Yes, it happened. Burger tears. Real ones. While some twitter-ers are retina-bursting with In-N-Out hype rage, the folks down at the freshly opened Frisco location are busting in their shorts. Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade, who tweeted a photo of the tangled chaos outside the Frisco In-N-Out Location, saw a car…
In the post below, Joe warned of the shock-inducing lines to come on the End of Days In-N-Out Opening Day. He said don’t be alarmed.Good advice. Writers Alice Laussade and Patrick Michels are at the Frisco location’s Grand Opening right now, and have forwarded along this photo. They’ll be along…
Fresh off climbing Billboard’s charts — and, y’know, selling a planet-size chunk of records — Fleet Foxes will be stopping by Dallas tomorrow night. Like you didn’t already know. But here’s something you might not be aware of: Tonight at 8:30 p.m., NPR is live-webcasting a full Fleet Foxes show…
One of the dishes that blew the judges minds at Iron Fork last night (still full, by the way) was Scott Romano’s Scotch egg. A Scotch egg is traditionally prepared by hard boiling an egg, wrapping it in sausage and breading, then deep frying the whole damn thing. If you’re…
Eat your heart out, Bobby Flay.The pressure cooker was hissing, and sweat was dripping down Scott Romano’s forehead as he cupped fresh California avocado around a soft boiled egg. Then, he dipped the whole thing in egg wash, breaded it and eased it into a deep frying bath…
All right, all right, all right…So, we got this event tonight. An Iron Fork event, if you will. A kick ass night featuring bites from local restaurants like Kenichi, Lockhart Smokehouse, Torchy’s Tacos and much, much more. This kick ass Iron Fork event will pit local chefs Scott Romano of…
Well played, blogosphere. On last week’s episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Rob Lowe’s muscular chest asked character Ron Swanson: “you ever tried a turkey burger?” Swanson responded: “Is that a fried turkey leg inside a grilled hamburger? If so, yes. Delicious.” Being “Burger Week 2011” over there at Eater,…
In this week’s paper, Pete wrote of a dirty secret about local music: the rallying cry (“If only people would start supporting the scene, it could grow!”) is the same in every city.But the Dallas-Fort Worth-Denton music scene has some hulking support. In honor of that, DC9 at Night has…
Come on, dudes, it’s the Muppets — getting into great capers of treasure, sword-fighting and Christmas carols. On April 22 and 23 witness as Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and sweet banana-nosed Gonzo travel to Tinseltown for The Muppet Movie showing at Landmark Theatres’ Inwood Midnights. And midnight Kermit is…
Before the Earth rips apart from a fiery blast of atomic flame in December 2012, there’ll be a couple more days of inspiring Earth Day festivities in downtown Dallas. Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Pearl and Flora streets will light up with music, short films and food in honor of…
Dear Taco Bell, Don’t keep this a secret. It needs to be out there. Surely, there’s a lot on the line after the great meat fiasco of 2011, and this could save everything. Why? Because people will come. People will come, Taco Bell. They’ll pull into your drive-through for reasons…
After we finished a light salad, touched with olive oil and fresh goat cheese, Marc Cassel entered a halo of light at the Kessler to introduce his fine meal: beef tenderloin with wild mushroom stroganoff and bright parsley, followed by a chocolate cake in a creamy anglaise.And so kicks off…
For Hanna Raskin’s latest review, before she whisked off to allergy-free Seattle, she tackled the Flintstones-esque hunk of meat — which you must eat without fork and knife — at Lockhart Smokehouse. According to Hanna, Lockhart fell short with the sausage and the ribs but blew the doors off of…
Since that little feral weather-predictor was unable to see his shadow in Punxsutawney, spring kicked off early. The last few days here in Dallas, however, the rain washed away the heat and left a chill. That didn’t stop City of Ate contributor and Walk the Wok writer Kristy Yang from…
Strand of Oaks, Joe Pug The Loft April 2, 2011 Better than: any “new Dylan” comparison you could dream up. A year ago, in the low-lit underfloor that is J&J’s Pizza in Denton, Joe Pug played a set for a tiny, but dedicated crowd at NX35 Conferette. The Flaming Lips…
While Baconalia, Denny’s super pork festival that features seven bacon-laden dishes including the Maple Bacon Sundae, is in full glory, we thought it’d be a swell time to let you know about the freshest way to inhale bacon.J&D’s, known for their bacon salt, is proud to announce “the next quantum…
After more than 14,000 runners racked up 13.1 miles on Sunday morning as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon at Fair Park, they were met with a Bret Michaels performance. Michaels followed Candy Coburn (that’s who he’s hugging after the jump) in serenading the runners’ tired limbs…
A few months ago we announced the launch of the Dallas Observer iPhone app, (which is completely free, dudes), and now we have a new one for you: the Best Of.. Village Voice Media App. Before we get a breathy announcement speech going — with details of how this is…
Carl’s Jr., which opened a new spot in Dallas late last year, has added a new entry to their weird, not funny food-meets-porn marketing strategy. The commercial popped up on Eater today, straight from Carl’s Jr.’s YouTube channel, and announces the new “Charbroiled Turkey Burger.” Cue groan.The ad, and as…
And then there was BRO FEST.For those who had SXSW hangovers that were too sharp, or got stuck in the biblical nightmare that was traffic on I-35 (where are you Third Man Records truck?), Parade of Flesh’s 2011 BRO FEST boasted, as Daniel Hopkins mentioned in this week’s print, its…
The final day–and night as Rocks Off discovered–of SXSW was a long one. After perusing an absolutely epic line for Rachel Ray’s Feedback Party at Stubb’s (yeah, you read that right), we ventured over to Peckerheads to meet Dallas-friends Gorilla Groove. While the lineup there doesn’t really rank high on…
Mexican Summer and Gorilla vs. Bear’s SXSW party yesterday had quite a lineup: White Denim, Fresh & Onlys, Grimes, No Joy, Toro Y Moi and Cass McCombs–who received a lot of buzz in 2009 with his damn good album Catacombs. It was a busy day, but McCombs performance was definitely…
