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…
Remember back in the day how Mom did all her shopping at one grocery store? Then sometime in the ’80’s Walmarts started opening everywhere and on occasion that was added to the route. Now, when many of us think about the goods we stock our pantries, fridges and mini-bars with,…
Yesterday Rusty Tacos posted that their new spot in the Main Street Gardens is opening today, and we were like, “Cool. Gotta check that out.” Then we read, per Wilonsky at the DMN that they’re having free ‘ritas today and our interest suddenly became more urgent. Per Wilonsky’s DMN blog:…
Back in April, Beck Ventures, a Dallas-based investment management company, told us of their big fancy plans to transform the Valley View Center into “Midtown Dallas; a mixed-use lifestyle project, creating an urban oasis at one of Dallas’ most venerable and desirable locations.” As we all know, the best thing…
Remember how we keep talking about getting the kids out of town more often? How they need to see open fields, get some fresh air and experience the snail’s pace of small-town life? And how that’s good for about three hours at which point it gets boring and then it’s…
Tootie Pie opened a new café in Allen last week. Which made me think, what’s up with the location at Preston and Royal? It’s still an empty shell. Randy Graybill, business development director at Tootie Pie Inc. down in Boerne, says they’re still trying to work out some issues with…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. If you packed up Charlie Papaceno and his many bottles of booze, carefully encased them in bubble…
JoJo is a new restaurant going in at 2626 Howell St., the space that was most recently Bella. This new spot is the “bébé” of French chef Laurent Poupart, who was born in northeastern France and began his career at the then-three Michelin star restaurant Au Crocodile in Strasbourg. He…
