Yucatan

Cafe Maya's Achiote Acoustics

An Oak Cliff restaurant's roast pork gets lost in a quiet menu.

Sundown Chef Patrick Stark Talks Sourcing Locally and Scorching Hot Pans

Originally from Akron, Ohio, Patrick Stark, chef at Sundown at Granada, enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America fresh out of high school at 17 years of age, partially because he just wanted the get the hell outta town. He's worked throughout the United States, a few spots in Europe and had a t ... More >>

City Attorney's Filings Defend Lower Greenville Ordinance Requiring Late-Hours Permits

​This year began with the Dallas City Council passing that ordinance that requires all Lower Greenville businesses to get specific use permits if they want to keep their doors open past midnight. This year ends with the city entangled in two lawsuits over that ordinance: the one brought by Yucatan ... More >>

Cartels and conquistadors -- who are worse?

Locked Out at Lost Society, Again (Update: Owner in Rockwall Jail for Meth Possession)

​And now we return to the city's enforcement of the Lower Greenville Planned Development District Ordinance, which, as you no doubt recall, went into effect at midnight September 24 and says any venue without a specific use permit and a new certificate of occupancy has to close its doors at midnig ... More >>

Yucatan, Service Bar's Hearing Canceled As City, Clubs Agree on Temporary Arrangement

​Several Friends of Unfair Park have asked if we're planning on covering this morning's scheduled hearing concerning Yucatan and Service Bar's lawsuit over the Greenville Avenue Planned Development District ordinance. As you're well aware by now, City Code now dictates that in order for Lower Gree ... More >>

Now That That Greenville Avenue Lawsuit's Online, Let's Look at the Affidavits

​Well, look what made Courthouse News today: Yucatan and Service Bar's lawsuit against the city over the late-night specific use permits as mandated by the Lower Greenville ordinance. Good timing too, given yesterday's no-go for both bars in front of the city council. The whole petition's here, bu ... More >>

"Sounds Too Good to Be True": WFAA Sifts Through a Few Issues With Flow Control

​The council may or may not vote on that ordinance involving the redirecting and recycling of solid waste today. It all depends where flow control falls on the action-packed agenda, which includes passing the budget (that should go smoothly) and debating Yucatan and Service Bar's denied-at-CPC spe ... More >>

City Council Tells Greenville Ave.'s Service Bar, Yucatan They Can't Stay Open Past Midnight

Yucatan owner Pete Mylonas getting a ticket for overcrowding Friday night​On this jam-packed city council Wednesday, we now come to the late-night specific use permits that Lowest Greenville Avenue bars Yucatan and Service Bar are asking for -- the ones the City Plan Commission denied, based upon ... More >>

Gorditas Doña Tota Opens in Dallas

Gorditas Doña Tota​Gorditas Doña Tota is a chain restaurant out of Mexico that serves, you guessed it, gorditas, and just yesterday they opened their northern-most restaurant on Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff. It all began more than 50 years ago when Carlota Murillo started selling her hom ... More >>

The Night They Turned Off the Lights at 7-Eleven And Other Tales of Greenville Ave.

​Yes, as a matter of fact, they did close the 7-Eleven on Lowest Greenville this morning -- at midnight, almost to the second. And, at just past midnight, the sidewalks -- which, moments before, had been thick with club-goers shuffling from drink special to drink special at the Pussycat Lounge, Ku ... More >>

Greenville Ave. Clubs Sue to Stay Open After Midnight. But 7-Eleven Will Turn Out Lights.

Courtesy Avi AdelmanIf you need a pack of smokes from this 7-Eleven after midnight tonight or in the near future, you're outta luck.​Once more, we return to Lowest Greenville Avenue, which tonight will see cops and code out in force to enforce the planned development district ordinance that offici ... More >>

SUP, Service Bar and Yucatan? Not Your Late-Hours Permit. So Sorry. Ask City Council.

Photo by Leslie MinoraPhilip Kingston of the Lower Greenville Neighborhood Association takes the mic in opposition of Service Bar​Today brought another round in the ongoing fight over whether Lower Greenville is a daylight retail district or an evening entertainment strip. This afternoon, the ... More >>

How do Mennonites cut the cheese in Mexico?

Maya Say The World is Ending, So Try a Little Nosh Before You Go

​The Maya's "Long Count" calendar denotes December 21, 2012, as the end of a 5,126-year era. The world as we know it ending on that date is unlikely, scholars say. Still, you have to wonder. I spent a few days in Mexico last week at the Grand Velas Riviera Maya, and I realized I didn't know ... More >>

Alma: Great Mexican Food, but Give Us Tea for Texas.

Komali Aims to Elevate Authentic Mexican Food. It Misses.

Abraham Salum Hopes to Open Komali This Month

Abraham Salum​Komali, Abraham Salum's eagerly anticipated restaurant dedicated to regional Mexican cuisine, will hopefully open the last week in January, Salum told City of Ate. Salum, a native of Mexico City, is well-known for his popular eatery Salum, where the menu plays with elements of Me ... More >>

Fort Worth Taco Week Proves Tacos Are Good For Everyone Except Fuzzy's Taco Shop

​Eating a taco helps fight your hunger. It also helps fight your neighbor's hunger. Well, at least that will be true next week. From November 14-18, The United Way of Tarrant County and a class of 23 seniors at Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth are partnering to ... More >>

Dallas City Council Members Angela Hunt and Pauline Medrano Have A Plan To Help Rid Lowest Greenville Avenue Of Crime. If Only They Can Get Neighborhood Businesses To Cooperate.

With New Citizenship and Plans for a New Restaurant, Abraham Salum
Has Cause to Celebrate

Photo by Robert BostickAbraham Salum​Abraham Salum's restaurant always seem to be filled with happy guests, despite its odd location. He runs a clean, consistent, open kitchen at his namesake Salum, located in a tiny shopping center on Cole Avenue, a spot many people said couldn't possibly be ... More >>

Mayor Tom, Caraway and DPD Chief Brown Want Dallas to Ban the Sale of Fake Dope

​Late this evening I was poking around the City Secretary's site to sneak-peek the council's doings upon its return to work Monday. At which point I noticed that when the Public Safety Committee reconvenes at noon, City Attorney Tom Perkins and Dallas Police Deputy Chief Patricia Paulhill will bri ... More >>

Everything's in Place for a Great Meal at Maximo Cocina Mexicana & Margarita Lounge--That is, if You Choose Right

Duo of Soups​Last night I was a guest at Maximo Cocina Mexicana & Margarita Lounge's Media Night. Being wined and dined is a perplexing situation to be put in when you have to write about it afterward. As the night progressed, however, despite the VIP treatment, subjectivity came surpris ... More >>

It's North Vs. South in the Battle for Best Tacos Al Pastor

El Si Hay wins the great taco smackdown.​ There are very few foods that can elicit fondness and memories like the taco. From mom's boxed Old El Paso version, to the lame version from Taco Bell, to the decidedly un-American street food version found throughout the delicious Mexican states, th ... More >>

On The Range: Habaneros

​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Mad Cat, Insanity, Hogs Ass, Snake Bite, Idiot Boys. No, this is not the Granada's line up for February. Rather, they are names of hot sauces featuring the dreaded habanero chile, as listed by Chris McCarthy, food ... More >>

Westfork: Yucatan Taco Stand

The calm before one really hip storm.​Westfork is our series exploring the dining culture of Fort Worth and its surroundings.Occasionally I enjoy a little nostalgia. The fondest of these trips down memory lane end up taking me back to the glory days of post-college years in the mid 90s, when my ... More >>

On The Range: Barbacoa

tasteoftx​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Steamed, not smoked. According to Rick Bayless, chef extraordinaire and author of Mexico: One Plate at a Time, that's the primary difference in preparing Mexican barbacoa and traditional Texas barbecue. Tru ... More >>

On The Range: Cochinita Pibil

​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Cochinita pibil, a slow-roasted Mexican pork dish which originated on the Yucatan peninsula, is often made from suckling pig. Of course, in these less literal times, cooks use butt or loin as well.During Mayan times ... More >>

Blood ties between Arabs and Mexicans? Oh, man, that’ll drive Lou Dobbs really nuts.

The Ideas Behind The No Idea Festival

Mmm, Curry

Mr. Curry educated Addison

Going for the Green

Who wants to be a millionaire? I do.

On the Run

Lighten Up

Tres Méridas offers a sensible form of global fusion

Three-Finger Discounts

How do Dallas bar patrons score free drinks?

Latin Homestyle

La Duni Café serves up comfort food from down south ... way, way down south

Mix-ican food

Cabo tries to redefine taqueria