Food & Drink

Over at Unfair Park, Robert “Alan Peppard” Wilonsky spots David Byrne out on the town. Celebs have to eat and drink sometime. And when they do…..

Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Amico’s Pizza & Pasta4032 Cedar Springs214-520-1331Promised delivery time: None stated, and I didn’t think to ask.Actual delivery time: 29:35 Phone friendliness: 20Not stating order total or ETA on phone: -15Delivery time well…

Having handily dispatched the written word, television’s having its way with dining now, too — at least, that’s the idea you get after reading our last week on City of Ate. Not good news for those of us who write about food.From an Oxygen Network TV crew getting in our…

No matter where, when or what topic, a few readers always seem to interpret ‘overrated’ as ‘gut-wrenchingly bad.’ But our list of the 10 most overrated restaurants in Dallas includes several we heartily recommend to visitors. And not a single one of them–with maybe one or two exceptions–would be considered…

Just think about simple pasta dishes here. The food cost for a restaurant making pasta is negligible, but they charge $15 or so for the finished product. Unless you’re after one of the more elaborate shapes, pasta is easy to make at home. If the restaurant uses dried pasta, it’s…

Handle The Proof is our weekly exploration of spirits, cocktails and the culture of fine drinking. Despite the inroads of craft and single barrel brands, bourbon still suffers from somewhat of an image problem. Once when I ordered a round of Booker’s in some Uptown bar, for example, a woman…

In this week’s paper, things get real as Dave drops some Wilfred Owen on a Central 214 waitress — but after unleashing phrases like “naughy kitchen” and “quest for world culinary domination,” chef Blythe Beck may get the best lines.Check out more shots from the restaurant, including her chicken-fried Kobe…

Just got off the phone with Arnold Jones, food critic and lifestyles editor for the Dallas Voice. As reported today by the Dallas Morning News, Jones’ car drowned the other night as he tried to make his way through downed trees to his M streets home.”It’s kinda funny being the…

Cool River1045 Hidden RidgeIrving (which used to have a football team and an important golf tournament)972-871-8881When anyone mentions Cool River, those within earshot instantly conjure images of flabby gentleman draped in adult Garanimals desperately maneuvering to isolate younger, outnumbered prey.And not very ably.Adjacent to the upscale Champps bar scene, however,…

Recipe Demonstrated By Rosanne Dileo of The Libertine Bar Rosanne Dileo has been cooking at The Libertine Bar for about a year, following stints as a server and general manager at the beloved lower Greenville pub. As much as she liked front-of-house money, though, she says she prefers the relative…

Apologies for the delays. The weather forecasts for yesterday evening called for a 30 percent chance of rain, so I spent part of my time in a tunnel at Pizza Hut Park and potential funnel clouds developed. Good thing they didn’t say 40 percent–we’d have an F-5 tornado ripping through…

Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Without the existence of frozen supermarket taquitos, most guys wouldn’t have survived their 20s. Hell, even after we’ve overcome all that Darwin throws at us over that particular decade–beer bongs, beer pong, the…

On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.San Francisco in the mid-1960’s. Peace, love, and cable cars. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you were into music, you could go to the Avalon Ballroom or Bill Graham’s Fillmore…

Just how many food shows do we need hanging out in and around Dallas, distracting our chefs and disrupting meals?Oxygen will be shooting the Naughty Kitchen at Central 214 for the next few months. The contest winner with the hair was back in the area–this time in Cowtown. A mom…

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…Galaxy Drive In Theatre5301 N. IH 45, Ennis972-875-5505Dude Factor: 8, or “T-1000,” on a scale of 1 (“John Connor played by Nick Stahl”) to 10…

Could Another Train Wreck Be Far Behind? That’s how his trademark “collision cuisine” got it’s name. Someone wrote that Cassel’s cooking was like a train wreck on the plate–but it worked.At least that’s how he recalls it. And it worked well enough to make the Green Room an institution. The…

Last week I wrote about slipping standards of service. Most readers blamed lax management and training. But we also received a number of, shall we say, interesting comments from people claiming to be wait staff or former wait staff. Their take? Diners are to blame.Before I point out the obvious,…