If you’re looking for a way to burn off a few (and only a few) calories after your Thanksgiving feast this year, Dallas’ first boutique bowling alley will be there to help you. Bowl and Barrel just announced they’ll be open for business November 28. In addition to 15 bowling…
Oh, Zagat. I was really hoping this new Google acquisition would update what’s become a rather stale form of restaurant evaluation. Last year I published a blog post that listed their five most popular restaurants and noted these establishments have sat on top of Zagat’s polls for years. This year’s…
Kunda. It’s like a cross between a panda and kung fu. It’s an ode to Kung Fu Panda, basically, but with a website that looks like it sells network solutions or technical writing services. Not really any of those, Kunda Eats is designed to be “a comprehensive resource to find…
Surely, by now you’ve heard about Pete Wells’ review of Guy Fieri’s new restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar. The New York Times review gained significant attention for its intensely critical (I can’t read ‘scathing’ one more time) take on the casual restaurant that serves up burgers, sandwiches and marshmallows…
Gavin Cleaver, resident English guy, weekly eats his weight in smoked meat for City of Ate. After my meal at Dickey’s, my experience of BBQ chains has been bad, and thus I set out to slaughter the Spring Creek Barbeque in Lewisville. I realize that makes me a bad reviewer,…
Have you checked out the latest offering from Nick Badovinus’ Neighborhood Services restaurant group? The new restaurant, which replaces the NHS Tavern that closed earlier this year, brings a whole new experience to Henderson Avenue’s nightlife scene. At the Capital Pub next door bar patrons pack the patio while drinking…
Sweet Potato with Torched Marshmallows from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams on Vimeo. Today I found this on the Urban Acres blog. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream is out of Ohio and specializes in hipster ice cream. Urban Acres currently has the Sweet Potato with Torched Marshmallows, Dark Chocolate Peppermint and Boozy…
Walmart has launched a new online program that delivers unique, artisan and sometimes organic food to customers’ doorsteps. From the press release: “For only $7 a month, including tax and shipping, subscribers receive a gift box at their doorstep filled with five to eight hand-picked taster samples ranging from healthy…
I’m an ideological sympathizer of the Slow Food movement (if I attach myself too closely, you’ll all call me out on that dollar menu burger post from last week). Never-the-less, that’s why we have Slow Food movement: to remind us (me) to tap my breaks (in the drive-thru), take a…
My first visit to Tried and True left me in a pleasant, hazy glow. I sat at the bar of the roadhouse-themed restaurant and munched on peanuts in the shell, drank cold local beer and basked in the radiance of a red-neon sign that screamed BINGO over the dining room…
The folks behind Mockingbird Taproom announced a December opening date and a tentative menu for the new 40-tap sports bar located in Mockingbird Station. The release comes on the heels of an announcement of a Smashburger opening in the coming weeks in the same location. See also: – Yet Another…
Amber West started slinging drinks at Central 214 in February. Before then she worked at a few bars around town, but really for all her life West had a mind towards spirits, though not always the alcoholic kind. Her approach to tending bar leans more toward balancing the good with…
The Nutella Breakfast Tour hits Dallas this Thursday through Monday, each day at a different location – primarily college campuses. The idea of a Nutella food truck surely incites a small amount of excited panic, as it should. But, it’s not clear what Nutella is offering other than small free…
When I compiled tips for grilling burgers this summer, I felt bad that I left out home cooks who don’t have access to a grill. To make up for the shortcoming, I challenged chef Nathan Tate at Boulevardier to cook us up a burger like he might at home: no…
Burger week was so crazy I forgot to run a post pointing to my weekly review. Last week I hit up Velvet Taco, a restaurant I know has caused some consternation amongst taco purists who prefer their taquerias dingy, dirty and cheap. In a town that offers so many authentic…
For all you hopheads and general revelers looking for something to celebrate, if you have the wit, we have a deal for you. This weekend the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. is having its first birthday party, which we know you’re all like “Oh, that guy is always throwing himself parties.”…
1. Channeling Sam Sifton. The former New York Times restaurant critic is on a roll. In addition to a career in food writing and 25 years of cooking holiday dinners, he twice manned the Thanksgiving Help Line at the Times, where he guided overwhelmed (drunk) hosts through frozen birds and…
Chef John Tesar’s latest culinary project, Spoon Bar & Kitchen (8220 Westchester Drive) is now open in Preston Center (directly across from Hopdoddy Burger Bar). The dinner menu offers raw caviar, oyster and crudo options, salads, pasta (including house-made fusilli with red wine braised octopus served with bone marrow and…
Les Bon Temps (my key board doesn’t allow me to explain the phonetics in French, but in Texas we’d say “Lay-bon-ton”) opened across from Shed 2 in the Farmer’s Market this past summer. Chef Patricia Killingsworth, originally from Mississippi, previously owned a local catering and personal chef business, PK’s Main…
Last week, Four Corners Brewery tapped their first two kegs for sale in Dallas at an event at The Common Table in Uptown. The crowd was pretty small while I was there, but I arrived early and pulled a drink and dash. Michael Peticolas dropped by to enjoy a glass…
Earlier this summer a bad plate of oysters at Acme F&B left a bad taste in my mouth. Poorly shucked oysters at Chesterfield left me feeling burned, too. At nicer restaurants, oysters from northern waters can run up to $3 a shell and when they aren’t perfect they can be…
JoJo Eating House & Bar, the restaurant we’ve been covering in a series of blog posts that detail the making of a restaurant, announced it will open on November 19. See also: – Meet JoJo – Construction at JoJo Continues – Chef Laurent Poupart The dining room includes a wraparound…
