Kintaro Ramen is set to open in Arlington the week of Feb. 17 in a retail spot below new apartments at 101 E. Abram St. It’s within walking distance of the Levitt Pavilion, across from Arlington City Hall and not far from the UTA campus. Owner Han Le is hoping…
Last Saturday, by 7:30 p.m., a line snaked to the door, and every table was taken inside the Grand Prairie location of Pollo Salsa. The air outside was a bit too chilly for most to enjoy a meal on the large patio, though some did. Pollo Salsa prides itself on…
With Mardi Gras three weeks away, you might be weighing your options, picking the best in a litter of crawfish boils and parties. Pounds of crawfish spread across tables can, for some, be intimidating. So much work for so little meat, right? And your nails! But, no worries, there are…
Ready? OK. Before we gush over how amazing Jerry is and how badly we all need Monica’s mama-bear love, I pulled this “day trip” guide together with no idea what I’d find, but now I’m trying to figure out when I can drive to Corsicana again. They’ve got some a…
I never meant to hate the Super Bowl. I actually love football. When Jim McMahon shimmied the Bears through New Orleans in 1986, I was obsessed. Walter Payton, Willie Gault, Mike Singletary and The Fridge! They were the best. See? I go way back with the pigskin. But, the tipping…
“I was born in an indigenous town in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a community that has a wonderful culture and very ancient traditions of the ancestral Zapotecos Indians,” says Honorio García, owner of El Oaxaqueño Taquería y Panaderia. “My grandmother was hired to cook food for each community event [in…
Last Thursday evening, a teenage male entered Resident Taqueria on Audelia Road, swiped the tip jar off the counter and took off out the door. According to the story on Lake Highlands Advocate, chef Andrew Savoie was in the back at the time, but an employee who witnessed the theft…
When Mesa closed last fall, there was a collective, “Aw, bummer,” across the Dallas. Co-chef and owner Raul Reyes opened a new place on Davis Street, Ceviche, while the space that once served Beyonce and Jay-Z was being reinvented once more. (Before it was Mesa, it was La Palapa Veracruzana.)…
Corn Dogs With No Name recently opened on Technology Boulevard in the vertex of Interstate 35 and Loop 12. It’s the creation of Jace Fletcher “Fletch” Christensen and her mother Vickie Fletcher, who have a passion for all things corny dog related, as they should. Neil Fletcher, Jace’s great grandfather…
Jon Garay and Joel Mendoza finally have the taco spot they’ve been searching for on Harry Hines Boulevard. It’s been a long time coming. Both, originally from Mexico City, missed the places they frequented there. More specifically, the taco carts. After finishing his finance degree at SMU, Garay followed a…
Recently, a local radio personality and collector, Gordon Keith, tweeted a few lines from an article he opined for The Dallas Morning News (behind the paywall) a few years ago, and it struck a chord: “We are born two drinks shy of happiness. Two drinks gets you to what feels like…
In 2018, when Mac Miller (born Malcolm McCormick) passed away from an accidental drug overdose, I had been immersed in his fifth studio album, Swimming. I was teaching at the time, chasing around my own kids and, generally, carrying on in a mom-ish way, despite what my playlist might suggest. I…
Yia Medina is unfortunately pretty familiar with natural disasters. In 2017, when Hurricane Maria devastated her home island of Puerto Rico, she had to evacuate her three children to Texas. When she was able to join them, she arrived with just a backpack full of her belongings and, well, a…
A fancy French patisserie out of St. Tropez, France, will soon be peddling its exclusive pastries in our fair city. Adjacent to The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas, this will be the first location for La Tarte Tropézienne outside of France, with a planned opening date in late February. (They’re…
A race to avoid a nasty storm led me to Buc-Ee’s where I saw god and many other things.
The Whippersnapper likes to dress up in different themes every so often, such as Harry Potter and The Family Guy recently. Thursday night, they revealed their latest reincarnation as a Dunder Mifflin fantasyland. Most of the staff were dressed in character, including Dwight, Phyllis and Ryan. There were several TVs…
There was a whiff of rebellion in the air. Or maybe it was hopeful optimism. Late last decade, there seemed to be a growing number of people revolting against resolutions, seeing them as a trap. Akin to adulting. Then, my hopes were dispelled when headline after headline attempted to lure…
I think we can all agree on a few things: The holidays can be stressful. Jobs are stressful. Not having a job is extremely stressful. Losing a job can be devastating. So, imagine the employees of Manny’s Uptown, who woke up on Christmas Eve to see that their place of…
Let’s start with a game. Ready? OK: So, what would go in a drink called Dez Caught It? We’ll get back to that in a minute. First, a new pizza spot has opened in Uptown across from Christies Sports Bar & Grill, at 2916 McKinney Ave., in what was most…
Need an excuse to eat Tex-Mex? Nope, didn’t think so. But, let’s pretend you do. Late on Christmas Eve, employees closing up at Manny’s in Uptown smelled smoke and called 911. According to a report filed by WFAA, an exhaust fan in the lady’s restroom had sparked a fire that…
Just going to be honest here: I’m fascinated by Waffle House for a variety of reasons. For example, FEMA’s Waffle House Index, which the agency uses to determine the level of assistance a community needs after a storm. Or the time on Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain said it was a…
Wade Wadlington’s big-kid job was in IT. An IT manager for a bank, to be specific. But he always loved cooking and, as an extension of that, brewing beer. He first started experimenting with hops and mash in 1999, which was way before the local craft beer “boom,” before people…
