Last week after the All-Star Game, Kansas City barbecue got the full hash tag treatment from visiting sports writers. I just so happened to be in KC this weekend and, based on Twitter-sphere, recommendations from friends and an editor, I told my hosts I had visit to Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ…
You know the Fiat commercial with the hot Italian woman in the black dress who dribbles froth on her chest while scolding a flustered simpleton? Well, maybe that was a teaser of other sorts. According to Autoblog, the new Fiat 500L is going to have the first ever in-car coffee…
Today is officially the first day to make reservations for KRLD Restaurant Week, which begins in mid-August. Scott Reitz will have a full run down on the restaurants participating this year soon. In the meantime, today if you make a $25 purchase at any of the five DFW Central Market…
See also: *Best Food Orgasm – 2006 President Ronald Reagan designated every third Sunday during the month of July as National Ice Cream Day. If you’re a true ‘Merican, you’ll follow the orders of our beloved Dutch and have a scoop or three. We have a list of a few…
Dallas native Claudine Martyn is the regional governor of Slow Food USA for Texas and Oklahoma. Per their website, “Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is part of a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members in over 150 countries, which…
Chef Stephan Pyles’ new restaurant Stampede 66, which will be at Park 17 in Uptown (1717 McKinney Ave., northwest corner of Akard Street), is expected to open in early October. Chef Jon Thompson of Samar has been anointed executive chef. The concept: “Think modern Texas with a casual, creative and…
Strawn’s Eat Shop first opened in Shreveport in 1944 as a diner serving home-style burgers, fried chicken and strawberry ice-box pie. The latter has garnered national recognition and a slew of salivating fans from far and wide. I didn’t know about the pie hoopla of Shreveport until I got an…
News this morning from Goghee To Go, maker of Korean barbeque tacos at 2222 Inwood Road, is that the small drive through spot is now closed, but will open in a larger spot soon. The Goghee on Inwood was about as unassuming as a Korean-Mexican fusion taco place could be…
Men’s Health posted a poll yesterday on the Manliest Restaurant in America, where you’re all invited to cast your vote for restaurants in nine different categories. As always, with bated breath (and a knowing swagger), we had to see if there were any Texas restaurants. There better be, amIright? Because…
Recently the entire town of Bethel, Alaska, which has only a Subway as the lone-fast food restaurant, was tricked into thinking they were going to get a Taco Bell. Signs were posted around town and word spread quickly in the small town of about 6,000. Then, after the hoax was…
We’ve been down this road to Crazyville before. Jim Schutze wanted to nuke it. That made Scott Reitz mad. At first. But then he came around too. Now, this fine morning the Dallas Farmers Market Stakeholders Association posted this to their Facebook page: “Question: How close is too close for…
Searching for photos of amazing ballpark food is like a self-inflicted wound. At the end of it all, I’m overwhelmed with the pain I’ve caused myself. Thanks to everyone’s inclination to take pictures of food they eat, here’s an ode to great ballpark food. (With one caveat: no hotdogs. That’s…
Back in March, Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Markets announced the purchase of Sunflower Farmers Markets. They officially closed on the deal about a month ago and now Sprouts-labeled products are beginning to trickle onto the shelves of the Sunflower at 1800 N. Henderson Ave. Eventually all the Sunflower stores will be…
Green Grocer, a Chicago-based specialty-grocer, announced today it’s opening a second location (and first outside of Chicago) at 3614 Greenville Ave. The 4,000-square-foot retail space is five blocks south of Mockingbird Lane across from Café Izmir. Green Grocer is a one-stop specialty market for everyday grocery goods and locally produced,…
The Slow Food Dallas Leadership council is hosting an inaugural pop-up dinner at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Chef Claudine Martyn, a long time Slow Food member and regional governor for Texas and Oklahoma is at the helm and is using a bevy of local ingredients for dinner. The menu includes Spicer’s…
While Dallas is trying in earnest to advance in the craft beer movement, both in terms of brewers and drinkers, it just can’t compete with the craft church movement. An infographic created by FloatingSheep.org (and reported by TheDailyMeal.com) compared usage of the words “beer” and “church” on Twitter and mapped…
Recently we sat down with Jon Alexis, owner of TJ’s Seafood Market at 11661 Preston Road, to discuss the seafood business, which turns out is pretty easy — he’s passionate about his business and doesn’t need much prodding when it comes to chatting about it. He recently singed a 10-year…
Have you had your eye on the Titan at Six Flags for a while, but couldn’t stomach the price of admission to the park? Well, we found your opening. Next Wednesday is July 11, and, as usual, you’ll be able to partake in a 7.11 ounce Slurpee “on the house”…
An article in the Star-Telegram reported a financial brouhaha between Dallas-based investment firm Southwest Securities and their dealings with the Arlington Babe’s Chicken Dinner House and the recently renovated Arlington Music Hall, which is next door. Sandra Baker writes: “A state district judge in Tarrant County late Wednesday signed a…
Ten Bells Tavern opened this past week at 232 W. 7th S., just across the street from another new bar, The Oak Cliff Social Club. Ten Bells Tavern is a casual, low-key spot with potentially two personalities. Inside is a hideaway dive inside, while outside, where big picnic tables are…
A of couple weeks ago we were happy to report that LaGrange’s new snow cone trailer is giving out free booze, thanks to a salacious little loophole in Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. Well, today we have even better news: The snow cone trailer is opening at 5 p.m. for a…
So, the deal with Maid-Rite is it’s really old (85ish) and their meat is loose. And apparently the funny naming homophones are simply attributed to the original founder’s inability to spell — not that I’m throwing stones, seeing how my own house is kind of glassy there. Maid-Rite is a…
