MoMo’s Pasta is Moving to the Quad

MoMo’s Pasta. It’s a classic red-sauce-two-location-family-owned Italian joint. They serve lunch and dinner daily, with brunch on weekends featuring 99-cent mimosas. Prices are reasonable and you can dine in or get your MoMo delivered. It’s the type of place with lots of regulars. There is just one problem: the Knox…

Eat This: Burrata with Garlic Bread at Carbone’s

See also: *Carbone’s: Jimmy’s for the 1 Percent Burrata. Say it again. Roll the “Rs” this time. Giada-style. Ooh yeah, that’s the stuff. Burrata is kind of like mozzarella, in the same way Moët & Chandon is kind of like André. Burrata is like mozzarella except that instead of being…

12 Questions for Chef Angelo Sosa

See also *My Ten Minutes in Heaven with Australian Heartthrob Chef Curtis Stone *Craft And Ghostbar Are Gone, But Are The Next Concepts Dead On Arrival? *Private Social May Multiply, but Will People Come if Tiffany Derry’s Not in the Kitchen? I know what you’re thinking. First chef Curtis Stone…

Now Open: Nora on Greenville (Photos)

Lower Greenville Avenue is looking damn good these days. The newly widened streets with inset parking makes it feel like the quiet downtown of a suburb, like Plano or perhaps Coppell. Even after dark, there’s noticibly less fear of being run over by a passing truck. It’s a good thing…

Survival Tips for Today’s Trader Joe’s Grand Opening

Whitney was wrong. You should most certainly NOT stay cool. It is time to freak the fuck out because OMGEEEEEEEEEEEE! It’s Trader Joe’s Day! It is quite possible that the entire Internet (or at least the chunk set aside for Texas) has become bowed beneath the weight of the anticipation,…

Eat This: The Farnatchi Burger

Farnatchi. It’s a little Mediterranean joint tucked in between Jersey Mike’s and City Cigars in Knox Park. Its menu spans Italy, Turkey and the Middle East with offerings that tempt your senses and push the boundaries of your average lunch. You can order zaatar bread followed by pasta pomodoro. Turkish…

Drink Tequila, Support Greyhounds at Maximo This Next Thursday

Update: This event has been postponed until next Thursday, June 14, because of weather. Tequila and dogs. They go together like wine and olives. Not particularly well. Except, of course, when you’re drinking tequila for an organization that supports four-legged friends. You can do just that at Maximo Cocina Mexicana…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 82: The Oxtail Ragout at Central 214

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email Scott. When you come upon the opportunity to dine at Hotel Palomar’s…

SNACK is Open on Henderson (Photos)

From the outside of the building, you might recognize tell-tale remnants of the old facade of Horne & Dekker: the patio with its big garage door to the rest of the dining area, the bar that runs the length of the place. But once inside, the similarities end…

Ode to Taste of the NFL (with Photos)

While she didn’t get the chance to lick any football players at last night’s Taste of the NFL at the new Omni Hotel, foodbitch was pleasantly surprised by all the energy inside. And that energy inspired her to get poetic. Because what’s Monday without whimsy? Here we go…

Five Things I Learned from My “Foodie Cleanse”

Tomorrow marks 10 days of me doing the cleansing. Here’s what I’ve gathered during my stint. 5. A “foodie cleanse” = a SHIT-TON of work. I like to cook, even love it. But after an average of two hours of cooking every night, I’ve come to realize that nobody can…