When we got word that WFAA’s Good Morning Texas was looking for suckers contestants to enter a televised wing eating contest, it sounded like the right time to reshuffle the speed-eating pecking order here at City of Ate.While Jesse Hughey had a corn dog eating crown to defend, I thought…
For a few days in mid-October last year, the 12th floor of the Dallas Market Center buzzed with anticipation over the big new offering from the toymaker Bandai — of Tamagotchi fame, you’ll recall — a short plastic mannequin and a few swatches of fabric, packaged as a fashion design…
With ACL wrapped up and the bands, festival-goers and fields at Zilker Park on their road to recovery, it’s time for one last look at the bands that braved the mud on the festival’s last day.First, for an overall recap of the best shots from the festival — including some…
Fresh off a killer performance at Austin City Limits, The Dead Weather crawled north for a House of Blues show last night–which you may have read about in Cory’s review here on DC9.For another look at the show, Jack White, Allison Mosshart, a giraffe’s head and all, check out this…
Unfair Park was among those at the Dallas Contemporary this morning getting an early look at this year’s Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, and among the gems inside: this high-performance, Burning Man-tested cupcake car, yours for the low, low price of $25,000 (Santa not included).Other highlights on display this morning include…
Saturday’s downpour raised the stakes for yesterday’s ACL acts, and while !!! did a fine job firing up the soggy crowd, Flogging Molly was another of the acts best suited for the rain.Starting with a few more shots from their set, through the doldrums of Bon Iver’s muted performance and…
Along with Pete’s takes on some of Friday’s biggest sets here at ACL, we already brought you shots of Phoenix, Raphael Saadiq and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs — so before we head on out for another day in the front row (for the first three songs anyway, before they kick…
Dave visits Carrollton’s Tea Thyme & Tisane this week for the Obsever’s Dish review, which combines a shop celebrating tea culture and an all-out restaurant with a down-home menu.For a close-up look at the dishes, the teas and the related paraphernalia, check out this week’s Dish Extra gallery from photographer…
If YouTube is more your flavor, check out the video here.DJ Drop, the nightlife luminary who helped popularize the D-Town Boogie way back, oh, a year ago, is the subject of Pete’s sidebar in this year’s Best of Dallas Scenes section, and in the video above, you’ll hear him talk…
Ben Folds returned to the Meyerson Symphony Center last night to accompany the DSO in a night of classed-up favorites and a few new tunes.Conductor and pianist Rei Hotoda led the orchestra beside Folds at the piano. The old Ben Folds Five tune “Smoke” came up early in the night,…
At the Dallas Hub Theater, founder and producer Tim Shane has kept production costs low by reusing set pieces, showcasing work from new playwrights, and driving through a blizzard with old rows of seats donated by an East Coast movie theater. You can hear from Shane in the video tour…
This year’s Best of Dallas sports section kicks off with a story on the Dallas Desire, our local squad in the new Lingerie Football League. Its first season began a few weeks ago, and the Desire played their first home game at QuikTrip park last Friday night (yes, we’ve got…
If Vimeo isn’t cooperating, or if you prefer, you can check out the video here on YouTube.In keeping with this year’s “We Can Do It!” theme, focused on people doing great things in Dallas in the middle of a rough year for the country, Dave’s story in the Best of…
Henderson Avenue developers Marc and Roger Andres were good enough to take us along on a tour of their neighborhood-in-progress, and spoke a little on camera about their vision for keeping the stretch of road unique. As a sidebar to this year’s Best of Dallas market section, Mark weighs in…
This week Dave takes a bite out of Si Tapas and Spanish Cuisine’s bite-size fare, in the Dish review you’ll find here.For another colorful look around the joint, check out Sara Kerens’ slideshow of the food and the atmosphere at Si Tapas…
Most of the time, abstract concepts are better off staying that way, too easily ruined by attempts to put them in worldly terms. Think of the lion in The Wizard of Oz who wants courage–which I always imagined looks brown and rumpled, maybe like a pile of old cabbage–but in…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Tuk Tuk Asian Cuisine 1520 Elm St., #115214-749-1538Promised delivery time: 30 minutes Actual delivery time: 11 (!) minutes The ScoreNeighbor from the apartment upstairs brings food, and it’s exactly what I want:…
This week, Dave seeks out a bigger slice of the pie, with a trip to Eno’s Pizza Tavern.For the full Eno’s experience, though, take a stroll through the dining room, kitchen and bar, and have a very brief encounter with the pizza oven’s open flame, in this week’s Dish slideshow…
Seattle has ballpark sushi, San Francisco spawned a garlic fry renaissance, and the world can thank St. Louis’ Gateway Grizzlies for the Krispy Kreme burger. But there was a time when Dallas ran on the cutting edge of sports food innovation this town invented ballpark nachos, while the rest of…
Ned Startzel was 3 years old when the new Majestic Theatre opened on Elm Street in downtown Dallas in 1921. Startzel began writing shows, performed in Vaudeville acts and fought in World War II, while Dallas’s theater row rose and fell around the Majestic — with 10 neighboring theaters downtown,…
As much fun as Mayor Tom Leppert and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson could have had shoveling dirt down onto rush hour traffic, this morning’s “ground-making” for the Woodall Rodgers Freeway Deck Park took a more conceptual direction.Inside the future home of the Parkside Condominiums, with an expansive view of the…
Check out more photos from the launch day in our slide show.He’d just guided his 1,900-pound rocket to a successful simulated moon landing, but while his teammates rushed to refuel for a second flight — their ticket to a $1 million prize and serious bragging rights — gaming guru John…
