As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…
Ah, Independence Day. Nothing quite says “celebrate America” like the combination of barbecue, explosives, martial music and getting wasted. So here’s a list…(riiiiiip sound of needle being dragged across vinyl record). OK, wait right there. Earlier this week City of Ater Alice Laussade was invited to move her pinko butt…
Falling. Off. The. Bone.OFF. THE. BONE.That is what the red-wine braised chicken I ate for lunch was doing. The bone it was on, it was falling off of that bone. So tender. So braised. So totally what you would expect from ex-Libertine chef Roseanne “Ro” DiLeo, poached by Deep Ellum’s…
Nothing screams “America — fuck yeah!” like a corn-dog eating contest. Is there another country where revelers would celebrate the brave patriots who fought for its freedom with a monstrous display of gluttony? Is there anything more American than the corn dog, that creation of chemicals, vaguely meat-related ingredients and…
I blatantly stole the idea to visit Lion City Chinese Café in Plano from the online events calendar for the Dallas Ethnic Restaurants meet-up group, which sounds like a fairly brilliant eating club. According to the organizer’s description, the restaurant is “the real deal transplant of Singapore style street food,…
One of Dallas’ oldest restaurants has found a very modern way to promote its pizzas and pastas. Campisi’s recently contracted with Brad Williamson, who bills himself as The Virtual Biographer, to create an online identity for restaurant founder Joe Campisi, who died in 1990. To the surprise of some longtime…
Serious bartenders may sneer at vodka, but there’s plenty of the spirit distilled in Texas – and an enterprising Houston blogger is asking the public to determine which brand’s the best. Seven companies are slated to participate in the Texas Vodka Throwdown in Houston on July 10, including Tito’s, Savvy,…
Men At Work might suggest these lyrics: Buying bread from a man in Brussels He was 6-foot-4 and full of muscles I said, do you speak-a my language? He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich. They would be partially correct, but instead of muscles, it would be mussels…
As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…
City of Ater Steven Doyle sends word that Dali Wine Bar in One Arts Plaza is closed, though we don’t know for how long. I couldn’t reach anyone at Dali, which we said had the city’s best wine list in last year’s Best of Dallas awards, so I swung by…
Milk and Honey Jerusalem Market and Grill 420 N. Coit Road, Richardson 972-404-0704 Try: The falafel sandwich Don’t try: Thinking too hard about what makes the girlie mags kosher I went to Milk and Honey because I heard the Richardson café put pickles and French fries in its falafel sandwiches,…
Anyone who reads about food knows what they should eat. And they probably have a pretty good sense of what they could eat, if they had plenty of money and an elastic gut. But there’s remarkably little food journalism devoted to what people actually eat when the nutritionists, tastemakers and…
Remember last week, when I wrote about how porters and barleywines weren’t especially appealing this time of year because of the heat? Well, they suddenly become rather inviting when it’s rainy and cloudy with a cool breeze and temps are in the 50s and 60s, as was the case last…
The boys and girls on Madison Avenue would have you believe that nothing screams America more than hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. Not sure about you, but I prefer my pies in the George Washington-approved cherry variety. And I cannot honestly tell you how long it has been since…
Since the tall tale of Johnny Appleseed was planted in the American vernacular, apples have been a symbol of the nation. This is most apparent in the old adage, “As American as apple pie.” The chefs at Twisted Root Burger Co., have taken this to heart and will be premiering…
After two episodes with chefs deucing out thanks to shitty dessert offerings, it came as no shock — to me or any sane person watching Top Chef — that last night’s Quickfire Challenge would be for sweet teeth. But somehow the cheftestants were surprised. My first instinct was to desire any chef…
Pollo al Ladrillo with Mojo de Ajo (Argentinean Butterfly Grilled Chicken) Demonstrated by Julia Lopez of La Duni For today’s Appetite for Instruction, we’re going to travel down to Argentina for our recipe, or at least, to La Duni at NorthPark mall. Chef Julia Lopez let us in her kitchen…
Cowboy Chow 2801 Commerce St. 214-742-2469 Dude Factor: 7, or “The Cowboy,” Mulholland Drive, on a scale of 1 (“The Cowboy,” Innerspace) to 10 (“The Stranger,” The Big Lebowski) Cowboy Chow’s slick ‘n’ quirky take on upscale trail grub — what they call “Texas comfort food” — has been written…
As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…
Hiding behind the Potbelly at Preston Road and Forest Lane is a delicious little slice of hell. And at this time, Torchy’s, I’d like to reserve myself a permanent table. Straight outta Austin, this taqueria is here to blow your mind-eria. I paid between $3.25 and $3.75 per taco, which…
The impeccable design decisions at Meddlesome Moth, the crisp new Oak Lawn beer lounge from Flying Saucer co-founder Shannon Wynne, extend to the restrooms, which are equipped with ultra-modern hand dryers and decorated with vintage fliers from Dallas’ striptease heyday. The circa 1960s posters promise visions of the city’s prettiest…
My graduate degree, like most, hasn’t been good for much. But today — and, I strongly suspect, today only — it qualifies me to expertly parse the most attention-getting exchange of the Elana Kagan confirmation hearings. When Lindsay Graham yesterday pressed Elana Kagan to recall where she was last Christmas,…
