The 10 People You Meet in the New Deep Ellum

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…

5 Best Charcuterie Boards in Dallas

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…

Free & Cheap Culture Events in Dallas This Week

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 Can Soon Screw Up a Matt McCallister Recipe in Your Own Kitchen

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…

The Kimchi Fries at BBBop Are a Glorious, Delicious Pile of Food

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…

10 Best Things To Do in Dallas When You’re Alone

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 Made Her Hometown Proud Last Night At Gexa

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…

Five Free Arts & Culture Events This Week

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…

10 Really Stupid Things About Dallas

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…

French-Mex Madrina Is Slated for a September Opening in Highland Park

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…

Lucia Sous Chef Justin Holt Is Head Down, Focused On Collaboration

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…

The Vice Cake At Ida Claire Will Leave You Addicted

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…

The 10 Best Dallas Bars When Someone Else is Paying

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…

5 Unique & Cheap Culture Events This Week

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…

Resurrected From The Dead, Trees is Thriving Six Years Later

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,…