Furr's Fresh Buffet
1540 Eastgate Drive
Garland
972-682-8948
A couple weeks ago a family member informed me of the decision to forgo the traditional home cooked Thanksgiving meal in favor of eating out. Several reasons were cited, including--but not limited to--old age, convenience, disparate meat/vegetable preferences among family members and of course, holiday stress.
"Fine with me," I said, thinking naturally of the many press
releases I'd received from local restaurants offering pretti
Six weeks of things fried and greasy, slopped in barbecue sauce or glopped from a buffet tub--damn it's been great.Mostly.This year was a short one, considering we started City of Ate less than two months ago. The Dude Food dudes return to action January 6, 2009, diving weekly into the pit of Dallas' dining scene. We end 2008 with a quick look back at our best, worst (and whatever ended up in between):1. Cousin's: 9 "Andrew Jackson" (on a scale of 1 "Dubya" to 10 "Teddy Roosevelt")2. Alley Oops:
Nandina
5631 Alta Ave. at Greenville Ave.
214-826-6300
Promised delivery time: 45 minutes to an hour
Delivered in: 30 minutes
The ScoreOnline menu: 0
Ease of phone communication: 10
Delivery speed: 15
Making 3 a.m. sushi delivery possible: 20
Complete and total Basil-o-Rama: 12
Non-traditional menu spelling: 5Credit for delivering smallish portions and call it Asian tapas: 24Saving face by eating a meal not cooked by roommate's mother: 7
Total Score: 93Overall StandingsThis is the year's fir
