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New Chip's to Join Matt's and The Mecca on La Vista Drive

The cluster of restaurants around the intersection of La Vista Drive and Skillman Street is about to get a new addition. A second Chip's Old Fashioned Hamburgers is slated to open there by the end of this summer. If you've ever exited the Dallas North Tollway at Lovers Lane you've definitely seen t ... More >>

Meet Dallas' Marlhy Murphy, the Youngest Performer in SXSW History

SXSW is bringing in their youngest performer ever; her name is Marlhy Murphy and she happens to be from the great city of Dallas. See her in action on Sonicbids. Murphy and bandmate Lydia Night came together to form their band Pretty Little Demons and will be playing this year at SXSW. "We both went ... More >>

The Cheesecake Factory Is Officially Trying to Kill You

By now you've surely seen the Tumblr feed This Is Why You're Fat. The blog showcases gastronomic food porn with a propensity for dishes that tend to be high in fat and calories. Deep-fried macaroni and cheese sandwich anyone? See also: -Embracing Gluttony: The Hot Mess at Pecan Lodge -Embracing Gl ... More >>

The Ultimate Mall Food Showdown: Cinnabon Versus Auntie Anne's

I made it exactly 364 days with my 2012 New Year's resolution to not step foot in a mall. I lost on the last day. No, that's not annoying. At all. But, sometimes being a marginal parent trumps our own selfish whims, dreams and desires. So, when my daughter wanted to "go to the mall" for her birthd ... More >>

Eat this Dallas Dish, Not That: Local Alternatives to the Men's Health 20 Worst Foods in America

This is a bad bad list, people. Nasty. Men's Health has published a list of the top 20 Worst Foods in America. Usually it's fun to look at gut bombs, but after cruising through this list you'll want to brush your teeth and wash your face. The list is part of Men's Health on-going "Eat This, Not Th ... More >>

Bistro B Gets an "A" for Awesome

Camera count: 1 million Someone yelling "egg roll" in the kitchen count: 53 Bistro B (Authentic Asian Cuisine) is all kinds of awesome. It's delicious awesome. It's cheap awesome. It's what-the-fuck awesome. It's scary awesome. It's "Aww, dammit, this Thai iced tea has those chewy brown gelatin bub ... More >>

I Ate at Cheesecake Factory Because I'm Fat and Lazy. What's Your Excuse?

​The other night my wife, who's pregnant, worked late. I knew the chivalrous thing to do was to take care of dinner -- to have an idea, to hammer the idea through, to execute it without wavering. If I'm married 100 years I'll never fully realize how much value there is in just making the damn ... More >>

What Good is Rohst Without Fire?

If Greenville Avenue's latest wants to conjure Korea, it needs to turn up the heat.

Before Anthony Bourdain Visits Dallas, He Chats with City of Ate About Bad Food Critics and Evil Truffle Oil

​Anthony Bourdain comes to Dallas this Thursday, visiting the Majestic Theater to share what will no doubt be candid and curse-filled insights into his life's work, travels and food. Since City of Ate is sponsoring the event, I spoke to Bourdain recently, asking about his new show, the food sc ... More >>

Palomino's All-Day Happy Hour: A Good Idea Gets A-Salted

​Each week, Happy Eating highlights a different restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, we clean ourselves up for a jaunt to the Crescent Court. Where: Palomino Restaurant and Bar, 500 Crescent Court, Ste. 165 When: All day, everyday in the bar. Hours are 11a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursda ... More >>

Platia Greek Kouzina: Fine Greek Food and Infectious Spirit Might Carry You Away

This Creek Tastes Good

Seasons 52 Coming to Plano

​Ryan Fletcher will serve as executive chef for Texas' first Seasons 52, the upscale grill from Darden Restaurants that promotes itself as a "change" rather than chain restaurant. Fletcher, who spent three years managing kitchens for the Grand Lux Café, previously cheffed for The Cheesecake ... More >>

Ten Food Names that Are Designed to Kill You

The KFC Double Down, which is what you bet to eat it.​Last week, like the Doomsday Clock in Dr. Strangelove, the KFC Web site started a countdown to the release of their new and terrifying sandwich.The big reveal came on Monday. The sandwich is two fried chicken breasts sandwiching bacon, cheese ... More >>

Le Me Thinks It Can Do It All But Can't

​With Texas continuing its onslaught of dysfunctional weather (today excluded), I interpreted last weekend's abrupt cold weather as a sign for me to finally go and review Pho Bang, the popular pho restaurant in Garland. Along for the food ride was my friend Kelly, a Vietnamese cuisine neophyte. On ... More >>

Dallas MasterChef Hopefuls Queue Up for A Shot at Reality Stardom

Photos by Patrick MichelsThis cheesecake dreamed of L.A. every minute it spent baking in Lewisville.​The first one showed up around 6 a.m. Sunday, and by noon the line stretched down Travis Street and into the Sur La Table parking lot: hundreds of homemakers, grillmasters and amateur chefs waiting ... More >>

Hash Over: Dessert For A Day, Beer Dinners And A Taste Of West Village

The Cheesecake Factory's newest dessert option. ​You know what Thursday is, right? Father-In-Law Day! That's right, every July 30, sons- and daughters-in-law are obligated to celebrate that most awkward of relatives.Other than that one embarrassing uncle. Fortunately for those stuck on gift ideas, ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds: Who Got the Hooch?

Whether driven by an asinine Constitutional amendment, grand notions of urban planning or draconian dietary shackles, folks who find they have to suck it up, tug at their bootstraps and get down to business -- they're the ones who make the real innovations. This week, one way or another, from hooch ... More >>

Dallas' Victory Park Struggles to Deliver a Win

Blame it on a bad economy, a bad idea or both. Ross Perot Jr.'s glitzy downtown district is in big trouble

Bland on Bland

Cheap Bastard

What's in a Name

Review: Antoine's of Dallas Serves Up Po-Boys On The Cheap

Ginned Up

BlackFinn takes the "Irish" out of Irish pub

Brio Blande

Corporate Tuscan fails to impress at Brio

Latino Pupae

Latin food without the lard? It's better than you think.

Disney Chicken

Grand Lux Cafe is tasteful like Vegas

Best Dessert

Lemon cannoli at Old Hickory Steakhouse

Let It Shine

New eateries coming to the Galleria

Sleeps with the Fishes

Soprano's gets squeezed out

Best view

Chaparral Club in the Adams Mark Hotel

Dressed to the nines

But Mondo's isn't quite a 10

Fallen star

How greed, incompetence, and allegations of fraud sank Dallas' FoodStar Restaurant Group

Say cheesy

The Cheesecake Factory aims to please everybody. Blah.

Hash Over

Let 'em eat loin

1998 was a year of lusty carnivores, raw fish, and orgiastic indulgence