The New Korean Fusion

Terry Song can’t seem to get a break in real estate. When he opened Goghee To Go on Inwood Road with wife Janice in 2010, he knew homeless people were likely to congregate at the nearby liquor store. What he wasn’t prepared for was the panhandling that would occur while…

This Thanksgiving: Home for the Holidays Meets Groundhog Day

Thanksgiving appears to me the same way a hostage situation does. In both cases, unwilling captives are fed strange food by their captors, there is political debate among the ring leaders (often liquored and loud), one or more fires are guaranteed to ignite somewhere (I once saw asparagus combust) and…

Celebrating the Greatest Ingredient to Meet Bar Food: Kimchi

Remember when I almost died at Snuffers? I tried to tackle a massive dish of chili cheese fries and was quickly defeated. After a few bites the repetition of cheese, potatoes, bacon and jalapeño quickly became redundant and halfway through the plate I had to tap out. I laid my…

Where to Dine Out for Thanksgiving Week

Well, there’s an elephant in the room in terms of culinary events this week and it’s wearing a brown paper hat with four orange and red feathers sticking out the back. Still, there are a few other events to help you get through the long holiday weekend. Before you eat…

Hate Your Family? 10 Dark Bars to Find Joy In Dallas

Well, OK, “hate” is a strong word. Besides, love is close to hate. Indifference is actually the bad place. Anyhoo! The holidays are upon us. And remember, it’s healthy to release the pressure created after stewing for hours in a crowded room, breathing in dank, hostile air. So, perhaps you’ll…

Craft & Growler Opens Slowly and Softly

Craft and Growler is a new bar serving local craft beer at 3601 Parry Ave., just across from Fair Park. Now, don’t roll your eyes and say, “Oh, c’mon, who isn’t serving craft beer these days?” Well, not many do it like this … See Also: – The North Texas…

Yelp’s Sting Effort Attempts to Root Out Unfair Postings

Last October, Yelp announced the start of their latest initiative to help protect users of their site from being exposed to fraudulent reviews. The customer-submitted data hosted on their web-based database has been repeatedly challenged for accuracy in the past. Many businesses and their employees have been accused of submitting…

Manuel’s Creative Cuisine Doubles Down on Centrum Location

Manuel’s Creative Cuisine has temporarily shuttered, seemingly stunted by the same clunky location that previously housed Star Canyon, Bengal Coast and Silver Fox Steakhouse. While Star Canyon put in an impressive run, and Steel, the sushi den tucked into the back corner of the building, has been popular for the…

A Very Pinterest Thanksgiving

In case you missed last year’s diatribe, Thanksgiving is my favorite American, history-ignoring, food-based holiday. This year, now that social media has fully seeped into every single orifice of our existence, I decided to turn to Pinterest, the pinnacle of everything food-porny, weird, magical and un-natural in this world, for…

William Shatner Sings About Fried Turkey, A Cautionary Tale

There are a few things here that are weird, like: William Shatner. The dingle-dangler. William Shatner singing about a dingle-dangler. That scary pot of boiling grease over a fire. Then, finally, this video was produced by an insurance company, which isn’t something we typically promote. But, there are a few…

Five Alternatives to Traditional Thanksgiving Stuffing!

Yesterday, we found this post from The Cupcake Project, which clearly shows a Thanksgiving turkey with cupcakes shoved in its hole. The cranberry cupcakes are fully cooked, then put inside the turkey while the turkey cooks. The cupcakes, “…exposed to juices from the bird developed a stuffing-like texture and tasted…

So Torani’s Chicken ‘N Waffles Syrup Actually Exists Now

So, last year in March, Torani announced through a Marketwatch story that they had a Chicken ‘N Waffles Syrup. Then, they were all like, “Oh hey, just kidding this is an April Fool’s joke in the disguise of a viral marketing campaign and stuff.” Which brings us to today, where…

Pie Five Coming to Denton’s New Fancy Fry Street

Fry Street’s post-lecture-pre-booze-then-post-booze food options are expanding yet again with the addition of a Pie Five Pizza Co., slated to open in the next two weeks or so (according to a guy with a hammer and bucket and painty jeans). Correction: According to an email Pie Five, bucket man was…

Now You Can Get Jack’D with Cracker Jacks

More news from local snack food makers: Frito-Lay, has created a spin off of their iconic Cracker Jack snack, called “Cracker Jack’d.” While still in development phase, a picture has been released that shows at least five different varieties of this new snack, including cheddar BBQ, PB & Chocolate, Salted…

Top Chef Seattle: Padma Yells At Tesar, Valentine Yells At Mushrooms

John Tesar made a classic mistake during the team-challenge QuickFire of the second episode of Top Chef: Seattle. He tried to quietly whisper to his team while Padma’s boobs had the floor. Rude. So, (obviously) Padmaboobz had understandable rage. She goes, “Can you listen up?” See also: A ‘Stache, a…