A couple weeks back we told you Mean Greens, UNT’s sparkly new all-vegan joint, is set to open in a couple weeks. Well friends, that day was Monday, and thanks to some subtle snark from the previous post that resulted in a challenge from a commenter, I felt it necessary…
My love for Premiership Soccer has spurred many secondary obsessions in English fare. I drink far more Guinness than I should and have become a sucker for other session beers. Tetley’s stands out, but is hard to find. I love a hearty lamb stew. And of course, there’s fish and…
Lakita Evans rendered a stroke of marketing genius when she named her home-style burger joint in Waco Fat Ho Burgers. Because, truth be known, she’s no fat ho. Evans just anticipated some fun to be had with the brash name. And, fun it is. The play on words are endless…
We made it Aters. Another Restaurant Week has come to a close. When I wrote about its beginning last Monday, many chimed in with experiences yet to come. Capital Grille, Salum, Nosh, Nonna, Abacus: Everyone dove in with enthusiasm listing the places they planned to patronize. But now the dust…
My kids’ school a/c was broken by 8:15 this morning. It’s going be a long day for those teachers. But, hey, they’ve had three months off, so they should be good for it, right? Saturday I texted a lady on the PTA, “Did I order a package of school supplies…
Being a food critic is a fine way to make a living, though it certainly has pitfalls. I knew I’d be eating out a lot, but maybe not this much. During a dinner conversation this weekend my friends and I discussed the contents of my refrigerator. Currently, there’s an empty…
This week, Dallas blogs were excited about Restaurant Week and even more excited about the opening of Dough Pizzeria. Exactly one person was excited about another Tex-Mex joint. Read on. City of Ate Scott Reitz suggests Craft Dallas might be a dubious name for a place that struggles with consistency…
A Dallas district court is presiding over a series of disputes between Nhat Ngo and Charles “Lucky” Johnson, co-owners of Luckie’s Smokehouse in Oak Cliff. Ngo filed suit against his partner earlier this summer, requesting a temporary restraining order and a permanent injunction. His suit brands Johnson a drunk and…
It’s a tough job, but food news is food news. The sequel to The Flying Pink Pig, a food truck parody and porn film, will hit the shelves August 30. The movie took an interesting turn after media coverage exploded surrounding allegations that Joe Kim, the owner of the truck…
I don’t love brunch, but I understand its appeal. Why sit down to black coffee, two eggs over-easy, some bacon and toast when you can gorge on eggs Benedict and wash it down with a mimosa that’s endless and sweet? Why poke at a single pastry when you can sample…
Jack’s ChowHound will be filling up bellies at the International Design Center on Turtle Creek, in the Design District. The Crazy Sisters are at Grubbs Nissan in Bedford for lunch. Gandolfo’s NY Deli is at the Sigel’s on Greenville Avenue. Nammi will be in the Dallas Arts District and reportedly…
After the bills supporting small breweries in Texas each died a slow, torturous death while being chipped away by compromise in the most recent legislative session, we drowned our sorrows, saddened to see our cynicism about the corporatocracy ruling our state proven correct once again, and tried to forget about…
A new study conducted by UT researcher Fawaz Almansour finds that today’s power parents are the worst lunch-packers ever.”The main finding of our study is that more than 90 percent of perishable items were at an unacceptable temperature — according to USDA guidelines — an hour and a half before…
Have you gotten to Alan Richman’s scathing back and forth account of M.Wells? The article is making the rounds this week and describes an odd email exchange between critic and restauranteur, involving plenty of bad taste and alleged sexual harassment. Richman also apologized to his readers for seemingly encouraging bad…
It’s hot out there — especially in a cookin’ truck. Let’s show these kids some love today: Gandoflo’s is in the Dallas Arts District at 2121 Pearl St. between Flora and Olive from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jack’s ChowHound is at the Knox Place Building from 11 a.m. to…
Yesterday we told you about a new restaurant concept, started by Grant Achatz, proprietor of Alinea in Chicago. The concept riffs on dinner theater, charging a fixed price for a ticket before the event instead of leaving a bill after. The menu also shifts four times a year to keep…
Well, the peppers are picked and packed — maybe a little later and less abundant than usual. Harvested in late summer in Hatch, New Mexico, these green delicacies, named for their birth city, have garnered a cult-like following who flock to stores in a mild frenzy upon their arrival. It’s…
I stumbled upon the SSahm BBQ food truck while walking through the Arts District playing hipster bingo. (“Another fedora. Dang. Already got that one. Wait — there’s a dude in somehow-baggy-size-zero skinny jeans walking with a girl in a too-short romper!! She’s got a sugar glider in a bonding-pouch necklace!!!…
The word “craft” denotes a skill or trade. It can also refer to the quality of workmanship of the product that trade produces. All in all, it makes a decent name for a restaurant helmed by a perfectionist chef. Tom Colicchio, who’s built his career serving simple but refined recipes…
I’ve been alluding for a while now to a restaurant whose playlist rubbed me the wrong way. Turns out the mystery restaurant with the incongruous soundtrack is Craft Dallas, whose music selection is completely uncomplementary to the scene it’s trying to set. The restaurant’s manager would do well to stick…
I’ve been eying the weather channel a lot lately. Not for the temperature, but for the pollen count, which apparently will begin an upward march as soon as the mercury begins to wane and the fall allergy season kicks off. Allergies aren’t good for food critics, as you might have…
Watching Bravo the other night, it happened: John Stamos tried to make Greek yogurt sexy at me. I was just sitting there, watching a yogurt ad like us 30-year-old women are supposed to, when Uncle Jesse tried to tell me that bringing yogurt to a dinner party is not only…
