This past Saturday, Alex “Moose” Perez danced with the devil at the first annual Hypnotic Donuts, World’s Spiciest Donut Eating Contest. The masochist battle started with a plain old glazed doughnut (a teaser), then went on to three subsequent flavors that were increasingly hotter. The fourth and final pastry, the…
Last Friday night, experienced local chef Ryan Barnett hosted his fourth and final dinner in a series themed Sea, Air, Land and Earth. Intrigued by the pop-up concept and a themed dinner with a bunch of strangers, I brought a friend along to check it out…
If you’ve been looking to try the creative-sounding new dessert that The Blue Goose rolled out the second week of August, today is the day. The Goose is offering free Sopapilla Sundaes today only as a Back to School celebration. Take a gander at the Goose’s Facebook page, where you…
Daniel Barnes is a really nice Texas boy. He referred to me as ‘mam at least 20 times during our conversation. Part of me wanted to beg him to stop, but the other part could just tell that was how he was raised. Barnes is from the small town of…
There are three delis in Dallas. They are: Cindi’s New York Delicatessen, Deli News and Gio’s Café and New York Delicatessen. If you just thought inside your head, “But what about Jason’s Deli?” you should come here so I can slap you. Stay quiet and learn something…
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. When Monica’s Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge opened a few weeks…
If you haven’t seen the show, Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters is a reality show designed to challenge flame wizards in a barbecue showdown. Each week, teams burn their proteins’ ends, and occasionally face a “Pit Fire Challenge,” where the more exotic fare is thrown down (see: alligator) for a cash…
We’d be remiss to allow an entire College Week to pass without mention of the college life’s main goal (well, you know except for the main-main one): procuring, hoarding and drinking booze. It’s a universal feeling, the simultaneous confusion and wistful nostalgia that comes with the memory of one’s former…
Oh shit son. Jay-Z is pissed. Apparently, one does not fuck with Hova and his secret chicken wing recipe without receiving a legal shitstorm of “AW HELL NAW.” The precious chicken wings are a staple at the mogul’s famed 40/40 club, an upscale chain of sports bars with locations in…
The Dallas-area beer scene is growing almost too quickly to keep track of, with news of another brewery coming almost monthly and enough beer festivals in the near future that hardcore suds lovers should consider opening a liver-transplant savings account. Fort Worth’s Martin House Brewing Company is the project of…
Often times I feel like I’m on the outside of a closely guarded network of really great Chinese restaurants. Sure I know the familiar standbys, but I’m always in doubt as to whether this is the best Chinese food that Dallas has to offer. Maybe it’s because I’m not from…
See also: *Inside the Fermenting Mind of Drew Huerter, Head Brewer at DEBC When one thinks of fresh farm-to-market produce, it’s usually in the vein of carrots and lettuce. And when food is flown across the country via special delivery, it’s usually for fish that was swimming in an ocean…
What do heart-warming personal stories bursting with inspiration and encouragement taste like? Soon we’ll all be able to find out. In yet another move to prove that anything can be sold with the right marketing angle, the publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul has created a line of comfort…
See Also: *The College Diet: Breaking Down the Food at SMU’s Cafeteria *Digg’s Taco Shop: Yeah, We Can Dig It Well, RFOC is out. Big surprise. I distinctly remember finding the choices so taste-numbing that I once ate nothing but a bowl of croutons for dinner during my freshman year…
In her never-ending quest to find cheap, non-lethal lunches, Alice “Cheap Bastard” Laussade ventures as far north as Forest Lane, within spitting distance of the ‘burbs. She’s a fearless bastard too. See also: *The Cheap Bastard’s Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas Mom count: 11…
See also: *An Englishman Reviews the Lunchtime BBQ of Sonny Bryan’s, Pecan Lodge and Soulman’s For the latest in my barbecue adventures, I hit up Deep Ellum. I really like Deep Ellum as an area. It reminds me of the grimier end of North London, all the places that are…
Chef Matt McCallister is surely working fast these days to wrap up the final details for his new restaurant, FT 33, which we now know is set to open in October. The new spot at 1617 Hi Line Drive in the Design District will feature classic and modern techniques and…
Don’t think of all the money you dropped this summer on band or football camp for the kids; just remember the good times. Sitting alone in silence, cursing indiscriminately, watching DVR’d episodes of Breaking Bad in broad daylight, without regard for curious little eyes and ears. Camps are the best…
Do you ever walk into a place and think, “If all hell breaks loose, I hope I can make it to this place. I could live here for weeks!”? Buc-ee’s, people. It’s a giant gas station/store/bakery/everything place on Interstate 45 north of Huntsville. Put them on your hell’s-broken-loose radar. It…
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, TJ’s Fresh Seafood Market is setting up shop in East Dallas for a little impromptu fish market. Owner Jon Alexis likes getting out of the office (which is his 1,200-square-foot store on Preston Road) and will take over an auxiliary room at…
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. While there are a few places to get a decent sandwich…
Were you a lunch line kid? I was mostly, until Smithville ISD put in a “snack line,” which allowed the kids who could afford it to eat pizza and french fries every day, while the others went through the line. In retrospect, it was wrong. Every bit of it. I…
