Ask for a Shiner in any Texas bar and you’re almost certain to get a Shiner Bock without any need to clarify, despite the array of other brews offered by the Spoetzl brewery under the Shiner name. In fact, Shiner Bock is so synonymous with Spoetzl that many casual beer…
If you’re on President George W. Bush’s mailing list, you’re probably already familiar with James Blake’s work. The Fort Worth artist had the honor of designing Laura and Dubya’s 2006 Christmas card–if having one’s work appreciated by a president not exactly renowned for discernment or intelligence can be considered an…
If you can’t tell whether the Tupperware bin of leftovers is from this week or last month, your cooking needs some variety. At “Panqueques With Dulce De Leche” ($15) 10:30 a.m. Monday, learn how to make tender crepes filled with golden dulce de leche. Then, at 6:30 p.m., winemaker Gaspar…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: National Sports Lounge (music warning), 3606 Greenville Ave., 214-887-9500When: 3 p.m. to…
One recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the “gastro-pub,” is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines than your average bar. The late, great Zymology on Lower Greenville was one short-lived example, with…
Bull Durham just might be the most overrated comedy ever, and it made minor-league baseball look about as fun as a tiddlywinks tournament. The Frisco RoughRiders games I’ve seen were far more enjoyable than that pile of celluloid crap, and you can get in for less than the cost of…
Good news for those stuck on what to get Mom for Mother’s Day: Wendy Fahle’s ink cartoon series–I Do. I Did. I’m Done.–will be on display at Kettle Art this weekend, and limited edition prints and notecards featuring Fahle’s whimsical takes on love and commitment will be on sale 7…
While it’s a loaded word, the ever-evolving Fort Worth experimental combo Hentai Improvising Orchestra claims a neutral and non-pornographic meaning for the Japanese word hentai: metamorphosis or transformation. With no bandleader, refusal to practice and a revolving cast of participants improvising on a wild range of instruments (some of which…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Beckley BrewHouse, 1111 N. Beckley Ave., 214-943-8977When: 3 to 6 p.m. Monday…
A few new offerings from Harpoon Brewery should be making their way into North Texas: the New England company’s first offering of a Belgian Pale Ale, a new Imperial Red (as part of its Leviathan series) and the annual return of Harpoon Summer Beer. Harpoon is a veteran craft brewery,…
It’s nice to see the humble ukulele making a comeback, as the bright, simple four-string mini-guitar always manages to make people smile. Hopefully the uke’s re-emergence into popular music will result in regained prominence for other instruments that have fallen into obscurity, like the hurdy gurdy. Until interest in that…
I’ve never really thought of mash-ups as more than a DJ novelty trick, something to make people on the dance floor pause for a second and say to themselves, “Huh, I guess those songs kind of do fit together.” But somehow combining various collages from existing works of visual art…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: The Amsterdam Bar, 831 Exposition Ave., 214-827-3433When: 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.,…
Today is the release date for Krush The Enemy, the debut CD from a new thrash band featuring some old Dallas metal pros. In case you haven’t read my review yet, Warbeast features singer Bruce Corbitt, best known from his days in the legendary Rigor Mortis, as well as Gammacide’s…
Apologies for this week’s post being both tardy and short, my fellow beer lovers, but kid-related circumstances have kept Lady Hophead and I housebound, and trying new brews was temporarily knocked down a few pegs on the priority list. Good news is I managed to take some notes on a…
During the life of artist and musician Wesley Willis, many a pair of liberal white hands were wrung over the mindset of his audience. Did the hooting, hollering people in the crowds at his shows genuinely appreciate the efforts of this “outsider artist,” or were they abetting a twisted modern-day…
Admit it: You’re a geek who drinks. Maybe you’re a language geek. You’ll be sitting at a bar and overhear some jughead say something stupid like, “Irregardless…” and have to restrain yourself not to correct him with, “Excuse me, but I believe the word you mean is ‘regardless.'” Or maybe…
Even the parsley at Arcodoro & Pomodoro is reason for excitement. Rather than garnish a dish with a sprig or a scattering of minced leaves, the kitchen places a few crispy cooked shoots of the herb atop certain dishes. It’s a novel touch—and the slightly salty, slightly oily taste is…
If you were a child in the ’80s, you probably had a mixture of fear and curiosity about the scrawny longhaired guys with bad teenage mustaches and sleeveless black T-shirts sporting gory or Satanic band logos. Warbeast’s debut CD, Krush The Enemy, is the kind of music those guys listened…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: Snookie’s Bar and Grill, 3604 Oak Lawn Ave., 214-521-1068When: 2:30 p.m…
Owl City, Paper Route, Hot Chelle RaeNokia Theatre Verizon Theatre, Grand PrairieSaturday, April 17, 2010Better than: Having my daughter hear from her middle-school friends about how totally awesome Owl City was, and how she missed the BEST SHOW EVER OMG!!! Rarely have an artist and venue been so perfectly matched…
Homebrewing is a labor of love, the creative pursuit of some new twist on beer or refinement on a standard style. Few homebrewers expect anything more than a fresh supply of tasty beer and perhaps a nod of approval from friends and family. But for those few who aspire to…
