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…
A managing partner for the reincarnated Green Room today told City of Ate that the Deep Ellum eatery “will absolutely be open this month.” Although the restaurant’s still short a chef, Taylor Allday says he doesn’t anticipate the formerly habanero-hot dining destination will be afflicted by typical opening delays. Still,…
Apple released its list for the Apple Design Award’s top 10 applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Among them were sweetly addictive time-killing games (what, no Angry Birds? At least they included Doodle Jump), creative tools (Brushes for iPhone, TabToolKit) and yes, Jamie Oliver’s 20-Minute Meals.It seems that even…
When we were just knee-high to a grasshopper, Granny and Mamaw would make us special drinks that made us feel like grown-ups. As the ‘dults drank from the ever-ready pot of hot coffee, we’d get a tiny cup containing milk, sugar and really, just a splash of coffee.We weren’t missing…
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…
Big Daddy Cocktail Demonstrated by Stewart Jones of Abacus City of Aters, we’ve decided to take a break from food recipes because its summertime. And summertime, with it’s pour-a-gallon-of-sun block-all-over-me-right-now temperatures, should be celebrated with a cocktail. So we traveled from DO headquarters to Abacus in Uptown to have the…
Diners have a better chance of getting into Harvard Law School than scoring a seat at El Bulli, the gastronomic temple in Spain that annually fields more than one million requests for reservations, but visitors to SMU’s Meadows Museum next month can console themselves with a chef Ferran Adria-designed spoon…
Jacksonsville, the tiny Cherokee County town that 1930s Wall Street traders used to ring up when they needed to know the price of tomatoes, is taking aim at the world record for the biggest bowl of salsa this weekend. “We’re going to make 2000 pounds,” says Chamber of Commerce president…
Dish this week features colorful dishes of Preston’s by Mark Stuertz. He pretty much enjoyed everything except the black cod. Too bad. The photo made us drool over our keyboards. Take a look at Sara Kerens photo coverage of Preston’s in our slideshow…
The fact that Park Cities Prime, a pricy steakhouse with all the trimmings, couldn’t survive in the belly of the capitalist beast of the Park Cities is a testament to something. Of what specifically, it’s hard to say, but in the wake of popping economic bubbles, Park Cities Prime could…
When Hacienda on Henderson was given a one-star review by the Morning News, I knew I had to eat there. In like six months. When absolutely nobody would be eating there anymore. So, this week I checked it out and sure enough: Parking lot was empty and there were zero…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details on why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials. Where: The Loon, 3531 McKinney Ave. (at the corner of McKinney and…
It has been claimed that breakfast is the most important meal of the day (probably by the egg lobby), and I am not one to disagree. While most of us grew up on Cocoa Puffs and a variety of toaster pastry, it was the Sunday morning breakfast feast that I…
Right now, it’s hot as hell outside. There’s no stopping it: You’re going to sweat and look uncomfortable. There’s lots of options, of course, you could walk around without a shirt, wear breathable socks, or consume a series of refreshing summer treats that lower your body temp.There’s a problem. While…
Chick-Fil-A’s Spicy Chicken SandwichDude Factor: 10, or Foghorn Leghorn, on a scale of 1 (Camilla), to 10.A few weeks back it came to our attention that Chick-Fil-A was taking reservations for free VIP samples of its new spicy chicken sandwich, a fact that sent waves of euphoria through the Dallas…
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…
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…
