It’s that time of year, when the sky clouds over, everything gets damp and everyone’s immune systems start to fall apart. The clerks at CVS are fronting the NyQuil section every other hour, noses are red and taste buds are shot. It’s inevitable that either you or someone you know…
Even for restaurateurs, Josh Yingling and Matt Tobin are incredibly busy. When they’re not running their successful restaurants and plotting new ones, they can’t just survive on artisanal sausages and brisket-topped burgers alone. Despite their insane schedules, they still manage to make it out for a meal from time to…
In theory, Thanksgiving is the time of the year when you get together with your family to be grateful, watch football, and eat yourself into a coma. Unfortunately, though, this holiday often ends up being more about listening to your racist Aunt Edna rant about ebola and Obama, and worse,…
The past three years have been kind to Josh Yingling and Matt Tobin. After opening Goodfriend Burger House in East Dallas to rave reviews and a dedicated neighborhood following, the duo struck gold a second time with Greenville Avenue gastropub The Blind Butcher. Whether it’s the unlikely ascent of the…
Specials typically have a less-than-savory connotation within the restaurant industry. If a chef orders too much meat for Friday and Saturday night dinner services, he might throw what’s left in the grinder the next morning, creating the makings for a meatball special for Sunday brunch. Day-old fish covered in a…
Just looking at this bowl of Halloween candy has my stomach in knots. There was a time when I could be found traipsing around my neighborhood collecting candy like a pro. Screw that lame plastic pumpkin pail, I rolled with a pillow case over my shoulder and I was out…
Last week, Goodfriend Beergarden and Burger House announced a new menu was in place. Owners Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling worked with chef Eric Salome, who used to work at the Omni Hotel, to develop new menu items that include a number of new burgers, a changing seasonal salad and…
In a week or so, you’ll be able to order a pig’s foot that’s been stuffed with ground pork parts at the Meddlesome Moth. Trotters, as they’re called, can be found on a few menus across the country, but they’re hardly commonplace, especially in Dallas. Chef Robbie Lewis says he…
The folks behind Fireball whiskey are in damage-control mode after European countries issued a recall. Food-grade propylene glycol is safe for consumption, according to the FDA. But that didn’t stop Norway, Sweden and Finland from pulling their product from the shelves, as false rumors spread that Fireball is actually made…
Short Rib Frites is one of the share plates at Ten Bells Tavern. Crispy fries are topped with gravy, a velvety Mornay (basically a Bechamel cheese sauce), and a pile of juicy short ribs. The short ribs have a light crisp to them, and a shower of chives give it…
Last week, Leslie Brenner, the restaurant critic for The Dallas Morning News, officially gave anonymity the middle finger, publishing an interactive feature on the News’ web site complete with portraits and video. In the story and video, Brenner announces that after years of masticating dry-aged steaks in the shadows, the…
The greatest thing about sandwiches, beyond their hand-held portability and general deliciousness, is the infinite variety of sizes, shapes and flavors they come in. There are wraps, deli sandwiches, heros, paninis and more, and they come filled with just about anything you could otherwise consider edible. A sandwich can sate…
Usually, when you have a good formula, you don’t fuck with it. The pizza at Zoli’s is widely considered by food-eaters in Dallas among the city’s best (and is considered by our critic as the best), so it was surprising to some when the New York-style pizzeria made some sweeping…
Halloween is the one day of the year when you pretend like you don’t give a shit about what other people think of you, dress up like an idiot, and proceed to get really hammered while looking like a Ninja Turtle or something. Some people start planning for their Halloween…
All chefs are busy, but the husband and wife duo behind Malai Kitchen have set a new standard for what it’s like to have a lot on your plate. When they’re not brewing their own beer, expanding their restaurant, or learning exactly how hard it is to make their own…
A few years back, I set out in search of a great gyro for all to enjoy. It didn’t go well. My partner-in-tzatziki almost died, and neither of us was able to work the rest of the afternoon. We ate pounds and pounds of gyros, and when we finished we…
Compared with five years ago, Dallas has really stepped up its farmers market game. The Dallas Farmers Market Downtown has undergone a pretty intensive renovation, and markets in neighborhoods like Vickery Meadows are cropping up seemingly every other day, to go with the established local markets in McKinney, White Rock,…
I am a relative newcomer to the world of fancy dranks. Up until about three years ago, I considered a good cocktail to be a girly and syrupy cosmopolitan or lemon drop. I had no problem swilling a now-undrinkable combination of budget vodka and Minute Maid lemonade. It got the…
The Meow-O-Ween Pub Prowl: because really, you can never have too many slightly inebriated co-eds in cat costumes walking down Camp Bowie Boulevard. But hey — it’s for a good cause (and let’s face it, ladies, cat costumes are easy, cheap and promote positive human-cat interactions.) Proceeds from the prowl…
You may have heard by now of bulletproof coffee, the coffee drink doctored up with as much as two tablespoons of butter that’s gaining popularity for its purported health benefits. A bulletproof coffee in the morning will help you burn fat all day, they say. Bulletproof coffee will increase mental…
Greenville Avenue continues to add restaurants after the city widened sidewalks, added parking and generally increased the number of potential customers walking around the neighborhood. The latest to open, Clark Food and Wine, began serving customers last Thursday. See also: Bohemian Cafe, the New Kolache Restaurant on Lower Greenville, Is…
If you needed any other reason to believe that the time for Dallas’ varied and unique dining scene is finally starting to have the day in the sun it so deserves, turn on your television. Many of the city’s best chefs, including Roe DiLeo, Patrick Stark, and (of course) John…
