Not sure if you guys heard, but this year City of Ate picked up a nomination from the James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards for Group Food Blog, and I was nominated in the Humor category for a feature story we did on fried hamsters. Awesome! We City of Aters were…
She boned someone, got super fat, made your whole body from scratch and then successfully shot you out of her lady parts. And to thank your mother for all that, you give her a Hallmark card and call it even? No. No, you do not. You’re an adult now. It’s…
The Dallas Arboretum is beautiful this time of year. It’s also fucking crazy. If you’re driving down Garland road during arboretum business hours, you’ll see a ridiculously long line of minivans stuffed with sticky-toddler-filled cars eats, brides-to-be and chicks decked out in their quinceañera dresses all super frustrated that they’re…
There’s a quote from Daniel Vaughn (aka The BBQ Snob, a.k.a. The Guy Who Writes That Full Custom Gospel BBQ Blog a.k.a. That Dude Who’s Eaten At More Than 400 Barbecue Joints In Texas And Some Other States That Apparently Exist And Claim To Smoke Meats, a.k.a. The Danster) in…
Lately the afternoons have been stupid hot. It’s not butt-sweat hot yet, and we’re nowhere near the balls-hot temperatures we’re sure to see in August. (Yes, those are technical terms. Ask Pete Delkus. He’ll confirm.) With afternoon highs in the 80s, though, it’s definitely time for a brain freeze. And…
We’ve seen this board on our way to work for a while now and every time we drive past we think, “So, The Ferg and Dr Pepper both shave their pubies?” “Dr Pepper Cherry and Fergie, now as amazingly smooth as a baby’s bottom.” We’re not the only ones who…
Heart Attack Grill is scheduled to open in the West End on May 13. This video, posted in 2010, features Blair River — the 575-pound guy who used to be the spokesperson for Heart Attack Grill’s location in Arizona until he died in March at the age of 29. And…
The Atomic Pie website claims that their pizza is “the first ‘American style’ pizza in Dallas.” Weird, because I thought Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza (get the Meaty and the crust has pepperoni, sausage, bacon and cheese packed inside it), in which they manage to stuff another entire pizza…
Lately, every celebrity has a cookbook coming out. Gwyneth Paltrow’s My Father’s Daughter and Eva Longoria’s Eva’s Kitchen just hit bookstores recently, and we can’t help but wonder which celebs are coming out with cookbooks next. Here’s our list of celebrity cookbooks we can’t wait to see in B&N:…
People say you should give a restaurant time to “find its stride” before you go there and judge their food. To those people I say: bullshit. Don’t open your restaurant if you’re not ready for people to eat your food. And now, a public service announcement: Taquería La Paloma and…
From the outside, Szechwan Pavilion totally looks like a strip club. Not that there’s anything wrong with that—some restaurants look like strip clubs, and some strip clubs look like herpes. Shit, maybe Szechwan Pavilion used to be a strip club and they just kept the name and the super buffet…
What is the deal with 8131 Forest Lane? Is this restaurant location cursed? I haven’t lived in North Dallas for that long, but I’ve already seen this restaurant location change from Hawk’s Catfish to Hall’s Chicken (which was open in February 2010 and then closed within a year) to Watch…
We’d like to take a moment to personally thank you, Lakita Evans, owner of Fat Ho Burgers in Waco, for exponentially increasing the number of times reporters have to say “ho” in print and on the news right now. This is a glorious time for hos of all kinds. Supa…
Ladies!!!! If you’re looking to hook up with an elderly man (or 12) wearing brand new orthopedic shoes, I’ve found the spot for you. No, I’m not talking about Walgreens or Babydolls, I’m talking about Mexicali Restaurant: This restaurant is total grandpa heaven. At 5:30 p.m., it’s stunningly wrinkly. This…
Walking down Cedar Springs, you immediately notice Thai Lotus Kitchen. It’s the skanky, busted place right next to the Black Eyed Pea that everyone is glaring at, whispering about and avoiding. It’s the Brooke Hogan of restaurants in Oak Lawn. It somehow managed to look skeezier than the dude I…
Pizzeria Venti’s slogan is “America’s only authentic sliceria®.” Yes, “sliceria.” Not to be confused with BEE in Oak Cliff, which is an “enchiladeria.” If you ask me, there’s a diarrhea of new -eria’s being invented in town lately. Can’t we just call a pizza place a pizza place? Anyway, Pizzeria…
Mexico City: The Gourmet Taco offers a variety of Mexican food plus mini gas station taquería-y tacos and “gourmet tacos.” For those of you who don’t know, in Spanish “gourmet tacos” means “same as the mini tacos but in a larger tortilla and topped with veggies ‘n’ shit.” I was…
Breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day. And at John’s Cafe, it’s goooood. John’s also serves up super cheapo lunches, but their breakfast is so otherworldly and giant, you’ll be so full of egg and coffee and awesome that when noon rolls around, you can just burp pancake…
BEE: Best Enchiladas Ever (brought to you by Monica Greene of Monica’s Aca Y Alla) calls itself an “enchiladeria.” To me, “enchiladeria” sounds like the immediate effects of eating one too many spicy enchiladas. “Dude, that meal gave me severe enchiladeria.” But, as it turns out, it just means that…
Conversation hearts. Sure, they taste like chalky soap and vitamins, but somehow they’re a tradition that’s been passed down for generations. New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) started printing sayings on their candy in the 1860s. And in 1902, NECCO began producing the present day Sweethearts Conversation Hearts that we know…
Goghee To Go’s website says the restaurant offers “real food” with “100 percent real flavor.” I can back them up on this claim. They do serve real food. Goghee’s offers up tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tortas and nachos—only they’re all Korean barbecue-d up. It’s really not that much of a departure…
Valentine’s Day. It’s about love and romance and red dye #5. It’s about making your sweetheart feel special. But, more than that, Valentine’s Day is about trading gifts for lovin’. To make things easy this year, we’ve put together a base-by-base breakdown of what gifts could get you to which…
