Sushiyama, a quiet, neighborhood sushi bistro that closed at the end of 2012 on Forest Lane, has come back to life under a different name. Longtime customer Shigeikazu Tateno jumped on the lease the very next day, gave the place a new coat of paint and set about opening his…
Yesterday Croatia shit the bed, coughing up an early lead to lose to Brazil, 1-3. I know this not just because of some World Cup app or Fiji widget on my iPhone, but because I watched the game at The Common Table, where one of the first kegs of Peticolas’…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It’s time for bonus dishes. Why pick one biryani when you…
If you want to run a food truck in Dallas, you’ve got to rent space at a commissary, place for food storage, ice, water, waste water and waste disposal and a place to park your rig when you’re not tossing Cubanos out the window. Rent can run around $1,000 or…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I don’t typically order sandwiches from barbecue restaurants. I’d rather enjoy…
The advent of using tips to compensate front-end employees at restaurants has come under a lot of fire recently, as it has been proven to be unfair and inefficient. For one, customers rarely tip based on the quality of service they receive, using a default tip amount based on their…
Before the door even closed behind us, Misty David belted out, “There’s free beer in the cooler,” and sure enough there was. There are worse ways to start your barbecue experience, and the box of iced Lone Star and Shiner Bock was in stark contrast to the offerings of the…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You can get a whole fish presented table side all over…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Yes, sure, OK, Bonchon is a chain that’s slowly taking over…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Every kitchen has its hazing practices. Jiro Ono of the famous…
The World Cup commences this week, and for the next 30 or so days, the entire planet is going to spin a little slower. Every quesadilla you order will take a little longer to arrive because the cooks in the kitchen will be glued to a tiny TV. Every drink…
Last week the newest location of Hopdoddy opened on McKinney Avenue in the old Frankie’s Sports Bar space. By Friday the line for lunch-time burger action reached out the door. If you’ve chomped your way through any of Hopdoddy’s sloppy burger creations at the Preston Center location, you’ll know what…
For years, Yelp users have been logging onto their profiles after a night of dining, detailing their restaurant experiences and issuing stars as a measure of performance for restaurants. When these hastily written reviews are good ones, everyone seems happy, restaurants included. But when they’re negative, unfair or inaccurate, the…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Handmade tortillas are always a welcome sight, but some are better…
Earlier this year, Yum Brands, the corporate giant behind the processed food trifecta of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC, opened a test restaurant called Super Chix. The fast food restaurant looks like a blatant attempt to steal customers from Chick-fil-A. They’re even open Sunday. Now the company is dabbling…
Two years go I stumbled upon Petit Prince, a session ale with very low alcohol content brewed by the Jester King Brewery, outside of Austin. I used the discovery to launch a discussion on what makes beers sessionable, and why they were so hard to find. Two weekends ago a…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I’ve consumed and written about the ramen at Tei-An a number…
Outdoor drinking spaces are hardly a differentiator in this town. Most restaurants have at least some summertime seating, and many have stunning, carefully designed spaces that envelop drinkers in a temporary hideaway, outfitted with ample booze, that can last as long as they can drink. Look at the shipping container-framed…
I’m getting excited. Mesero, Mico Rodriguez’s latest restaurant, is slated to open in a few more weeks in the Inwood Plaza. I’m curious to see how it will fit in with the rest of the Mesero family. It doesn’t seem so long ago that Rodriguez was preparing to open Mr…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It was back in February that I dropped into Spoon after…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The other day we got a fresh batch of summer interns…
The World Cup is coming, and if there’s one thing Dallasites need for a month-long soccer bing, it’s an official beer to string all those drinking sessions together. Lucky for you, Peticolas already has you covered. Welcome the Thrilla in Brazila. Actually you can’t yet; the beer won’t be released…
