Warsaw

House 34 Coming to Uptown by the End of May ... Maybe

If you've dined on the front porch at Belly and Trumpet recently, you've likely noticed some construction in progress on the lot just to the south. Nothing complements perfectly seared branzino and a white Burgundy like whirring saws and the staccato rapport of a pneumatic framing nailer. The patio ... More >>

How Texas Came Within an Atom's Breadth of Discovering the God Particle

Dallas ISD Names Mike Miles, Reform-Minded Military Vet from Colorado, Lone Finalist for Superintendent Job

Prediction: The next few weeks may not be a ton of fun for Mike Miles. Miles, the superintendent of Harrison School District Two in Colorado Springs, was named the lone finalist for the top job in Dallas ISD at a meeting this afternoon. The board, which voted 8-0 (with Carla Ranger abstaining), now ... More >>

Henk's European Deli Splits a Polish Sausage and Pairs it with Eggs, Just So You Know

Alex Nham travels the globe, mainly the part with Dallas on it, in search of new places to eat breakfast. I wasn't in search of anything particular to eat this week; the days were long and I just wanted some eggs and fat. I could have gone to some diner down the street to quell my urges with some b ... More >>

Say Farewell to Cafe Noir's Gale Hess, Who Made Some Extraordinarily Beautiful Music

Word began to spread late last night: Gale Hess, said friends, died two days ago. Cancer is to blame, say those who've been close in recent years. Gale was young -- young enough to have been first violinist in the W.T. White Symphony Orchestra in 1973, at least. And she was among the most talented m ... More >>

Nazi Propaganda Laid Bare in A Film Unfinished.

Gefilte Fish: Tracking Heritage
Through Boiled Balls of Fish

​Gefilte fish, perhaps the most maligned food on the traditional Jewish High Holiday table, encodes its maker's ancestry as surely as hand-me-down stories and immigration papers, a local fishmonger says. Jon Alexis of TJ's Fresh Seafood Market in Preston Forest Village claims he can almost al ... More >>

Tramontana: A Restaurant Made for Grandma

News Editor Bob Mong: New Business-Editorial Arrangement Won't "Cross the Line"

​Late this morning, Dallas Morning News editor Bob Mong called Unfair Park to discuss, at great length, Wednesday's memo in which Mong formalized what he refers to in the missive as "business/news integration," which involves some section editors reporting directly to advertising-side general mana ... More >>

And The Winner Is...

You know, we had a winner selected. It was a comment posted by someone on DMN's blog. Unfortunately, we came up empty when we went to look for it today.Either someone deleted the comment or we completely misremembered just where we first saw it. (Both are distinct possibilities.) So, after searching ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds: Summertime, and the Living's Easy

Even these dark, ominous skies looming all around us, don't make it less true: today is May 1, and summer's right around the corner. That means patios, pools and mint juleps (or Cheladas) -- and another week of highlights from City of Ate.The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: A few trips t ... More >>

Young Adult Fiction

High-school heroes and zeros roam the halls of Nanette Burstein's "documentary," American Teen

"Dallas, You Merciless Universe!"

Finally, Hitting the "Reset" Button

Thou Shalt Not Be Too Funny

And on the seventh day, God created sketch comedy

Hotels and Restaurants That Are AAA-OK

Realty Check

Warsaw

Thursday, January 26, at the Cavern

Savor Sever

Savory says goodbye

Expecting

Legal Grounds pair to launch restaurant, bar and market

Vice Grip

In Dallas restaurants, 2003 was all about smoke. The future may be all about hooch.

Think Pink

How Mary Kay got its groove back

In the Ghetto

Polanski returns to Poland, this time as The Pianist

Tastemakers

Does atmosphere affect our appreciation of a drink?

Birthday Bash

Arts Magnet High School is throwing itself a party

French 101

Le Rendezvous offers a respite from the flashy and the fancy

Endurance Test

Arthur's has had more than its share of restaurant trials

Too Old-Fashioned

Does anybody drink classic cocktails anymore?

Food to Go

Dallas chefs learn their trade here, there and everywhere

Blood Simple

The gory 15 Minutes is like TV news: flashy, fun, forgettable

Sinful Sustenance

What are the guilty pleasures of Dallas' top chefs?

Touching Story

Businessman Jim Blythe lends a hand in the wrong places, employees say

Eurotrash pickup

Avanti Euro Bistro proves that a little smarminess isn't all bad

Old war-horse

The Old Warsaw is sagging and limp

Naked eye

Turn on and tune in to the Dallas Video Festival

The devil's playground

Roman Polanski can't understand why anyone would take his new movie seriously

Hash Over

Silenced partner; Mixed Hash

Curchack's wild oats

Hash Over

Pleasure chained

Mediterraneo at the Quadrangle is even better than itself

Bewitched, bothered, bewildered

What to make of Erykah Badu's latest album

Events for the week

In the shadows

Cafe Bianco offers charm amid Oak Lawn's new glitz

Wicket food

What's good about the Bombay Cricket Club is everything is

Cattle call

Looking for a good, reasonably priced steak? Texas Land &Cattle Co. has your beef

Sea no evil

Plano's Sea Grill angles for greatness

Roadshows

Ghost of restaurants past

Maple Avenue Cafe is haunted by its ill-fated predecessor, J Pinnell's