For centuries, people have been boozing it up while they hike. (Ask your mom.) But now that it’s becoming popular to do wine-tastings on hikes, the activity has been given a new name: wiking. We’re really excited for this new trend, and can’t wait for these other leisurely sport +…
The adult cupcake. No dirty pictures on these. It’s the ingredients, not the decorations, that make these for the 21 and over set only. They’re tequila cupcakes from Elizabeth’s Cakes in Plano. And I don’t know if it’s just the power of suggestion or not, but I would swear that…
As exhibited by my tribute to junk foods post last month, I don’t always have the best buying habits whenever I make my Asian grocery store visits. Fortunately, aside from the occasional evil treats, Asian market aisles can also harbor several items associated with very useful health benefits. Here’s a…
I’m a huge fan of ballpark food. In my fantasy world where I inherent a fortune from an obscure king of a remote island in which I am somehow unknowingly the sole survivor of the royal lineage, I travel to ballparks across the United States to try out the grub…
Copper River salmon is nearly back in season, and Dallas plans to open up a new Central Market this year. A recipe for soft shell crab emerges. That’s all that happened this week in food bloggery. Oh, and some burger joint named In-N-Out opened in Frisco…. City of Ate Andrew…
A neon sign hangs in the window of a new Dallas burger shop. “Taste worth dying for,” it reads. The neon in the window confirms your suspicion that some less-than-subtle gimmickry is at play: “Over 350 pounds eat free.”It’s the Heart Attack Grill. The first one, in Phoenix, opened its…
If you’re a passionate beer drinker or state-legislation fetishist, you’ve probably read by now that two of the House bills favoring Texas craft brewers are dead, and things ain’t looking too hot for the last one. HB 602, which would allow relatively small breweries to let consumers take home a…
Everybody knows that contest-based reality shows give out different roles to play and that level of casting certainly extends to the judges. After all, American Idol all but invented the boosterish judge (paging Paula Abdul), the urban cool-cat judge — as in Randy Jackson, and, of course, every fan’s favorite…
If you haven’t already been reminded by 90 coworkers today, we’re happy to tell you that today’s Friday the 13th. According to Wikipedia, fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia. So now you know that. Nerd. Since today’s already unlucky, in the spirit of getting screwed by your own…
The sound of the word is gustatory TKO, fit to play the role of an exclamatory bubble in a classic Batman episode: Pambazo! And eating Tortas La Hechizera’s rendition of a pambazo, a Mexican sandwich of white bread traditionally dipped a red chile sauce and stuffed with potato and chorizo,…
At the precise moment that I shot the above photo on Wednesday, a good 300 people were probably lined up at a fast-food burger chain up in Frisco. Maybe you heard about that? I’m guessing you did, judging from the Most Popular Stories widget at the top right of this…
Are you vegan? Do you enjoy the occasional heaping bowl of pad Thai? Do you have the entire Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse discographies on your ipod? Do strangers point their fingers in awe and call you a “metalhead”? Have you ever wanted to learn how to make tofu pad…
I’ve got to lay off the crack. I left my house in far North Dallas at 1:15 p.m. yesterday, thinking I would have missed the lunch rush by the time I got to In-N-Out. When I got there — well, you know the scene. An employee at the end of…
Tasti D-Lite’s low-cal frozen “treat” — it’s not technically yogurt — has been a friend to thin-obsessed New York women for decades, and in recent years it’s found its way into other markets around the country. Now Francisco Gomez-Palacio, the area developer for the Nashville-based chain, is bringing the franchise…
No, hold on. Don’t leave yet. I know that I, disgruntled bearer of coffee and a bad attitude, should be the last breathing person to give serving advice. But I’ve worked in restaurants for years. I’ve talked some tables into leaving a few extra dollars, and I’ve frustrated others into…
Each week, Quittin’ Time gives you the lowdown on local happy hours. Where: The Dallasite, 4822 Bryan St. When: Every day, 4-7 p.m. What: $2.25 domestics, $3 wells Monday-Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. $3 wells Friday. Why: Because unlike some bars in Dallas, where ambiance doesn’t really match the pricing (if…
It’s 8 a.m., and it smells deliciously of cooked meats, fresh bread, and sausages. It wasn’t my nose alone that brought me here at this hour, though; Kuby’s was first and most-often mentioned when I asked around for places to purchase sausages in Dallas. Inside the store-cum-restaurant on Snider Plaza,…
Not too far west on Interstate 20, past the last of Fort Worth’s low-slung homes and on the road to Weatherford, farm country suddenly replaces all that suburban sprawl. Also fading into the rearview mirror are such distinctive Fort Worth eateries as Del Frisco’s, Reata, Angelo’s Barbecue and Bonnell’s, all…
As Alice related earlier this afternoon, there was a serious crowd out in Frisco for this morning’s In-N-Out Burger grand opening. Covered in In-N-Out gear, giving friends a play-by-play while they stood around in line, they all had pretty much the same question for anyone on their way out the…
American Craft Beer Week is fast approaching, so you’d better save your beer money. You can start by taking $10 off the advance price and $20 off the door price by buying your North Texas Beer Festival tickets today, as the event’s Facebook page is offering admission to the Saturday…
Yes, it happened. Burger tears. Real ones. While some twitter-ers are retina-bursting with In-N-Out hype rage, the folks down at the freshly opened Frisco location are busting in their shorts. Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade, who tweeted a photo of the tangled chaos outside the Frisco In-N-Out Location, saw a car…
Here’s the scene at you-know-where: Hundreds of people are in line. Guys in In-N-Out uniforms (plus that shitty hat) direct drive-thru traffic. A refrigerated 18-wheeler sits outside, full of back-up meats. If you are one of the hundreds who are in town, dying for a double-double, you can rest assured…
