We did our best to avoid blowing up here at City of Ate HQ, but really, that tantalizing taste of vacation on Monday just made it easier to get bitter over the other four workdays. Times like that, when you’re right on the edge of letting your temper go, the…
First there was the irate woman, with long dark hair and a low-slung green tank-top; then, the hapless guy being loaded from the street into an ambulance. Between those two and host Joey Greco keeping his cool a few feet away, there was nothing about the display that hasn’t played…
This week Dave heads over to Carolina’s Mexican Cuisine, where the Mi Cocina co-founder has stepped back out into the spotlight with a striking patio, an intricate mole and a ceviche subtle enough that you can still taste the fish.For an up-close look at a few of their dishes, plus…
Neon Indian–big online, and perhaps soon to be big in Cork–kicked off a world tour last night at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton (or had you already read about that?).Mattie Stafford was there in the cozy, low-lit confines as Alan Palomo and crew got their sound just right before…
As Pete wrote in his preview of the show, there’s plenty about Cross Canadian Ragweed’s four-year run of Red Dirt Roundups that’ll confound you if you ponder it too hard. But as unlikely as The Wallflowers’ appearance was alongside Robert Earl Keen, Lucero, Jonathan Tyler and a handful of other…
While President Obama’s speech to students met a lukewarm reception at some schools around Dallas-Fort Worth, former Dallas mayor and current U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk made sure the speech played to a full house this morning at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.At a…
In this week’s paper, Dave drops in on Park, where chef Marc Cassel has returned to form with a loose, fun approach to running his kitchen.For a closer, more colorful look at the bright, wooded space and the dishes and drinks turned out of Park’s kitchen, check out this fine…
“Traveling Man” artists Brad Oldham and Brandon Oldenburg got their first glimpses of their three finished sculptures through a train window yesterday, rolling into DART’s new Deep Ellum Station on a Green Line test run.This morning, they were good enough to send the above close-up of the largest piece, “Walking…
Check out more photos from the Green Line tour in this photo set.With less than two weeks until Green Line trains haul their first paying passengers, DART’s kicked its countdown into high gear this week, making scheduled runs along three new miles of track runs from Fair Park to Victory…
Chefs from 10 of the top kitchens in Dallas vied for top honors in the Sunday night’s Caesar salad competition, vying for diners’ votes with salads dressed up with merguez sausage, scallop ceviche or brisket tacos, or restyled as carrot-wrapped salad sticks, romaine gazpacho topped with Caesar sorbet, or stuffed…
Telegraph Canyon, Matthew Gray Delves Into the Humanity Pools…, Seryn and other Denton acts welcomed the students back to Denton Saturday night, at Spune’s Back To School Ice Cream Social.The party, though its bring-your-own ice cream and toppings strategy enjoyed limited success, had pool and big-screen Nintendo games to offer…
The second annual Dia De Los Toadies Festival took over Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose on Saturday (here’s our show review) with Bowling For Soup, Ben Kweller, the Toadies and more rocking out in the country.Photographer Caity Colvard walked among the crowd to get shots of the bands and…
In the week that brought a spirited City of Ate debate over the merits of eating in the Dallas suburbs, even if you live in the city, we covered plenty of other reasons to try new things. This week saw looks at ultra-pure water, soul food for the fancy, and…
In this week’s paper, Dave gives Lola a hello, goodbye as the decade-old Uptown spot prepares to shutter later this fall. The full set of photos from our photographer’s trip to the restaurant are here in this week’s Dish Extra slideshow.The Lola photo set caps off a fine month in…
Our nightlife shooting duo Ray and Peter Lek report a smaller crowd around Dallas clubs last weekend, and they wonder if college kids were actually getting some rest before the school year started.Well, not these folks on the Lizard Lounge rooftop. And the crowd at Barcadia probably hadn’t thought about college…
For the first event in their brief history, dallaschocolate.org hosted chocolatiers Alan McClure and Steve DeVries for a tasting and a dinner focused on American “bean to bar” chocolate production.Teresa Gubbins, who recapped the event for Pegasus, says the visiting chocolate producers repeatedly urged folks there to think of chocolate…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Panda’s Restaurant & Bar3917 Cedar Springs Rd214-528-9999214-528-3818214-526-3333Promised delivery time: 30-45 minutesActual delivery time: 28 minutesDialing options: 3Early delivery: 10Number of times name of my dish, “Subgun wonton,” ran through my head the…
In this back-to-school edition of Sloppy Seconds, we’re recapping a hectic week that saw complications both technical and interpersonal as the City of Ate crew went about its business. Still, from wine classes to a little meta-analysis, last week saw plenty of learning opportunities for devotees of the Dallas dining…
Check out more photos from the night in our slideshow.The weirdest moment at last night’s Hard Rock Cafe grand opening party? Take your pick, but I’ll say it was right at the end, when it turned out the winner of the night’s big raffle was with the band.After a night…
If you’ve seen Scary Movies 3 or 4, or have friends who went an offbeat direction with their wedding entertainment, you may already be familiar with the work of Michael Jackson impersonator extraordinaire Edward Moss.If you rolled into The Lodge last night expecting to grab a beer at your usual…
Quia already offered her take on last night’s Mos Def show at the House of Blues–and she stuck it out to the very end, unlike a good portion of the crowd.For another look at the show, though, we’ve got Mattie Stafford–who was right up front with her camera for Mos…
Update: Check out our slide show for more photos from the meeting and the protest.Walking up to the health care reform protest outside Cityplace Conference Center this morning, a man in his 60s, in a plain white T-shirt and a bucket hat, had to stop and ask directions on the…
