The coming of Genaro’s Mexican Cuisine was announced earlier this summer. Genaro Silva, who owned Genaro’s Tropical, Moctezuma’s and Garmo’s back in the ’80s and ’90s, had gotten out of the service industry and gotten into constructions and real estate. He missed the din of a bustling dining room, though,…
There’s a crackdown on e-cigarettes in the works. While the health risks of pulling on a battery-powered nicotine stick are still unknown, policy makers are moving to regulate them. The U.S Department of Transportation has already grounded e-cigarettes on airplanes and Amtrak won’t let them on trains, either. E-cigarettes were…
As we’ve previously discussed, being a vegan in Dallas isn’t a miserable and lonely existence, so long as you know how to navigate eating situations involving friends, family and coworkers. A crucial piece of information to have in your back pocket is a restaurant list. But not just any restaurant…
The Food Network folks are headed to Dallas next week to conduct an open casting call, and the cooking professionals are not invited this time. The show’s producers are hunting for home cooks who have elevated their game in their own kitchen and think they’re ready to compete. The emphasis…
Dallas’ restaurant scene has managed to shove its way into the national conversation this year: First, FT-33 and Smyth got attention in multiple national magazines, and now Esquire is giving Dallas a one-two punch of feel-good. Stephan Pyle’s Stampede 66, and John Tesar’s Spoon have been recognized in a list…
Origin Natural Food on McKinney Ave. is changing things up a bit just nine months after opening. Co-owner Jessica Myers says that the grab-and-go restaurant will expand the menu and transition into a full service kitchen and bar concept under the new banner of Origin Kitchen + Bar. See also:…
Daniel Kurzrock and Jordan Schwartz, two savvy economic majors at UCLA, wanted to find a way to repurpose the grains used in their home brews instead of throwing them in the dumpster or sending them to the cows). So the pair of hopheads partnered with several area breweries and invented…
Mexican Sugar is a new restaurant opening in The Shops at Legacy in Plano this November. Created and developed by the management group Fork It Over LLC, which also owns Whiskey Cake and Velvet Taco, this spot will focus on dishes from Central and South America, anchored Mexican food. Mexican…
The Cowboys couldn’t break the Broncos yesterday, despite what some are calling Tony Romo’s career-best performance. No doubt you spent the afternoon glued to your television with a pile of pizza crusts building beneath your feet. Or maybe you were at your favorite sports bar eating nachos and burgers, or…
Late last month, the Dallas Business Journal reported that a Mexican chain restaurant would be making its way to Dallas in the near future. While this may initially sound as newsworthy as the latest pothole to open up downtown, Salsarita’s got its start in Charlotte, North Carolina. An east coast…
Every new restaurant faces obstacles to open, but The Rustic had an extra challenge that many don’t. Owners Pat Green (country singer who likes Texas), Kyle Noonan and Josh Sepkowitz (Bowl and Barrel, Mutt’s) started planning with empty lot. The restaurant had to be built from the ground up, before…
It took years for Kari Gates to get a farmers market in Plano. After attending more council meetings than any farmer should have to deal with, the Plano native, who owns Spring Creek Organic Farms, finally got the all clear to open the Collin County Farmers Market at 3314 N…
I wouldn’t be the first to note that tacos are somehow disproportionately satisfying for their size and cost. Where else can you by a smile with a free side of hot sauce for just a buck and change? Wash one down with a fizzy Topo Chico and then order another…
I’m going to go out on a limb and say this one will not sell out as quickly as Meat Fight, but Chad Houser’s Cafe Momentum is always a big draw. The folks behind House of Plates, whose past parties have featured models, sweat, drunkenness and make outs, are now…
Federal employment is typically viewed as a pretty great deal. You get a pension, lots of holidays those corporate types never get, and an eight-hour work day that somehow feels like seven. You also a bunch of unplanned time off when the cronies on Capitol Hill fight, which could quickly…
Update: They sold out in 5 minutes. We told Alice to have it at AAC but no one ever listens to us. Tickets for Meat Fight went on sale at 10 a.m. this morning. The third annual event, with a guest-judging appearance from Nick Offerman, goes down at Four Corners…
While most of us are partial to the stories inside our beer bottles, sometimes what’s on the label is pretty interesting, too. So we surveyed a few craft breweries in North Texas to learn a little more about the stories behind their labels, starting with one of the most popular…
It’s not a stretch to compare our desire for chips and salsa to an addict’s lust for his drug of choice. We know they do us no good, and yet we pine. They seduce us with their golden sheen, glistening in the dim lighting of our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant. We…
The transformation of the old Village Marquee space will be completed with the opening of Toko V on Thursday. The renovation and re-branding marks the third attempt to open a successful restaurant in the space in less than three years. Earlier this August, the downstairs half of the renovation was…
Watching Anthony Bourdain talk Frito pie with the camera on his latest episode of Parts Unknown, you knew things were about to get ugly. He quoted The Boss’ “Blinded By The Light,” but the “deuce” he referenced in describing the loose chili dropping from a ladle into a bag of…
Hypnotic Donuts has a unique way of taking simple ideas and making them eccentric. Multiple cases in point include billboard signs, doughnut burgers, an eating contest that involves a dance with the devil and even a guerilla warfare fritter. See Also: Interview with James St. Peter of Hypnotic Donuts In…
Chef Nicole Gossling has been bringing farms to tables for several years in Dallas. The vegetarian from Carrollton attended culinary school in San Francisco, but she landed a job as a corporate trainer at BJ’s Brewhouse, where she spent her days training people on the fine science of preparing food…
