This week’s review tackles Cobb Switch Barbecue, the new Carrollton joint that’s all about the carne.As if Dave’s writing didn’t already paint you a vivid picture of the place, we’ve got our weekly photo gallery from Sara Kerens up now as well.Finally, as a special end-of-month treat, after the jump…
We don’t know the guy. He was just sitting at the next table last night at Bella. So here’s the scenario and you be the judge:A guy–apparently a neighbor of Bella’s owner/front man–decided he wanted a martini. So he ordered: “Grey Goose, dirty.”Keep in mind a few things. 1. Men…
As you know, each week we highlight some of our favorite reader posts–an idea we began sometime back in the hopes of giving away prizes, then dropped, then kinda stole from Leslie Brenner when she started doing it (without prizes) on Eats. Too much to choose from this time around…
One of the bigger disappointments, when I returned from Europe, was the noticeably absence of Dalmore on liquor store shelves. Their 12 year Highland single malt had always ranked as one of the best value brands out there.Of course, the distillery’s “nose” (or master blender), Richard Paterson, says the idea…
Our weekly dish duel this time features a cagey newcomer and an old veteran working on new tricks…Think what we’d be missing out on if Caesar had never came, saw or conquered. Those who grew up in the 80s would have waited in lines at the Orange Justinian stand, for…
Ah, bragging rights. Everyone wants to claim them, over your brother, a co-worker, the guy you battle for a parking space every morning. Now two Dallas restaurants hold them over the entire city.Nana was just inducted into the Nation’s Restaurant News 2009 Fine Dining Hall of Fame. Established in 1980,…
From the cover band in the street’s first few strums of “Wonderwall,” it was clear Tuesday would be one special night in the West Village. With chefs marching out tray after tray of free food for three hours for A Taste of West Village, the ’90s rock hits were just…
Two weeks back in this column, Oskar Blue made a pretty convincing case that high-quality beer need not be kegged or bottled to taste great. In fact, as commenter Paul Hightower pointed out, you can find a Texas example of high-quality craft beer that comes in cans. And no, that’s…
A couple of weeks ago the Dallas Observer and its readers bid farewell to Alexa Schirtzinger, aka Veggie Girl. She was heading out to travel in South America and have fantastic adventures, and we just had to send her off with an after work bon voyage. Veggie Girl and Girl…
I’ll just say, straight off, that what I like about Pizza by Marco is their beverage price list. The new suburban branch of Dallas’ most storied pizza joint opened not long ago along Belt Line in Addison. Here you can purchase wine by the glass or bottle, and the two…
“Little boxes on a hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky, little boxes, little…” Okay, okay–I’ll stop. But doesn’t The Colony remind you of that town Agrestic from the show Weeds? Well, maybe not quite as affluent. And there definitely aren’t any hills to speak of. But the houses all look…
Recipe Demonstrated by Chef Peter Gray of Cretia’s on McKinney Cretia’s on McKinney, the bistro-slash-bakery-slash-live music venue, reopened in March after a nine-month hiatus to, um, refresh and regroup. In addition to moving just up the road to the former Tijuana Bar and Grill location, a brand new Executive Chef…
Whatever the dreary setting may do to your psyche, whatever hope may fade at the sight of cellophane-wrapped meat and kitchen staff trotting bags of frozen okra from the walk-in, you have to grant Cobb Switch a plus or two. Their brisket shows far more character than you generally find…
I was sitting in Michelle’s Homestyle Cooking, sipping on sweet tea, waiting for my food to arrive and thinking to myself that I was living a pretty great life. I’ve got a loving family, great friends, Showtime—things are pretty perfect. And then my food arrived. After one bite of my…
Ah, bacon. Nature’s most perfect food.If only–and I don’t mean this to sound like a prayer–some higher being could improve on the flavor of pork belly, cut into rashers and fried in an old pan. Yeah, I know all about the chocolate covered stuff. But that’s more of a television-age…
Pretty silent on the blog because it is deadline day for our upcoming “Best Of Dallas” print edition. Guess who won Best Tasty Foodie Destination For Dirty Martinis?Hah…
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.If you’ve never been farther than Tacos Bell and Bueno, then it’s quite likely that you’ve never heard of mole, or if you have, that you dismissively think of it as “that chocolate sauce,” and…
Gabriela Pataro was just trying to follow the rules. In return she got dirty looks and arguments from a bunch of angry dog-lovers. “It wasn’t a very positive thing for us,” says the owner of Café Lago of her struggle to keep dogs off the property. Open since 2000 just…
Great American Hero4001 Lemmon Ave.214-521-2070Dude Factor: 5, or Fred Savage, on a scale of 1 (Ricky Schroder) to 10 (Michael J. Fox). Considering the waves of ill-advised ’80s nostalgia still sweeping through your local Urban Outfitters, one would think a place like Great American Hero would be packed with hipsters…
Bards and poets from Shakespeare to INXS have pointed out that words, wielded with force and intent, are weapons sharper than thorns on a rose. But what do we know? We prefer watching Shakespeare in movie form (My Own Private Idaho was his best work) and we’ve never liked INXS.Still,…
There’s no denying that Dallas can be sorta cliquish. If you’re wearing the right shoes (or Tweeting from the hottest gadget), you might break into a particular crowd. Sure, the bar scene can be different. Hand someone a stiff drink, and you could find your BFF for the night. But…
While we were down for half the morning, goons from marketing stopped by to offer decorating tips. They’re not very good at it, though–one of them smashed a priceless Ming vase, shattered a fragment of the Rosetta Stone we had on display and spilled our breakfast bourbon. They were apologetic,…
