Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful man-vs.-nature film about a competition to climb one of the most dangerous rock faces in the Swiss Alps. Set in 1936, the film follows the paths of four climbers–two German and two Austrian–as they take on the north face of…
It looks like all the hubbub the Jubilee Park residents and and business owners have raised in recent weeks concerning their on-going fight to keep the Dallas Independent School District from seizing their land under eminent domain may be starting to pay off. We finally heard back from DISD spokesperson…
About two weeks back, Roasted was knee-deep in a mostly interesting coffee-biz conversation between an area coffee roaster and the owner of a local coffee shop when the two started talking about the coffee at Dunkin Donuts. And that’s when a realization of apparently epically embarrassing proportions sunk in: Roasted…
A few weeks ago, we directed your attention to plans to turn the Riverfront Boulevard into a so-called “complete street” — plans that, as we’ve also pointed out, have drawn a fair amount of criticism for being, well, not-so-complete streets with far too much emphasis on automobile traffic and far…
Not sure how much of the usual here’s-why-this-is-an-important-read info that you’ll need to find this piece interesting–you know, what with all the national press that Erykah Badu’s received as of late. In case you live under a very large rock, Badu ended April by filing a not guilty plea with…
With even Oak Cliff homeowners associations split over the Bishop Davis Land Use & Zoning Study, if nothing else yesterday’s public hearing at the City Plan Commission proved that not everyone in Oak Cliff marches lockstep with all the changes afoot on that side of the Trinity River. Despite the…
When it comes to getting a major jolt from a single cup of straight, black coffee, there’s really nothing in Dallas that gives you a bigger caffeine bang for a buck than a 12 oz Styrofoam cup full of what’s known around the Lakewood/Lower Greenville area as “Danny’s Motor Oil.”…
Sure it’s a tad cliché to say about a band, but Dallas-based Hats & Statues really has come a long way in the past two and a half years. The band first started making waves while playing mostly the basement of J & J’s Pizza and house shows in Denton,…
As expected at 9 this morning, nearly 20 folks assembled in a briefing room at Dallas Independent School District’s Ross Avenue HQ to hear what — if anything — District 9 school board trustee Bernadette Nutall would have to say about DISD’s plans to exercise eminent domain to acquire property…
At 9 this morning, many of those facing the loss of their property in the Jubilee Park land grab will meet with their Dallas Independent School District trustee, Bernadette Nutall, at DISD’s Ross Avenue HQ. We’re not exactly sure who else from DISD will be attending the meeting, though Superintendent…
Well, we finally heard back from Dallas Independent School District on its plans to force Jubilee Park residents and Vickery Wholesale Greenhouse off their land to make way for a new O.M. Roberts Elementary School. Still, the e-mailed, attorney-vetted statement doesn’t address any of the laundry list of questions we…
The truck stop/car wash/taco stand known as Fuel City has earned local and national attention for its tiny, tasty tacos that Texas Monthly named the best tacos in the Lone Star State. Of course, not everyone agrees that the tacos are all that. But, whether you think Fuel City’s tacos…
Yesterday afternoon, before heading to the board meeting at Dallas Independent School District’s Ross Avenue HQ, we stopped by Vickery Wholesale Greenhouse — the lone business that DISD’s seeking to condemn as it moves ahead with plans for a new O.M. Roberts Elementary School building.While the majority of the protesters…
As promised, some 70 protesters marched the sidewalks around Dallas Independent School District’s Ross Avenue HQ in advance of last night’s board meeting. The group of men, women and children — most of whom donned white shirts in a show of solidarity — showed up to oppose the district’s plan…
So much for the media circus outside today’s highly anticipated (judging by the advance news coverage, anyway) hearing at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building, where the Fifth Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case of two Dallas men trying to get divorced. Pete Schulte — the attorney…
Today’s standing-room-only meeting of the Dallas County Commissioners Court was uneventful for the most part, with all the juicy talk about pay raises and surety bond increases saved for closed session. But just before the meeting was called to a close, things got interesting when a pair of residents from…
Until this weekend, Roasted had come to associate the Corner Market with two things: food and flowers. For whatever reason–despite the fact that we had ordered flowers, food and coffee on several occasions in the past and despite living in the Lower Greenville area–Roasted just wasn’t in the habit of…
On Tuesday night, during the public hearing organized by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, developer Graham Greene sat in the audience quietly watching as 50 Deep Ellum and Expo Park residents stood in opposition of EVERgreen Residences | 3800 Willow, as a planned development he’s working on…
Last night, at that public hearing we previewed about yesterday, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs heard feedback on some applications for Competitive Housing Tax Credits from around the state. And, as expected, a large contingent — numbering around 50 — showed up to literally stand up and…
Earlier today, Chelsea Callahan at the Double-Wide put out the call via Facebook, inviting friends and fans to a public hearing at 6 tonight in the downtown Central Library auditorium. Callahan wrote that the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will be “voting to approve a location for a…
Two years after Texas Department of Transportation officials told Dallas that they could no longer afford to cough up the cash needed to maintain the plant life in the medians and window boxes along the stretch of Central Expressway between Woodall Rodgers and LBJ Freeways, the city council’s Transportation and…
Roasted first noticed the signs for Divine Coffee Shop while driving to White Rock Coffee on Northwest Highway, and figured that any coffee shop called “divine” was worth checking out. More on the divine part later. For now, let’s deal with the coffee-shop portion of the name. If you think…
