Whataburger is kinda sorta looking out for your health. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and we want to give it the attention it deserves,” marketing director Rich Scheffler is quoted as saying in a release announcing free egg-and-meat sandwiches for everyone. The Texas-based chain is giving…
Plano has its share of Asian restaurants, but seeing as how I live in between the two closer options of Richardson and Arlington, I never feel the need to travel past Belt Line Road. Luckily, a shopping expedition to Allen made sure I’d have to drive through our northern neighbor,…
Unless someone knows exactly where to find the Dunn Bros Coffee in Dallas, then the first time they visit that branch of the award-winning coffee franchise there’s a good chance they’ll drive right past the drive-through coffee house and coffee roaster — even Dunn Bros’ baristas say that they often…
Pigs aren’t exactly flying out of The King’s empire, but one part of arguably everyone’s favorite farm animal is–ribs. On June 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Burger King Corp’s 100 percent bone-in pork BK Fire-Grilled Ribs were so popular that the short-term special, which began May 17, was…
A leading chronicler of culinary trends has singled out Burguesa Burgers’ milkshake presentation as a leading example of one of the nation’s top 10 dessert trends. According to The Food Channel, the Dallas-based chain helped excite diners’ suddenly insatiable desire for reconfigured sweets by ringing its milkshakes’ straws with mini…
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…
The beer may run a little weaker in Oklahoma, but yesterday’s big eating contest at WinStar World Casino proved their hot dogs are some of the toughest around. In his bid to qualify for this year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Championship at Coney Island, Sean “Flash” Gordon put away 30…
Despite Chef Kent Rathbun getting all high-end and mighty with the blue plate special, we know the truth: It’s low-cost, meat and potatoes, blue collar comfort food that changes with the day of the week. And if you’re lucky, the restaurant serving it up will also have an ice box…
Go Fish Ocean Club is making sure Top Chef contestant Tiffany Derry has one of the best nights of her life — or the most humiliating evening ever — by inviting every eater in the metroplex to join her for the show’s premiere this Wednesday. Derry, who serves as Go…
Maker’s Mark master distiller Kevin Smith believes Maker’s new bourbon might persuade some Texans to give up on Canadian whiskey. “Bourbon’s very big in Texas, but one of the things that’s always surprised me is the number of Canadian whiskey drinkers,” says Smith, who was born at Fort Hood. “Maybe…
Over on our news blog, Unfair Park, Robert “Fingers of Fury” Wilonsky has the latest word on the debate over how exactly City Hall will regulate the growing number of small farmers markets sprouting up around town. Fresh food fans should check out Wilonsky’s post. If you’re too busy, however,…
The World Cup 2010 began Friday morning, but from the “USA”-chanting crowds in Uptown Dallas it seemed like the United States vs. England game was the opening ceremonies. With orders of iced beer buckets, fried chicken, buffalo wings and enormous-quantities of french fries (did we mention beer?), USA Soccer fans…
With a name ready-made for commemorative merchandise, Pho King Way just needed a reason to give its T-shirts away. Ergo the Fort Worth’s eatery new six-course challenge, in which diners who polish off the first three dishes earn their very own “No Pho King Way” shirt. But there are greater…
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…
Sure, we’re suppose to dedicate this week to our dads and everything they’ve done for us, but what about Mom? Well, how about we celebrate Mom all summer long? The GattiTown location off Marsh Lane will honor mothers this summer by offering a free buffet to them every Monday. All…
The conversation topic getting the most exercise on Scardello’s local dairy tour last weekend didn’t have anything to do with cheese: From the front of the bus to the back, most everyone was talking about what happened in the bathroom line after lunch at Bolsa. Since I was standing in…
Delivering Dim Sum after 3:00 – 30 Dealing with my OCD – 20 Surprisingly Decent Dim Sum Delivered – 25 Chuckling cheeseburger remark – 10 Total – 85 J.S. Chen’s Restaurant 240 Legacy Dr. #118, Plano 972.517.2332 It has been a long and unseasonably warm week in the City of…
The last time I went to a Flying Saucer beer festival (the fall 2009 fest at the Fort Worth location), I learned that tasting the big, bad, high-gravity and high-ABV beers before trying lighter brews can throw off your tastebuds and make the latter drinks seem puny by comparison. At…
Competitive eating is a hard-hearted mistress, courted by many but gracing few with even a moment of her fickle affection. Most who enter a contest never do so again, and even those who do usually manage only a brief, painful and unheralded career before they wise up at last.Why not…
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…
s you sit and devour your Italian specialities in this continental cafe, a good game to play with your dinner partner would be “count the Virgin Marys” that look on from the sidelines. Can you guess where I’m eating? (Because we can’t. We found this unposted item in our City of…
Casey Thompson, the former Top Chef contestant who scored her first Quickfire win by encrusting foie gras in pecans, is committed to serving Texas products at her new Fort Worth restaurant. But she revealed by phone this morning that she’s having trouble sourcing critical ingredients, including organic cream, chicken feet…
