So, I’m late to the game and for that, I apologize. I’ll try harder. Promise. Last week, looking for something new to add to the weekday lunch line-up, a Hot Pockets “Limited Edition” box caught my eye — even though it appears to have hit the market months ago. I…
As the battle against skeeters and their West Nile virus-infected souls continues to play out on the ground and now potentially in the sky, the Texas Honey Bee Guild has gathered in their war room, with maps spread out across the tables and phones buzzing (get used to it), in…
Go Loco is a new taco fast-casual chain on mission to fill the bellies of travelers along the great highways and byways all across Texas. It’s owned in part by Jim Baron, president of Blue Mesa Grill, David Pencsak of TNT Tacos in Austin, along with Ali Sharaf, president of…
Before popsicles, John Doumas had a pretty successful business career. He was part of Broadcast.com back in the mid-’90s, a little project that made a few local millionaires overnight with an IPO and at least one billionaire — Mark Cuban. But, when Doumas turned 40 recently, he was ready for…
In a city bulging at the seams with gluttonous plates of nachos, barbecue, hamburgers and fried chicken, it’s hard to nail down the highlight reel. The options are bold and plentiful. Few, however, have the girth of an extra large “Big Meat” from Serious Pizza in Deep Ellum. It’s a…
Sure, laugh if you want. Their wonton taco appetizers are the bomb. And I’ll stab anyone in the knuckles if they try to take one off my plate. (Full disclosure: I just lied. I haven’t eaten at an Applebee’s in 15 years.) Yes, Club Applebee’s is a real thing. It…
You may have caught this via the tele on an episode of ABC’s Shark Tank, but it absolutely deserves repeating. Because its bacon. And we can never have enough bacon coverage. Wake N’ Bacon is a giant pig-head alarm clock that cooks bacon. With this bedside contraption, you can wake-up…
Central Market has dusted off their huge black roasters for their 17th Annual Hatch Chile Festival. The scent of the sweet, acidic, charred peppers will waft through the air, as the Foodies roast the peppers in front of stores and wipe their sweaty foreheads with bandanas. Good times. Can’t believe…
Drew Huerter is the 28-year-old head brewer at Dallas’ own Deep Ellum Brewing Company. How can such a young tyke have the burly discernment necessary for a proper brewer, you ask? Well actually, he has a long history in the business. Twenty-eight years, as a matter of fact. His mom…
See also: Dallas, Meet JoJo, Uptown’s Newest Resaturant and Bar That Has Just Broken Ground JoJo is a new pan-Mediterranean restaurant currently under construction at 2626 Howell Street in Uptown. The team at JoJo is allowing us to track their progress to get a better perspective on what it takes…
Remember the other day we were arguing about the insanity of living in a landlocked area at the edge of the desert when the Earth offers billions of miles of beautiful beaches? Don’t fact check “billions,” but the point is, damn, it’s hot. And dry. Native plants are saying, “Fuck…
The McDonald’s sponsorship at this year’s London Olympic games and their subsequent massive Olympic Park restaurant has been one of the most hotly contested issues. Well, other than that whole fencing debacle and, of course, who the hell decided the trampoline is an event but baseball isn’t? Regardless, McDonalds speaks…
RestaurantNews.com reported last week that Mark Cuban has invested in Find Me Gluten Free, a restaurant search and review app for iPhone and Android users. He stumbled upon this latest venture by way of Naked Pizza, a national chain that serves up healthy pizza on gluten-free crust, which Cuban is…
This weekend, the White Rock Local Market (WLRM) wants to tell you about the birds and the bees (and the flowers and the trees) with the hot sun up above, and, of course a thing called love. The latter part should be easy. The Birds and the Bees Workshop, from…
Union Park opened at 1311 Main St. in downtown last week — or maybe it was two weeks ago. I’m not exactly sure, but last night I scored a metered parking spot just down the block, which is free after 6 p.m., so I was able to check it out…
Dean Fearing loves a good party and, seeing as such, is hosting four of them for the upcoming five-year anniversary of his namesake restaurant, Fearing’s. The first party is at 6:30 p.m. August 19 at his place in the Ritz Carlton on McKinney, and is certainly something you may want…
A white Mercedes CLS 500 slowly turns right off Clarendon and parks along the curb on the wrong side of the street. The tail end of the car is sticking out just a bit. The driver and his date, a young couple, get in line behind a family of six,…
Sylvan | Thirty, a mixed-use culinary and shopping development under construction in north Oak Cliff announced this morning that award-winning local chef and restaurateur, Teiichi Sakuri, has signed a lease for fresh fish market at the development. From the release, the yet-to-be-named fish market will connected with organic grocer, Cox…
The foodservice industry trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News recently named its Hot Concepts of 2012, which is a look at brands that “celebrate innovation, vitality and growth within the restaurant industry.” The annual list acts as a barometer of trendsetters, which are expected to experience significant growth in the near…
On Monday we reported on the grand opening of the Cedars Food Park at Dallas Heritage Village this past weekend, and in that report we included the schedule. Well, that’s been changed. They’ve decided to scratch lunch. So, beginning August 16, the park will open on Thursday evenings and after…
Sigel’s is hosting a Summer Rum Festival and Tasting this Wednesday, August 1, at their Inwood Road location. There are going to be more than 50 rums to sample with distillery representatives ready to answer all your hard-hitting questions. If you’ve spent more time than you’d like to admit in…
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…
