Good news for fans of America’s national pastime. A new study finds that even heavy drinkers have a lower mortality rate than people who are complete teetotalers. The University of Texas at Austin study, headed by psychologist and national hero Charles Holahan, just released the results under the title Late-Life…
This week Dallas got a new addition to its fried food repertoire with the opening of Bonchon, a Korean chain specializing in fried chicken and beer. Bonchon opened in Korea nearly 12 years ago and has since spread to 70 restaurants in Southeast Asia and 30 in the United States,…
The end of 2013 inches closer, bringing with it the beginning of the new year, thoughts of life and death, openings and closings. Earlier we celebrated the most noteworthy restaurant openings of 2013. Now let us take a moment of silence to reflect on those we lost. The biggest closings…
The best Christmas events are all tagged “Contains mature themes and images. Not suitable for children.” Because if we’re all being honest, Christmas brings the most mature language out of all of us and sometimes causes us to produce some mature themes and imagery too, but that varies from person…
The holiday season can be a bleak time of year, caused just as much by bare trees and gray skies as it is by family drama. The story of the child returning home for a confrontational holiday has a long pedigree, so when one comes along that sounds fresh and…
One of the more frustrating parts of walking through a museum and finding something amazing on display is the nagging thought that follows through the rest of your visit: “Dammit, I want that.” You know that even if the Dallas Museum of Art would let you make an offer on…
Winter brings many reasons to party and, as it is every season, beer is a big one. The second annual Dallas Winter Warmer celebrates winter beers, like stouts, porters, barleywines, barrel-aged beers and winter seasonals. Come rain or snow or whatever gross in-between slush, Main Street Park, 1902 Main St.,…
Since it opened seven years ago, the Libertine Bar on Greenville Avenue has drawn deal-seekers every Tuesday night by offering a 50 percent discount on its entire food menu. Last night via Facebook they announced that after December 17, half-priced Tuesdays would be a thing of the past, like Hannah…
The Dallas dining scene famously is chaotic and hydra-like. Every week sees news of restaurants failing, but for every one that closes it seems two more spring up to take its place. In honor of new beginnings, we’ve put together a list of the 10 most noteworthy restaurants that opened…
Back in July our erudite food critic Scott Reitz put out the call that there was prime coffee shop real estate waiting on Ross Avenue for someone to move in and make a decent cafe out of it. At least one person was paying attention. The intriguingly named Method: Caffeination…
Today Masala Wok opens its fourth restaurant in the DFW area and the only one in Dallas proper, at 6106 Luther Lane. So if for some reason you’re craving Chinese and/or Indian food but would rather deal with the factory-run set up of a fast food chain than go to…
Icepocalypse 2013 has put Dallas under a light layer of permafrost and, worse, complicated everybody’s weekend plans. A lot of us were optimistic enough to think that our outdoor activities wouldn’t be frozen out and some of us were clearly foolish for doing so. So we checked up on the…
This Sunday a hoard of runners will take off from downtown in the skin-hardening cold to compete in the Dallas Marathon. The weather may have turned antagonistic but they will run on undeterred, swaddled in Under Armour and bodyglide. Some people run marathons for the sense of accomplishment, some as…
For the past five years Annie’s Culinary Creations has been churning out impressive baked goods in Murphy, just east of Plano. In that time they’ve produced wedding cakes that put the traditional white tiers to shame (seriously, check out this Halloween one with bride and groom chest-bursters from Alien). Now…
For the last 35 years the Stewpot has been serving meals to homeless and at-risk people in Dallas, along with providing medical assistance, child enrichment and job training. And for the past six years its support group, the Stewpot Alliance, has hosted the annual fund-raising Soups On! luncheon and art…
Big shake up news in the world of Dallas coffee: not only is Austin-based Houndstooth Coffee coming to Dallas in 2014, it’s going to be replacing Pearl Cup on Henderson Avenue. Pearl Cup has been in its Henderson location for five years, and its lease is up at the end…
You know songs from Porgy and Bess already, even if you aren’t aware of it. And if you aren’t aware of it, then you should be. The opera is more than 80 years old now and the opening song, “Summertime,” is as recognizable as “Habanera” from Carmen. “It Ain’t Necessarily…
Bob Newhart has been making people laugh since the ’60s. The Bob Newhart Show premiered in 1961. Think about that for a moment, and compare it to the longest amount of time you’ve spent doing any activity. Is there any job or hobby you can imagine doing for more than…
Few cultures knew how to mess up a family as efficiently as the Greeks. The story of Oedipus is the granddaddy of all messed-up families, but it’s actually only the first part of the story. Aeschylus continued it with two more parts, the last of which is Seven Against Thebes,…
American wine no longer has the second-class status it had years ago. California wineries are widely respected. The Washington Post and the New York Daily News have both declared Virginia to be the next “it” place for wine lovers. So how does Texas wine match up against the world’s best?…
Toys for Tots isn’t just a great charity that provides gifts to needy kids at Christmas. They’re also damn good at getting you into awesome events like Trucks for Tots all for the price of a toy. Now they’re using laughter to seduce you into doing good. The Dallas Comedy…
Black Friday and the ensuing shopping season is enough to make anyone hate the holiday season, considering all the tramplings and taserings and general insanity that accompany it. There’s cause to not give up on humanity though: the holidays provide a glut of opportunities to to give to charity and…
