If you’ve driven down Lower Greenville Avenue lately, you might have noticed the Muscle Maker Grill, a restaurant that quietly slid into the old Company Café spot. A bright red sign announcing the place was recently illuminated, and the “EST. 1995” caught my eye. It turns out the casual restaurant…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. *Not with with. You know what we mean. It’s hard to recall, now that your brain is sleep-starved and littered…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Open seats at 3:45 p.m. on a Sunday: 0 Menu items: 143 Roll N Go (6110 Greenville Ave.) is not a sushi roll restaurant. It…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. Even though it’s been a relatively enduring trend in bars across the country for nearly a decade, Dallas has only…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. We’re square in the middle of a major shift in the way we think about booze. Syrupy appletinis and cosmopolitans…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You could argue that the grilled cheese sandwich was fine enough…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Plenty of restaurants offer a collection of seasoned, cured and preserved…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. Mustachioed, bowtie-and-fedora-wearing Newsies extras shaking out cocktails is so last year: This is the year of the “ladytender.” Much more…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. Sometimes you’re at a tailgate and they’ve run out of Dallas Blonde, Local Buzz and Lakewood Lager, and you’re faced…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. It may be less than a month until the official start of fall, but this is Texas, so it’s best…
In this occasional series, Teresa Lensch provides a woman’s view of area “breastaurants.” She previously filed dispatches from Twin Peaks, Tilted Kilt, Bikini’s and Wild Pitch. Redneck Heaven was solely responsible, in July of 2013, for changing the nudity laws in Lewisville, when it decided to have its waitresses prance…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. “Mixology” has officially gotten a little out of hand. Who hasn’t witnessed a mustachioed barman pour 37 different ingredients into…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. Maybe you don’t care about graphic design. Maybe the only reason you look at a beer bottle label is to…
In “Shigging,” we ask pitmasters to give us some specifics about how they smoke their meats. In the spirit of barbecue secretiveness and competitiveness, they’re allowed to lie once. This week, we’re asking Nick Pencis of Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue (525 S Beckham Ave in Tyler, and a joint that’s…
It’s Drinking Week at City of Ate, which means even more stories than usual about our favorite pastime. Check back for more stories about craft beer, killer bartenders and more. If you drink boozes, you’ve probably had a giant ice cube or ice sphere thrown into your beverage at a…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. In just about a month, the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church…
If you’ve been missing Bonchon, you might want to let that lament go; no trace of the excellent Korean-fried chicken joint remains. Bonchon closed about three weeks ago, after a short-lived existence on Greenville Avenue. The owners said revenue hadn’t been what they expected. For their new concept, they gave…
Terrible news in Deep Ellum, at the newly minted Pecan Lodge. Last night, a few youngsters thought they’d take up some bovine gymnastics before their antics quickly turned into a game of urban cow tipping. What may have initially been a harmless stunt became an act of vandalism, and now…
When she’s not busy cranking out housemade sorbets and ice creams at Gemma, pastry chef Stephanie Childress, the subject of this week’s chef interview, has to eat. Like most chefs, she’s pretty particular about where she dines out, to the point that being at a less-than-great restaurant makes her a…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It’s the least you can do for yourself after you’ve endured…
Since opening earlier this year, AF+B has been cranking out food and cocktails that are impressive enough to justify a drive to Fort Worth even if you don’t have other plans. What hasn’t gotten as much fanfare, though, is the restaurant’s impressive (if short) cocktail menu. In an effort to…
You may be more focused on the best ways to injure your insides with fried things at the State Fair of Texas, but we need to talk for a few moments about Dallas Observer Brewfest, our annual ode to beer. The upcoming fest is less than a month away, and…
