To me, this will always be the sandwich mom made. After those days of itchy grass-legs and punching mosquitoes in the face, this was the sandwich that hit the plate: thick sourdough slices, bacon crisp as a bay leaf, tomatoes, the mayo knife sweep, and cup-slice of iceberg. For its…
At this point, nobody’s surprised. It’s an uncomplicated idea in the year of 2013 d.t. (doritus tacous): every month, or bi-weekly in some quick food places, a fast food restaurant will release an arm-bracingly intense challenge food, an Inceptiony food inside a food, or a Frankenstenian other food jacked into…
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 Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. It’s no secret that one of the best character actors in film is Texas. Its performance is…
Official word just came down from the raw fish heavens: Uchi, the Austin-based sushi joint that’s garnered pages of great press and excitement, has secured and is opening a location at 2817 Maple Ave. in Dallas. Before you trident-spear a blue whale from happiness: We’re looking at an opening sometime…
In September 2000, a few days before Dave Matthews Band played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Coca-Cola Starplex, I got into a car accident turning onto Inwood Road from Walnut Hill. My ’99 Explorer was crunched, and the woman I hit injured her arm. I sat on the…
OK, so there are no more jokes to make about Taco Bell pushing the boundaries of hyperbole with their new fast food items. It’s done. It’s all done. Can we be done? Somewhere in between Idiocracy references, Inception, the zombie apocalypse and our heads exploding like the guy in Scanners,…
And so we come to the full-bellied end of another Iron Fork. Hope you had a lot of great bites. We sure did (sweet fancy Christmas, did you have the sausage orgy from Kuby’s?). Anyway, a few days ago, we asked you to hash tag us on Instagram #IronForkDallas and…
You know the jingle. It’s the kind of hot that leaves a sweat outline in the shape of a chair on your shirt, and one of the world’s most teasing, irritating songs comes on the radio: “All of those tourists covered with oil / strumming my six string / on…
Word’s just come in from the New York Times and AP: the country music legend behind dozens of perfect songs, including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Tender Years” and “A Picture of Me (Without You),” died Friday in Nashville. The Saratoga, Texas native and honey-voiced singer died at Vanderbilt University…
Justin Terveen, the tireless photographer who has turned Dallas’ skyline into a iridescent beauty on many occasions (and who was one of our 2013 Masterminds finalists), has an exhibit running at Kettle Art through April 13. On display are his spine-tingling shots of Dallas’ lightning storms and many shots of…
On Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Dallas Convention Center, the Texas Lottery is holding a Trekkie gathering. In honor of their new Star Trek scratch-off card, which could win you up to $50,000 human Earth dollars, the lottery HQ will attempt to set the Guinness World Record by “having…
Doritos, following the success of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos and continuing the trend of making food taste like more, other foods, is actually making Doritos Locos Tacos Chips which will be flavored like Doritos Chips and Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos. Now, let’s be clear: Doritos is extracting the flavor out…
Editor: We have so many questions in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some ‘za, which…
Whatever you’re doing right now isn’t important. Put it down. Earlier this year, Taco Bell teased their nacho cheese-dusted fans on Facebook by announcing a likely 2013 release of the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. Which is their trademarked way of saying, “later there’ll be a taco inside a big…
Every September-or-so here at the Dallas Observer, we unveil one of our meatiest issues: the Best Of Dallas. It features, as you know, the best damn things in the world of arts, film, theatre, food, booze and everything culture in Dallas. It’s with that in mind that we announce our…
About a decade ago, Shane Carruth released a mind-blowing little film called Primer. It’s a low-budget, low-fi take on time travely-displacementy stuff that won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2004. It was shot around Dallas, and Carruth — who went to high school outside Big D and then…
You all know Justin Terveen. If you don’t, he’s the indefatigable photographer who has turned Dallas’ skyline into an iridescent beauty on many, many occasions. This morning, we shot Justin a line to send us over his favorite shots of from 2012. I won’t muck this up any more with…
The snow came in surprising Denvery blankets over Christmas. It was part of a massive winter storm that froze and sent snow cascading over the South. So, yeah, Dallas briefly turned into the Star Wars-planet Hoth yesterday. Over on Facebook and Twitter, we asked you fine folks to contribute on…
In Latin, the word simulacrum means “likeness” or “similarity.” It’s a term often used by philosophers and social theorists (see: Baudrillard) to exemplify the hyper-real. To boil it down: a simulacrum can often be a perverted version of reality. See also: The 10 Worst Fast Food Trends of 2012 So,…
First thing’s first: If you’re sick of the phrase food porn, or screaming-mad from the plethora of dense, decadent, NSFW photos of burgers with steamy cheese and fluffy doughnuts lightly dusted with cinnamon-sugar, then please for the love of Jesus turn away. This post is not for you. Well, hey,…
On Friday, April 6, Viva Dallas performed a burlesque version of Alice in Wonderland. It featured the aerial acrobatics of Alley Oops and Fleur De Tease (imagine: “Alice” in a throat-clearingly perfect split a few feet above the stage). The show was one of many adventurous-themed productions this year, which…
If civilization does collapse on Friday, December 21, 2012, which is the day the Mayans were all like Hey guys! Earth’s gonna explode in a fiery saucer of flames and stuff!, then any remaining future humans (or any aliens stopping on the burnt husk of Earth to take a leak)…
