Reza Anavarian, originally from Azerbaijan, flies to Georgia this weekend for an ESI Ironman Competition, which includes a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile jog through beautiful downtown Augusta. In addition to conditioning for that insanity, he’s also training at the Maple Avenue Boxing Gym to get…
Today I tracked down the new food truck Gennarino’s, which serves Neapolitan-style fried food and is owned by three brothers from Naples, Italy. It’s just their second day in business and they were parked between two office buildings in Irving just off of Hwy 161. They’d be parked in Dallas,…
Crimson Asian Cuisine opened last week at corner of Blackburn and McKinney in the West Village, serving pho and other Vietnamese dishes such as stir-fries, rice noodles and spring roles. The atmosphere is on the casual side. Not fancy, but nice. There’s a decent size patio area out front and…
I’d walked past the same food truck for a few weeks but never had the nerve to approach it and order anything. It was one of those big, plain white United Caterer trucks with the blue slanted windows on the top, parked in the same spot at a construction site…
Primebar opened in Uptown last week, and I got to check it out briefly on Friday. I’ll definitely put it on my places to go when I want to dabble in swank while a watching a playoff game and drinking a microbrew. There are several different areas to explore in…
They just don’t make them, or at least not many of them, like Lucille Mathews. Legend in Dallas, she started working at the Lakewood Landing in 1959, shortly after leaving Jack Ruby’s Carousel Club, and tended bar there for over 30 years. In a profile that ran in the Observer’s…
Gennarino’s announced last night they are officially hitting the streets. Gimme a big FINE-A-FRICKIN’-LEE! They’ve been teasing us about their Neapolitan-style friggitoria for over a month. Now, Raffealel, Armando and Alessio are ready to roll. What is a “friggitoria,” you ask? Well, in Italy it is a cart, truck or…
Slow Food USA is a non-profit group that works to bring good, clean and fair food to everyone in the country through grassroots movements. And this Saturday, Sept 17, they’re asking you to redefine the value of a meal by participating in a $5 challenge. “… Take back the value…
Lover’s Lane Olive Oil Company opened over the weekend, an expansion from its mothership store, Grapevine Olive Oil Company. It’s at 5627 West Lovers Lane, just west of the Tollway. Owner Rebecca Knop imports more than 40 extra-virgin olive oils from around the world and balsamic vinegars from Modena, Italy,…
On a bridge 10 miles outside of Saint Jo, Texas, a small, sleepy town an hour and a half drive northwest of Dallas, a handful of locals have gathered on a July afternoon to look at a sand mine being built off a remote country road. Rolling hills dotted with…
Well, surprise, surprise. This morning Bryan and Kathy Crelly woke up and said something like, “Soft openings are for pussies. Let’s do this!” Because just yesterday the owners of Uncle Uber’s Sammich Shop in Deep Ellum were a bit hush-hush about their opening plans, but today a “Now Open” banner…
Yesterday I spoke with two DFW-area food trucks about their plans to hit the streets in Big D. Gennarino’s is a Neapolitan-style friggitoria owned by three brothers from Naples, Italy. And SoCal Tacos serves up classic southern Cali tacos, burritos and salsa. Both these truck owners are enthusiastic foodies, anxiously…
Last Friday, Tillman’s posted a picture of one of its weekend specials on its Facebook page along with this description: “Fried oysters with roasted poblano polenta, sautéed spinach and tomato, and spicy remoulade for $10.00.” Strangely, that post spoke to me in some mystical unicorn way, so much so that…
The U.S. Senate has officially declared today National Celiac Disease Awareness Day. So, we all need to stop at some point and think about our annoying friends who can’t eat anything because … OK. OK. You’re not annoying. Your disease is annoying. And, honestly, we hate it for you. Since…
It’s a good week for suburban boozin’. Grapevine’s 25th annual GrapeFest begins this Thursday and lasts throughout the weekend. With Addison’s Oktober Fest covering the same days, we’re all being put in that awkward “choosing sides” predicament. But, something that might help in your decision-tree diagram is that admission is…
A new restaurant, Swig, at 1921 North Henderson, in what used to be Park, will have its soft opening this Wednesday. Peter Kenny from the Capitol Pub has created a lush, dark space with alluring seating arrangements and retro lighting fixtures throughout. The patio out back, formerly Bar Celine, is…
It’s a good time to be a lush. While we shake off the hops-induced cobwebs of Brew at the Zoo, and look forward to this weekend’s Oktoberfest, this Wednesday marks the start of the second-annual Brewtopia at our favorite demo-crazed foodie-fantasyland, Central Market. From September 14 through 27, they’ll celebrate…
Aside from overpasses, we’ve just stumbled upon the most brilliant plan for reducing city traffic and pollution. Originally from the Netherlands, these “beer bikes” can be found swerving along the roads in Germany, where up to sixteen people can sit around a table on wheels with a keg in the…
It’s Fashion Week, which means lots of impractical clothes clothes on impractically shaped people. But designers aren’t alone in their ability to turn something as functional as clothes into high art. Chefs often do the same with food, as demonstrated by the above dish — a salad from Abacus –…
Alright, so here’s how this works: You order an ice cream cone at a drive thru. Preferably soft serve. When the server leans out to hand it to you, grab the top of the ice cream. Grab fearlessly and with confidence. Maybe even smash the ice cream a little in…
In 1981, Oscar and Laura Sanchez opened their traditional Mexican seafood restaurant, La Calle Doce, in an old renovated house in Oak Cliff. Three decades and two more restaurants later, they will mark their 30th anniversary next week. I asked Laura — who whose father taught her the importance of…
Our favorite hippie ice cream makers from Vermont might have lost their minds, but they have not lost their sense of humor. Today they announced their new flavor: “Schweddy Balls.” According to B&J’s, the Saturday Night Live inspired dessert has “vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum and is…
