Wednesday, January 16 Tonight Goodfriend Burger House will tap all three beers from Avery Brewing Company’s Dictator Series, which includes the Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest, Czar Imperial Stout and Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale. President and brewmaster Adam Avery will be in attendance to take your comments. Local band Holt and…
Where does this bridge even go? Why does it have so many names? Is this how I get on the bridge? Why is it so fancy while being a portal to the middle of nowhere? What the hell is the speed limit? Is this a freeway, or a bridge? These…
According to The Associated Press, MicroZap Inc. has developed a technology that allows bread to be stored for up to 60 days without growing mold. The device, which costs about $100 more than a standard microwave oven, makes use of the same energy to kill mold spores in a loaf…
It’s known that I love Girl Scout cookies pretty hard. But, seriously Girl Scouts? Mango Creme NutrifusionTM cookie with vitamins in it? You thought that would please the masses?…
FT33 chef Matt McCallister and Driftwood chef Omar Flores are teaming up for surf and turf style two-part dinner series. If that grabs the attention of your stomach, then you might want to go ahead and call in for reservations, as they will surely fill up quickly. On Monday, February…
Every once in a while someone mistakes Scott for a food expert and risks ruining dinner by trusting him to answer to a burning question. Got a question about food or restaurants? Send it via Twitter @scottreitz, Facebook @ Cityofate or in the comments. Tiffany asked by email, quite succinctly,…
Tiffany Derry is bolting. In an exclusive interview with Leslie Brenner at the Dallas Morning News, which gave the Top Chef contestant’s restaurant four stars in a review published shortly after the restaurant opened, Derry announced her departure to pursue national television projects. Her last day at Private Social will…
Longtime Dallas chef and Plano native Marc Cassel will soon open his seafood restaurant 20 Feet Seafood Joint in the same strip along Peavy Road as Good 2 Go Taco and Goodfriend Burgers. Choosing this particular spot wasn’t really all that difficult Cassel said. See also: – Goodfriend is a…
Cold snap anyone? Dallas is finally starting to feel a little wintery, which means it’s the perfect time to pour yourself a margarita. Seriously. I’m used to switching to scotch when the mercury drops, but I’ve seen a number of cocktail recipes that are making think a winterized version of…
If you happened to listen to NPR this weekend you might have stumbled on an interesting food story on This American Life. The episode opens with a detailed examination of pork bung, which has been breaded and fried and served as calamari to unsuspecting diners. This can’t be possible, right?…
When Campo in Oak Cliff opened in back November of 2011, the creative modern cuisine at the hands of chef Matt McCallister was widely praised. Yet, three months later when Scott Reitz learned that the Stephan Pyles-trained chef already had his eye on his own project, Retiz asked the question…
If you haven’t noticed, after a few days of doom and gloom the sun was shining outside. It’s a good day for some patio drinking, if you know what I’m saying. Don’t get out there too soon though. We’ve got a week to wrap up, first, and this has been…
Trina Nishimura originally got into bartending for some extra cash during college. It was strictly a means to an end. Then, after graduating for the University of North Texas in Denton, Nishimura got a job doing cartoon voices — primarily English dubs for Japanese animation. Still looking for that extra…
The addition of Jerry’s Wood-Fired Dogs to the shopping center on Gaston Avenue, just north of Paulus Avenue, has me considering a petition the strip be officially called Junk Food Row. The hot dog restaurant joins Papa John’s and the Philly Connection, and while the Cock and Bull may have…
Listen, I worry when you all get so sick. Let’s try to contain this flu thing and all stay tucked in our beds this weekend (or longer if not feeling well). We all still have to eat, though. And if going to the grocery store then whipping up a batch…
With Zest Fest on the horizon, my eyes are a little more attuned to chili-related news. A post on the Smithsonian Food and Think blog seems a perfect primer to the upcoming festivities. See Also: -Zest Fest Returns to Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas -I Ate the World’s Hottest…
Tesar spent all week begging for #savechefjohn votes to get him back onto Top Chef, but unfortunately he didn’t earn enough votes to make it. Probably because he turned down my terms: Bet he’s regretting that choice. He did, however, agree to twirl Valentine’s ‘stache on the reunion show, so…
It’s almost that time of year again. Zest Fest is returning to Irving, and I have to say, I’ve been talking about a repeat visit to this capsaicin convention for at least six months now. My friends grew sick of my antics sometime back in October, but I can’t help…
Tom Vincent opened the Texas Coffee School in 2011 to teach the world how to make great coffee. And that might sound a little crazy. But, Vincent perhaps is a little crazy. After being laid off as a creative director at an ad agency several years ago, he decided to…
Nearly every chicken-fried steak I’ve been served in Dallas has committed a single, fatal sin. Nothing is more upsetting than plunging your fork and knife into the crunchy exterior of a breaded and fried steak only to have the coating slough off in a sheet. See also: – This Week’s…
You had to think most people who choose running a kitchen as a professional aspiration must be at least a little unstable. Who would willingly sign up for low pay, long hours and the constant complaints of diners who know nothing about your creative passion, all in an environment with…
After my earlier (somewhat sarcastic) rejection of all of Memphis barbecue, I felt I should probably try somewhere that wasn’t Red, Hot and Blue and aim to be remotely fair. As luck would have it, during a New Year road trip we passed through Memphis for a day (en route…
