Mastermind, the forthcoming animated 3-D movie from DreamWorks, is presumably a technologically sophisticated bit of filmmaking. So why’s the studio promoting it via a medium associated with buffet lines and cruise ships? An eight-foot tall ice sculpture of the movie’s villain appeared at the State Fair of Texas this weekend;…
Even chefs who aren’t sports fans are ruing the Rangers’ performance this weekend, since the extended series is likely to keep eaters out of their dining rooms for a few more nights. Central 214’s executive chef Blythe Beck says high-end restaurants can’t compete with championship baseball. “Restaurants don’t do well…
The recent purchase of a Little Rock institution by the restaurant group that owns Burger Girl and Lemon Bar could help push cheese dip into the national mainstream. Steve Davis, who partnered with Jast Partners to re-open Browning’s after a short hiatus, last week told the Arkansas Times that the…
What intrigued me most about Aatish Grill, a new Mediterranean restaurant on Trinity Mills Road, was the short chef’s bio the restaurant stuck on its web site. “Our experienced executive chef Sami Ahmad from Dearborn, MI provides exquisite food,” the write-up promised. There are some phenomenal Lebanese restaurants in Dearborn,…
You can’t buy friendship, but you can surely buy an introduction. That’s the principle underlying the latest promotion from Horne & Dekker, the evolving comfort food spot on North Henderson Avenue. According to a Facebook announcement, the restaurant’s offering a free entrée to anyone who “introduce(s) an H&D newbie to…
Dean James Max, a James Beard nominee who was crowned “King of American Seafood” at this year’s Great American Seafood Cook-off and earned our sister paper’s endorsement as the “Best Chef in South Florida”, is developing his first Dallas restaurant. The not-yet-named restaurant is scheduled to open at the Renaissance…
Oatmeal, once derided as dull, is now so trendy that at least one Dallas-based restaurant chain’s slapped the name on a dish of uncooked rolled oats, yogurt and fruit. The sweet breakfast snack is officially muesli, but – after nearly a decade of name-tweaking –Corner Bakery now sells it as…
City of Arlington staffers are looking forward to feasting on coconut shrimp and grilled mahi mahi if the Rangers stay ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays. Mayor Robert Cluck this week made his second-ever edible sports wager, offering the mayors of Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg a dinner from Spring…
Deep-fried Pop-Tarts are now available to eaters who don’t want to splurge on a State Fair of Texas ticket — if they’re willing to settle for Chef Jason Boso’s version of the treat. Boso, executive chef of Twisted Root Burger Co. and Cowboy Chow, created five fried dishes to celebrate…
When I finally reached the front of the breakfast line on an exceptionally busy Sunday morning at Garden Café—having had ample time to settle on an egg-and-chili plate, flirt with the idea of ordering a feta omelet and renew my vow to find out how well the cherished East Dallas…
Two relatives of legendary Kreuz Market owner Edgar “Smitty” Schmidt are trying to save Dallasites the trouble of making a four-hour drive to Lockhart. Jill Bergus, Schmidt’s step-granddaughter, is partnering with pit master Tim McLaughlin to open Lockhart Smokehouse on the corner of West Davis Street and North Bishop Avenue…
A Lexington, Ky.-based dueling piano bar has received the city’s go-ahead to open a location in Uptown. According to Dallas city records, the Penguin Dueling Piano Bar has been granted a certificate of occupancy, allowing its troubadours to start tinkling near the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Fairmount Street…
It’s football season, which means tailgaters are weekly firing up their cookers and churning out meaty pork ribs, tender beef briskets and an array of other smoke-kissed meats that seasonal allergy sufferers might want to avoid. I spent five hours with an allergist yesterday, trying to understand just why Dallas…
Which Dallas neighborhood is most supportive of green energy, locally owned businesses and grassroots solutions to pressing global problems? If the winner of the recent Carrotmob competition is any indication, it’s Deep Ellum — although organizers say the community just narrowly edged out Oak Cliff. “We did not play favorites,”…
Whoever’s behind Chameli’s Twitter feed either has a State Fair-inflected sense of humor or the best dessert idea ever. “We’re doing Fried Mango Khulfi soon!,” @ChameliOnline announced yesterday. Problem is, nobody at the Indian restaurant in Richardson (which is clearly pictured on @ChameliOnline’s Twitter page) seems to know anything about…
A Texas-born chef has been tapped to take over at Five Sixty when executive chef Sara Johannes leaves this week. Pat Roberston, who’s served as executive sous chef at the Wolfgang Puck-owned restaurant since its opening in February 2009, has spent more than a decade with the Wolfgang Puck Fine…
I had a nasty sinus infection this weekend, so I sought solace in a bowlful of bun bo hue, a spicy broth heaving with noodles, assorted pig parts and congealed pig’s blood. I didn’t pause to ask my server where the restaurant bought its meat, and I’d be willing to…
New Yorkers’ newfound infatuation with Texas-style barbecue is migrating upstate. The venerable Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is planning to add house-made hot guts to its menu when it opens a new location in Troy, a former steel and textile town near Albany. As The Business Review recently reported, Dinosaur – which for…
Grab-and-go eaters are increasingly patronizing convenience stores, a trend one market research group thinks could threaten fast food restaurants’ traditional breakfast hour dominance. “We’ll see an expansion of foodservice programs and an upgrade of foodservice programs for c-stores,” NPD group vice president Warren Solochek told Nation’s Restaurant News, an industry…
Does absence make the eyes grow clearer? Texas-born chef Steve Shockey, who’s been impressing diners in the Miami area for years, recently summed up the differences between Texas and Florida’s food scenes for an NBC affiliate. “The dishes in Texas’ great food cities — Dallas, Austin and Houston — tend…
If this many hands touched an item at In-N-Out Burger, the health department would probably pay the restaurant a visit. But since y’all are starved for In-N-Out news, we share with you this latest tidbit, reported first by the Dallas Business Journal, and picked up by the folks at Sidedish:…
Pegasus News reports this morning that Il Cane Rosso is putting down roots in Deep Ellum. Owner Jay Jerrier couldn’t be reached for comment, but Teresa Gubbins has posted a photo of the tip-off TABC window sign at 2612 Commerce Avenue. Jerrier last week confirmed on his Facebook page that…
