down-home menu.For a close-up look at the dishes, the teas and the re ... More >>

Quit The Day Job, Open A Tea Cafe In Carrollton--Sounds Like A Plan

Karen Kitchen, Benjamin Andrade and owner Charles Dean Bowen of Tea Thyme & Tisane.​Say you wanna open a restaurant. You envision yourself cooking and smiling and rainbows are shining and somewhere in the distance a chorus of angels is singing. Or a chorus of Harleys--depends on what makes ... More >>

Hunky' s No-Hassles Wait Staff Makes the Burgers That Much Better.

Veggie Girl: Cliff Cafe

Through all my phases, from finicky meat-eater to cheese-hating vegetarian to vegan, I've never had a server actually encourage me to complicate my order. But at the Cliff Café last Friday our server, Ryan H., did--even after my "girly lunch" group had finagled a table on the sunny, secluded back ... More >>

Have a Cuppa

Pass the scone; hold the dick

Tea, Totally

Review: Dallas' Steel Restaurant & Lounge

Tea for Texas

Burton's art is Good and Sweet

Tea, Totally

Tea for Texas

Sip icy goodness for charity

British Tea Power

One Door Closes, Another Door Opens

Plugging Myself. Right in the Head.

Wherein We Learn the Fate of the Gypsy Tea Room

Needling the Camel

Yeah, But How Was the Music?

The Scene Not Heard

Japan, Animated

Experience living tradition and celebration

Tim-berrrrr!

Trees to close its doors to the public on January 2, 2006

Odds & Ends

Deep Picks

The North Texas New Music Festival overwhelms Dallas this weekend; make sense of it with our suggestions.

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Court Action

Gypsy Tea Room faces civil suit in Deep Ellum beating

Rock in a Hard Place

With the arrest of skinhead Jesse Chaddock, rumors abound about thestate and safety of Deep Ellum

Fight Songs

A father took his two teenage daughters to the Old 97's show. He endedup in the hospital with serious injuries. What really happened?

Movie Magic

Outdoor pictures offer a trip back in time

Best Live Music Venue

Gypsy Tea Room

Hip-Hop Hooray

Final Friday's growing fan base sends showcase to a larger venue

A List of Lists

Counting down 2002

Best Live Music Venue

Gypsy Tea Room

This year's model