I found another one! This week’s Taco Trail stop hosts a drag-queen revue like other taquerías around town. The show advertisement emblazoned across the restaurant’s delivery van wasn’t exactly the first thing I wanted to catch my eye that day, but luckily, a little salsa and a tuck mean something…
Sigel’s is readying to put its 90+ Cellars wines on sale, making the label Time recently described as a “magical combo” of good wine and cheap prices an even better deal. 90+ Cellars, the subject of a feature story in The Boston Globe this week, has been garnering attention for…
One year after debuting a veggie sandwich, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is beefing up its meat offerings with a pair of new steak sandwiches, all-beef hot dogs and beef sausages. “Beef and steak are taking an even bigger role in concessions,” says Glen White of Delaware North Companies Sportservice, a…
The first thing one receives at Oishii Sushi & Pan-Asian Cuisine is a large laminated menu and paper menu overflowing with sushi options. But if you sit at the sushi bar, there’s a small, wall-mounted chalkboard above the chopping and dicing sushi chefs. The very top of that chalkboard reads…
Last week, we told you where you could eat well and do good on a budget. This week, it’s time to stop being so stingy. The Event: The Annika Experience: Dinner & Golf Outing with Annika Sorenstam The Cause: ANNIKA Foundation The Place: Park Cities Club; Dallas National Golf Club…
For weeks, my newly born-again vegan friend had been badgering me to try a new restaurant called D’Vegan. Catering to the Vietnamese Buddhist vegetarian community, the restaurant is only six weeks old. The self-proclaimed “green” eatery sits in the food court space between Hong Kong Supermarket and Bistro B. D’Vegan…
The question of whether an awards competition designed to confer legitimacy upon food writing should honor a writer who doesn’t have an editor, discernible code of ethics or known identity has reached Anthony Bourdain — and he’s seized upon the occasion to condemn food writers everywhere. City of Ate last…
There’s not much you can get for a buck, and when it comes to food there’s not much you can get that qualifies as actual food. Skip the McDonald’s drive through tomorrow and head to Pokey O’s (3034 Mockingbird Lane) tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for a treat…
Kincaid’s Hamburgers, a Fort Worth institution that perennially appears on lists of the nation’s best hamburger joints, is planning to reopen its concession at LaGrave Field during this year’s minor league baseball season. Kincaid’s sold its burgers at Fort Worth Cats games from 2005-2008, but temporarily gave up its minor…
Students have long worried about the pounds they’ll put on during their freshman year of college, but an increasing number of graduating high school seniors are trying to lose significant amounts of weight before they arrive on campus. Those dieting teens are the focus of I Used to Be Fat,…
Thanks to all the City of Ate readers who shared their prank stories in last week’s contest for the Libertine Bar’s March beer dinner featuring Jester King. Among the highlights: Justin1310 and his friends made creative use of leftover movie popcorn, while Brad Ward recounted how having an easily stolen…
I love the self-checkout line at the grocery store. I prefer the online banking option that prevents me from having to interact with another human being. And when I go to the movies, I always buy tickets at the kiosk rather than deal with the surly teen behind glass. But…
It’s hard to believe that every dish Seasons 52 in Plano serves contains 475 calories or less. After ordering the caramelized sea scallops on a recent date, I was skeptical since the seafood tasted so delicious and filled me up so much I had to take half of the entrée…
This week in blogs, City of Ate and Alice Laussade were named James Beard Award finalists. And then some other stuff happened. Whatevs… City of Ate As Alice Laussade assured us before, B.E.E. is capable of serving delicious, choose-your-own adventure enchiladas. Hanna Raskin fills up on Tex-Mex before during her…
Today is the last day that Dude Fooder Noah W. Bailey will actually work here in our Dallas Observer offices. He’s leaving us, moving on, spreading his bearded wings. (Don’t get too upset — we think we’ve gotten him to say he’ll still contribute to our fine publication on occasion.)…
Diners can now decide whether they share Oddfellows’ managing partner Amy Wallace Cowan’s initial skepticism about the restaurant’s new dinner menu. While the final version of the menu still hasn’t been released, Cowan says it lists just three items: Fried chicken, a hamburger and a seasonal rice bowl. In contrast…
What is the deal with 8131 Forest Lane? Is this restaurant location cursed? I haven’t lived in North Dallas for that long, but I’ve already seen this restaurant location change from Hawk’s Catfish to Hall’s Chicken (which was open in February 2010 and then closed within a year) to Watch…
In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Stephen Smith, chocolatier and owner of nib chocolate. In part two, we asked Smith to complete our thoughts for us. In today’s final installment he shares a recipe for Russian Caravan Truffles. Remember, crafting chocolates…
We’ll admit that when we see a kid selling lemonade in the neighborhood we have to buy a cup and give the adorable rascal an extra dollar. It’s going to be hard to resist emptying your wallet at the lemonade stand that will be in the Science Building lobby at…
A developer of the mixed-use Sylvan Thirty project, situated on the boundary line between Oak Cliff and West Dallas, says the complex is unlikely to sap traffic and creative energy from the Bishop Arts District, a neighborhood that has recently incubated some of the city’s most interesting restaurants. In addition…
We’d like to take a moment to personally thank you, Lakita Evans, owner of Fat Ho Burgers in Waco, for exponentially increasing the number of times reporters have to say “ho” in print and on the news right now. This is a glorious time for hos of all kinds. Supa…
Maybe you noticed Elizabeth’s post about the Observer-sponsored eating contest at Jersey Mike’s last night. As many of you noted in the comments, that topless photo of Jack Nicholson was pretty hard to miss. As promised, a few of us here at City of Ate — this highfalutin’ James Beard Award finalist…
