Wolfgang Puck

Design for Big Dimes

Union Station and Reunion Tower About to Get All Pucked Up

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

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 ... More >>

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.&nbs ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 clai ... More >>

Revolutionary Reel

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 clai ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Hot Dish

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 ... More >>

Cooking Up a Storm

Temperamental Dallas chef Avner Samuel is a genius in the kitchen, but he may have burned the one thing that matters most--his bridges

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 ... More >>

Busting big shoes

Revamped Seventeen Seventeen may overfill its considerable footwear inheritance

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 s ... More >>

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, ba ... More >>

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 S ... More >>

Meal Tickets

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Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty

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Pin Again

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A Tough Year for Local Restaurants Sputters to an End

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Pops Art

Try spending Father's Day at the Nasher

Hot Mama

Cooking Mama for the Wii looks good enough to eat

Missing Joules

Downtown resort shifts gears

Hash Over

Elementary Watson; Mixed hash

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 anywa ... More >>

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 el ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Argh Argh Yum

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 ... More >>

Big Green

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Bella gives a little-known, talented chef a place to shine

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 ... More >>

And The Winner Is...

​I may have mentioned a month or so back that we had finally come up with a scheme to give out prizes.Good ones, too: I have Jon Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine, The Field Guide to Candy, Chili Madness, Cooking Dirty (has nothing to do with Blythe Beck) and other food-related books cluttering up my ... More >>

The Year/The Decade: Best Chefs

​Best is a matter of degrees, whether you're talking about the top chefs over the course of months or years.Certainly this city's kitchens are staffed with more than competent sorts: Brian Luscher, Jean-Marie Cadot, Marc Cassel, Joel Harloff, Graham Dodds...we could go on and on. So in defining ou ... More >>

Hash Over: Five-Sixty Celebrates 365, Capital Grille Offers Small Plates, New Restaurant To Open In Victory Park And More

​Beginning today, Five-Sixty by Wolfgang Puck is celebrating its first year in Dallas's One Big Ball with a special anniversary tasting menu created by executive chef Sara Johannes. Through February 11, diners at the Reunion Tower restaurant can order a chef's amuse and various options for first c ... More >>

DISH Suffers From a Lack of Focus on Getting the Food Right

​Beginning today, Five-Sixty by Wolfgang Puck is celebrating its first year in Dallas's One Big Ball with a special anniversary tasting menu created by executive chef Sara Johannes. Through February 11, diners at the Reunion Tower restaurant can order a chef's amuse and various options for first c ... More >>

Fat Tuesday Festivities, Wolfgang Puck Celebrates the Chinese New Year, and a Monster Eating Contest

Flickr user Ctd 2005Except on Mardi Gras, the jackalope is rarely seen in the wild with its shirt off.​Some think the best thing about February is Valentine's Day and spending some romantic time with your significant with a box of chocolates and bottle of wine. Not us. We'd rather drink strong coc ... More >>

Hash Over: Easter is Coming, a Time of Spritutality, Renewal and Brunch

www.sfgate.com​ Another holiday is upon us, City of Aters. It's that time of year when you put on your Sunday best, dye perfectly good eggs, receive a basket full of goodies from an over-sized bunny, and of course, stuff yourself with food until you feel like you're about to explode, among othe ... More >>

Sixth Floor Museum Opening a Cafe. Let Fly With the Tasteless Jokes, Everyone.

Sixth Floor Museum will now feature a cafe.​In a bid to reshape Dallas residents' image of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the museum's promoting itself as a hip new spot to shop and nosh. The Museum Store Café, opening July 1, will stock gift items made by local artists and serve coff ... More >>

Come On, Get Happy! We've Found 50 Local Bars That Will Help You Do Just That.

Sixth Floor Museum will now feature a cafe.​In a bid to reshape Dallas residents' image of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the museum's promoting itself as a hip new spot to shop and nosh. The Museum Store Café, opening July 1, will stock gift items made by local artists and serve coff ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Lacquered Chinese Duckling at Five Sixty

​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can be eaten on the ... More >>

Homebrewing A Saison, Wolfgang Puck And Texas Brewers Celebrate Harvest, And Flying Saucer Sets Luau

​A recent New York magazine article got me thinking about saison, the Belgian farmhouse ale style that was once considered an endangered species of beer but has in recent years become a rather hot craft-brew trend. I already knew that originally they were a relatively crisp and dry low-alcohol bee ... More >>

Five Menu Words You Can't Resist

Doesn't get much simpler, better than In-N-Out's menu​Restaurants can list their offerings as "chicken," "steak" and "pasta," or they can add a few descriptive adjectives to their menus and up their sales by 27 percent. Cornell University's Brian Wansink's findings were a hot topic when the New Y ... More >>

Five Sixty Appoints New Executive Chef

A Texas-born chef has been tapped to take over at Five Sixty when executive chef Sara Johannes leaves this week. ​Pat Roberston, who's served as executive sous chef at the Wolfgang Puck-owned restaurant since its opening in February 2009, has spent more than a decade with the Wolfgang Puck Fi ... More >>

Scott Romano: Going Whole Hog
At a Downtown Jewel

Photo by Robert BostickScott Romano​Since the Observer recently named Charlie Palmer at The Joule the city's Best Fancy Restaurant in this year's Best of Dallas issue, we thought now would be a good time to get a look at the man behind the kitchen, executive chef Scott Romano. Like many of th ... More >>

Ace Chefs

Photo by Robert BostickScott Romano​Since the Observer recently named Charlie Palmer at The Joule the city's Best Fancy Restaurant in this year's Best of Dallas issue, we thought now would be a good time to get a look at the man behind the kitchen, executive chef Scott Romano. Like many of th ... More >>

Samar Makes Esquire's Cut,
But Is Dallas Not As Trendy as it Thinks?

Samar​The accompanying text for Esquire's much-hyped list of best new restaurants is finally online, which means eaters can now follow author John Mariani's logic for anointing Samar a top 10 stand-out (He was apparently smitten with the patio, hookah selection and "women in painted-on blue jeans ... More >>

Mmmm. Delicious, Delicious Bunnies at Five-Sixty.

There's only one thing we think when we see a video like this: "Yummy bunny." All right, so maybe that particular video wasn't intended to be food porn, but this one definitely was, right? C'mon. It's a bunny. Humping a balloon. That bunny is so hilarious it deserves to be eaten. Oh, PETA, ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck Continues Downtown Catering Siege: Another Reason We Need Food Trucks

​Wolfgang Puck strikes again in downtown Dallas, announcing a catering deal with the upcoming Museum of Nature and Science. A lengthy press release details plans for two dining concepts that in tandem "will accommodate almost every budget and need." The museum isn't scheduled to open until 201 ... More >>

The Week in Dallas Food: Tiny Sandwiches, Too-Sweet Desserts, and Lots and Lots of Beer

​This week we brewed at the zoo, ate some disappointing things, and Leslie Brenner told us another thing wrong with Dallas. Read on. City of Ate/Observer Even if Taj Chaat has Amruth beat as far as charm, interest and adventure, the humble vegetarian former stumbles into second place when it ... More >>