If you’re looking for a place to holdout during the impending zombie apocalypse, a gas station in Little Elm may be the place. RaceTrac is opening a new 6,000-square-foot compound in the burgeoning city just on the northeast side of Lake Lewisville. The gas station, which, again, has 6,000 square…
Since 1956, Norma’s Café has been serving hearty meals and Mile-High Cream Pies to Dallasites hankering for a little home-cooked goodness. This Thursday, June 21, they celebrate their 56th anniversary by offering three of their most popular meals for just $1.79, which was the original price for these dishes when…
Michael Ehlert moved to Texas from New York City in 2011, where he worked at DBGB, one of Daniel Boulud’s concepts. In Dallas his first kitchen home was at The Chesterfield in downtown. Last month, he moved over to Campo, where he is now the executive chef. We sat down…
Gubbins got the scoop on a new restaurant going in Tiramisu at 19009 Preston Road (between Frankford Road and the PGBT). Jack MacDonald will transform the spot to Jack Mac’s Swill & Grill. McDonald previously owned the Press Box in downtown Dallas and was also involved with Iron Cactus, Romano’s…
Esquire has an online fried chicken poll of local interest on its “Eat Like A Man” blog. Last week they had asked readers to name what “they consider the most life-changing fried chicken in America.” The editors then parsed through those answers and served up the most frequently suggested chicken…
According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, summer begins tomorrow, June 20, in the northern hemisphere at 8:09 p.m CST. Besides mosquitoes and A/C repairs, a sure sign of summer are the refreshing beverages that cool our heat-riddled bodies. With the help of some friends, below are five of Dallas’ best…
Dallas-based MOOYAH has announced an aggressive plan to open another 20 locations this year, increasing the total number of fast-casual burger spots to about 50. Specific locations aren’t set, but Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and Virginia are “ripe for expansion.” Founded just five years ago, MOOYAH has quickly garnered a loyal…
About a month ago we reported that the Fort Worth Food Truck Park slightly downgraded its curb appeal by ending its BYOB policy, after it started selling beer out of a new cantina. We suggested this was Dallas’ opening to trump FW on foodtruck parks. Well, the kids at LaGrange…
Recently Sara Blakenship reported that chef Brian Luscher was embarking on summer camp tryst with the Kansas Beef Council. As proprietor and chef of The Grape on Greenville Avenue, undisputed burger master and barbecue pro, what better person to represent Texas out on the ranch? So, with permission slip signed…
West of the Bishop Arts District on Davis Drive in Oak Cliff, a variety of industrial-like buildings, car shops and small restaurants dot the road. But in the middle of all that is an empty field, home to a plating plant decades ago. The building was condemned by the EPA…
Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus News had the pre-game analysis of the grand opening of the first Trader Joe’s in North Texas this morning. “Official opening time was 8 a.m. but the line had already begun to form at 5:30 a.m.,” wrote Gubbins. By time the opening bell rang, there was…
Eater Dallas posted an interview on Wednesday about a new East Dallas retail craft beer store that is the brainchild of Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling, co-owners of Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House. We’ve swooned about their burgers and neighborhood bar qualities a lot here at City of Ate…
We tracked down a few locals, and asked them about their dad’s cooking choices and what they remember the most about breaking bread with the family. Here’s who shared their food memories of cooking with Dad with us: Mark Cuban: Savior of the Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Parade and owner…
Surely it’s difficult to convince your spouse that it’s a good idea to quit your day job to distill whiskey. Considering that’s exactly what Leonard Firestone and Troy Robertson did, they must be really good talkers. In a salvaged Prohibition-era warehouse south of downtown Fort Worth, they’re filling barrels and…
Holland, Texas, (no relation to Derek) is a tiny town just a little east of the smack dab middle of our slightly asymmetrical state. It’s a patch of dirt and old buildings with a speed zone on Highway 95 south of Waco. For a decade or so I’ve blazed a…
Nando’s opened a couple of weeks ago at the southwest corner of Preston and Royal (specifically, the opposite end of the strip from Gazebo Burgers where Le Rendezvous used to be). The chef is from the landmark Original Mexican Café in Galveston. At Nando’s entry is a bar with a…
This weekend I was walking past a friend’s garden and noticed a beautiful row of dill plants. Atop each long, thin stem was a flurry of yellow trumpet flowers, and I thought, “I always say I hate dill, but really I’m probably being too harsh. How can something so beautiful…
Quaker Steak and Lube just announced that three corporate-owned restaurants are set to open in Carrollton, Plano and North Dallas within the next year. Replete with gas station memorabilia and racecars suspended from ceilings, this 38-year old wing and burger restaurant that originated in Sharon, PA, started as a cook-your-own-steak…
Unquestionably Dallas’ most missed chef, Sharon Hage, is hosting a pop up dinner at The Garden Café, Saturday, June 23rd at 7:30 pm. Only 50 seats for this BYOB event. Garden Cafe says it best: Since the late fall of 2010 Dallas has been mourning the loss of York Street,…
Another local gem is national news. Just a few months after opening, Travel and Leisure magazine has selected The Foundry in north Oak Cliff as one of “America’s Best Outdoor Bars.” Assests of a good bar, according to T&L, are sun, cold drinks and a dash of atmosphere. Can’t argue…
Sigel’s has an interesting pre-Father’s Day event. We promise not to judge you if you leave immediately to snag a place in line. On Thursday from 6 to 8 the Sigel’s at 5757 Greenville Avenue is having a Maker’s Mark Bourbon Red dipping event and tasting. From Jasper at Sigel’s:…
Late last week SideDish reported that Margarita Ranch in Mockingbird Station (northeast corner of Central and Mockingbird) has called it quits and Herrera’s is moving in this fall. Margarita Ranch’s last day will be next Wednesday. They are, however, relocating to a new spot at McArthur and Royal in Los…
