The Best Foodie Events of the Week, including Meat Fight

Love Your Farmer is the theme at the “everything” White Rock Local Market (702 N. Buckner Blvd.) this Saturday. In addition to the normal bounty of local produce, crafts and various treats, there’s a backyard chicken and urban bee-keeping clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and a class on how…

Mama Fu’s To Open 14 Local Restaurants

Heard of Mama Fu’s? You will soon. They’re set to open 14 new restaurants across Dallas and Collin counties over the next several years. This fast-casual Asian-inspired chain is based out of Austin (Murphy Adams Restaurant Group). The local units are being brought to the area by MFDC Partners, which…

Seasons 52 is Open at NorthPark Center

Seasons 52 opened Monday at NorthPark Center, between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s in the old McCormick & Schmick’s space. The casual upscale grill and wine bar seats over 400 diners and focuses on a menu that changes seasonally — or perhaps like all 52 weeks of a farmers’ market. In…

Twitter Reactions to Hurricane Sandy: The Foodie Version

Bottling our homemade #Hurricane Brew w/ @mtenero & emkmd #BringItSandy #HurricationPartI @ Bitter & Esters instagr.am/p/RV6f1YG9cS/— Austin Dill (@austindill) October 28, 2012 A few hours ago I searched #BringItSandy on Twitter and, at the time, there were about 40 tweets. It’s lighting up now though. The kids in the northeast…

Snuffer’s Gets Snuffed on Serious Eats

On Friday, Ewan Macdonald posted an article on Serious Eats about the “simply decent, and no better than that” burger at Snuffer’s, which made me slap both hands down on my desk (because of my inability to follow Ikea instruction manuals I almost knocked it over) and yell, “How dare…

City of Plano Pushes Back on Farmers’ Market Fight

Update from Kari Gates: “We’ve been told the hearing and the vote can be on the same evening because of the way they posted it.” Kari Gates grows seasonal fruits and vegetables over several acres of land at Spring Creek Organic Farms in Plano. She drives her produce to several…

JoJo in Uptown Is Near Completion; Pictures of Progress

For the past several months we’ve documented the progress of the new Uptown restaurant Jojo. This is the first concept for chef Laurent Poupart, who is originally from France and worked in New York and California before taking a job as a private chef locally. See also: – Meet JoJo…

The Bread of Dia De Los Muertos

If it seems little morbid, well, that’s because it is. Dia de los Muertos, November 1, is a day to celebrate those who have died. But, the key word is to “celebrate,” not mourn. Manual Tellez, who owns Maroches Bakery in Oak Cliff, explains that in Mexico people spend the…

The Rise of the DFW Brew

In 1994, if you were to drive east along Commerce Street in downtown Dallas (perhaps in a new convertible Mazda Miata) past all the skyscrapers and under the banal veins of Central Expressway, you’d soon enter Deep Ellum. At the neighborhood’s gateway under the freeway, you’d be greeted by the…

North Texas Beers: A Guide

Following North Texas’ big win at the Great American Beer Fest, this week’s cover story by Lauren Drewes Daniels profiles the rise of the DFW craft brew. To see what kind of growth we’re talking about, Lauren’s broken down each of the local brewers. Check it out below. Rahr &…