We all know that country music, by and large, isn’t the most progressive of musical genres. With loudmouth GOP musicians like Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams Jr., it’s easy to forget that country music isn’t all about trucks, America and hating President Obama. Believe it or not, there are surprisingly…
Prime patio weather might have passed us by in, oh, May, but people in Dallas still love drinking their booze outside. Fortunately for us, the weather gods have seen it fit to bless us with a respite from the heat in the form of a summertime polar vortex. That means…
Ah, Restaurant Week. The time of year when your favorite neighborhood restaurants are flooded with people who only dine out a few times a year. It’s a week notorious for bad service, small portions and watered-down menus, but unlike some other cities’ versions, DFW’s benefits the North Texas Food Bank…
As Americans, we generally don’t give a shit about the historical observances of other countries. There is one major exception, though – any holiday or festival that allows us to get really drunk or eat a lot of food. See St. Patrick’s Day, Carnivale, and Cinco de Mayo. Today is…
Summerland Tour WIth Everclear, Soul Asylum, Eve 6 and Spacehog South Side Ballroom, Dallas Friday, July 11, 2014 The 1990s and early 2000s weren’t exactly the golden years of rock music, but that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t plenty of it. As bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden and Hole set…
Chefs will always tell you that they don’t have enough time to go out to dinner, but even professionals need a break from cooking. And if anyone has a right to say that he’s too busy to eat out, it’s John Tesar. He’s still working six nights a week at…
It isn’t often that non-profit organizations stand in the way of people who want to do good, but the case of blood banks is particularly unique. In case you weren’t aware, men who have had sex with other men since 1977 are barred from donating blood at most major blood…
Dallas doesn’t get to call itself home to tons of living legends, but nowhere else in the world has the privilege of calling itself the home of Erykah Badu. As one of the most influential figures in modern R&B and one of the most interesting people alive, Badu is almost…
Chef John Tesar’s journey through the Dallas food scene has been, if anything, extremely tumultuous. As one of the few rabble-rousing figures in a market that has been driven by handshakes and friendly table interactions with the chef since Southwestern cuisine’s peak in the 1980s, Tesar is both a take-no-shit…
Living in Dallas in the summertime is honestly kind of a mixed bag. On one hand, it’s going to be hotter than hell and utterly miserable until at least September. On the other, there are plenty of things to do that make it feel like you’re actually on vacation without…
Moving across the country to take an executive chef position at one of the country’s only permanent pop-up restaurants doesn’t exactly leave a lot of time for leisure. When chef Brooke Egger of Kitchen LTO made the trek from California to Texas, she had no idea what to expect about…
There’s no disputing that even though it’s relatively young, Zoli’s New York Pizza in Bishop Arts is one of the city’s best spots to buy a slice. After owner Jay Jerrier brought in born-and-bred New Yorker Lee Hunzinger to lead the kitchen earlier this year, the pizza there just got…
In a small and reliably stodgy restaurant scene like Dallas’, change isn’t something that comes easily. At Kitchen LTO, though, change is the only thing reliably on the menu. This “permanent pop-up” concept is now in its third incarnation, with a brand new chef, Brooke Egger, who’s largely unknown to…
Merle Haggard Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth Saturday, June 28, 2014 Country music is built on a bedrock of incredible artists like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, but you’d be an idiot to not consider the tremendous influence of everyone’s favorite former felon, Merle Haggard. His career has certainly seen…
In Dallas, the Alan Ross Freedom Parade held on Cedar Springs every year is a celebration of queer identities. Some local activists, though, think that the Pride parade has become too commercialized and insistent on presenting a “straightwashed” image of what the gay community really is. Enter QueerBomb. Modeled after…
It’s no surprise that Dallas lacks in the French pastry department. The involved, highly-technical processes of making macarons, croissants, and other French baked goods just isn’t practical for today’s high-volume, birthday-cake-and-cookies kind of bakery. Samantha Rush of Rush Patisserie in Oak Cliff, though, prefers to keep things old school. Her…
Unfortunately, crawfish season is equally as fleeting as that beautiful weather the Texas spring brings with it. The season for everyone’s favorite Cajun delicacy starts just after the Super Bowl in Louisiana, and typically lasts until mid-to-late June. Unfortunately, according to Jon Alexis of TJ’s Seafood, this year’s crawfish season…
Now that summer is bearing down on us, our tastes are starting to get a little bit lighter. Scarfing down all those heavy burgers and barbecue isn’t enticing, or practical, during the summer’s hottest months, unless you want the meat sweats come pool time. But eating lighter doesn’t have to…
Katherine Clapner is much more punk rock than your average chocolatier. After spending decades in some of the best kitchens in Dallas and across the globe, Clapner has settled into a chocolate-covered takeover of Dallas-Fort Worth with her Dude, Sweet Chocolate shops. Since opening in Dallas’ Bishop Arts district, Clapner…
In the past few years, it seems like everyone has been picking on country music. As the genre becomes more and more dominated by good ol’ boys looking for a good time, the term “bro country” has increasingly been used by music critics to pejoratively describe some of the most…
Pupusas are the unsung heroes of Latin cuisine. Their crisped exteriors may not entice like a taco filled with pork, pineapple, and cilantro, but this humble exterior belies a rich and meaty filling that is nothing short of magical. Corn masa is shaped into a pocket, filled with meats, cheese,…
I was not alive when James Taylor and his self-reflective brand of folk music were most popular. For my entire life, Taylor has been touring the country playing songs that are as familiar to my grandparents as they are to me. My own first experience with James Taylor was finding…
