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16 October, 2019

Dallas chef Avner Samuel, at posh bistro Nosh near North Park Mall, says it was a "pleasure" to feed Gov. Greg Abbo… https://t.co/JwwdivwUg8

16 October, 2019

@obedmanuel It's much farther away from my office, so... (makes shrug and goofy face)

16 October, 2019

@obedmanuel I feel validated in my (mostly accidental) decision to not patronize this hotel

16 October, 2019

RT @tkretchmar: Picking back up on this, here's a brief story about the most brilliant move I've ever seen a sushi chef pull to solve the s…

16 October, 2019

@opinion_joe @alisoncook In my experience, doing that exact thing in France feels the exact opposite of sinful!

Brian Reinhart

Brian Reinhart has been the Dallas Observer's food critic since spring 2016. In addition, he writes baseball analysis for the Hardball Times and covers classical music for the Observer and MusicWeb International.

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