Hosanna Yemiru is not a typical Dallas City Council candidate, and she doesn’t plan on running a typical Dallas-style campaign, either. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, she was 11 when her family moved to the Dallas area, where she grew up and has made a name for herself as a…
The number of new cases of COVID-19 setting records in Dallas County as the pandemic rolls into its first anniversary, but local authorities still can’t agree on one vital number: How many intensive-care unit beds are still empty? Variances in the reporting of ICU bed counts from different sources are…
A proposal by Dallas police to ask victims of a handful of nonviolent crimes to file reports online rather than have officers come to the calls popped up online and as quickly disavowed over the weekend after drawing complaints, including one from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. A draft memo regarding…
Bucking the trend of closures, the originally pickup-only cheese and charcuterie board operation Amor Y Queso, which was previously housed at The Jelly Queens in Dallas, has recently put down more permanent roots in Deep Ellum. The pandemic has not been kind to the restaurant and foodservice industry, to say the…
There’s a collective of bartenders and restaurant industry professionals that has for the past two years organized pop-up events celebrating Mexican cuisine and culture. To get to the story of Los Tlacuaches, let’s take a step back and look at another. There’s a Mesoamerican myth of El Tlacuache (in English, The…
Residents in three low-income housing projects formerly managed by the Dallas Housing Authority say their complaints about poor maintenance and unsafe living conditions have been met not wit h repairs, but draconian regulations enforced by private security they believe are intended to drive them out of their homes. The authority,…
Hurdy Gurdy, the latest addition to the Dallas Farmers Market neighborhood, serves food, but it isn’t quite a restaurant. It serves coffee and alcohol, but it isn’t quite a cafe or bar, either. The owners frame Hurdy Gurdy as a parlor — “a room used primarily for conversation or the…
In 2013, the Arlington Police Department began experimenting with a then-novel way of looking at crime. With money from a National Institute of Justice grant and in partnership with academic criminologists, Arlington used Risk Terrain Modeling, a data analysis tool, to combine existing crime reports with geographic information in hope…
Around this time of year, massive groups of grackles flock into Dallas. This year, a new type of migratory bird has joined them in increasing numbers. That bird? Nashville hot chicken. Seemingly in the blink of an eye, Nashville-style fried chicken has grown from a pop-up trend into a Dallas staple…
The number of fried chicken restaurants in Dallas has grown, particularly those of the Nashville hot chicken variety. But if you thought Dallas didn’t need another fried chicken joint, you’re wrong. There’s no such thing as too many. To prove it, we tried out Gus’s World Famous Hot and Spicy…
If you’re one for ordering in, you may have noticed a new addition to on-demand apps in early January: Meatball Kitchen. You may have even tried its vegan Impossible meatball sub with polenta fries and arancini mozzarella tots. Or perhaps, more recently, you noticed the addition of Sweet Basil Thai…
Thunderbird Station, a new restaurant by the owner behind sibling bars Double Wide and Single Wide, is finally open in Deep Ellum. After delays caused by the lockdown and shifting TABC regulations, Kim Finch, the brains behind the operation, was able to open Thunderbird last week, and she considers herself…
Dallas has no shortage of fried chicken, but the Nashville hot chicken trend continues to grow. Lucky’s Hot Chicken is the latest entrant onto the already crowded field, offering wings, tenders, and sandwiches in five varieties of the extra-spicy Nashville style. Lucky’s also offers sides and desserts along with beer…
Beginning in late August, the Texas GOP began sending out absentee ballot applications to registered voters across the state accompanied by political advertisements for President Donald Trump. In stark contrast — and over the same timeframe — the Harris County Republican Party sued to stop the county from sending absentee…
Love in the Time of Cholera (El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera) is a novel by Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, one that has been said to show that “the extraordinary is contained in the ordinary.” Though it may not be a romance, Amor Y Queso — a…
On Aug. 5, just outside of Deep Ellum, dozens of volunteers gathered to rescue, sort and distribute enough fresh fruit and produce to provide for hundreds of people facing hunger. This was accomplished with an all-volunteer force and an effective budget of zero dollars. Again, on Aug. 12, hundreds of…
Although her face was covered by her mask, Natasha DeHart’s eyes showed how she felt. The message on the mask says the rest: Get Bendt. On the day the second shutdown in Texas was announced, she “was at about a 10-out-of-10 anger level all day,” she says. DeHart is the…
Nearly a year after Mudhen Meat and Greens flew the coop, Hurdy Gurdy is preparing to open at the anchor location at the Dallas Farmers Market. If you’re familiar with the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan or have an interest in folk instruments, the name may sound familiar. For those who aren’t:…
Dallas has plenty of fried chicken. We have historic no-frills joints with red plastic trays, fancy dine-in restaurants with pricey plates, chains specializing in Korean fried chicken and many newcomers chasing the Nashville hot chicken trend. The sheer number of options can cause decision anxiety, but if you’re a fried…
