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April 19, 2012
The City of Ate Interview: Union Bear's John Kleifgen
Dallas native John Kleifgen took his first job at a restaurant as a teenager because a gig carrying mulch at Calloway's didn't provide much entertainment. So, when a friend told him about a kitchen job for the Lakewood Country Club, he weighed his options and wisely chose a country club scene instea ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
My Private Chef's Holly Muller Usually Just Hosts the Pop-Ups; This Time Her Food Stars
During the day, Holly Muller is a food nutritionist who runs My Private Chef, a service that cooks, packages and freezes well-balanced meals for customers who don't have time to cook or are looking for a simple way to lose weight with food that doesn't suck. At night time, however, My Private Chef ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
I Ate the World's Hottest Pepper This Weekend
So I ate the world's hottest chili this weekend. The Trinidad Scorpion pepper was measured at 1.4 million Scoville Heat Units last year, usurping the Bhut Jolokia as the king of capsaicin. It's slowly taking over many of the hot sauce offerings at chili conventions as the most popular pepper. ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Tracy Miller's Local Never Meant to Be #Local
The locavores in Dallas have always had it tough. While Tom Spicer may be pushing the envelope of urban gardening, and farms outside of Dallas deliver great product, their offering can't be described as a bounty. Local game is plentiful, but produce availability can be a challenge.
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November 3, 2011
Bolsa Mercado To Open In About a Month; Dallas' Finest Reuben Could Result
I've been looking for Dallas' best Reuben for some time now, my hunt guided by some specific criteria. The brisket has to be brined in-house and slowly simmered to a tender temperature. The meat should hold together when sliced without shredding or falling apart. The dressing should have char ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Katherine Clapner of Dude, Sweet on the End of "Exceptionally Shitty Italian" in Dallas
Katherine Clapner makes magic happen with her confections at Dude, Sweet Chocolate. Yesterday in our first interview, she told us about her pastry background and today we discuss the Dallas food scene. What are some of your favorite restaurants in Dallas? Lucia (they're neighbors), because ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Hide Your Children: Black Garlic Spotted In Deep Ellum
While the rest of Deep Ellum bounced from music venue to serious slices on Friday night, I sat in a small makeshift restaurant in an unmarked building on Elm Street. The simple gray structure typically hosts My Private Chef, a Dallas-based food service that provides pre-cooked meals customers can ea ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Going Underground for a Good Meal
I had the luck to attend one of chef David Anthony Temple's Underground Dinners. Temple began his career in Louisiana and traveled around the world before settling here in Dallas, where he started working with Tom Spicer. His passion is using the best local and regional ingredients to make di ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Tom Spicer Says Landlord Wants to Pave Over Garden Paradise for Parking Lot (Or ... Not?)
Tom SpicerA short while ago, Tom Spicer -- proprietor of produce-providing Spiceman's FM 1410 on Bryan and Fitzhugh, two doors down from Jimmy's Food Store -- sent word via his e-mailing list that he's in danger of losing his garden. Said Spicer when I called him this afternoon, earlier today a m ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Tom Spicer's Garden Faces Paving Threat
Dallas has one successful, visible, commercial urban farm. It also has thousands of parking lots. But apparently that ratio's not sufficiently skewed for some tastes. Tom Spicer of Spiceman's FM 1410 today told his e-mail list that his landlord's considering paving over his backyard garden, ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Homesick Restaurants: How Dallas Became a Dining Nowhereville.
Dallas has one successful, visible, commercial urban farm. It also has thousands of parking lots. But apparently that ratio's not sufficiently skewed for some tastes. Tom Spicer of Spiceman's FM 1410 today told his e-mail list that his landlord's considering paving over his backyard garden, ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Tom Spicer Starts Another Local Produce Fight
Who could possibly find fault with an urban farm designed to teach entrepreneurial skills to college students and provide fresh, healthy food to low-income eaters? On a slow day, Tom Spicer, who says he was compelled by a mixture of boredom and outrage to call out the management of Paul Quinn Colleg ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
If You've Got "Bravado and Wherewithal" to Run Farmers Market, Let Mary Suhm Know ASAP
Patrick MichelsYou have some four hours left to submit your proposal to run the Dallas Farmers Market. Might as well -- there's not a lot of competition. I spoke with Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm last night, and despite the fact the deadline's been extended several times, there may be but a sing ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Artizone: Eating Local While Staying Home
Buying local is supposed to foster community, which may be why I repressed the Artizone concept soon after Tom Spicer told me about it. "People don't want to leave their houses," he told me, outlining the brand new service that arranges home delivery of artisan foods. But they do want quali ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
The City Can't Find Anyone To Take Over Farmers Market. Tom Spicer Knows Why.
Tom SpicerYesterday I joked: Since the city can't find anyone to take over Dallas Farmers Market, maybe Tom Spicer and I would just go ahead and take the keys. But Spicer -- the man behind Spiceman's FM 1410 on Fitzhugh, beloved seller of produce to chefs professional and amateur alike, and a cou ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
What's in a Deadline? City's Still Looking For Someone to Take Over Dallas Farmers Market.
Patrick MichelsDoes no one want to take over operations at the downtown farmers market? Sure seems like it: On a whim this afternoon I went over to the city's official bid site to see how plans for privatizing the market were going, only to find that the request for proposals was being updated at ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
York Street's Closing Leaves a Hole
In the Locavore Scene; Tom Spicer Might Fill It
The closure of York Street this weekend, reported first today by Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus News, leaves a void that produce salesman Tom Spicer suggested he might be inclined to fill. "One of the reasons I haven't opened a restaurant is because (York Street owner Sharon Hage) was in business ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Dude Sweet Chocolate's Tobacco and Chocolate Mix Gets Goes Almost Prime Time
Photo by Manny RodriguezDude Sweet Chocolate's Katherine Clapner is busy making doughnuts this afternoon to feed 100 people at tonight's Bishop Arts Big Table fundraiser in Oak Cliff, but her biggest worry has nothing to do with pastry. "I'm scared to death," Clapner says of the impending de ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon:
A Star is Born Down on the Farm
Photo by Robert BostickIf you ask a random Dallasite to name the best local restaurant, the answer might well be The Mansion on Turtle Creek at the Rosewood Hotel. Ask that same person when they last ate at the 30-year-old Dallas icon, however, and you just might elicit a long pause. This tre ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Part 3: John Tesar Grills Up
A Cool Calamari Treat
Photos by Robert BostickIn the third part of our look at John Tesar of Dallas Restaurant Group, the chef goes into the kitchen at Dallas Fish Market to make a few preparations for us. With temperatures still blasting past the century mark, Tesar chooses some cooling dishes to take advantage ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
John Tesar: From Self-Destructive
To Brilliantly Creative
Photo by Robert BostickWith the crush of talented wizards working magic in Dallas kitchens, it pays to know just who is behind the saute pan at your favorite eatery. To help you keep track, City of Ate brings you Three-Course Meal, a three-part chat with some of the best, most inventive chefs ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Sloppy Seconds Returns to City of Ate
City of Aters, this week we are bringing back an old feature that our former web editor-turned-staff writer, Patrick Michels, used to do every Friday afternoon. It's an end of the week wrap-up of sorts featuring restaurant reviews and City of Ate highlights. This time around we decided to include ot ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Park vs Ava: Mussel Mayhem
Alex FloresIn 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Good Pizza Makes Good Neighbors at Urbino on Henderson.
Alex FloresIn 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>
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June 26, 2009
Ava: A restaurant so good, Dave Faries might consider moving to Rockwall for...Nah.
Alex FloresIn 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green Room resurrec ... More >>
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January 19, 2009
A Root Cause
Ever wondered where chefs (armchair and otherwise) find unique ingredients? It's not like you can walk into any old grocery store and buy Cambodian Kampot peppercorns, Watermelon Radishes or micro beet tops. It's likely that the secret source is Tom Spicer, a.k.a. Spiceman of Spiceman's FM 410, lo ... More >>

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