Subject: Wolfgang Puck

• Design for Big Dimes

  March 26, 2009

• Union Station and Reunion Tower About to Get All Pucked Up

  June 5, 2008

• "Puck at Reunion Tower"? Now, We Like the Sound of That.

  June 5, 2008

• God help him

  Albert Brooks used to be funny; now, not even The Muse can help him

  August 26, 1999

• Post-Makeover, Union Station's Reincarnated in Wolfgang Puck's Image

  Patrick Michels Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council Member Sheffie Kadane tenderly declare Union Station open for business. After a $23-million renovation, Union Station is back in business downtown, this time as a Wolfgang Puck-catered feed lot for hungry Hyatt guests. The 93-year-old building has been stripped down to its original brick walls and quarry tile floors in some areas, leaving a wide-open main hall and seven other conference/dining rooms. The tall windows on the building's south s

  November 20, 2008

• Burning Question: How Much Time Do Chefs Spend In The Kitchen?

  Earlier this fall, chef Nobu Matsuhisa passed through for a well publicized book signing...and rare visit to his restaurant. Sometime in the next few weeks, Wolfgang Puck's people--not the great man himself--holds a meet and greet session for the real chef at his soon to open Dallas venue.  At least that's what our web guy tells us. Puck's PR machine sent him the invitation, apparently hoping to keep us away from the festivities. Not that the Burning Question crew would, say, take un

  November 28, 2008

• Dueling Critics

  Last week a reader commented on the impression, shared by many, that Dallas Observer (that's us) reviews tend to follow Dallas Morning News (them) pieces by a week or two. For instance, their Bill Addison tore into Pyramid on November 21. We did the same in the December 4 issue. He scoped out Bolsa November 28 while our piece on the Oak Cliff joint comes out on Thursday.The implication is that some sense of rivalry drives our selection of restaurants for review. While I wish for the sake of cons

  December 15, 2008

• Name, Game

  A chef who speaks with the highest authority just emailed to voice his chagrin at the choice of Five-Sixty for Wolfgang Puck's soon to open venue atop Reunion Tower. At least a decade or so ago, Puck's staff weren't so trend-conscious (or wooden) when it came to naming rights. The emailing chef claims that when Puck and his then wife were considering a cute name for their baby (if it turned out to be a girl), his sous chef Sal Petrolino quipped "How about Wanna?"

  December 16, 2008

• Revolutionary Reel

  June 4, 2009

• Puck Softly, But Carry A Big Stick

  The Wolfgang Puck restaurant in Reunion Tower began buzzing in late 2008. The hype escalated to a dull roar since then, as it announced its name (Five-Sixty by Wolfgang Puck, named for the phallus' height), the menu (Asian-influenced) and the team, lead by Executive Chef Sara Johannes, formerly of Puck's 20.21 restaurant in the Walker Art Center restaurant in Minneapolis, and General Manager Shawn Horne, who most recently owned and operated Kitchen 1924 in Lakewood. But its opening was a relat

  January 23, 2009

• Hot Dish

  April 10, 1997

• Cooking Up a Storm

  February 26, 1998

• 10 Questions: Wolfgang Puck

  Just about everyone with an abiding interest in food knows the name Wolfgang Puck.The Austrian born superstar helped to usher in the era of celebrity chefs after he opened the Beverly Hills destination Spago in 1982. What followed was a series of media raves, television appearances and the creation of several high end restaurant concepts...as well as a line of prepared foods, airport-based eateries and so on.But he was already well-known by the time he set up camp on the Sunset Strip through his

  February 11, 2009

• Busting big shoes

  August 20, 1998

• The Revolving Doors of Dallas: February

  Dan4th, via FlickrOur monthly wrap-up of  restaurant openings and closings around Dallas. See what's been canned, what's new and what's sizzling on the back-burner in local restaurant news. Entered Nick & Sam's Grill: a casual spin-off of Nick & Sam's Steakhouse recently opened in Uptown. It replaced Strong's Everyday Tavern at 2816 Fairmount St. Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen: casual, creative and affordable cuisine, located at 6130 Luther Lane, from the chef behind Abacus and

  March 6, 2009

• Sloppy Seconds: Reviewing the Week in Food, and Our First Reader Contest

  Sean Dockery, via FlickrWolfgang's waxy blue eyes see all... except a good name for his new restaurant. We're taking suggestions.Just in time for your weekend, we're dragging you all the way back to last Monday to revisit the best stuff you missed while you were doing whatever it is you do in your spare time. We're not asking. So each week, we'll round up the highlights from City of Ate and the new reviews of local restaurants. Plus, we'll add a reader contest into the mix, and give you the week

  March 13, 2009

• Repeatedly Redundant

  September 5, 2002

• 10 Questions: Our Favorite Answers Thus Far

  Who knew Megan Henderson liked to suck down whipped cream, straight from the can?We began the 10 Questions series early in the new year, so it seems like a good time to pause and look back.Over the past few months, we've interviewed some interesting characters, including chefs, waiters, managers, bartenders, food critics and outright celebrities. While we never intended the 10 Q segment to uncover astounding secrets, we have made a few shocking discoveries over the course of three months.For exa

  March 31, 2009

• 10 Questions: Christopher Short

  The crew of Bella. Guess which one is the chef?You may not know his name. Short shies away from cameras and microphones, after all. But only a few chefs have a longer resume, at least when it comes to cooking in Dallas.Bella, a brand new spot in the Quadrangle, is his first small kitchen. Through much of his 25 years in the city, Short handled duties at the Hotel Crescent Court or The Mansion on Turtle Creek (where he served as private dining chef)...although way, way back in the 80s he cooked a

  April 2, 2009

• Sloppy Seconds: Double, Double Your Refreshment

  Well, refreshment, maybe not. Double your fun, though, sure. Toil and trouble all you want. It's been a big week of twos here on City of Ate. A double dose of Veggie Girl, for instance. Two posts recapping the year's first quarter. We even had a couple items for the big race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.The Week in Review(s):Your own Dallas Observer: Dave finds good things at Five-Sixty, Wolfgang Puck's new spot atop Reunion Tower.Dallas Morning News: Leslie Brenner pulls double duty this wee

  April 3, 2009

• Meal Tickets

  January 15, 2004

• Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty

  April 2, 2009

• Pin Again

  February 26, 2009

• A Tough Year for Local Restaurants Sputters to an End

  January 1, 2009

• Pops Art

  June 12, 2008

• Hot Mama

  Cooking Mama for the Wii looks good enough to eat

  April 19, 2007

• Top pie

  Sal's offers excellent old-fashioned Amer-Italian pizza

  February 1, 1996

• Missing Joules

  Downtown resort shifts gears

  July 5, 2007

• Celebrity du Jour

  Big-name chefs saturate an uncertain market

  November 1, 2001

• Something about Stephan

  After 25 years in Dallas' restaurant jungle, Stephan Pyles has come out respected and rich. How does he stay so clean?

  July 26, 2001

• Hash Over

  Elementary Watson; Mixed hash

  June 1, 2000

• Wolfgang Puck Is One Saucy Fellow

  Just a screenshot, folks. We tease just like Harlequin. Follow the links below. Thanks to Videogum and, ultimately, our copy editor for bringing ABC News' Nightline's foray into romance to my attention. She shared it because of my Paul Rudd fascination, of which I am obviously not ashamed. But anyway. You get Rudd, Seth Rogen, Martin Bashir, Cheryl Hines and some other notables reading from Harlequin romance novels, in "celebration" (though, I sense that term is used lightly) of 60 years of apro

  April 15, 2009

• Short Orders: The Grape

  The Grape2808 Greenville Ave.214-828-1981If not for The Grape, Dallas would have a small empty space in its culinary soul.Yeah, we'd have some cool wine bars with great kitchens--Dali comes to mind. We would even have a compliment of venues with old world charm, however contrived. But nothing else could match the Greenville Avenue destination for its...how shall we put this?...well, the place just feels right.Oh, you will bump into the person behind you or battle for reservations on weekend

  April 20, 2009

• Five Sixty Offers Five- And Seven-Course Tastings

  Sara KerensThe view from under Dallas' one big ball. No "fromunda cheese" jokes, please.Wolfgang Puck's numerically named fine dining phallus, Five Sixty , is now offering five- and seven-course tasting menus to showcase the Asian-influenced fare that just might rescue Reunion Tower. The five-course meal features family-style dim sum, calamari salad, king salmon, Kobe beef short ribs and dessert. It's $68 per person with optional wine pairings available for another $28 apiece. The seven-course g

  May 29, 2009

• Argh Argh Yum

  June 11, 2009

• Big Green

  June 11, 2009

• Top 10 Most Interesting Restaurant Week Dishes

  Patrick MichelsEstavan Galindo of Hattie's prepares for the Restaurant Week onslaught.​Several days into the annual charity event and we've finally had a chance to poke through some menus.Now, we weren't looking for the best item or the most original. What we want from KRLD Restaurant Week--aside from a cheap three or four course dinner--is something that jumps from the list and causes one of those "that's interesting, I'll have to try it" reactions.With more than 100 kitchens participating, t

  August 19, 2009

• The owners of Bolsa are at it again—launching another hot, new restaurant while keeping their demons in check.

  September 17, 2009