Recently Sara Blakenship reported that chef Brian Luscher was embarking on summer camp tryst with the Kansas Beef Council. As proprietor and chef of The Grape on Greenville Avenue, undisputed burger master and barbecue pro, what better person to represent Texas out on the ranch? So, with permission slip signed…
The first time I ate cabrito was at El Ranchito, a glorious palace of Mexican food specializing in Comida Norteña (that is, the regional dishes of northern Mexico) located on Oak Cliff’s Jefferson Boulevard…
Hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of peoples’ livers collectively breathing a sigh of relief. A boozy whirlwind of a weekend concluded last night with the Craft Cocktails Texas wrap-up party at The People’s Last Stand in Mockingbird Station. The rum flowed like a river as drinkers enjoyed delightfully…
It’s a Denton déjà vu this week for Meatless Monday. Except not at the same restaurant. Or the same dish. Or the same side of town. So really it’s just Meatless Monday in America. I rummaged through what I could remember of my college days at UNT and fondly recalled…
Egg rolls may be a little harder to come by in the future at the NorthPark Center. The Dallas Morning News first reported a two-alarm fire that broke out this morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Panda Express, located in the food court. Twitter users have begun posting pictures of…
Last week, we asked Central Market, “Where in the hell is that badass bleu cheese pancetta dip, y’all?” And this week, they answered awesomely…
West of the Bishop Arts District on Davis Drive in Oak Cliff, a variety of industrial-like buildings, car shops and small restaurants dot the road. But in the middle of all that is an empty field, home to a plating plant decades ago. The building was condemned by the EPA…
The Stand on McKinney Avenue opened in January, making use of an Airstream they split down the center like a hot dog bun for decor. They serve hot dogs, burgers, wings and other snacks you’d expect to purchase at a baseball stadium with cheap pitchers of cheap beer, staying open…
When Ristorante Nicola opened in 2010, the Observer wasn’t smitten. Hanna Raskin’s review described over-salting in some dishes as deer-puckering. Luigi Iannuario was the chef responsible for those plates, and he’s since moved to Las Vegas to pursue “other opportunities.” Last week news that Justin Melnick has stepped in to…
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 Princi Italia failed to inspire me with many of their…
Hello Dallas. Planning on having a boozy weekend? Craft cocktailery has descended en masse on our city, and Monday could be a little rough. Make sure to drink your Gatorade before imbibing with enthusiasm. And if you do catch a bad case of morning malaise you’d do well to head…
Each year as the third Sunday in June approaches, I get a little wistful. My parents split up many years ago, as parents so often do these days, around the time I discovered Boone’s Farm and fruit punch-flavored Zima. (Remember that stuff? I’m still convinced teenage girls were their target…
Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus News had the pre-game analysis of the grand opening of the first Trader Joe’s in North Texas this morning. “Official opening time was 8 a.m. but the line had already begun to form at 5:30 a.m.,” wrote Gubbins. By time the opening bell rang, there was…
My old man taught me a few very important things. He taught me how to swing a hammer and square four pieces of lumber, even if they were a rectangle. He taught me that mayonnaise was the best condiment possible for hamburgers and that it was great to slather in…
Eater Dallas posted an interview on Wednesday about a new East Dallas retail craft beer store that is the brainchild of Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling, co-owners of Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House. We’ve swooned about their burgers and neighborhood bar qualities a lot here at City of Ate…
We tracked down a few locals, and asked them about their dad’s cooking choices and what they remember the most about breaking bread with the family. Here’s who shared their food memories of cooking with Dad with us: Mark Cuban: Savior of the Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Parade and owner…
Times I kicked myself for every time I’ve eaten at Ojeda’s in my life instead of eating across the damned street at Taqueria Mezquite: 126,229 Credit card machine count: 0 Taqueria Mezquite is across the street from Ojeda’s. And you want it in your face. The murals on the outside…
I’ve eaten a lot of Vietnamese food in my life, and I thought I had tasted, or at least seen, everything; I was way off. I would have continued living blissfully ignorant, but I was tipped off to a Vietnamese restaurant in Richardson that was known for serving a particular…
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. The steamed buns at Howard Wang’s Uptown are made in-house daily,…
Whitney was wrong. You should most certainly NOT stay cool. It is time to freak the fuck out because OMGEEEEEEEEEEEE! It’s Trader Joe’s Day! It is quite possible that the entire Internet (or at least the chunk set aside for Texas) has become bowed beneath the weight of the anticipation,…
Surely it’s difficult to convince your spouse that it’s a good idea to quit your day job to distill whiskey. Considering that’s exactly what Leonard Firestone and Troy Robertson did, they must be really good talkers. In a salvaged Prohibition-era warehouse south of downtown Fort Worth, they’re filling barrels and…
The very first Texas outpost of Trader Joe’s opens tomorrow morning at 2701 S. Hulen in Fort Worth. The Monrovia, California-based specialty market has a cult following, with loyal devotees sometimes traveling hundreds of miles to stock up on Two-Buck Chuck ($2 wine that beats the pants off of Walmart’s…
