If you’ve had the kids home this week during spring break, it’s time to reward yourself with a little adult time, and by that we mean a few glasses of wine — or more. You’ll have all weekend to get your drink on at Savor Dallas, and here’s a taste…
The Wingstop World Wing-Eating Challenge, iced-out during Super Bowl week, has been rescheduled for Apr. 13. The contest at American Airlines Center’s AT&T Plaza will coincide with another sporting event, although one of considerably less significance than the Super Bowl: The Challenge will precede the Mavericks’ last home game. Spokesperson…
Some of you may remember the day when hush puppies were featured at many of the seafood places such as Zuider Zee, H Salt Fish and Chips, Arthur Treachers and Captain D’s. Perhaps you shed a tear when they were taken off the menu at Red Lobster (to be replaced…
Walking down Cedar Springs, you immediately notice Thai Lotus Kitchen. It’s the skanky, busted place right next to the Black Eyed Pea that everyone is glaring at, whispering about and avoiding. It’s the Brooke Hogan of restaurants in Oak Lawn. It somehow managed to look skeezier than the dude I…
When a sitcom actor surrenders to the lure of a movie contract or retirement or heavy drug use, the show’s producers have two choices: They can write the actor’s character out of their scripts or they can recruit a replacement with roughly the same build and hairstyle and hope viewers…
Just as most basketball fans didn’t pay much heed to UNC Asheville before the Bulldogs stomped Arkansas-Little Rock in overtime last night, Scardello Cheese owner Rich Rogers hopes his shop’s second annual cheese bracket will bring attention to overlooked cheese regions. France took the “Tour de Fromage” title last year,…
Snuffer’s Restaurant & Bar failed to pay its primary supplier for more than $700,000 worth of food, according to a suit filed Monday in Dallas County District Court. Bassham Wholesale Egg Co. claims Snuffer’s has outstanding bills dating to January 2009 for items including cheese, ham, bacon and burger beef…
Young chefs may have mastered foams and liquid nitrogen, but many of them are stumped by the classical dishes that once formed the core of kitchen repertoires — or so claim The Pyramid’s back-of-the-house veterans. “I have chefs who’ve been here 32 years,” executive chef Andre Natera explains. “And there’s…
Beer lovers, make sure you don’t have anything going on Saturday, May 7. That’s the date of Flying Saucer on the Lake’s second annual Spring Beer Festival, and if our experience last year is any indication, you’re going to want to be there from the noon start all the way…
St. Patrick’s Day is like Christmas. You wake up early with excitement and dress in festive garb, but instead of gifts from Santa you get Jell-O shots and green beer from strangers on Greenville Avenue. If you survived Saturday and your liver functions have returned to normal, you better get…
The Dallas Historical Society this week released a schedule for its upcoming “brown bag lunch” series, an institution some statistics suggest is rapidly becoming quaint. Brown bag lunches continue to thrive in academic settings, where professorial types are happy to have the chance to lunch on their own sandwiches of…
When Eater last published my picture, Nancy Nichols told the crowd at Sidedish that it looked like I needed to eat more. Her remark was perhaps snide, perhaps sexist, but definitely true. I’ve lost 10 pounds since moving to Dallas, a result of my nightmarish reaction to short Texas ragweed…
The catfish shortage that’s lately beset North Texas should be over by June, a catfish industry spokesman says. As NBC’s local affiliate first reported, all but one location of Babe’s Chicken Dinner House locations have scratched catfish from their menus, citing inadequate supply. Jeff McCord, a spokesman for the Catfish…
After my first visit to Noodle House last fall, I knew I’d have to return with my parents, seeing as how they are big fans of the restaurant’s sister eatery in Houston — San Dong. A couple of weeks ago, I finally got that opportunity, but was joined only by…
Whether living in Denton or simply passing through after a long night of venue-hopping and beer-slinging (last week’s 35 Conferette comes to mind), you might find yourself turning to Ruby’s Diner On the Square. It’s nearly impossible to miss — what with its central location next to the Calvary Chapel…
Each week, this blog will be highlighting a different restaurant happy hour food menu, keeping you informed of what deals there are out there.This week, we dine like the Greek gods and goddesses (but, on a budget) at Travis Walk’s Ziziki’s. Where: Ziziki’s Restaurant, 4514 Travis St. #122, Dallas, Texas,…
Chick-fil-A’s first store designed to meet environmental design standards, opening this week in Fort Worth, will feature energy efficient appliances, low-flow restroom fixtures and a cistern for plant irrigation, but the fast food chain’s still isn’t ready to institute unbleached paper napkins. David Farmer, vice president of innovation and service,…
Sip wine and feel good about more than the antioxidants this week in Dallas. Read on. The Event: Savor Dallas The Cause: North Texas Food Bank The Scoop It will be a feel-good festival of premier chefs, food and drinks at the seventh Savor Dallas event on March 18 and…
Burgers are so popular in Texas that state Representative Dan Flynn recently proposed making the hamburger the state’s official state sandwich, but Food & Wine could only find one example worthy of including on its new “25 Best Burgers in the U.S.” list. Tom’s Perini’s Ranch Burger, served at his…
A Dallas cocktail bar that opened last month has already earned a spot on Imbibe magazine’s list of 100 best places to drink in the South. The Cedars Social, a swanky South Dallas lounge featuring cocktails by Michael Martensen and an elaborate punch service program, was named to the “Best…
Unless your grandpa is fermenting batches of white lightning in his backyard, you’re going to be hard pressed to find authentic moonshine in this neck of the woods. The moonshining, bootlegging culture of Appalachia and the South has been the subject of many documentaries, so we won’t rehash the details…
While visiting my parents in Detroit this weekend, I’d planned to dine at Slows BBQ, a trendy smokehouse that’s earned praise from Bon Appetit and been credited by The New York Times with spearheading the city’s cultural resurgence. But since my planning consisted entirely of checking the address and showing…
