A proper salad can be so much more than just a salad. It can have layers, depth, a mix of distinguishing ingredients as unique and special as the creator itself — your soul in a bowl. Well, maybe that’s a stretch, but for a fast healthy lunch, a tailor-made salad…
Summer technically commences when the sun reaches the most northern point in the sky at noon. The Farmers’ Almanac suggests that day is June 21 this year. But, we prefer to use snow cone stands as our guide to the season, particularly Aunt Stelle’s Sno Cones in Oak Cliff. See…
I think this might be the best spring I have ever encountered. There have been a few cold snaps here and there, but I find them invigorating. And these sunny days that are mixed in here and there are amazing. It’s great weather for a vacation, which I intend to…
This Sunday local restaurants and musicians will team up to raise money to help West recover from last week’s deadly fatal fertilizer plant explosion. Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, The O’s, Somebody’s Darling and Goodnight will perform, and Toadies front man Vaden Todd Lewis will play a brief set…
A quirky little restaurant opened in Shed 2 of Dallas Farmers Market about six weeks ago. Owner Luis Rotundo and his father, Luis Senior, call the restaurant The Right Choice Dallas and serve up rotisserie chickens laced with Venezuelan flavors, tiny arepitas and pita sandwiches. The marketing is a little…
It’s a tale filled with corporate greed, union strikes and cream filling. But no matter how much it may appear that things have gone over an edge into a fiery pit below, there is one thing that we can rest of assured of: The American snack industry will always rise…
The third location of Norma’s Cafe is a few steps closer to opening. The new Frisco location was set to open its doors in April, but things never seem to work that way around here. The restaurant is now expected to open closer to the end of May, though that…
You know how we talk about goals and dreams? Well, an opportunity has circled around that I think a few of you should consider. Yes, it’s a job. But it’s a job that: 1. allows you to exercise (that is, in fact, a bonus) 2. lets you party 3. pays…
There are two types of home cooks in this world: those who have trudged down the path to pizza perfection and those who have not. If you’re in the club, you intimately know the struggles for ever-higher oven temperatures and endless experimentation to determine the optimal placement of your pizza…
The announcement that Whataburger condiments would be available at H.E.B. stores next month was a welcomed one. For whatever reason the news item was one of our most popular posts this week. Seriously. See also: Whataburger Condiments Now Available at Grocery Stores People freaked out about Spicy Ketchup in seemingly…
Remember the kerfuffle with Dublin Dr Pepper and Dr Pepper Snapple? It’s a long story that started back in the ’70s when Dublin-based bottler W.P. Kolster refused to switch over to high-fructose corn syrup, a cheap product that replaced pure cane sugar extensively in the American food industry and is…
While everyone focuses on whatever this library thing is at SMU, I’d like to take a brief moment to discuss hot dogs. Free hot dogs, actually, which are yours for the taking at Wild About Harry’s, the almost-too-casual restaurant marked by a 6-foot carnival wiener giving a thumbs up to…
In this week’s issue of Burning Questions, in which we quiz a chef about cookbooks, worst meals, food shames and whatever else comes to mind, we hear from Marc Cassel, the man behind 20 Feet Seafood Joint. What are a few of your favorite cookbooks? The Internet has made the…
In a boisterous dining room on a Thursday night at Urbano Café, a sea of crystal marks a large table of diners working their way through a variety of wines, while across the room a woman celebrates her 40th with the girls. The celebrants have even more wine, and every…
On the surface, Sarah Perry seems like an unlikely advocate. She has a quiet, almost passive demeanor and no interest in whipping up conspiracy theories even though the city of Dallas has given her a good reason to have some. All she wants to do is run a simple farmers…
Almost two years ago, when I was deciding whether or not I wanted to move to Dallas and devote my life to writing about burgers and Reuben sandwiches, I sat in my old office in Falls Church, Virginia, and looked at Google maps. I’ve been fascinated with maps since I…
While eating at Urbano Cafe, the subject of this week’s review, I had a hard time figuring out the menu. A pasta Bolognese and other dishes point to Italian cooking, but an evening special touted pork belly and Vietnamese honey. This odd sort of fusion is something I wouldn’t expect…
This is the first of what we hope to be a semi-regular feature here at the City of Ate, in which we talk to restaurant owners one year out (or there about) to see how the restaurant business is treating them. We interviewed Khanh Nguyen of DaLat when he first…
The marriage of Spune Productions and The Common Table may be the best thing that has ever happened to local craft brew fans whose music taste extends beyond cover bands and Top 40 DJs as well as music fans who’d prefer something better than $8 pints of Bud Light. Saturday’s…
Last weekend’s Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Cowboys Tailgate Party offered up celebrity, entertainment and gourmet eats in a surprisingly badass setting at the Glass Cactus. And while my focus tends to be on cuisine at these sort of events, I’d like to tell you about the stuff that…
Wednesday, April 24 Tonight Craft and Growler will tap a keg of Deep Ellum Brewing Co.’s new barley wine, Numb Comfort and they have the free glasses to prove it. Thursday, April 25 Goodfriend is holding a fundraiser for the family of Ben Harris of Redhook Ale Brewing in Portsmouth,…
Last night, the Dallas chapter of the Slow Food group met at Craft and Growler, the hip new beer dispensary that opened in Fair Park six months ago. This was the first meeting for the group with Liz Goulding, a young, small and very determined food nerd at the helm…
