BFriedEggLT + Corn Dog Shrimp + Meat Cone = One Damn Fine Fried Trip to Austin
Last weekend, I took my fried obsession on a tour of Austin, and good gravy did I find some winners. Here they are for your artery-clogging pleasure:…
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The Dog Stop is Bitchin’
The Dog Stop 6857 Arapaho Road 469-360-8370 Minutes I waited for my food: 7 Times I cursed the Chase ATM for charging me a $3 fee: 765 When you inevitably get hit with a real hankerin’ for the taste of mashed, tubed-up lips and assholes, The Dog Stop has just…
Un-Fried at the Fair: Brain Freeze, Frogurt and Sweet Tea Pickles
We’ve talked a lot about the fried food coma the State Fair of Texas will be offering up this year, and we figure it’s time we mention a couple of new vendors who are stepping up the unfried fair fare. (If only to ask them why they have yet to…
Nutella Mascarpone, Let’s Bone … After Brunch at Cane Rosso.
Saturday, Cane Rosso served brunch. Not really that big of a deal, right? WRONG, DUMMY! Look with your eyeballs at this menu!! Ricotta pancakes!! Biscuits and gravy! Braised pork hash! Nutella pizza!! This brunch menu offers every single thing you’d ever need to explode your hangover. Plus Fanta. (More exclamations…
Vegans Rejoice: Texas State Veggie Fair Fried Food Competition
The State Fair of Texas offers a millionty delicious fried food options, but if you’re vegan, food-wise you’re pretty much limited to sniffing second-hand funnel cake fumes.Well, fuck all that. It’s time vegans and vegetarians had a chance to join in the fun. And Jamey Scott, founder of DallasVegan.com, agrees…
Alfred Angelo Makes Disney Princess Wedding Dresses. Like, for Adults?
My kid and I were just walking through Toys R Us and there it was: the Disney Princess wedding dress. She was drawn to it like I’m drawn to fried anything: She was mesmerized. Meanwhile, the feminist angel on my shoulder was like, “Wait — Disney princess? Plus wedding?! Plus…
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Sushi & Rice Express: Alice Drives Through Like Evel Knievel’s Bastard Child
Sushi & Rice Express 8131 Forest Lane 214-575-7090 Other cars in the drive-through count: 0 Wet towels air-drying right next to the drive-through menu count: 50 Drive-throughs? Good. Sushi? Goooood. Put them together and you have Sushi & Rice Express. I slow-clap my chopsticks at you, Sushi & Rice Express,…
Fried Chicken Skin and Fried Cake Balls?!? Thanks, Eat Crispies.
Meet fried chicken skin, brought to your State Fair of Texas by Eat Crispies. It’s just chicken skin, battered and fried for your face. Eat Crispies co-owner Phuong Le (who owns the stand with her sister-in-law, uncle and cousin) says, “The fried chicken skin was what caught the attention of the State…
Allan Weiss Wins Best Taste with Fried Chicken Flapjack. Eat It.
Allan Weiss won the Best Taste title at this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards. How much media coverage did Weiss’ fried buffalo chicken in a flapjack get before the awards ceremony? Almost zero. Fried salsa and fried pineapple upside down cake were the favorites going into the competition, based solely…
Fried Bubble Gum Wins, Tastes Like My Little Pony Turds
This Labor Day, winners were crowned for the Big Tex Choice Awards. And we were definitely a little (OK, maybe a lot) excited. Like, a lot a lot. Allan Weiss took home the Best Taste title with his fried buffalo chicken in a flapjack (more on that later). And most unshockingly, Justin Martinez won Most Creative…
Abel Gonzales Jr: Dallas’ Fried-Stuff Savior
If the State Fair of Texas is Fried Christmas, Abel Gonzales is Fried Jesus. In 2005, Gonzales won Most Creative at the first Big Tex Choice Awards with his fried peanut butter and jelly and banana sandwich. In 2006, he took home a second Most Creative win with a little…
The Walking Taco: It’s Not Fried. There’s No Taco Involved. And It’s Not Fried.
Andy Salinas made it into the Big Tex Choice Awards as a finalist with his Walking Taco. He says, “It’s a taco that you can walk around the fair and eat.” I’m confused. I’ve never met a taco that wasn’t already portable…
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Mr. Charlies Hamburgers: Where Feathers Fly And Angels Fear to Tread. (But not Alice.)
Each week, the Cheap Bastard goes looking for a new place to eat lunch for less than nine million dollars. This week: Mr. Charlies Hamburgers. Guys walking to work chugging a paper-bagged tall-boy count: 1 Feather count: a million billion A while ago, I asked the Twitterfolk if there were…
Five Great Ideas for Your Design-Your-Own Kotex Maxi Pads
Yesterday, we mentioned Kotex’s new online tool that lets you design your own maxi pads. We realize that all those design options can be daunting to a first-time maxi pad designer. So, we came up with a few ideas to kickstart your creative process…
Meet Isaac Rousso, aka The Fried Salsa Dude
The finalists of the Big Tex Choice Awards have been announced, and we’re on a mission to tell you a little bit about each and every fried contestant (plus that walking taco one. Which isn’t fried. We’re not sure why. Pretty sure it’s a taco salad in a Doritos® bag,…
Zable’s Fried Biscuits and Gravy Looks Like This
Yep. That’s what happens when you fry biscuits and gravy. Zable, who announced his latest creation last week, just sent us this picture of the fried biscuits and gravy he’ll be serving up at this year’s State Fair of Texas. Mmmm. Just look at them biscuits. State Fair of Texas cometh,…
City Of Ate’s State Fair Hierarchy of Needs
The State Fair of Texas happens but once a year. It’s the largest state fair in the country. And that means there are a million bazillion food options to choose from when you get there. Let us all appreciate the seriousness of making the most of this most-glorious of food…
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Defibrillators: 2011 Big Tex Choice Awards Finalists Named
You hear that? It’s your heart saying, “Aww crap.” The State Fair of Texas announced its eight finalists for the 2011 Big Tex Choice Awards and once again, this contest is offering up a delicious-sounding group of fried awful-for-you.Ready to stand in line for some deep-fried Texas salsa, fried bubblegum…
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Dump in Style: Introducing Huggies “Little Movers Camo Diapers”
The commercial’s fun. Everyone likes a good #2 joke. One thing, though: Where are this kid’s pants? Just because you bought diapers that look like pants doesn’t mean they are pants. Pant your child, people. Children need pants.According to USAToday, next Huggies is introducing “Little Movers Camo Diapers” at Walmarts…
Fried Elotes. They’re Real. You Should Make Them.
And then we received a tweet from @WhatWeAte that made us go out and buy a fryer:…
Roll On In For a “Maltshake” or Six
Cars in the drive-through: 5 Times I wished I’d just ordered multiple maltshakes: 500 My recent Dallas cheap restaurant quest: find the perfect combo restaurant. I’m not looking for fusion. I’m looking for a combo. Like Cool & Hot Taco, where you can get tacos as well as a million…
Eight Things That Should Really Get Fried At The 2011 Texas State Fair
Yesterday, Mark Zable’s fried biscuits and gravy announcement got us all hyped up for the fried fare at this year’s State Fair of Texas. We’re just days away from the official announcement of the finalists of the Big Tex Choice Awards and we’re all sitting around wondering, “Well, if fried…