Candy Corn Oreos Will Enter Our World on September 10

See also: *Candy Corn: The Worst Halloween Candy in the History of Ever Buzzfeed is reporting, brace for it, that Monday, September 10, will be the day the twist-off cookies officially jump the shark: Nabisco will debut candy corn-flavored flavored Oreos. So often you’ve sunk the crispy cookie into milk…

TJ’s Fresh Seafood To Pop-Up in East Dallas This Saturday

See also: *Jon Alexis of TJ’s Seafood Market on Expansion, The Fishing Industry and Lobsters that Need a New Home Jon Alexis of TJ’s Fresh Seafood Market is pitching his tent in East Dallas this weekend for another impromptu fish market at Urbano Café. Jimmy’s Food Store, Tom Spicer’s garden…

Presenting BrewFest’s Beer List

The Untapped Festival is coming up Saturday, but the September suds-swilling saturnalias don’t end there. The Observer is throwing its BrewFest the following weekend, 7 to 10 p.m. (with 6 p.m. entrance for VIPs) Saturday, September 15, in the Downtown Dallas Arts District. Check out these screen grabs (didn’t feel…

The Great Library-Inspired Bars of Dallas

It’s hard to not love a good dive. The Goat. Lee Harvey’s. But sometimes a woman must “spend time with [her] fools,” or be one, even if that means they’ve dragged her out of the warm solace of trusted neighborhood haunts into the sweeping unknown of fedoras and ascots. With…

Good Jerk

The scent of allspice-infused meat roasting over smoking coals of pimento wood is the sort of thing food writers attempt to turn into poetry, but capturing the aroma adequately is like trying to grasp the air that carries the fragrance. Smoky, earthy and full of spice like Christmas, with a…

Jeffery Hobbs Leaves Sissy’s To Pursue Own Interest

Strauss Marketing, the Public Relations firm that represents Sissy’s Southern Kitchen and Bar released an announcement today detailing a new lunch service that will begin September 18. The release describes pickled gulf shrimp, herb poached snapper and a New Orleans-style muffaletta but it neglects to mention who will be cooking…

The Best Jerk Chicken In Dallas Can Easily Be Had At Home

I am, for lack of better words, an addict. When I think about jerk chicken, endorphins surge, synapses fire and memories from my past play themselves again so clearly they might be in high definition. I fell in love with with the technique when a college trip took me to…

E Bar, a New Tex-Mex Spot on Haskell, is Open (Photos)

Eddie Cervantes, the man behind Primo’s, recently opened E Bar (1901 N. Haskell Ave.). The new Tex-Mex restaurant and bar, located on one-way Haskell just past Dolly Python, has been open for nearly three weeks now but is still undergoing minor construction (the front sign and curtains are on their…

Emporium Pies is Now Open in the Bishop Arts District

See Also: *Emporium Pie Photos Emporium Pies is now open at 314 North Bishop St. in a charming 1930’s Victorian bungalow. Megan Wilkes and Mary Ganutt closed on this property back in April and have been busy making this place their new pie home. This weekend they had a quiet…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 14: Potato Pancakes At Kuby’s

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Latkes? The first random thought that bloomed from my subconscious was…

Five Awesome Food and Drink Events, September 5 to 9

Round ’em up, we have some of the best deals and treats this city’s food and drink industries have to offer. From a meet and greet with one of the city’s best craft brewers to food for fashionistas and an indie rock/indie beer extravaganza, here’s where it’s happening in food…