The Dallas area has been hitting better than even in the openings and closings department. But when one closes...This month the new, well-reviewed "gastro-pub" on lower Greenville, Zymology, shut down. Suddenly and quietly. From all accounts, the venue proved too good for its neighborhood. The breakdown:EnteringVapiano--The German-based, Italian-kinda-themed chain in Mockingbird Station.La Calle Doce--Reopened after a devastating fire.Cobb Switch BBQ--Big names are behind this Carrollton venture
We were trying to think of any significant restaurant closings in Dallas over the last 30 days and nothing, besides that odd moment when Kavala in Oak Cliff shut down then reopened almost immediately. So, we had to call our buddy Teresa Gubbins and pry into her database-like brain.Thanks TG.Just glancing at the balance of comings and goings in Dallas, it's hard to believe there's a recession on. A few cases of swine flu are responsible for more closings--just schools, but still...A recap of the
Brian BarnaudJeff Liles called early this morning with the astonishing, sad news: Brian Barnaud, photographer and longtime Deep Ellum fixture, died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday at the age of 46. Teresa Gubbins has the details: "According to a family friend, Barnaud hadn't been feeling well and
collapsed after taking a shower; family members suspect he had heart
failure." Those unfamiliar with the name will be very familiar with the work, much of which is available in this exhaustive ga
Yeah, yeah--pretty damn juvenile of us...not to mention downright sexist.But, damn it, if Danica Patrick can embrace beauty as well as hard nose racing skill, then we're allowed the occasional foray into 'babe-licious' territory.Now, it wasn't an easy process. After much hemming and hawing, we had to pass up the quite cute Julia Lopez of Alo. We considered including Jill Bates (one of Fearing's crew) based on name--sounds a lot like Jail Bait--as well as looks. Ultimately, however, she was sl
Diana Merrill ClaussenField greens with chocolate NapoleonFor the first event in their brief history, dallaschocolate.org hosted chocolatiers Alan McClure and Steve DeVries for a tasting and a dinner focused on American "bean to bar" chocolate production.Teresa Gubbins, who recapped the event for Pegasus, says the visiting chocolate producers repeatedly urged folks there to think of chocolate like wine, and local pastry chef Rhonda Ruckman was on hand to spin the cacao-heavy chocolate into de
Photos by Patrick MichelsThere's a salad around there somewhere, trust us.Chefs from 10 of the top kitchens in Dallas vied for top honors in the Sunday night's Caesar salad competition, vying for diners' votes with salads dressed up with merguez sausage, scallop ceviche or brisket tacos, or restyled as carrot-wrapped salad sticks, romaine gazpacho topped with Caesar sorbet, or stuffed inside Bugles-shaped parmesan crisps.The showroom full of fabulous merchandise up for auction included... a n
