Revolving Doors: A Slow October

We’ve been on hiatus, but now we’re back to give you the scoop on restaurant openings and closings in October. It’s been a slow month for restaurant openings, but the future looks bright. California chain Fatburger announced this week that they’re in talks to open 10 stores in Dallas within…

Is Charitable Eating Overstretching Local Chefs and Diners?

Don’t bother looking for Dean Fearing at his restaurants next weekend. Fearing will be at The Joule next Friday for The Big Red, a culinary extravaganza benefiting the North Texas Food Bank. He’ll reappear the next night at the Dallas Zoo for its annual fundraiser. And if do-gooders are still…

Chef Tell: Dessert Wars vs. World Series

I’m gonna make a bold statement, people, and hope that you won’t abandon me: Last night ate a dick. See, there I was needing to recap our Dallas-centric reality shows — including Top Chef Just Desserts, of course — and meanwhile, not only were the Mavs winning, but the biggest…

This Is How You Get Rid of Your Pumpkin

Like bacon or dogs in Lobster costumes, Halloween has become epic on the Internet. Ok, we admit, we like a good candy list, but it’s getting harder and harder not to click on posts with titles like “Car vs. Pumpkin.” As you can see from the video some effing geniuses…

Rock n Taco: Hitting a Power Chord at Lunch

Here’s the thing about rockers (or, at least, the sort of rockers who are drawn to restaurants with cowhide upholstery and pink damask wallpaper): They don’t wake up before noon. That means Rock n Taco stays relatively empty until around 2 p.m., when a few spaced-out customers who like to…

Paciugo Gelato & Caffè Puts Out the Pumpkin

A round of cupcake roulette, wherein a pill of cyanide is hidden in one of a dozen cupcakes, is preferable to clothes shopping, doubly so when the shopping is for a wedding, and I’m sent out on a solo mission to “Find the perfect tie. But not too perfect; that’s…

Paying the Piper

A City of Ater found this poster — artist unknown — in Exposition Park yesterday. Don’t get it? Well, as the Morning News reported, Michael William Liebermann, co-owner of the Pizza Lounge in Exposition Park, was charged with misdemeanor assault last week, accused of beating a 61-year-old man with a…

World Series Food: What the Players Ate

City of Ate’s already covered the dining options for World Series spectators. But what about the players, for whom choosing the right meal could mean the difference between a lifetime of championship ring-flashing and never-ending heartbreak? Here, a look at what a few highly successful players ate before their big…

Eat for a Cause — Other Than Being Hungry,
We Mean

Put your money where your mouth is. Various Dallas eateries are supplying food and drink for a cause. Read on for details of this week’s charitable happenings. The place: Texas Motor Speedway/Asphalt Chef The cause: Speedway Children’s Charities and Mario Batali Foundation Pork, gulf shrimp, or New York cheddar? This…

Even Tailgate Snacks Come With a Cause
for Giants Fans

How does a Giants fan celebrate the start of the World Series? With a community supported agriculture box, of course. Winning the title for “Game tie-in least likely ever to be seen in Dallas,” San Francisco’s popular 4505 Meats this week announced it was putting together two packages of locally…

Pity for the Poor Pumpkin? Not Necessary.

It’s the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas season, which means my inbox has lately been flooded with press releases for various pumpkin-flavored delicacies, all available for a few weeks only. I believe in eating seasonally, but all the time-limited offers had me feeling sorry for pumpkin growers. If hazelnut lattes, strawberry ice cream and…

Cheesemaker Leaves No Leaf Unturned

Paula Lambert’s on the hunt for hoja santa leaves. Lambert’s Mozzarella Company has nearly run out of the leaves it uses to wrap its hoja santa goat cheese, a perennial award winner that took a second place prize in the American Cheese Society’s annual competition this summer. “We hate it,…

55 Degrees: Just Right For Malbec,
Just Not Enough of It

From the outside, 55 Degrees Wine Bar & Bistro doesn’t appear to be anything special. Just the name on the rather dingy double-decker strip mall announces its presence, and there is no patio. Inside, however, is quite another matter. Sofas, comfy armchairs, and coffee tables greet you when you first…

Photo: Vote Against No,
And Have Some Beer And Wine

According to this sign spotted in South Oak Cliff, Neighborhoods for Safety is urging us to VOTE AGAINST NO on Proposition 1, a ballot item up for vote Tuesday, November 2, that would legalize beer and wine sales for off-premises consumption in the city of Dallas. In other words, the…