The Great American Beer Festival in Denver earlier this month drew 49,000 brew-lovers thirsty to sample more than 4,000 beers from 580 different brewers. A few Dallas brewers made the trip, including Deep Ellum Brewing Co., gold medal winner Peticolas and Chris Rigoulot, who will open Noble Rey Brewing Co…

Nancy Nichols reported Wednesday afternoon that Kathleen’s Sky Diner on Lovers Lane abruptly closed. Lock-out notices were posted to the front door. This spot originally opened in 1988 by husband and wife team Robert and Kathleen Ellington, the latter who is the baker for the dessert-inclined restaurant. Back in November…

Qariah Lebanese Restaurant and Lounge is coming soon to 1811 Greenville Ave. Per their Facebook page, a grand opening is slated for October 22. The menu includes everything one would imagine a Lebanese restaurant would offer: baba ghannouj, hummus, falafel, pies, shawarma, kabab, lamb and much more. All sounds good…

Last week we received an email about food porn addiction, which was really just an effort to promote the book Eating Mindfully by Dr. Susan Albers, Psy. D. Usually we discard these things, but we thought it’d be sooooo freaking hilarious to ask sly porn questions! Then we’d all laugh…

The 3rd annual Texas State Veggie Fair is this Sunday, October 21, at Reverchon Park (3505 Maple Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be lots foods samples, vendors, music and art – all in the name of a plant-based diet. Not to be shown up by other…

BuzzFeed recently expanded its repertoire to include a site dedicated to food, and one of its first bacon features (we anticipate many) is “11 Ways to Cook Bacon That Will Probably Kill You.” They beat bacon not to “within an inch of its life,” but rather they beat it so…

Tu-Lu’s Gluten Free Bakery is opening a second Dallas location in the West Village Shopping Center this Thursday. Owner and baker Tully Phillips is originally from Memphis and graduated from SMU. After completing culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Austin, Philips moved to New York City, where she interned…

A new restaurant, Victoria’s Mexican Grill, will be opening soon in two-story house at 607 Willomet Ave., just down from Norma’s Café. The house is undergoing a remodel right now, including new doors and windows. Wrap-around patios both upstairs and downstairs look like they have a lot of potential, and…

The Londoner in Uptown needs to borrow an Aston Martin for a James Bond “Skyfall” party on November 9th. Per their Facebook post, they promise it will be in good hands. It’s a roll-out-the-red-carpet, black-tie event. Nary a crazy shenanigan to be seen! The owner even gets to be their…

I’ve learned a few things from competitive eaters lately. There’s some interesting psychology at play in the sport, which arise from two opposite camps: some take a certain laissez-fair approach, while others embrace the masochism for all its worth. See Also: Interview with Kobayashi Makes sense, right? It’s either: “I’m…

Saturday was the conclusion of the 31st annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. This Super Bowl of beer competitions sold all 49,000 tickets in just 45 minutes when they went on sell back in July. This past Thursday through Saturday, 580 breweries poured over 4,300 different beers that…

The competitive eater and hot dog champion of the galaxy, Takeru Kobayashi (Kobi), is in town for the State Fair. This morning I met him and his people for a little chat. First things first: nicest guy. Just really so polite and nice. He looks intense and insane in some…

If we considered all the Dallas restaurants that Jeana Johnson, Colleen O’Hare and Norm Grimm have worked in and made a connect-the-dot style map, it would be an overly complicated, yet highly impressive sketch of “six degrees of Kevin Bacon.” I bet Bacon really is in there at some point…

So, how does one prepare to eat over 20 hot dogs in five minutes? Two 45-minute psycho runs on an empty stomach, is always a good start. Alex Perez is semi-pro. The “Moose,” as he’s known to be called by maternity ward nurses (he was a big baby), is the…

This Friday, October 12, world champion competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will judge an amateur competitive Hofmann’s Hot Dog eating contest at the State Fair. The challenge takes place on the Chevy Main Stage at 4 p.m. The first place winner will receive $1,000, second place $500 and third $250. Kobayashi…

Chiladas Fresh Mex Grill is slated to open in Plano at 6145 Windhaven parkway this Thursday, October 11. Chiladas takes the fresh and healthy approach to Mexican food; they say they know exactly where all the produce comes from, even down to the plot of land on the farm. Their…

The new Studio Movie Grill at Spring Valley opens this Friday with $1 movie tickets all weekend, October 12 – 14. And, if you bring a canned food for the North Texas Food Bank, you’ll get in free – it’s the “Cans Film Festival.” This new SMG theatre at 13933…

The Red River Rivalry is this Weekend. What’s that mean? Well, a lot of bars are going to be packed with people you don’t know wearing burnt orange or maroon. And boots. If you get hungry, head over to Main Street Garden (1920 Main Street) at 5:30 on Friday for…

Sigh, Reddit. You certainly are two kinds of crazy. Yesterday NewlyConvertedFan posted on Reddit: “A dove slammed into my house, breaking its neck. So I grilled it.” He even documented it on his personal website, which appropriately enough is called Nose to Tail at Home. So, this wasn’t merely a…