A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers’ Picks Categories. Your suggestions didn’t disappoint. After throwing your advice in the hopper and giving them a test run, we now have chemically tested, FDA-approved poll for you. A…
A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers’ Picks Categories. Your suggestions were as supremely helpful. After throwing your additions in the hopper and giving them a test run, we now have a chemically tested, FDA-approved poll…
A few weeks ago, you may recall, we listed the top 20 concert photos of the year so far. But those photos were just the start of the visual evidence we’ve got of what a great music year its been in North Texas. July alone was insanely impressive. From Britney…
So, a question for all of your doctors out there: If you eat bacon that cooked on the dashboard of a car parked outdoors in the midday, 100-plus degree heat, will you experience health issues?Ah, hell, never mind — that ship’s pretty much sailed. Yesterday at 1 p.m., after reading…
Earlier this month we teased the launch of our big ol’ issue: Best of Dallas. Since the Rapture is rapidly approaching, we wanted your feedback on how to improve our Readers Picks’ categories. We asked which food nerd categories you liked, and which needed to be thrown to the curb.Turns…
Last time we ran into singer Hayes Carll, he put on a special little two-stepping show at the Double Wide in the midst of a small-club tour throughout Texas. On Saturday at House of Blues, photographer Roger Caldwell caught Hayes armed with new songs from KMAG YOYO (Kiss My Ass…
The End had a good weekend. According to BoxOffice.com, Harry Potter’s final, holy-shit-epic installment has already made astonishing 168 million dollars in the United States ($475.5 million worldwide). That’s a new record. On its midnight screening, Harry Potter raked in over $43 million. And there was some good movie dying…
In the paper version of City of Ate this week, Alice Laussade writes of the patty smackdown we ordered between Whataburger and In-N-Out burger. We got Grape owner Brian Luscher, Angry Dog owner Todd Dickerson and Jack Perkins of Maple Motor–all burger mavens in this here Dallas, TX–to compare the…
In the department of tech-additions-you-must-have … Two Australian geniuses (Rob Ward and Chris Peters) have invented the perfect iPhone case: one that can open your beer. They’re calling it “the Opena,” and, according to the fancy pants video, it slides out of the back of the case like a box-cutter…
Unless you literally just unstuck your arm from under a rock in a canyon somewhere, you’d know we City of Ate-rs love us some tacos. We’ve shot them, mapped them, and shoveled them into our tortilla-holes.You’d also know, unless you’ve been in the canyon again, that Taste of Dallas took…
Here we are at the midway point of the year, or something. The heat’s at blow-torch temperatures, The Rapture’s well on the way (not the 2012 one), and DOMA’s gonna rear it’s wicked head soon.In honor of this half-year-ish thing, we’d like to share with you our favorite concert shots…
Like Clark Griswold, McDonald’s is making a bold trip to Europe by testing a new burger: the English Pub Burger. Burger Business reports that Her Majesty’s burger will have hickory-smoked bacon, white cheddar and American cheeses (?), grilled onions and steak sauce on an “artisan roll.” Besides the irritating marketing,…
So, we’re already there again. Even now, in these solar temperatures, we’re gearing up for our big ol’ issue: Best Of Dallas. If the Rapture goes on as predicted, we’re looking at one of the last, great Best Of’s ever. So, naturally, we want your feedback. Maybe we’re in a…
Yes, we’re already there again. Even now, in these Venus temperatures, we’re gearing up for our big ol’ issue: Best Of Dallas. If the Rapture goes on as predicted, we’re looking at one of the last, great Best Of’s ever. So, naturally, we want your feedback. After the jump, you’ll…
A few weeks ago, we announced a Blue Ribbon recipe contest to see what foodie innovations you could throw our way for Taste of Dallas. The idea was: You send us the recipes; we study them, drool profusely, and the winners get to cook live at this weekend’s Dallas Food…
Competing against no one, the great wiener swallower Kobayashi wolfed 69 hot dogs in New York City. It was a world record and personal best for Kobayashi on July Fourth, and he stood proudly to flex his stomach muscles after consuming the massive amount of meat logs.Meanwhile, in Dallas, City…
For some July 4th weekend pure happiness: The Dallas Comedy House flash-mobbed Half Price Books, and there’s smile-inducing video to prove it. Comedy House mob leader Clay Barton has confirmed the DCH performed the number this month at Half Price Books on Northwest highway. We’re certain this needs to happen…
Nothing’s more uplifting than getting drunk on a fast food patio and wolfing a foot-long chili cheese dog from Sonic. Which is the feeling we’re guessing Sonic is attempting to capitalize on by the decision to sell alcohol. Either that, or it’s just copying Burger King. (Never a good idea.)…
One of the great American craft beers out there right now doubles as one of the strongest India pale ales. Dogfish Head’s 120 Minute IPA, which has experienced brewing hardships recently, has a nose-blasting International Bittering Unit rating of 120. That’s roughly 24 times as hoppy as a Miller Lite-y…
Yesterday eve’s Patio Sessions was a doozy: Chris Johnson of Telegraph Canyon and Bosque Brown laid down some tunes at the AT&T PAC. If you missed Johnson yesterday, he’s a total Observer fave and an immersive concert experience. Mara Lee Miller of Bosque Brown is no different with her smoky…
Fill the basement with canned goods and line the windows with aluminum: reports are coming in regarding the In-N-Out Burger location in Dallas. Park Cities People has a memo from the tenants of 8080 N. Central that details the security In-N-Out Burger’s Dallas location will have on hand. Which is…
Speaking of Ohioans (in today’s sandwich smack-down news)… The Cleveland, Ohio, deli Corky and Lenny’s is changing the name of their $10.50, “King Size Corned Beef Sandwich,” according to TMZ. Moments ago, the sandwich was known as the “King James.” What did they rename it, you ask? Why, it’s now…
