Let’s get a few things out the way up front. If you’re looking for a nice bar in Uptown, British Beverage Co. is perfectly good. The beer selection is gargantuan; it’s relatively well-priced, with Velvet Hammer for $5 or so; the bar is very attractively laid out and decorated; the…
Brian Luscher’s hot dog business has taken one more step towards tube steak empire. Hypnotic Donuts just announced it will be featuring Luscher’s links at the shop, wrapped in biscuit dough sprinkled with poppy seeds and topped with a pickled serrano chile. Luscher has been quietly expanding the capacity of…
Another very busy month has come and gone, and with it several Dallas restaurants have opened while others have closed their doors for good. Read on for the full list and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings:…
When Whole Foods announced it was installing bars in many of the chain’s grocery stores, I thought the idea would never catch on. Grocery stores are for grocery shopping, bars are for boozing and the two could never happily exist under one roof. The parking alone at most grocery stores…
Remember when I reviewed Meso Maya in Preston Hollow last December? It was nearly a year ago that I interviewed chef Nico Sanchez and learned about the plans for a second Meso Maya location in the old Luna Tortilla building purchased by Mike Karns and the Firebird Restaurant Group LLC…
Alice “Cheap Bastard” Laussade has spoken, so we have a winner in our Meat Fight caption contest. Apparently — and this surprises her co-bloggers, who pegged her as more of an Anthrax fan — Alice is into Peter Gabriel, ’cause she picked commenter mitchiswright’s entry. How … sensitive of her…
Yesterday I drove past a pumpkin patch that had at least 200 large round squashes still remaining. Their lonely abandonment made me a bit sad. Would they ever serve a purpose in this world? Last year the Dallas Arboretum told me they send some of their leftover pumpkins to local…
During one of my meals at Union Bear (pictured above), downstairs at the basement bar, I sat next to two bros who were swilling suds between repeated runs to their truck out front to smoke a joint. They were characters, and after every beer they finished they spent a less…
Many of you may know him as Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation, or even better, from his wedding portrait. When he’s not developing his skills as a fine worker of wood or a classically trained theatrical actor, during Movember, Offerman will be taming his wild muh-staaashhhh. If you have…
According to a story published in The Dallas Morning News, Keith Edwards was arrested on Monday in connection with a fatal stabbing which occurred last week on a DART Green Line train. Video captured the crime but it was the incredible sleuthing of a detective assigned to the case that…
Jack in the Bane and McJoker. This photo, by the way, was posted to the Austin Reddit page with the caption “Austin, we are your reckoning.” Slow clap, fellas. Slow clap. See also: The 28 Best Costumes from Halloween Week in Dallas…
Lakewood Brewing Company’s Temptress has been turning heads since Dallas’ newest brewery released the beer earlier this fall. I had a chance to taste it at Brewfest downtown, but I’ve been looking for an opportunity to sit down and get to know a glass a little more intimately. The Common…
Peggy Sue BBQ is the easiest barbecue restaurant to chant the name of. That is an undeniable fact. Go ahead and try it. I’ll wait here. Catchy, isn’t it? With an immediate marketing advantage like that, it’s a wonder this place is so deserted of a chilly Monday evening. I…
The Boston Beer Co. has released its 10th anniversary batch of Samuel Adams Utopias, and it’s starting to turn up on shelves around town. I spotted some in the cooler at Goody Goody on Oak Lawn Avenue and had a private little beer-nerd laugh — clearly, the staff there is…
It doesn’t matter what you call them — sandwich, sammich, hoagie, hero, grinder, shawarma, gyro, or the newly truncated (and upsetting) sando — the union of meat and bread, bound together in caloric portability, is one of the greatest unions in the world of food. The mere mention of a…
I am a hand-crafted food lover. I spend way too much time making meatballs and go out of my way to find out if the mayonnaise on my sandwich was emulsified on site that morning or arrived in a giant plastic tub. There is one item though I usually prefer…
Tickets to Meat Fight, the barbecue competition and fundraiser being hosted by Alice “Cheap Bastard” Laussade at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum, are sold out. Never fear, though, because City of Ate has a pair of tickets that will let some lucky duo gorge themselves on delicious dead…
Henry’s Tavern opened this week in the Shops at Legacy in Plano (5741 Legacy Drive). A Portland import, this is only the second location of the brewery-inspired restaurant, which seats more than 500 guests and pours more than 100 different local, regional and national beers. The menu is mammoth with…
Cook Hall, pegged as a modern “American gastropub” has taken over the space that once housed Tom Colicchio’s Craft. The restaurant has been transformed from a formal dining room to a laid back-ish (let’s keep in mind this is the W Hotel) gastropub. The space is steeped in rich woods,…
Love Your Farmer is the theme at the “everything” White Rock Local Market (702 N. Buckner Blvd.) this Saturday. In addition to the normal bounty of local produce, crafts and various treats, there’s a backyard chicken and urban bee-keeping clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and a class on how…
I thought I might have been the only food writer to use prophylactics to describe undesirable cuisine until I stumbled on this Huffington Post article. The story compiles blurbs from the 10 most meanspirited reviews they could find across the NY Times, The Guardian, GQ and other publications. I still…
Last Friday Spoon announced a November 9 opening date. John Tesar’s latest fine dining experience is one of three high-profile restaurant openings in Dallas this fall, including FT-33 and Stampede 66. A website is up and even though Open Table is accepting reservations as early as Wednesday, November 7, a…
