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Waffle House Now Taking Reservations for Candlelight Valentine's Dinner

Yes, select Waffle House locations will actually whip out nice white table cloths and candles for Valentine's Day this year, as it has done at some locations for several years now. All of which I think is absolutely awesome, for these reasons: 1) Those big white globe lampshades that can be seen ... More >>

How The Atomic Tanlines Went From Church Choir to Crawling Around in Broken Glass

The Atomic Tanlines received plenty of praise last year with their blend of punk, free jazz and soul. The Denton-based five-piece sat down with us at the Waffle House where they started to discuss their background in music. You can catch them this week at Le Bitch Manor on Thursday and at Dada on Sa ... More >>

An Englishman Says Bad Things About Cracker Barrel. Is that Unamerican or What?

I did an article about various area chain restaurant options a few months back because I was intrigued, as a stranger to these shores, by all the fanciful and mysterious options available to me. I still go to Waffle House all the time, and I don't care what people think. I just love hash browns. Ba ... More >>

A Girl Named Richard

The Secret Chain Restaurant and Fast-Food Shame of an Englishman

You see all those chain restaurants, Dallas? All those bright shiny lights, beckoning you in to eat products of a questionable providence at a price so reasonable there's no need to go home and time-consumingly construct a meal for your baying, hungry, ungrateful family? You grew up around them (the ... More >>

The Olympics of British Food: A User's Guide from a British Guy

When the Observer emailed me with the offer to, and I quote, "continue our gross exploitation of your heritage" by somehow shoehorning together the two subjects of the Olympics and food, how could I possibly resist? I suppose this allows me to tackle that thorniest of subjects, British "cuisine". ... More >>

This Week's Best Food Deals, Starring Uncle Uber's and OMG FREE PIE!

Our inboxes fill each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week's foodfull best. Waffle House: FREE PIE Well, sometimes while waiting for food deals to arrive via email, one greasy little freebie falls in my lap. That's what happened here. Turns out ... More >>

Rave On? Not Likely as City Appeal Board Puts Afterlife to Death Following Riveting Hearing.

In mid-October we predicted that the hearing before the Permit and License Appeal Board over whether the club Afterlife should have its dancehall license revoked  would probably be the most exciting thing that's come before the board in a very long time. In hindsight, that was probably an under ... More >>

City of Ate is the First Loser in the Association of Food Journalists Awards

Scott was really hoping for first place.​The Association of Food Journalists met in South Carolina over the weekend, presumably engaging in heated debates over critic anonymity and restaurant-review waiting periods and whether a large slab of bacon should be carved into Mount Rushmore. (Of cou ... More >>

Peter Wolf Crier's All-Time Top Five Winning Priceline Bids While on Tour

With their second album, Peter Wolf Crier has established themselves as a legit indie-band and not the mere side-project they seemed to be when they released last year's well-done Inter-Be. The new album, Garden of Arms, isn't just another stellar release from Jagjaguwar this year, but it's a major ... More >>

Tony Romo Just Can't Help Himself

That's why he keeps on hurting himself and his team.

Kevin Glasheen Fought to See Innocent Prisoners Compensated, Then Fought To Take Millions For Himself

The Lubbock lawyer teamed up with Innocent Project lawyer Jeff Blackburn to see the state compensation for exonerees raised. Now both men are under fire from their clients.

With Richie Whitt on his pit crew, Tony Stewart faded fast at Texas Motor Speedway

We're almost sure it was a coincidence.

Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?

OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...​According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>

Crossroads Diner: Tell Willie Brown to Come Running for Lunch

Q&A: Two Door Cinema Club's Kevin Baird Talks His Band's Fast Rise, Its Favorite Festival Moments and Its Problem With Light Beer.

In just four years, Two Door Cinema Club have gone from a group of high school buddies to rocking thousands at festivals all over the world. That much isn't necessarily surprising: The band's sharp, dance-infused indie rock has drawn comparisons to Passion Pit and Hot Hot Heat. And, while they may n ... More >>

The State Fair Eighty-Sixes Its Corny Dog Contest, But the Pros Are Coming for a Sandwich Race on Sunday

Patrick MichelsThird-ranked Pat Bertoletti claimed the world waffle eating title at the State Fair of Texas back in 2007. He's back eating sandwiches this Sunday afternoon.​It's tough to know just how to feel about this year's competitive eating lineup at the State Fair of Texas. On one hand, on t ... More >>

"The Asian Playboy" Advises Dallasites on How to Be The Best Skeevbags They Can Be

​If you like talking about women in terms that make it sound like you're discussing a game of Risk with all the delicate spoken nuances of a redneck buck hunter, I'm guessing I don't have to tell you who The Asian Playboy is. No doubt you have already abandoned all hope of developing an actual per ... More >>

Oak Cliff Gastropub Nova Opens, Softly

Jesse HugheySalmon and hummus small plates at Nova.​Last night, as Rob Shearer at Go Oak Cliff reported, North Oak Cliff added yet another restaurant to its roster as Nova, at the former location of Kavala (1417 W. Davis St.), had its soft opening. Our hopes were high for the self-proclaimed gastr ... More >>

IKEA vs. Waffle House: Waffle Warfare

Flickr user joshuahellerWaffle House Waffles​It has been claimed that breakfast is the most important meal of the day (probably by the egg lobby), and I am not one to disagree. While most of us grew up on Cocoa Puffs and a variety of toaster pastry, it was the Sunday morning breakfast feast that ... More >>

Whitt's End: 12.11.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *You heard it here first back in October as a sorta be-on-the-lookout rumor. Now it's more solid, as in, Michael Irvin's days on 103.3 FM ESPN are numbered. Radio industry sources keep telling me h ... More >>

Hot Pocket of Laughs

Burning Question: Which Ingredients Do Chefs Hate To Work With?

How would you like to slice into these everyday? Lobsters are easy. We mean that in a culinary sense. Bind up the pincers, drop them in water and commence to melting some butter. Likewise steak: a dash of salt, another of pepper and a crackling grill—that’s all there is to it, pretty much. I ... More >>

Will Jason Kidd's Return to Dallas Beget Utopia or Armageddon?

Going South

What is a mint julep?

Poker Face

Clonie Gowen is good for poker. So, how good is Clonie Gowen?

Mystic Chords of Memory

The Burning Question crew looks back at 2002

Food Fight

Restaurants and reviewers square off in an often acrimonious battle

The Color of Money

Does restaurant service differ because of race? Depends on whom you ask.

Old-soul music

Budapest One is a brand-new band making some venerable -- and tremendous -- rock and roll

The next generation?

For Lollapalooza, this may be the last generation

Buzz