The Shell Shack in Uptown opened last week, in the spot where the hot-dog centric The Stand used to be. The Shell Shack specializes in piles of crustaceans. Bibs are highly suggested. This is the first Shell Shack, which is owned by a group of people that dabble in a…
Earlier this week I received a box containing assorted pecans, shortbread cookies and a number of other items from a company called Bandera Foods. All of it was delicious, but the Smokin’ Pecans were near transcendent. They were light, had a crisp, airy texture and were laced with a subtle…
When the W Dallas reopened its restaurant as Cook Hall, there wasn’t much reason to get excited. Dry charcuterie, bland sliders, soggy shrimp and other dishes that seemed less than inspired made the closure of the hotel’s old restaurant Craft, where even something as simple as roast chicken once seemed…
For the past few weeks, it’s felt like a new restaurant has opened, or has announced its intention to open, every day. Trinity Groves is set to glob new restaurants onto the scene like Chipotle line-workers, and Deep Ellum has experienced an overnight renaissance with two noodle restaurants, Monkey King…
If something about the city seemed different the past few days, well, that was because most, if not all, local brewers hopped over to the Mile High City for the annual Great American Beer Festival, which started last Thursday and lasted through Saturday. It’s the who’s who of American beer,…
Two great local chefs from two different restaurants and two breweries (one local, one not-so-much) are roasting whole pigs this month and pairing said pig with different beers. Tickets are on sale for both of them. You should strongly consider attending both, perhaps for a comparative essay. Following are the…
The new restaurant and bar Nickel And Rye, at 2523 McKinney Ave., smartly opens today to accommodate the throngs of TX/OU revelers who will hit Uptown at any moment. This “libations and hashery” spot is located in the old Uptown Bar and Grill space and is owned by the group…
I don’t know how many years it takes to temper a tradition, but I’m going with two. Last year I tracked down the winner of the State Fair fried foods competition and attempted to offer commentary with some semblance of professional food criticism. The fried jambalaya was making grease waves…
Check out this screen grab from the cocktail menu at Kitchen LTO. It’s filled with cocktails that to some might seem plain and boring. But in the age of the neatly waxed mustache and fedora, cocktails that are easily recognizable are increasingly rare. Lists like this one are refreshing. Of…
It seems like perfect timing. Wait until the masses have eaten so much deep-fried everything on the kitchen table, then artfully offer them a healthy alternative. The Texas Veggie Fair will drop all the veg that’s fit to fry on Reverchon Park Sunday, October 20. Arteries are relaxing in a…
If you’re a competitive-cooking-reality-TV enthusiast, you’re certainly familiar with Dallas’ own Tiffany Derry and Uno Immanivong, who have appeared on Top Chef and The Taste, respectively. The duo is tossing some dishes together for a dinner at Wine Poste next Thursday, October 17. See Also: – The Final Fork Fight…
The local chapter of Slow Food is having a fall fundraiser that you might want to go ahead and grab a ticket for. Coffee and Pie Oh My! is November 8 from 8 to 10 p.m. at Davis Street Espresso and will raise funds for the non-profit group that promotes…
While checking in on Jay Jerrier’s Zoli’s NY Pizza, I indulged in many, many pizzas. I ordered slices for lunch and I ordered entire pies for dinner. I ordered pies to take home, and I ordered slices for lunch again the next day. This pizza binge afforded me all sorts…
Quenching a thirst in this city has never been so easy. Local craft beer is a booming industry, and an entire culture has risen atop that foamy head. The same group that pulled together the Big Texas Beer Fest and Untapped is throwing another party. This one is called Texas…
The famed Charlie Palmer checked out of boutique hotel The Joule recently, and today, CBD Provisions (1530 Main St.) opens as the hotel’s new anchor restaurant. CBD is owned by Consilient Hospitality, who also owns Hibiscus, Victor Tangos, The Porch, The Front Room at Hotel Lumen and multiple locations of…
Science is Awesome has a story about 11-year-old Michal Bodzianowski from Colorado, who recently won a competition sponsored by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education that will test the effects of zero gravity on brewing. There were a total of 744 science proposals submitted by almost 4,000…
Ah yes, Monday mornings. Typically fueled by coffee and rage, maybe a sore ankle from having to take a furious sports walk, they are never a welcome or enjoyable experience. Except for this week, when all the ugliness of a regular Monday morning was replaced by all the beautiful smells…
Who knew that when Jay Jarrier was zipping around Dallas with a trailer-mounted pizza oven in 2010, he was sowing the seeds of a mini-pizza empire? Jerrier traversed this town like the Pizza Pied Piper, plying his followers with delicious Neapolitan rounds. His trailer kept him busy until he opened…
In a paper published online for the American Journal of Medicine, it’s been discovered that chicken nuggets aren’t exactly what they’re portrayed to be — namely, chicken. See Also: The Chicken Nugget Bonanza You Never Asked For Titled “The Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads ‘Chicken Little,'” Dr. Richard D. deShazo…
There are those that love dresses, ribbons and the other flowery things that come with weddings, and then there are those of us who show up for the free drunk. It’s not that we have disdain for the sanctity of marriage; we just really like alcohol. We also share a…
The coming of Genaro’s Mexican Cuisine was announced earlier this summer. Genaro Silva, who owned Genaro’s Tropical, Moctezuma’s and Garmo’s back in the ’80s and ’90s, had gotten out of the service industry and gotten into constructions and real estate. He missed the din of a bustling dining room, though,…
There’s a crackdown on e-cigarettes in the works. While the health risks of pulling on a battery-powered nicotine stick are still unknown, policy makers are moving to regulate them. The U.S Department of Transportation has already grounded e-cigarettes on airplanes and Amtrak won’t let them on trains, either. E-cigarettes were…
