Top 10 Things We Wish Waiters Would Never Say Again–Ever

Top 10 Things We Wish Waiters Would Never Say Again–Ever Face it: Your waiter can make or break a meal. It’s all about attitude, baby, and if he or she has a crappy one, well, it doesn’t matter what the hell they dish out. Because you can’t take it. Pissed…

Uptown Pizza with a Moroccan Flare

Farnatchi 3001 Knox St. 214-219-7200 www.farnatchi.com Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 30 minutes Interesting appetizers including Turkish meat pie: 40 Pricey pizza toppings: -10 Homemade desserts: 30 Faster delivery than Domino’s: 30 Total Score: 90 Living near the Observer offices has its advantages. I don’t have to…

Oh, Those Three Beans of Yore

Every Sunday ever spent at a certain grandmother’s house involved a three-bean salad. Granted, this salad, with it’s green beans, wax beans and kidney beans — and a little vinegar and sugar — was made with love and firm-handed grace. Everyone ate it, so everyone must have liked the sweet…

Free Beer and Karaoke at Eno’s New Upstairs Pub

The Pints for Paint fundraiser that Jesse teased in yesterday’s Hophead went off last night at Eno’s Pub in Oak Cliff to the sound of a thousand Journey covers, and some incredibly good beer. It was for a good cause: donations went to purchase the paints and materials for local…

Date Night Done Right with the Cedar Plank Salmon

Cedar Plank Salmon Demonstrated by Jaime Corona of The Place at Perry’s The babysitter is booked, the suit is ironed, the little black dress is dry cleaned, and the DVR is set. One thing is missing — where do you go for date night? You want something that doesn’t play…

Dish Extra: Naga Thai

You know you like spicy food. Check out a few more photos from this weeks review of Naga Thai’s warmly lit, tasty food in our slide show by Sara Kerens: here…

Naga Thai Battles the Victory Curse With Some Tasty, Spicy Fare

N9NE tried it. Now they’re no more. Nove Italiano tried it. Now they’re no more. Now Naga Thai is trying it, opening a restaurant in the overpriced abyss known as Victory Park. Einstein once said that one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and…

Yourway Burger is the Perfect Spot for Cheap, Picky People

If you’re one of those picky-as-shit people when it comes to ordering your food, one of those people who takes 30 minutes to order a burger and you “hold” and “on the side” so much stuff that it ends up just being a grilled cheese sandwich, Yourway Burger is the…

Talk Nerdy to Me: The Media Grill + Bar Gets Techy Chic

The Hilton Anatole recently ditched the seedy, carpeted den that was the Crocodile Disco–the once notorious dance spot that had its heyday in the late 70’s–and welcomes a truly state-of-the-art nightspot. Located near the hotel atrium’s main entrance, the glitz of the Media Grill + Bar is sure to catch…

Mercy Wine Bar Would Make Roy Orbison Proud

“Pretty woman, walkin’ down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman.  I don’t believe you.  You’re not the truth.  No one could look as good as you…Mercy!”  If rock ‘n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing that…

The Soufflé Scramble and a Dubya Sighting To Boot

Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted eggs for Nowrooz, their New Year’s…

Quittin’ Time: The Meridian Room

Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: The Meridian Room, 3611 Parry Ave.When: All day Monday, 4 p.m. to…

Dude Food: New York Sub

New York Sub3411 Asbury St.University Park214-522-1070Dude Factor: 7, or Ghost Busters on a scale of 1 (hunter green Slanket) to 10 (You’d Butter Believe It!)The ad guys who dreamed up that “You can’t beat the real thing” line got it all wrong. Competition’s always a good thing, and if the original New…

La Me Thinks It Can Do It All But Can’t

With Texas continuing its onslaught of dysfunctional weather (today excluded), I interpreted last weekend’s abrupt cold weather as a sign for me to finally go and review Pho Bang, the popular pho restaurant in Garland. Along for the food ride was my friend Kelly, a Vietnamese cuisine neophyte. Once we…