On a recent Sunday afternoon, volunteers gathered at Kirkwood Temple CME in the Wolf Creek neighborhood of southern Dallas. They were there with local nonprofit Services of Hope to help register people to vote and deliver 25-pound “Hope Community Food Boxes” filled with healthy food to families in need. Despite the…
Fed up with his current situation, Omar Yeefoon took to Facebook to express himself. There, the owner of Shoals Sound & Service in Deep Ellum posted his thoughts on what has become a staple industry during the pandemic. “Food delivery apps are pimps,” Yeefoon wrote. “Your favorite restaurants are being…
Before now, the televisions were dark, the patios were deserted, the mason jars sat empty and the regulars stayed home. That all changed Friday. Stan’s Blue Note, the Lower Greenville Avenue staple that opened in 1952, is welcoming customers again. Mid-August, Mike McRae, the proprietor of Stan’s, which is one…
The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic touches everything. Restaurants are particularly hit hard. Making things worse, their plight sets off a chain reaction in the food industry. As long as restaurants continue to struggle through the crisis, so too will the farms that supply them, leaving an uncertain future for…
