When I first visited Lucia, David Uygur was present but he wasn’t working in the kitchen. The chef at Dallas’ beloved Italian restaurant was sitting in his dining room at a table with his wife, having a quiet meal before heading home for the evening. See also: – Lucia’s Best…
Sharon Hage is a celebrated chef in Dallas’ dining culture. She opened and ran the much-mourned York Street, the fine-dining restaurant that brought the farm-to-table movement to Dallas by showcasing simple, honest cooking based on high quality ingredients. So she’s recently turned her efforts to consulting gigs, helping new restaurants…
Sue and Marc Cassel opened their quaint new spot, 20 Feet Seafood Joint (1160 Peavy Road), just last week. Neighbors of Good 2 Go Tacos and Goodfriend, it’s a well-played parlay in East Dallas dining. Sue and Marc have spent time at many notable area restaurants, like Star Canyon, Hotel…
If you need evidence that food nerds don’t know sports, take a look at the intro to this video for short rib nachos. Painful, right? But ask yourself: What would a Sunday game be without a good tailgate? Who turns on a big game at home and doesn’t at least…
Wednesday, January 30 Libertine and Saint Arnold’s Beer Dinner Tonight the Libertine is serving up plates alongside five pints of “rare Saint Arnold beers.” The five-course menu, created by chef Roe Dileo, includes lamb spanakopita, smoked skirt involtini and a truffled cheesecake with bourbon cherries (which is paired with Bishops…
In a move straight out of the Reese’s play book, the online restaurant reservation provider OpenTable announced yesterday that it has acquired FoodSpotting, which is a photo app that allows diners to post their fancy food porn. Seems like a marriage made in heaven. OpenTable did lack in visual appeal…
Way back in June LDD told you that Margarita Ranch in Mockingbird Station had pulled the plug. Herrera’s Cafe was to move in that fall and slather the shopping center with sour cream enchiladas. You know how those things go. The opening was delayed like every other opening. If you’ve…
Dallas business woman, Brooke Humphries (entrepreneur behind Acme F&B, It’ll Do and Barcadia) has ventured into the ever-booming coffee shop business. Humphies’ opened Mudsmith Coffee (2114 Greenville Ave.) on lower Greenville in the space squished between World Beer Co. and the Single Wide that once housed Shade. The space is…
When I put together a list of the nine best Tex-Mex restaurants back in December, commenters jumped right in with passionate opinions. Ambelleina Warwillow was so incensed, she used my post as fodder for an official break-up. “NO MIA’S?!” she wrote. “Dallas Observer, we’re OVER.” See Also: – The Nine…
Whatever you’re doing right now isn’t important. Put it down. Earlier this year, Taco Bell teased their nacho cheese-dusted fans on Facebook by announcing a likely 2013 release of the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. Which is their trademarked way of saying, “later there’ll be a taco inside a big…
A news release from the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced the recent lifting of restrictions on U.S. beef exports to Japan should be good for Texas cattlemen. According to the USDA, Japan will now allow imports of beef from cattle less than 30 months of age, as opposed…
No, that’s not a picture from inside a kaleidoscope. That’s actually from inside a restaurant, one that is bejeweled within an inch of its life in hundreds (perhaps thousands) of strands of lights and tinsel. How festive, you say? Yeah, I took that picture last week. In what might be…
Hipsters everywhere rejoice! La Grange, the Deep Ellum music venue that closed last fall, will soon open again as a new club called Three Links. Through multiple iterations that included casual bar food, various brunch buffets, a kitchen expansion and a recent stint with Rock and Roll Tacos, La Grange’s…
Here’s a picture of Michael Phelps at Concrete Cowboy in Uptown last night. Based on some serious investigative journalism, we learned the highly aquatic 18-time Olympic gold medal winner-winner-chicken-dinner spent yesterday at the Hank Haney golf facility in Dallas, where he took part in The Hank Haney Project. It’s essentially…
Recently I had the opportunity to check out the new Magnolia Cheese Co. at 1251 W. Magnolia Ave. in Fort Worth. The local-focused artisan cheese shop has received some great reviews and I was in the area, so decided to swing by. The Magnolia Cheese Co. is true to its…
More than a month ago, the Garden Cafe tweeted a picture of a sexy new coffee machine perched in the front of the restaurant. I immediately paid the neighborhood cafe a visit to check out the new java, but they hadn’t hired a barista yet. Bummer. This past weekend, with…
The small neighborhood grocery store Green Grocer, originally out of Chicago, held a grand opening party this weekend at its new location at 3614 Greenville Ave. So, what’s that mean? Well, essentially, it means you can shop there now. But, why should you? Green Grocer is a small version of…
Sneaking out of the office to enjoy an extended meal with a glass or two of good wine or beer is one of life’s great pleasures. Especially when you’re eating in a fine dining restaurant. I love a good lunch. And when I can get in and out of a…
I can’t hide it any more, guys. I’ve started to vaguely understand what this brisket business is all about. As you might be able to see from the archives, I have eaten a fair amount of brisket over the last eight months or so. I know it should be moist,…
It was a busy week on CoA. Lots of comments on lots of posts. I reviewed The Standard Pour and didn’t like it, and then to make up for things I cooked a delicious steak in my fireplace. (A few commenters thought this was a bad idea, and I agree,…
OK, it’s Friday, let’s have a little fun homework experiment for the weekend. This past week, the American judicial system was once again called upon to settle a manner of dire consequence. Subway has been accused of baking its signature “footlong” loaves a bit short of the implied 12 inches…
I stopped in at The Chesterfield last night. I’d heard loose talk the place might be on its way to closing, so I went in and asked them. The bartender last night smirked for a second and then said he didn’t know anything about it. Then he offered me a…
