If you somehow missed Miley Cyrus’ performance on the MTV Video Music Awards last week, you must be living in some sort of insulated yurt community for music snobs. The performance of Cyrus’ “Dooo It,” a song off Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz which was released shortly after the…
Now that “bro-country” is now part of the broader musical lexicon — in that you can look it up in the damn Oxford English Dictionary — it would appear that we’re stuck with this sub-par sub-genre of country music. Made famous by guys like Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell, and other…
You have probably heard at least a thousand times in the last six months that DEEP ELLUM IS BACK, BABY! You might have heard this from, well, us and everyone else in Dallas. Deep Ellum is officially reinvigorated and revitalized, which means that we’re starting to see an influx of…
Cured meats are damn near the perfect food. They were created out of a need to preserve meats before refrigeration, but today almost nothing better than standing in front of a case of salami, prosciutto and spicy coppa just waiting for your mouth to love it. The only thing that…
Complaining that you’re bored is, well, boring. In all likelihood, your boredom is more related to the fact that you’re not reading and enriching your booze-rotted brain than any real lack of arts and culture in Dallas. There is plenty to do, even if sometimes you do have to look…
You probably don’t have anything close to chef Matt McCallister’s culinary skills. He may not be the kind of nice guy who’s willing to accomodate a wedge salad, but dude knows his way around a kitchen. Usually, though, chef Matt’s creations look more like something out of a museum than…
Generally, foods arranged into pile form have to work at being appetizing. Once you get all those flavors mushed together, things can occasionally get a little lost in translation. And such is the case with poutine, especially these fancified versions that you find on plenty of restaurant menus. But kimchi…
Right now in Dallas, probably no style of cooking is hotter than “new Southern,” perhaps replacing swanky bar food as the newest food trend. lenty of Dallas menus are introducing fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, and other southern staples to their menus. And who could blame them? For many people…
Whether or not you’re a socially inept introvert, alone time is necessary for the maintenance of anyone’s sanity. If you are, in fact, a socially inept introvert, you know that the struggle of doing something more than watching Netflix documentaries when you need your precious alone time is very, very…
Kelly Clarkson With Pentatonix Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Sunday, August 30, 2015 Kelly Clarkson has really come out of her shell. Since her win on the first season of American Idol nearly 15 years ago, she’s established herself as one of the most powerful vocalists in the business. If you remember…
It is seriously about to be September, you guys, which means one thing and one thing only: being able to spend as much time as you want without dying of a heatstroke. The mercury may not seriously drop for a few months to come, but you can at least pretend…
As much as we love to complain about Dallas, most of us love living here. And it is, for the most part, a pretty awesome place to live. We have good sports teams (most of the time), good theatre and art, and a cost of living that doesn’t make us…
North Texas country music fans are very, very sad right now. On Wednesday, Rolling Stone Country announced that Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard would join forces for a month-long tour across the Midwest and Southeast to promote their new joint album, Django & Jimmie. In true Nelson and Haggard fashion,…
As much as we’ve lamented the death of good, authentic country music, our eulogies may have been a little premature. 2015 has already proved to be a pretty good year for country music, particularly its female-fronted acts. Releases from Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood and now Maddie & Tae all seem…
For the past few months, Dallas has seen a parade of interesting restaurant openings. Even well into the often-lackluster summer months, new concepts were opening their doors across the city. This week, the minds behind Proof + Pantry announced that their latest concept, Madrina, would open in the first week of…
The food world has plenty of ego. Chefs are notorious for their larger-than-life, type-A personalities, but spending a little time in Dallas’ culinary scene is a quick way to dispel any Gordon Ramsay-style notions you have about many of this city’s chefs. Sure, there is plenty of bravado, but just…
If there is anything we love here at your favorite food blog, it is addictive substances. From chocolate to caffeine, we appreciate a good-natured bad habit as much as the next person. But at Ida Claire, Addison’s new Southern-influenced, non-chain restaurant, pastry chef Sara Lewis has really outdone herself with…
There is no more controversial piece of property (except for those Trinity River plains) in Dallas right now than the historic Lakewood Theater. Beloved by residents for years for its iconic tower and theatre seats that were apparently worth dumpster-diving for, this Dallas icon appears to be teetering on the…
It’s scientifically proven that the best tasting drinks are the ones that someone else has purchased for you. Even a PBR tastes like Champagne when you didn’t have to shell out a single nickel for the refreshment, but a well-mixed drink is heaven in a glass when someone else is…
This time of year, everything just feels a little more boring. We’re all waiting around for fall television premieres and football that these last few weeks of August can feel a little empty. You could do something productive like figure out how to pay off those student loans or repave…
Like most other cities that are not Philadelphia, Dallas’ cheesesteak scene is seriously lacking. There are a few chain restaurants that make a passable version, and everyone loves the delicious gut-bomb cheesesteaks served up at the Truckyard on Lower Greenville. Now, though, there’s a North Dallas restaurant that is absolutely…
Throughout its long and storied history as perhaps Dallas’ most famous entertainment district, Deep Ellum has seen a tremendous amount of change. Its existence has been a series of ebb and flow circles, massive booms and even bigger busts. In the neighborhood’s most recent major heydey, the 1990s, Deep Ellum,…
