After you get a taste of competition at the Observer’s Iron Fork tomorrow night, make your way to The Grape(2808 Greenville Ave.) for this month’s installment of the Come-As-You-Are dinner series. Tomorrow’s dinner features boutique wines from Spain, selected by Sommelier and co-owner Courtney Luscher. Her husband, chef Brian Luscher,…
After reading last week’s review of Alma, we decided to meander over and give it a whirl. Munching on generous portions of L.A.-inspired Mexican food at a trendy new Henderson Avenue restaurant seemed like an appropriate way to kick off the weekend. And much to our delight, Elaine Liner’s article…
Google maps had failed us again. The missus and I were en route to see the season-opening bouts of the Dallas Derby Devils roller derby league in North Richland Hills when we realized we were lost, but not before coming across 5-week-old Oscar’s Taco Shop (no relation to Cowtown’s expansion-giddy…
Where would you go for dinner after watching an Assassination City Roller Derby bout? A burger place or a pizza joint? It was a pretty tough choice for my date and me. We ended up picking pizza and ate at Il Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum. We strolled into Cane…
The term “Farmer’s Market” covers a lot of things. Gone are the days in the late ’50s of this country when it described a place and time farmers assembled to sell their wares. Today a hodgepodge of incense, hand-made tie-dye T-shirts, cheap hats, and as-seen-on-late-night-TV specials fill the stalls on…
Well played, blogosphere. On last week’s episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Rob Lowe’s muscular chest asked character Ron Swanson: “you ever tried a turkey burger?” Swanson responded: “Is that a fried turkey leg inside a grilled hamburger? If so, yes. Delicious.” Being “Burger Week 2011” over there at Eater,…
Remember the last time you were in central Arlington and you wanted a good burger? No, really, serious starts now: Suppose you are in central Arlington and you find yourself in need of a great burger. Well, you’re in luck. You actually now have a reason to drive to there…
This past weekend’s food truck fete at Earth Day Dallas had a clear winner in creativity and popularity, the chicken and waffle dish offered by City Street Grille. The new menu item, Rolled Gold, exclusively revealed to City of Ate last week was presented as a waffle pita — or…
Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, keeping you informed of what deals there are out there. This week, we’re in the gayborhood checking out Fin Sushi Lounge’s impressive happy hour menu. Where: Fin Sushi Lounge, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, No. 102 When: 4:30-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. Saturday…
If you like lists or food trucks (and who doesn’t?) it was a good week to be a Dallas blog reader. Nancy Nichols ate a bunch of steak, a blog post inspires readers to plug their iPods into onions, and Fuzzy’s Tacos shops are popping up like…. Something that pops…
Everywhere you look in the area east and north of Park Lane and Greenville Avenue, there is an Ethiopian restaurant or business. Within one of those shops, a pupusa maker offers a golden alternative to sour, spongy, wonderful injera. The handmade quesadilla-corn cake hybrid treats, a source of Salvadoran pride,…
One of my pet peeves about most cooking shows is how often a program’s uber-foodies — from the four-star guys in the starchy aprons to the home cooks who’ve lucked into a spot on television — are reluctant to express any real emotion about how much they love the actual…
Passover is upon us, which can only mean one thing: It’s officially time to make matzo ball soup. Making matzo ball soup can be a very straightforward proposition. You can even buy matzo balls premade or buy a mix for it, although there’s little more than matzo meal in it…
Easter is one of the most gluttonous holidays of the year, a time for families to come together and feast on candy, casseroles and cute baby animals. Consequently, Easter brunch is one of the most popular brunches. Who has time to cook for everyone in their extended family? It seems…
At noon on May 14, The Common Table will throw a Belgian Tea Party and take a stand against bland beer through an act of rebellion sure to stir some controversy: Owner Corey Pond and manager Jeff Fryman will dump out the bar’s last-ever keg of Stella Artois.”This defiant act…
In the fight for yogurt supremacy, Red Mango is quickly becoming the dominant player. Not only has the fast-casual frozen yogurt and smoothie operation recently introduced a new 80-calories per serving raspberry cheesecake, as of this weekend the Dallas-based company will have 120 stores nationwide — since opening the first…
Today’s a celebration of energy conservation and eco-friendly living, but you don’t need to put a compost bin in your backyard to observe Earth Day. There are plenty of energy-saving events going on at restaurants and bars today, so grab a date for a little candlelit action at one of…
Easter is a comfortable shoe-in as the third most gluttonously celebrated holiday here in the states and a cash cow for dentists everywhere. As the Easter season blows through this weekend, thousands upon thousands of pounds of chocolate, marshmallow and hard boiled heresy will be shoveled down the hatch by…
If the dreary weather’s got you down, we have a remedy for you that’s cheap and involves alcohol. Come party with us tonight at our monthly Tweet Up Party at The Crown & Harp (1914 Greenville Ave.), but leave those wads of hundreds at home. We know the way to…
We’re putting it out there: Fuzzy’s is the New Starbucks. The Fort Worth-based juggernaut is set to open its 32nd store in four states in late summer — in The Shops at Mockingbird at Mockingbird Lane and Lemmon Avenue. That would make it the second location on Mockingbird. An outpost…
Earth Day is this week’s cause celebre. Everyone from food trucks and arts institutions to television networks and giants of industry has jumped on the green bandwagon. Come Monday, many will have forgotten the simple message of how each of us can do our part to protect our planet. One…
Up and down we drove, hungry for tacos after La Carretera Argentina’s satisfactory empanadas consumed at Oak Cliff Earth Day. Surely Jefferson Boulevard would produce happy sustenance. It did — kind of. Jefferson is cluttered with taquerías, some advertised with gaudy neon, others off-putting with their crumbling facades and adhesive…
