There are few things that cure day-after-drinking hell better than a Bloody Mary. It’s got to be a salad in a glass for the really bad ones, when you feel heavy at the forehead like a sledgehammer. Obviously, there’s a number of additional things you can do for yourself: Get…
There’s so little left to conquer. There’s little territory left unbaconed. It’s in our cookies, our perfume, our lube, and our adhesive bandages. Oh no, no, it’s not a bad thing. Following in Denny’s meatsteps, Jack in the Box has kicked off a new bacon campaign that wants you to…
Over in the United Kingdom, healthy people who eat health food have been twisting up their knickers over Burger King’s new 966-calorie Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus burger. In addition to having a thousand calories, it has 58 grams of artery-waterboarding fat. Consumerist quotes a spokesperson for the National…
Right now in Washington, D.C., Whopper-craving citizens can get front-door delivery. Yes, oh yes, Burger King is rolling out a pilot program for bringing the meat to you — in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. It comes with a $2 delivery charge and you must order a minimum of $8 (or…
Before Erykah Badu completed the PM Nightlife Lounge’s final DJ set last night, there was a motorcade and funeral band in the streets. The New Orleans-style procession started late, ’round 11:30, at Pegasus Plaza, and completed its “final voyage” outside the Joule Hotel. The funeral band was, of course, The…
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra Plays The Legend of Zelda Music The Meyerson Symphony Center Tuesday, January 10 Better Than: Playing the games in 1998. Also, the childish “in your face, in your face!” chant I’m going to throw at my mom later for all those years she limited me to…
Domino’s recent trend of gourmet-ing the shit out of their food jumped to new heights recently. Introducing, from the company’s Japanese chain (via Eater), the Prestige Quattro, which is not a sequel to the Hugh Jackman film. This is the $50 (¥3,900) unbelievably fancy pizza that features four sides of…
A hundred years ago (in Internet Time), we posted about the epic burgers of Dallas. We return now, at the turn of the year that was supposed to be a zombie apocalypse or something, to update you with burger photos that are currently blowing our socks clean off our feet…
So here’s what you’re looking at: the Frenchy-Belgiany fast food chain Quick, in honor of the Star Wars: Episode One Phantom Menace Shit Show in the Three Dimensions, is producing a line of Star Wars burgers. They will be available January 31, according to Eater. Tracking down what the hell…
Update January 1: Photos from night two are up. Right here. Man, seems like just a few minutes ago that we were telling you about the Spin Off at Artopia for Lights All Night, which would turn the Dallas Convention Center into a buffet of spinning DJs. Well, here we…
Well, here’s your cool timelapse video of the day… Over on Dallas’ Reddit page this morning, caught an exciting piece from local artist Andy Buchanan. The two-minute plus video chronicles the construction of Buchanan’s action-y, three-dimension-y mural “Rescuing Freedom.” According the YouTube vid, the piece took three weeks to complete…
National Top 10–(Nick Rallo) 10. Centro-matic, Candidate Waltz The best album made in Texas this year. Will Johnson’s songwriting is nearing Hattori Hanzo sword-sharp. 9. Deep Dark Woods, The Place I Left Behind If you once gave a shit about Jay Farrar, still give a shit about Centro-matic, Wilco, or…
Except for the debut of the Three Stooges trailer, this has been a great month for Hollywood teasing upcoming blockbusters. Over on Apple’s trailer site, you can find Prometheus, The Hobbit, and The Dark Knight Rises first official trailer. Damn fine week, ol’ Hollywood. Which means, it didn’t take long…
Speaking of sprawling, epic trailers… Back in November, the Dallas Theater Center officially announced the cast and creative team for Giant, you know the musical, which is running at the Wyly in 2012 save for some unplanned zombie apocalypse. Now, courtesy of a hat tip from Unfair Park, there’s a…
Artist, DJ, worldwide phenom Shepard Fairey is making a stop in Dallas to spin for the Dallas Contemporary, according to the just-in Save the Date. Fairey, who’s been making the rounds recently for the design of the cover of the recent TIME magazine annual ‘Person of the Year’ issue, will…
Everyone! The world is a good and wonderful place. Whataburger’s Twitter feed, and this fancy blog, confirms the rumor is true: Whataburger will be getting a limited batch of tiny, spicy ketchups on January 2. Well played, Whataburger. Well played. Sure, we’ve been known to prefer the double-double, but the…
There’s a very, very good chance you haven’t seen the best movie of 2011. At least, that’s what Karina Longworth is saying in this week’s cover story. Margaret, Kenneth Lonergan’s latest starring Anna Paquin, Matt Damon and Mark Ruffalo, is the best film of the year, Longworth says. So, yep,…
The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly…numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we’re going to say it. We’re going to talk about it. Hard. Dude, we’re, like, already talking about…
An exciting moment late in the day yesterday: The debut of the official trailer for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel, you know, The Hobbit. Finally. If you didn’t know, Tolkien’s book is being adapted by the pretty much same crew as LOTR (including an epic soundtrack by Howard…
Earlier this year we approximated the possible future of Japan McDonald’s bizarre Big America 2 campaign, which features four Hulk-fist sized America-themed burgers (the “Texas 2” burger featured “flavors of the Lone Star State with spicy chili beans”). Our own product pitches included a massive, irradiated whole shell crab sitting…
Couple of weeks ago, City of Ate teased the arrival of the rampaging Santas–where hundreds of folks march on Dallas and bar hop along DART, you know, in Santa costumes and stuff. It’s a colorful event that rarely yields unusable photos. This year was no different, as our roving photographer…
Over on Unfair Park, Robert Wilonsky posted the full release from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics picks of the best films of 2011. Descendants, the Alexander Payne drama with George Clooney, is a topper as well as Drive (full Q&A with the director right here), Martin Scorcese’s Hugo, and Steve…
