Chef Kenny Mills reopened his famed Chop House Burgers earlier this year in a small, low-key spot at 2502 Little Road in southwest Arlington. Mills cut his teeth in Dallas steakhouses — Capital Grille, Sullivan’s and Dallas Chop House — before launching Chop House Burgers in 2011 near UTA. A…
Close your eyes and imagine a spring-fed swimming hole with a sandy bottom, surrounded by a ring of tall green trees rustling gently in the breeze. You’re floating belly up, arms out, the initial chill of the water wearing off. You stare at the bright blue sky above you. There…
In theory, it’s so simple — fresh fish, raw or nearly raw, chopped into beautiful square hunks and surrounded by equally fresh, crisp vegetables. But for such a simple dish, executing it at home isn’t quite so easy. Sourcing high-quality fish that can easily be consumed uncooked isn’t as easy…
Balcones Distillery in Waco last week released a small batch of Texas rum that the distillery says will slowly makes its way onto Texas shelves — and then quickly disappear. This particular batch of rum, Balcones’ third, started with Barbados-style and blackstrap molasses and was put away to mature in…
An old world beer is being born anew in the ever-evolving craft beer scene. This one will go perfect with your beach towel and snorkel this summer. And so that you can be ahead of the game, gose is pronounced /go-zah/. According to the German Beer Institute, gose is a…
Behind Dallas’ booming craft beer scene is an eccentric (and exclusively male) batch of master brewers, former engineers and lawyers and homebrewers who have devoted their life to getting you tastefully drunk. Over the last few months, we sat down with the head brewers at 11 area breweries, to learn…
Brad Perkinson, owner and founder of FireWheel Brewing, got his first taste of the celebration of beer while on vacation in Munich in 2009, where got to experience the original brewhaha known as Oktoberfest. A couple years later, when he got laid off from his job here stateside, he took…
Jamie Fulton of Community Beer Co. got started in brewing because of his love for food. After high school, he hopped the pond to study culinary arts at Le Cordon Blue in London. Side trips to the rest of the continent led to the discovery of craft beers throughout Europe…
Rahr Brewing Co. in Fort Worth has more than a few things to celebrate. As we previously reported, they took home a bronze medal at the bi-annual World Beer Cup for Stormcloud, their English-style IPA. The brewery also took home several more awards at the 5th Annual Denver International Beer…
All week at City of Ate, we celebrate the magic of the taco. Check back for more interviews, essays and maybe a list or two. Or maybe four? In this week of all things tacos at the City of Ate, we queried local chefs on their favorite spots to land…
Martin House Brewing Co. Founder Cody Martin considers craft brewing a unique combination of art and engineering. Formally trained in the latter, he worked as an environmental engineer while simultaneously honing his skills as a home brewer until March of 2013, when he opened his brewery in Fort Worth. Here’s…
Anthony Bourdain’s recent culinary tryst to India for his show on CNN, Parts Unknown, left me in a bit of fit. Much in the same way it left Scott Reitz craving for kulcha, I too had dreams of freshly cooked naan (or kulcha) straight out of a tandoor. I also…
Four Corners Brewing Company’s head brewer, Zach Petty, started brewing at home almost a deceade ago and worked at the craft beer emporium Homebrew Headquarters for two years before he began volunteering at Four Corners last year. He studied under the previous head brewer, John Sims, for six months before…
On April 28 Lakewood Brewing Co. will release the next in a limited-run series of their Temptress imperial milk stout. This new Mexcian-inspired edition will be available on draft at only a small selection of restaurants and bars around Dallas and Fort Worth. In the theme of Cinco de Mayo,…
When I heard that a senior brewmaster from the Samuel Adams Brewery had packed up his kettle to be part of an outpost in Granbury, I was surprised and excited. Then, after tasting the results of Grant Wood’s move, namely in the form of Blood and Honey, I had an…
Off-Site Kitchen opened in its first tiny home on Irving Boulevard on Valentine’s Day in 2012, and only then did we know that Cupid was real and his cute girth was because he loves smashed cheeseburgers. With a renewed belief in angelic archers, we dove into this new relationship fearlessly…
Last week we reported on Yum! Brands’ new creation, which is appropriately dubbed Super Chix. The parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut has reincarnated battered and fried bird strips, including this sandwich pictured above, in an apparent bid to take over the Chick-fil-A audience. On my first…
Kenji Lopez-Alt with Serious Eats is a prophet of smashed burgers. Yes, burgers that you press on a griddle, potentially squeezing out all the blessed juices. Now we know you just slammed your fist on your keyboard and spat Dr Pepper all over your screen, but hold on to your…
Every now and then Cane Rosso owner Jay Jerrier likes to throw a cog in the wheel. Sometimes by coming out against ranch dressing, other times it’s throwing an anniversary party where his certified Neapolitan pizza costs just one little dollar. There will be crazy. Promise. Jerrier has done this…
Because winning at beer is best, last week local breweries put their best foot forward at the World Beer Cup and three of them have been awarded for thier respective feet. The WBC is an international beer competition founded by Association of Brewers’ President Charlie Papazian, who is a nuclear…
Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC and creator of things like Doritos Locos Tacos, opened a new chicken concept in Central Arlington Wednesday called Super Chix (612 W. Park Row). This test store is the only one of its kind in the country, and while the two main menu…
We love it when two of our favorite things find each other amidst all the chaos and clutter in life to forge a happy union of any shape or form. Especially if it’s bacon and homemade custard. Or bacon and peanuts. Or bacon and anything. We’re really open here. That’s…
