I’m curious about the thought process restaurateurs go through when plotting their web presence. ‘A picture, logo and marketing blurb on the main page. Maybe a link to the menu. Ooh–how ’bout a photo gallery. OK, let’s stick the address here under “contact” so it’s out of the way. Think…
Does California’s storied burger chain have it in for Dallas? Unfair Park has the answer…for the time being…
Go Go Burger6129 Main St., Frisco214-472-2715Cute, the place is cute. So much so that it has a teenage girl atmosphere about it.In fact, five suburban kids sat gossiping behind me last time out. And I must say, teenage life in Frisco is really, really scandalous. Their hushed innuendos repeatedly burst…
AMPM (300 N. Akard St., in the Mosaic building) promises “Dallas’ only ultra urban luxury dining experience,” which one presumes means that it’s the only place in the city of Dallas where you can enjoy the fine people-watching of an ultra-lounge as well as get a bite to eat. The…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Wang’s Chinese Café6033 Luther Lane214-265-1688Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 60 minutes Scoring Summary:Having all my info on file for an easy phone transaction: 15 Providing entertainment ( in other…
The deserted parking lot should have been a red flag. Our trip to Mari’s Taqueria started out with a promising tip, and somewhere between taking the flyer from the taco-loving lady at the gas station and walking into the restaurant that day, we’d worked ourselves up into a lather, wondering…
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As we pause today to grill, drink and honor America, we recall those leaders who’ve helped shaped the country through skill, hard work and strength of personality — appropriate enough for the end of a week of local food writing that embraced the power of the individual at the top.The…
The Southwest Foodservice Expo, in the Dallas Convention Center last week, was a sprawling, fascinating deconstruction of the business, as if some omnipotent conventioneer had taken apart a restaurant piece by piece, and laid it all out, labeled, under a grid of fluorescent lights.Strolling around the convention floor, you could…
The annual study detailing America’s growing girth came out this week–and guess what? Once again, more buttons popped again this year.Well, I only glanced at the piece. Really, the numbers seem hollow after repeated startling claims that 60 plus percent of this country’s adult population really tipped the scales, issued…
In the musical 1776, Stephen “Old Grape and Guts” Hopkins bursts into the Continental Congress’ meeting room each morning demanding rum before getting down to the day’s business. Of course, there may have been some license taken with his character, for John Adams claimed in later writings that the aged…
If the thought of another 4th of July spent dodging toddlers brandishing sparklers like Jack Sparrow’s sword leaves you craving something red, white and intoxicating, maybe a more grown-up celebration is in order this year. You need $50, but it will buy your ticket to freedom at the Annual 4th…
There’s a timeworn bit of wisdom regarding too many cooks in the kitchen. They get in each other’s way, argue over the proper interpretation of recipes, bark countermanding orders to staff and generally muck things up royally—or so the story goes. Lately, however, accomplished chefs have been joining forces with…
I’ve driven past several Chicken & Rice restaurants in Dallas and always kinda wondered what goes on in there (besides the obvious chicken-and-rice-ing). The windows of MJ’s Chicken & Rice always particularly confused me because of their neon signs that read “Chinese” and “Catfish.” It’s like they picked all of…
Seems like any one of the nights we do a Girl Drink Drunk would be a “girls’ night out” but this one was officially a “Girls’ Night Out.” Like, I got an invitation. People RSVPed. There were boys around once we arrived, but hey, we were at a public bar…
This week, Dave ventures up to Cadot, where a pair of cooks have teamed up in the kitchen to inspire flashes of brilliance, and the beginning of one of the more promising restaurants in town…even though a few lowlights went pretty low.Check out more photos from the kitchen, and out…
Great Brewers recently launched its “Beer Sommelier,” an online program that purports to pair beers to a variety of meats, grains, vegetables, cheeses, breads and sweets. “Masterfully select the best beer styles to pair with any dish,” the Web site boasts. With the Libertine Bar’s Brass Knuckle Corn Dog Beatdown…
Carolina’s Mexican Cuisine3950 Rosemeade469-568-0988The not-so-prosperous little shopping strip Carolina Galvan ex-Rodriguez chose for one of her promised slew of new restaurants doesn’t scream “I’m gonna crush those Mi Cocina bastards.”You think it would, but it doesn’t.Inside Carolina’s flashes some interest, appearing as either a hip industrial lounge or upscale cafeteria,…
A lot of renovation going on at a vacant site on Trinity Mills and the Tollway. Seems a new Norma’s Cafe is coming to the Maguire’s-Sullivan’s-Cape Buffalo cluster. Looks like the crew is working under some kind of deadline pressure…..
This week, Veggie Girl braved the crowds of plastically enhanced Women Who Lunch to try out Houston’s. Rumored to have one of the best house-made veggie burgers in Dallas, Houston’s is part of the Hillstone Restaurant quasi-chain that includes R + D, across the street in Preston Center, and a…
Recipe Demonstrated By Jesse Sanchez Of La Calle Doce Jesse Sanchez loves the restaurant business. It’s a family thing. Back in 1981, his brother-in-law Oscar Sanchez took over a hard-luck spot in Oak Cliff that even the Cuellar family of El Chico fame couldn’t conquer. Almost 30 years later, La…
Word on the street has Hotel Belmont’s Cliff Cafe shuttering its doors for a couple of months while Bolsa partners Chris Zielke and Christopher Jeffers renovate the space.Their plan? Turn Cliff Cafe (or whatever they end up calling it) into a semi-upscale barbecue joint, adhering loosely to Bolsa’s local and…
