Grimaldi’s3636 McKinney Ave.214-559-4611A good portion of Uptown’s consciously hip population (which is, itself, just a segment of Uptown residents) like to think chains exist only in the culturally desolate ‘burbs. But a few of the neighborhood’s favorite haunts, such as Mi Cocina and Grimaldi’s, are themselves corporate entities…although when it…
Recipe Demonstrated by Miranda Martinez On Monday we introduced you to Miranda Martinez, self-proclaimed “regular person raw foodist”. The Dallas-based actress went all raw back in 2007, after running through just about every diet known to humankind. She dropped 60-plus pounds and now she’s busy spreading the word about her…
The incomparable Mr. Dallas takes his turn as guest DJ at PM Lounge in the Joule on Saturday night. His shift kicks off at 9:45–rather fitting, considering his, um, experience level. The set will consist of Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Musical Youth and maybe some Hooked on Classics…No, not really…
It’s a Grind is anything but. It’s a coffee shop, sure, and a franchised one at that, with a dizzying array of caffeinated choices, just like any other. There are lattes—whole milk and skim—frothy cappuccinos, eye-popping triple-shot espressos and baked goods that claim some modicum of nutrition but in the…
Remember that Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times? Industrial gears grind and turn, round and round, over and over, in a graceful yet ultimately repetitive sequence until the little tramp becomes ensnared in the machine. Masaryk reminds me of this Hollywood classic. There’s an elegant pattern to many of the dishes,…
There was an advertising jingle back in the 70s proclaiming Americans love for “baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.”Slogan writers often take some liberties, of course. I mean, football was already the nation’s number one sport by then. And clearly this was before Miley Cyrus, reality television and i…
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Why in the world would anyone crave a bowl cow or sheep stomach soup? They do a stuffed stomach dish in Scotland, but that’s just to get through Burns Night and all that Scotch…Oh. Great…
Long before these dismal days of gut-busting King Size Snickers and 3 Musketeers Dark Chocolate Mint (an unholy creation, for sure), there were Goo Goo Clusters and Zagnuts and Squirrel Nut Zippers…uh…must…resist…Beavis and Butthead…laugh… Candy used to be cheery and novel, didn’t it?–a few bites of fun. Where did our…
So this morning Nancy Nichols finally joined the anti F-word club. Here’s our little diatribe on the same subject from sometime in Februaryhttp://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2009/02/one_thing_you_will_never.php…
Each week the Dude Food guys assess the ‘masculinity’ of Dallas area dives. The more fried meat and junk on the walls, the better the rating…Taqueria El Si Hay601 W Davis St.214-941-4042Dude Factor: 10, or El Santo, on a scale of 1 (these guys) to 10.Sorry for the tardiness, blog…
You probably remember the moment you first saw Jessica Simpson slink into a Pizza Hut and, quite seductively, feed some dorky tween an oh-so-cheesy popper while moaning the line “one of these days these bites are gonna pop right into you.” Yeah, it was pre-the now post- Tony Romo and…
It shouldn’t be this easy, right? I’ve pinned this entire column, too many times, on a long-winded kvetch about how many questions I have to ask–and how resentful I suspect the various wait staffers must feel–every time I go out to eat. So when I found out that not only…
A couple of new food-related sites caught our eye last week…while we maybe should have been working. Aren’t you glad we’re willing to procrastinate? [Editor’s note: you should have been working–and stealing stuff from the Internet to cover your tracks doesn’t count].SympathyFood.com: Why say it with flowers when you can…
Cafe Istanbul7300 Lone Star Drive, Plano972-398-2020The northern addition to Plano’s Legacy development supports a hive of restaurants, all clustered near the big fountain that supposedly distracts from the vista of an office building and the distant blue of IKEA.But the grouping–and others spread around the entire complex–is what makes Legacy…
I’ve all but given up on my anti-slider campaign. Not trying to stamp out small sandwiches, you understand, just use of a word referring to the kind of distress one never likes to associate with dinner.Of course, I’m still dedicated to erasing smarmy things like the F-word (“foodie”). And I’ll…
Once the mercury bubbled up past 100 last weekend, you might have been more drawn to the nearest open freezer than to downtown’s sweaty West End–but then, you would’ve missed the “crown jewel” of local summer street food events, Taste of Dallas.Sure, the menu options leaned a little to the…
It may be Barbershop Music Appreciation Day, but…really, who cares? It’s also Reservation Day. Today is the big reveal for which restaurants are participating in KRLD’s Restaurant Week Aug. 17 through 23, and the first day during which you can call in your reservations. More than 130 Dallas/Fort Worth restaurants…
“I’m a regular-person raw foodist,” says Miranda Martinez with a gleam in her eye. “I still live in the real world.” Coming from her, we actually believe it. Two years ago, the Dallas-based actress and producer turned off her oven and didn’t look back. Sixty-plus pounds later, she claims she’s…
Meat, in its many exotic forms, took center stage this week in local food writing, from steak tartare and meat loaf in the Morning News food reviews, to meatballs and veggie-friendly (but primarily meat-serving) restaurants on City of Ate.The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: Lemongrass is the site…
Why do we ask? Well, a town in Australia just banned bottled water for environmental reasons–all that plastic waste, you know. But there are also those studies proving that, in most cases, tap water is every bit the bottle’s equal, in taste as well as good-for-you-ness. Indeed, some brands simply…
We’ve stopped trying to give things away, but we do like to call some attention to clever/accurate/downright impressive comments posted on City of Ate. So our favorites from the past seven days, no prizes attached:From TLS, in response to the Question Of The Week:”The Costco sampling stations are always crowded…
Just when I thought the DFW area had sidestepped at least a few of the more pointless food trends–TV dinner restaurants, bubble tea–comes this story from Teresa Gubbins and Pegasus News.The Cereal Bar in The Colony serves, you know, corn flakes, Special K, maybe even Count Chocula–the stuff you can…
