News came out from Culture Map that Jo Jo will be closing in two weeks. You may remember the Uptown restaurant from our series of blog posts that tracked its design, build-out and opening. See also: – Chronicling a Restaurant’s Opening: Construction at JoJo Continues – JoJo Eating House &…
Good news for craft distilleries in Texas: Recently, the governor signed a law that allows distillers to sell a limited amount of liquor directly to consumers for off-site consumption. The legislation was authored by Senators John Carona, Leticia Van de Putte and Kevin Eltife, the same three who also worked…
If you follow the local music scene you might have known Guns N’ Roses visited Dallas last week for a show at the House of Blues. If you follow the local food scene really closely you might have seen the Texas Monthly article that noted two of the band members…
Here’s a fact that drives pageviews and purchases — everyone loves a list. They do. It’s easily digestible, it’s automatically controversial by dint of ordering and omitting things that people concerned enough by the subject to click on the list care deeply about, and it’s endlessly repostable. It’s the entire…
Because the food at Universal Studios wasn’t bad enough, Krusty Burgers will be available to visitors who check out the new Simpsons-themed strand of restaurants known as Fast Food Boulevard. This painfully long promotional video gives you a window into the junk food that’s available. In addition to Krusty Burgers…
We’re dangling on the precipice of full-on weather hatin’. It’s peeking at us from just around the corner. That means you have just a few days before we all hibernate under the constant buzz of our a/c units until late fall. Following is a list of nine places to consider…
If you live in Dallas and ever travel to Fort Worth, (which you should, the wings and art and music are all great there) you should stop at Tom’s Burgers and Grill. If you live in Fort Worth and ever travel to Dallas, you should stop at Tom’s Burger and…
From the outside, Tom’s Burgers and Grill looks a lot like most Middle America diners — the ones built during a time when car doors shut with a satisfying thud and the use of seat belts was just a suggestion. The exterior of the building is a mix of glass…
Cody Carlson had no way of preparing for this moment. He was a Manhattan kid, days removed from working as an analyst for a business-intelligence firm, where he scrutinized corporations and their executives. Now he was standing in a bleak barn at New York’s largest dairy farm. There was a…
Occasionally, I’ll get an email from a reader who mistakes me for a food expert and is willing to risk a meal out based on my recommendation. The worst question I’m asked is: “Where should I eat?” As if I could instantly divine what someone is in the mood for,…
Scott Romano of Nick & Sam’s, Kent Rathbun of lots of things and Matt McCallister of FT33 are getting together for a little Copper River salmon dinner tomorrow night, June 6, at Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen. Good news, you all are invited. It’s a five-course meal, including appetizers, all of…
I was sure it was a parody. A news release touting Sweet Ballz, a Dallas-based company specializing in marble-sized confections read like a Saturday Night Live sketch. Co-founders of the company had been making cake balls for friends and family for years and had recently found a way to manufacture…
Whoa, whoa, Nellllllly. BuzzFeed Food, the website dedicated to blowing your mind with viral insanity of all sorts (like this bacon fiasco), posted an article recently that has me a bit flustered. It reads: “In Texas (and other parts of the South), people put them IN THE SAME GLASS.” “Them,”…
Outdoor cooking season is here and a recent article in The New York Times lists a compelling reason for cooking with gas. While charcoal will always be king for the grill, using a gas burner to heat up your frying oil outdoors makes a lot of sense. Deep frying inside…
The Common Table turns 3 years old this week, and they certainly need some spankings to celebrate the moment. When this spot opened, it was perched on the crest of the local craft beer scene and has since earned a solid spot in the center of the movement. This week…
We thought we’d take a break from writing about fried meats to mention that a new study just came out about the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. Spoiler: Vegetarian diets are good for you, which is probably not a surprise. What is surprising is that there are numbers to…
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What’s this? Could it be that the ever-popular paleo diet, which encourages us to eat like our Stone Age hunter-gatherer forebears, is not based on a solid foundation of science? Wow, that’s shocking. If we can’t trust Internet-touted fad diets, then just who can we trust? But…
Craving tomatoes? Not the cottony, firm, flavorless orbs that are available at your supermarket year round. And not the bright-red specimens that have been promising so much but under-delivering at the Dallas Farmers Market either. I’m talking about heavenly tomatoes that scream vibrant, summery, fruity flavors when you bite into…
Walmart issued a press release today with promises of a new fresh produce guarantee, which raises the question of the previous policy regarding fresh produce. Was fresh not already a guarantee? Well, there is a “100 percent money-back guarantee” for produce, meaning if your banana didn’t live up to reasonable…
Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in May, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Rice and…
I don’t want to jinx it (I’m about to) but this late spring weather has been phenomenal. Sure, there’s some humidity in the air, but my windows have been open much more this year than last. While the dog days aren’t here yet, I know they’re coming, so I’m skipping…
There’s already an Off the Bone. I went there once, back in the mists of time. I remember that the location was worrying, that I had to take holiday allowance from work to be able to order a buttermilk pie in a misunderstanding that ran for several days and that…
