Downtown Dallas doesn’t offer much it terms of grocery stores. Urbanmarket closed earlier this year because it couldn’t find is place in the fickle grocery-shopping patterns of downtown residents. Other than that, CVS and 7-Eleven are the choices. It’s like a grocery store desert — with lots of tall buildings…
Rita’s Italian Ice, or Rita’s Water Ice, or as the corporate website put its, Rita’s Ice-Custard-Happiness, is a quickly growing frozen treats franchise out of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, (near Philly). In addition to their many names, they also have many many many combos. One can have a straight Rita’s ice (think…
See also: Photos from the Cedars Food Park Grand Opening Saturday evening a surly red rooster greeted visitors at the entrance of the Dallas Heritage Village with an ungracious crow from its coop. Inside the Old City Park south of downtown, the bright green sloping lawns were speckled with picnic…
Babies get an aisle. And dogs get an aisle. And the entire store is designed for women. So, it seems only fair that men should at least get their own aisle, right? First question though, what should be on the man aisle? The Westside Market in New York City (the…
See also: *Liberty Burger is Opened and Slammed in North Dallas The Snookie’s on Keller Springs Road bid adieu earlier this month and is making way for a new Liberty Burger. Actually, this is a case of Dace Street, co-founder of Snookie’s, passing the torch to his little sister, Mariel…
Earlier this week Scott Reitz told us about the Rangers’ new culinary treat, the Totally ROSSome Nachos, named after rookie relief pitcher Robbie Ross. The Rangers finally got the shipment of big pink helmets, which serve as the nacho holder and sent over a picture…
See also: *Snuffer’s Cheddar Fries: Examining a Dallas Institution Pat Snuffer of Snuffer’s, who eats endless amounts of those amazing cheddar fries every day (wouldn’t you?), told me that the show Food Paradise of the Travel Channel is coming out to his restaurant on lower Greenville Avenue soon to film…
If you’ve been looking for the right time and opportunity to check out the Dallas Heritage Village, we may have found your opening. The late 19th century village will now be home to a food truck park. The inaugural Cedars Food Park event is this weekend, Saturday, July 28 from…
The online reservation and restaurant review site OpenTable.com released a list of the Top 100 Scenic View Dining restaurants, which is based on some 5 million opinions over the past year. As a complete surprise, nothing along the scenic northern part of the LBJ Freeway made it. Unbelievable, right? (I…
Chef Jody Denton had a 35-year restaurant career that spanned the globe and included work with some of the best chefs in the country, among them names like master chef Ernst Gruch, Dean Fearing and Wolfgang Puck. Then about a year ago, he left all that for an office job…
Are the food and beverage holidays getting old? Does it feel forced sometimes? For the most part, it seems we all benefit. Free pie, chicken-fried steak and now free tequila shots. No harm in that, right? Well today, July 24, is National Tequila Day. La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff…
We’ve decided to take a look at a few of Dallas’ most glutton-friendly dishes and do something you probably really don’t want us to: count calories. Total buzzkill? No. More like “smart calorie allocation.” So, let’s get smart. Say you have 2,000 calories, more or less, at your disposal everyday;…
Citing “intolerant bigotry from the left,” former Arkansas governor and candidate in the 2008 republican presidential primaries, Mike Huckabee, has called for a “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” on August 1. Last week we reported on Chick-fil-A’s president Dan Cathy’s interview where he condemned same-sex marriage. From Huckabee’s Facebook page:…
Houston-based Becks Prime Restaurant is opening its first Dallas location at 5931 Forest Lane (at Preston) soon. The Thrillist reports that pending the city’s approval, the restaurant’s cooks could be flipping burgers as soon as this week. The first Becks opened on Kirby Drive in Houston in1985, serving fancy burgers…
The Bowery on McKinney, in the charming old house that used to be Lumi, had a low-key opening this weekend. This upscale hot dog restaurant is the brainchild of three blossoming restaurateurs: Richard and Tiffanee Ellman of Oak and John Paul Valverde, part owner of Campo. For all involved, it’s…
Wendy’s is really excited about the remodel of some of its restaurants, and we’re certainly happy for them. They’re calling it a “completely updated dining experience.” This Monday, July 23, they’re even throwing a little party at their redesigned Farmers Branch location (4169 LBJ Freeway) and the namesake Wendy will…
Dan Cathy, president and COO of Chick-fil-A, recently was a guest on an Atlanta-area radio talk show, where he denounced gay marriage, again, saying: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what…
Start Restaurant at 4814 Greenville, neighbor to Desporados Mexican Restaurant, is a new upscale fast-casual restaurant set to open the first week of August. The concept is healthy food, made with pure ingredients, quickly. So you can hit the drive- thru, and feel good about it afterwards. Some menu items…
Food and Wine took some time this week to evaluate our great nation’s best barbeque cities in a feature titled “Best BBQ Cities.” First noticeable local on the list is Tim Love. Standing next to a grill, right? No, in a Hellman’s mayo commercial. What the heck is the deal…
Louisiana native David Anthony Temple (aka Chef DAT), a pioneer of sorts of for the local pop up dinner scene, has been hosting his Underground Dinners since January of 2009. He grew up cooking with his family, but honed his skills (both in terms of cooking and ingredients) while working…
No, you’re not a loser if you move back in with Mom and Dad. It’s sweet. Really. Sometimes we all need a little help to get us from one exciting adventure to the next. And KFC evidently thinks it can provide for some pretty funny stories. So KFC has partnered…
Recently I was reading the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, about Mexico’s Tarahumara Indians in the Copper Canyons who have an amazing ability to run extreme long distances. In the book McDougall describes the pre-run concoction of choice for the Tarahumara, which is made from chia seeds. A…
