UPDATE: Earlier we sent an email Tim McCallum, owner of Vapiano, asking if they might open back up. “We hope so, we will send out info when we do,” McCallum replied. Vapiano at Mockingbird Station has, to put it delicately, closed. Or, if one were to read the sign on…
Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day was scheduled for April 3, but tornadoes forced some local shops to play a make-up game, and that making up goes down today. Three local shops are partaking in the festivities: Plano, McKinney and the Shops of Highland Village. The Plano store has…
Julian Barsotti, chef and owner of the highly acclaimed Nonna, is set to open Carbone’s Fine Food and Wine at 4208 Oak Lawn today. The name Carbone is a relic of Barsotti’s past. His maternal grandparents (the Carbones) owned a deli and small grocery of the same name in New…
The Deep Ellum Outdoor Market shut down Main Street over the weekend for a food truck rally. For some, especially the 10 or so trucks there, the night was a success. Cajun Tailgators ran out of food at 9:30 p.m. The Munch Box had a “sea of people” outside their…
Andrew Lostetter has been a bartender in Dallas for almost 15 years, serving at Fireside Pies, Neighborhood Services Tavern and Marquee Grill. Recently he was snowboarding in Breckenridge, Colorado, when he was hit by a wayward skier and propelled into a tree. The impact caused four fractures to his pelvis,…
It’s been a long time coming for Driftwood (642 W. Davis). The seafood spot in Oak Cliff was supposed to open months ago, but electrical and plumbing issues kept setting them back. Finally, last week, Chef Omar Flores and owner/operator John Baudoin planned a soft opening for family and friends…
When Paul Quinn College decided to transform its old football field into a massive garden, a bona fide food desert was transformed. In just two years since the field was tilled, thousands of pounds of vegetables have made their way to the campus cafeteria, neighborhood charities and a few local…
The Deep Ellum Outdoor Market is hosting its first food truck rally tonight on Main Street between Malcolm X and Crowdus, which will be shut down for the event. The party lasts from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m., and a few bands will provide tunes, including My Wooden Leg and Hares…
I don’t know a ton about wine, nor do I know much about “real” housewives in New York City (shout out to Oak Cliff Housewives, who truly keep it real). But word on the street, according to Jasper Russo at Sigel’s, is that Skinnygirl wine “HAS ARRIVED!” I pass along…
There was some social media gossip about a Yu Dog at the Rangers Ballpark on Monday night, so I contacted Casey Rapp, the Operations Manager with Metroplex Sportservice, which coordinates most of the food for the stadium. (Rapp has a pretty cool, yet tiring, job and keeps in touch throughout…
Garden Café is one of several little neighborhood jewels tucked away in East Dallas. The breakfast and lunch spot’s most distinguishing feature is the large garden behind the quaint white brick building in which it sits. Plots of herbs and rows of veggies keep the butterflies and bees busy, and…
The Texas Baker’s Bill is getting closer to being useful to bakers. Late last week, news circulated about new language for the Texas Food Cottage Law, which passed last year and allows home bakers to legally sell their goods with a few certain conditions. After the law was passed, the…
Do you remember where you were the first time you tried Cool Ranch Doritos? It was 1986, Goose and Mav were killin’ karoke in Top Gun, “Rock Me Amadeus” and “Papa Don’t Preach” were hits, and parachute pants and leg warmers were both in style. And Cool Ranch Doritos?! Damn,…
If you weren’t there for Opening Day on Friday, I’m sorry. But there’s a lot more to come, including tonight’s Opening Yu. We went Friday, and are here now with 10 tips, reminders and observations. 1. Tailgating at Rangers Ballpark on Friday was everything it was supposed to be. The…
JR Bentley’s “Chain Restaurant Hell” could have easily described Arlington for ages. But with Cowboys Stadium, the Super Bowl and record admissions at UTA, it’s finally got a few places with character. Well, OK, a lot of them are still chains, but not in the fast-food sense. If you want…
Tuesday evening, after tornadoes struck the metroplex, Scott Wooley, owner of the So-Cal Taco food truck, immediately started devising a plan to help the victims and relief workers. It’s all part of his gratuitous spirit, which is partly a result of his fight with cancer several years ago. He’s free…
When Nicole Van Camp was 15 years old, she decided to become a vegetarian based on the grounds of animal cruelty. But she lived in highly carnivorous Carrollton. Unless she wanted to starve, she had to learn to cook. She quickly fell in love with her new life-sustaining hobby. And…
Yesterday the farming trade publication Farm Futures carried a story on the potential rise in beef prices after the recent uproar over pink slime, or LFTB (lean finely textured beef). CattleFax, a beef industry research group, estimates the pink slime news cycle “is costing the U.S. beef industry $15 to…
Today is National Alcohol Screening Day, a day on which almost 1,000 community-based organizations, colleges and military installations will offer free, anonymous screenings to help people determine whether or not they have a drinking problem. The website HowDoYouScore.org is sponsored by another site called “Mental Health Screening,” which, according to…
In 1997, Rocky and Celeste Tassione traded in their urban lives for greener pastures north of Stephenville to grow organic, specialty greens through hydroponic gardening in one lone greenhouse. Their goal was to gather enough business through sales to restaurants to make a living of it. At first, it was…
Chef Nicole’s Secret Supper Clubs are held on Saturday nights at a spot called My Private Chef in Deep Ellum, at the corner Elm and Malcolm X. During the week, Holly Muller uses this place to prepare meals for her private chef business. But on Saturday nights, Chef Nicole Van…
Last week, checking out the scene on the west side of the big fancy new bridge, I noticed a sign on a yellow building one block south of Singelton (400 Bedford) that reads “Coming Soon: Babb Brothers Barbeque & Blues.” The first sign of life in the Trinity Grove development…
