So Burger King has a new bacon sundae on the menu. This means I have to eat it. And fast on the heels of a few hundred guisado verde tacos for lunch from La Nueva Fresh and Hot, I found myself in a Burger King drive-through. Nick was kind enough…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Remember your mother’s breaded pork cutlet? She probably baked it in…
Dallas has plenty of Italian-American restaurants. The problem is very few of them are any good. While Lucia, Nonna and other regional Italian restaurants pay homage to the Old World with brilliant dishes featuring little fishes, hand-rolled pastas and wild game, Dallas has a dearth of decent spaghetti and meatballs…
Did you recognize it? I wouldn’t have had a friend not pointed it out while dining at Carbone’s, the subject of this week’s review. He turned a painting on the wall into a bit of movie trivia at my table and we all failed miserably. On the back wall of…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. If you’re from Philly or the surrounding area and love hoagies,…
When two, seemingly similar dishes you’ve eaten in the past compete in your memory, it can be difficult to tell them apart. Eat them side by side , however, and the differences stand out like a brisket sandwich in a vegan smoothie shop. In City of Ate’s Smackdown we endure…
Yesterday we told you about Cedars Social’s new all-you-can-eat Prime Rib special. To be honest, when I read the news release, I thought this was a pretty ridiculous event. I still do, but after talking to owner Brian Williams I’m starting to buy in. At least a little. “It went…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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’m likely done with the Londoner till the Premier League kicks…
Well, this strikes me as odd. Today I got a news release from the folks at Cedars Social. The subject? The restaurant is offering all-you-can-eat Prime Rib on Monday. Huh. All-you-can-eat meat. My first reaction was that this deal sounded more in place at a Golden Corral than at a…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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 a bit like a French bouillabaisse but with Mexican leanings…
Summer is picking up and that means the arrival of tomatoes that taste like nature intended. Not those lifeless cottony numbers picked while green and sprayed with ethylene, but those glorious summer orbs ripened right on the vine and delicious enough to be eaten all on their own. It’s a…
Next Sunday, June 17, the Fort Worth location of the Flying Saucer will shut its doors on Fourth Street in preparation for their move to a new location at 111 East Third St. The managers at the location are planning a series of events in the coming days to say…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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 wonder if I’d known what was about to happen if…
When I interviewed Jeffery Hobbs about his fried chicken at Sissy’s I lamented the terrible decision he forced on his customers with his menu. Two pieces of fried chicken with a side cost $11, while a 10-piece bucket was only $20. It’s a no-brainer to go for the bucket. The…
Tracy Miller’s long awaited Rosemont (2912 Elm St., 214-741-6066) opened its doors today, an event marked quietly by a tangle of white balloons tied up out front under cloudy skies. I first learned of the new restaurant while interviewing Miller during my review of Local last November. A tipster alerted…
[jump] When I first wrote about Rex’s Lobster roll, a commenter jumped in to defend Sea Breeze’s offering, further north in Plano. I’ve had both of the rolls (I tried Sea Breeze’s while reviewing the restaurant and ate Rex’s only because I wanted to), but I hadn’t compared them directly…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. These little parcels of pasty dough were on last year’s list,…
It was a small, unassuming, black plastic dish I might have overlooked had it not come with an ominous warning. My waiter was very clear. Be careful, this is spicy, he warned the table. The salsa was dark greenish-brown and flecked with the black blistered skins of deeply roasted habanero…
If you’ve only eaten Italian food in Dallas, there’s a good chance you’ve never had real spaghetti carbonara. The traditional version of the dish turns eggs, cheese and fat into a delicious sauce that completely integrates with the pasta. Chefs have supplemented the dish with cream, herbs and sometimes booze,…
Food trucks get tons of attention, but the simple question remains: is the food they’re peddling any good? While evaluating creativity, curb appeal, value and taste to award Firestone tires, we’re ranking Dallas’ food trucks to sort out which one’s are worth chasing around town and which ones may be…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Most of the oho I’ve eaten in Dallas leaves a lot…
News of the Acme F&B opening has been peppered with mentions of a farmer friendly “whole animal allocation” program. The language came from a news release sent out a day before the restaurant officially opened its doors. I called co-owner Colleen O’Hare and asked her what the hell a whole…
