At its inception, the 35 Denton music festival was simply North Texas’ answer to Austin’s famous shitshow, South by Southwest. In its third year, 35 Denton has become a legitimate music showcase, pulling names like Big Boi, The Flaming Lips and Mavis Staples into its funky little downtown square. The…
Walking towards the back of Marquee to interview Tre Wilcox, I spot him having a rather intense conversation with a guy in a suit about the menu. I grab a seat in a plush booth and wait. No more than a minute later he starts to walk over, but gets…
Jason Kosmas found his calling in booze while tending bar in New York City at Pravada, Employees Only and Macao Trading Co, the last two of which he co-owns. He’s also penned two books, You Didn’t Hear it From Us, and Speakeasy: The Employees Only Guide to Classic Cocktails Reimagined…
Every once in a while someone mistakes Scott for a food financial expert and risks ruining dinner by trusting him to answer to a burning question. Got a question about food or restaurants? Send it via Twitter @scottreitz, Facebook @ Cityofate or in the comments. This question came in by…
Our inbox fills each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week’s foodfull best. Gilt City Dallas: $20 for $40 worth of cookies Gilt City Dallas isn’t dead yet. And these baked goods from Carol’s Cookies look pretty damn good. Each…
The Bloody Mary continues its descent from cocktail greatness to the most abused drink of all time. As if olives, celery stalks the size of tree trunks (sometimes complete with leaves), cocktail shrimp and pickles weren’t enough to make the drink eat like a buffet, now come straws made of…
When I interviewed James Childers and asked him how many people got sick eating at restaurants in Dallas, his answer begged the question. He said his department received 117 complaints, in the last year but noted they were only complaints, not confirmed food-borne illness outbreaks. So I asked him how…
Today Food & Wine magazine announced that two Dallas chefs have been included in the People’s Best New Chef program, which is designed to recognize up-and-coming chefs who have run their own kitchens for no more than five years. Tre Wilcox at Marquee Grill & Bar in Highland Park Village…
Recently I got to take a spin around Goghee To Go Korean BBQ Tacos. When this spot opened at 2222 Inwood Road last year, we talked about it here and there, but we figured we’d revisit to see how they’re settling in after a year. And from reading those previous…
You’ve likely noticed a vexing pattern in a particular genre of movies lately. The plots always suggest post-apocalyptic worlds where greed and gluttony have trumped Mother Nature. The culprit of these films is mankind’s self-indulgence and detached ignorance. And while technology and fabrication are applied as a band-aid to mask…
It was months ago that a small white bag of insane whoopie pies were dropped off at my office. Since we don’t typically write about things that appear at our office unsolicited (it happens a lot), I tossed them out to the staff and watched them disappear. Now I have…
Tales of the Cocktail might be four months away, but Dallas-area mixologists are already well into planning for the event. Each year New Orleans hosts the event, which draws from an international base of cocktail enthusiasts who gather to talk booze, cross-pollinate creative ideas and get bombed. I talked to…
Last week, we asked Neighborhood Services Tavern mixologist Craig Cottier to use the ingredients in our The Box (shown below) to make us three St. Patrick’s Day-appropriate drinks that don’t taste like Hulk splooge. Yep. Somewhere in those drinks is a russet potato, mint jelly and weird, carbonated melon drink…
Alex Nham travels the globe, mainly the part with Dallas on it, in search of new places to eat breakfast. Acting on a tip from fellow blogger Justin Bitner, this week I ventured out to Hypnotic Donuts — but not for the donuts. To say that this wacky donut shop’s…
After last week’s vegan pho fiasco, I wasn’t too jazzed about another meatless meal, but reading Scott’s V-Spot review inspired me, and I was encouraged to seek out tasty vegetarian options once again. El Padrino means “godfather”, and that awesome name was enough to get me to stop here rather…
What a week, with the rats and the meatless eating and Alice being Alice and all. I’m about to find a spacious patio, order a beer and a burger and kick off my weekend, but before I go, there’s a week to wrap up — I’m going with mesclun. This…
February was a busy month in the Dallas food scene. The highly anticipated Off-site Kitchen finally opened its doors, along with a handful of other eateries. Read on for the full opening and closing slate and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section…
Years ago, when Matt McCallister was still working at Stephan Pyles, he would visit farms looking for new local products to source. Often his treks would conjure up something interesting, and he’d relay the stories to his wife, Iris. “Matt would meet these farmers,” Iris said, “and then tell me…
With the deadline for this weekly blog post quickly approaching (and then passing — sorry, editor) and a very minimal amount of cash in my pocket after paying rent, I did what any responsible booze blogger would do: I went to the corner store by my apartment and purchased a…
Durian [Door-ee-uhn]: This larger-than-life fruit of the Malaysian tree can weigh up to 10 pounds, has a brownish-green semihard shell covered with thick spikes and is slightly larger than a football. So starts the durian entree in my trusty Food Lovers Companion. The book goes on to describe this notorious…
CampO Modern Country Bistro is officially serving brunch on weekends from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The European- and Latin American- inspired menu harkens to a few classics in both food and booze. Brunch mains include a Croque-Monsieur 1910, tortas (photo below) and house-cured mortadella served with poached egg. Sides…
Early this week, NBC 5 DFW reported that hundreds of Dallas restaurants have not been evaluated by city inspectors. The story cited an understaffed department, mismanagement and budget concerns for the failure. Specifically, 241 restaurants that fall in the inspection department’s jurisdiction have not been checked out for more than…
