Not so long ago I suggested a rather clever weight-loss idea/fad (based no science whatsoever) called the Facebook Diet, wherein you post pictures of every thing you eat all day everyday on your Facebook page. This would let your “friends” hold you accountable for your choices. The idea hasn’t seemed…
Chef Brian Luscher of the The Grape and a flock of other great Dallas chefs are collaborating for the 5th annual Soup’s On!, which is a starched-pants luncheon featuring lots of soup. Chefs participating include Bruno Davaillon on the Mansion, Jason Maddy of Oak, Nathan Tate of Boulevardier, Randall Copeland…
This week the new Tex-Mex restaurant Peak & Elm Cocina y Bar held a media preview to showcase its new menu to the blog-nicks. The folks behind La Popular Tamale House are preparing to open the new place at the corner of (can you guess?) in early February. There won’t…
The new, new, old Sunset is back. And this time it has gone tiki-style. Wednesday marked the grand re-reopening of the bar on Ross Avenue, this time with Free Range Concepts owners Josh Sepkowitz and Kyle Noonan and celebutender Lucky Campbell heading up the bar program. According to the bar’s…
You’ve heard of Snow’s BBQ, right? How about Black’s and Kreuz Barbecue in Lockhart? The most popular barbecue restaurants in Texas are known for their long lines and wait times as much as they are their meats. But what if you could sit on your couch and wait for a…
There’s something fishy going down under the golden arches. In February McDonald’s will officially launch a new item on the Dollar Menu, Fish McBites, which will pair nicely with the Filet-O-Fish sandwich. In both items, the catch-of-the-day is always wild-caught Alaskan pollock. With 14,000 stores across the U.S., that’s a…
Gastropubs everywhere! Just eight days after The Dallas Morning News published Leslie Brenner’s guide to gastropubs, Whiskey Cake announces the gastro-blah blah based in Plano has a new chef. Brent Hammer, formerly of Hibiscus on Henderson, will take over as chef de cuisine. See also: – With a Name Like…
When the chefs heard that this week’s Elimination Challenge would be a fried chicken challenge, Valentine just about screamed, “AAAAhhahahahahahahahahahahaha eff all you effers, this one’s miiiiiiiine!! All mine!!” I thought that the other contestants would at least make it a little difficult for Valentine to take this challenge from…
Joyce And Gigi’s opened quietly four weeks ago with four pyramid-shaped heaters casting towering flames to call to cars as they drive down Ross Avenue. Without the heaters you’d zip right past the restaurant. It’s tucked into a recently renovated space on Hall Street. Joyce Stenvall and Gigliola Aguilera have…
Lists are fun. They categorize our lives, serve as reminders of things to do, stack favorites and remind us of people we’re mad at. The fun part of listing is that it often serves as a launch pad for conversation and debate. Because half the fun of a list is…
Thai Express, once located on Inwood Road, received a facelift, a name change and was relocated to its new home on Oak Lawn late last year. Si Lom Thai Asian Fusion has been open in the quiet basement suite at 3300 Oak Lawn Ave. (that once housed Daniele Osteria and…
After seeing a number of press releases and blog posts detailing the food at The Standard Pour, I decided to head to the Uptown gastropub to see if the place was worthwhile. I was hoping the “Cocktail Den and Cravings Kitchen” would be the neighborhood’s answer to Ten Bell’s Tavern,…
The Standard Pour opened last March, promising a cocktail den with food as slinky as its old-school cocktails in the heart of Uptown. Just less than a year later it has grown into a bustling restaurant, packed to the hilt on weekends and filled with a respectable crowd even late…
Editor’s note: Finally, to wrap up National Pie Day, Englishman Gavin Cleaver takes a break from huffing oak smoke to tell us about some of his nation’s favorite filled pastry treats. Read this and ask yourself how English cuisine ever got such a bad reputation. Custard Tart Wikipiedia (not a…
Emporium Pies opened just several months ago in a remodeled 1930’s Victorian bungalow in the heart of the Bishop Arts District. It all began, however, in 2011 when Megan Wilkes, 26, and Mary Gauntt, 24, met through a mutual friends. Wilkes had hopes of becoming an independent business owner and…
Just yesterday I wrote a post suggesting that the smaller, local farm vendors at the Dallas Farmers Market be moved to Klyde Warren Park. Now there’s evidence that other models for farmers markets are flourishing in the Dallas area. See also – Want To Fix The Farmers Market? Ditch the…
I expected a strange look and a question or two from my dinner guests. After all, I was standing in front of a red hot fireplace with a wild look in my eye and a large flap of meat dangling from my fist. “Why aren’t you using a grill?” one…
It’s National Pie Day! What else do you need to know? Nothing! Well, actually, two things. 1. Norma’s Cafe is giving away slices of Oreo Mile-High Cream Pie all day. Dine-in only, while supplies last and all that good stuff. No fighting over pie. This brand-spanking-new pie is made with…
Yes, there’s pie. Lots of really really good pie. But, we want to embrace National Pie Day for every flake of crust it’s worth, including doing a little math, listening to great old Dean Martin songs and arguing about the metaphor of that tiger in Life of Pi. In a…
I don’t know about you, but I am enjoying the trend wherein “healthy” does not mean “low fat, low calorie, tastes like cardboard warmed over.” Something can be healthy, good for you and not devoid of all fat and calories until there’s nothing left but a shitty attitude. In fact,…
Dallas is going to get a really big bar. At least it looks pretty big in this rendering. “The Rustic” will open this spring, according to Josh Sepkowitz and Kyle Noonan, who also opened Bowl and Barrel recently on Park Lane. See also: – Bowl and Barrel to Open Soon…
I know this is going to upset some people. The folks that run the current market might not like what I’m about to say, and the Dallas Farmers Market Friends organization definitely won’t like it. The Fourton’s at Pecan Lodge probably won’t dig it either, but I’m going to say…
