It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. Sometimes you’re at a tailgate and they’ve run out of Dallas Blonde, Local Buzz and Lakewood Lager, and you’re faced…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue (525 S Beckham Ave in Tyler, and a joint that’s…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. If you drink boozes, you’ve probably had a giant ice cube or ice sphere thrown into your beverage at a…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. State of the drive-in at noon: packed Camo hat count: 4 Keller’s on Northwest Highway has my favorite dirty burger to eat in the summer…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Tim Byres of Smoke how he smokes his brisket. (You might have heard that The Mr. Chef…
In this week’s cover story, Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade tries on vegetarianism for a month. Here, a day-by-day diary of her experience. Day 1: I tell my husband I’m going vegetarian for a month. He replies, “You do whatever the hell you want — the boy and I are eating…
When you receive a press release that says, in all caps, “SAMSON’S WANTS YOU TO SHOW THEM YOU WEENIE,” you simply cannot look away. It’s not just the all caps, it’s the “YOU WEENIE” part that really interests me. Was it the fear of using the wrong “your” in this…
It has come to my attention that some people choose to be vegetarians. I personally find most animals to be quite delicious. I like the porks. I very much like the beefs. I even like the fishes, which (as I would soon learn) are not, in fact, vegetables. Long story…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. People sitting out on the patio at 1:30 p.m. on a Thursday in August (temp approximately 1 million degrees Fuck-Me-renheit) count: 0 Women dragging children…
We gave Aaron Barker of Carnival Barker’s Ice Cream (at the Truck Yard) a big ol’ box of crap and asked him to make us hot dog ice cream. He said, “OK.” Every ingredient from The Box had to be used, and he could choose to either split the items…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Stephen Joseph of Joseph’s Riverport Barbecue (201 N. Polk St in Jefferson and a joint that’s on…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking everyone’s favorite teddy bear, Jack Perkins at Slow Bone, how he smokes his brisket…
311 released a new album in March. To answer your question: Yes, they’re still doing that. They played a concert last night at South Side Ballroom. To answer your second question: Yes, people actually still go see them play. In fact, many, many people were in line at South Side…
Follow Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Loving Hut offers a $9 vegan buffet in Addison. So, while it is cheap, right off the bat it’s most of my least favorite things. First,…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Justin Fourton, pitmaster at Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum (maybe you’ve heard of it), how he smokes…
Number of people who were clearly pissed that I discovered their favorite secret mall restaurant: 3 Babies in highchairs throwing fits because “Mom, what the serious fuck is this chia seed pudding bullsh?”: 1 Green House Market is a fast, farm-to-table restaurant inside NorthPark Center that features locally sourced options…
In a new series we’re calling Shigging, we’ll be asking pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “shigging,” here’s our definition: An attempt to steal secrets from a barbecue badass in order to make your own barbecue better. Some…
The Dallas Morning News recently ran a story about local marriage proposal services available in Dallas. Here’s how it works, according to the story: The Yes Girls’ full Dallas Marriage Proposal Package — which includes the planning and execution of a proposal — goes for just under $3,500. More elaborate…
Editor’s note: For several years until about 2012, Alice Laussade, the Observer’s James Beard Award-winning (and twice nominated) food writer, traversed Dallas in search of sub-$10 lunches that didn’t suck. She eventually shut her foul mouth to focus on other writing and her hugely successful fundraiser, Meat Fight. Now, after…
We all know that Dallas chefs are great at cheffing. So we thought it might be fun to give them a chance to show off their chef creativity and skills with a challenge we’re bringing back, called “The Box.” Once a month or so, we’ll invite a new lucky soul…
Pottery Barn Kids sends me their catalog in the mail regularly. This time, instead of throwing it straight into the trash, I opened it. They claimed to be having a Fourth of July sale, and I thought, “Oh. Maybe this sale will make the things they sell reasonably priced.” I…
When I heard that Kim Kardashian had a new baby collection coming out, I assumed it was a formal announcement that she was about to birth multiples. As it turns out, she is not going to birth a collection of babies, but has in actuality created a line of baby…
