100 Favorite Dishes: Cuban Sandwich
At Jimmy’s Food Store

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

Now, Look, Mayor Tom is Nobody’s Intern

A few weeks back, you no doubt recall, Virgin America announced that in December, it would begin flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The announcement was made in Houston, at the National Business Travel Association confab, and, turns out, Time’s Stacy Perman was on-hand for the announcement. So too…

Ride the Lightning to the Statler

Our good pal Justin Terveen was out last night, dodging raindrops, and captured this downtown scene sure to make a return if and when the owners of the former Statler Hilton part with the property “within 90 days” as promised. Should, of course, lightning strike twice…

Texas Tribune Catches Up With Laura Miller

It’s quite the reunion this morning: Ex-Dallas News-er Emily Ramshaw, now at the Texas Tribune, sits down with ex-Dallas Observer-er and former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller, now director of projects for Summit Power, which is in the clean-coal (big) business. Miller, who hasn’t done many sitdowns since leaving office, opens…

Checking Out the Dallas Library Cuts

This morning the council takes its most detailed look yet at Mary Suhm’s proposal to gut the libraries’ budget for the coming fiscal year. The briefing goes back a few years too — back to when branches were open 47 hours (some on Sundays) and were fully staffed, when the…