Farnatchi. It’s a little Mediterranean joint tucked in between Jersey Mike’s and City Cigars in Knox Park. Its menu spans Italy, Turkey and the Middle East with offerings that tempt your senses and push the boundaries of your average lunch. You can order zaatar bread followed by pasta pomodoro. Turkish…
Holland, Texas, (no relation to Derek) is a tiny town just a little east of the smack dab middle of our slightly asymmetrical state. It’s a patch of dirt and old buildings with a speed zone on Highway 95 south of Waco. For a decade or so I’ve blazed a…
Nando’s opened a couple of weeks ago at the southwest corner of Preston and Royal (specifically, the opposite end of the strip from Gazebo Burgers where Le Rendezvous used to be). The chef is from the landmark Original Mexican Café in Galveston. At Nando’s entry is a bar with a…
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. Remember your mother’s breaded pork cutlet? She probably baked it in…
Dallas has plenty of Italian-American restaurants. The problem is very few of them are any good. While Lucia, Nonna and other regional Italian restaurants pay homage to the Old World with brilliant dishes featuring little fishes, hand-rolled pastas and wild game, Dallas has a dearth of decent spaghetti and meatballs…
Did you recognize it? I wouldn’t have had a friend not pointed it out while dining at Carbone’s, the subject of this week’s review. He turned a painting on the wall into a bit of movie trivia at my table and we all failed miserably. On the back wall of…
If you’ve ever sipped a $12 cocktail in Dallas, you’ve likely sampled the handiwork of Jason Kosmas. When we last caught up with him, he was boozing it up as the beverage director at Marquee Grill, but he’s also done time at Neighborhood Services and Bolsa and lent his expertise…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals. That’s why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink deals, listing the restaurant and time under each day. This week we added specials at Aw Shucks, Truluck’s, Dave & Buster’s, Monica’s Aca y Alla and Goff’s Hamburgers. We’ll do our…
Quaker Steak and Lube just announced that three corporate-owned restaurants are set to open in Carrollton, Plano and North Dallas within the next year. Replete with gas station memorabilia and racecars suspended from ceilings, this 38-year old wing and burger restaurant that originated in Sharon, PA, started as a cook-your-own-steak…
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. If you’re from Philly or the surrounding area and love hoagies,…
Unquestionably Dallas’ most missed chef, Sharon Hage, is hosting a pop up dinner at The Garden Café, Saturday, June 23rd at 7:30 pm. Only 50 seats for this BYOB event. Garden Cafe says it best: Since the late fall of 2010 Dallas has been mourning the loss of York Street,…
When two, seemingly similar dishes you’ve eaten in the past compete in your memory, it can be difficult to tell them apart. Eat them side by side , however, and the differences stand out like a brisket sandwich in a vegan smoothie shop. In City of Ate’s Smackdown we endure…
Another local gem is national news. Just a few months after opening, Travel and Leisure magazine has selected The Foundry in north Oak Cliff as one of “America’s Best Outdoor Bars.” Assests of a good bar, according to T&L, are sun, cold drinks and a dash of atmosphere. Can’t argue…
Yesterday we told you about Cedars Social’s new all-you-can-eat Prime Rib special. To be honest, when I read the news release, I thought this was a pretty ridiculous event. I still do, but after talking to owner Brian Williams I’m starting to buy in. At least a little. “It went…
Sigel’s has an interesting pre-Father’s Day event. We promise not to judge you if you leave immediately to snag a place in line. On Thursday from 6 to 8 the Sigel’s at 5757 Greenville Avenue is having a Maker’s Mark Bourbon Red dipping event and tasting. From Jasper at Sigel’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. I’m likely done with the Londoner till the Premier League kicks…
Well, this strikes me as odd. Today I got a news release from the folks at Cedars Social. The subject? The restaurant is offering all-you-can-eat Prime Rib on Monday. Huh. All-you-can-eat meat. My first reaction was that this deal sounded more in place at a Golden Corral than at a…
Late last week SideDish reported that Margarita Ranch in Mockingbird Station (northeast corner of Central and Mockingbird) has called it quits and Herrera’s is moving in this fall. Margarita Ranch’s last day will be next Wednesday. They are, however, relocating to a new spot at McArthur and Royal in Los…
Remember how in your last few weeks of high school you caught that whole Senioritis thing hard? Parties and events suddenly seemed lame. The kids who showed up seemed younger and younger and suddenly you found you just weren’t that interested anymore. High school had been awesome, sure, and while…
The Grape’s owner and undisputed burger master Brian Luscher bid farewell to the Big D on Sunday, his eyes set on Wichita, Kansas. Luscher will represent the Texas Beef Council at the 2012 Kansas Beef Council’s Pasture to Plate Tour, where he will tour multiple production lines and farms to…
As a dweller of Denton, I have somewhat of an unfair advantage when it comes to veggie options, so I snatched up the opportunity to take on Meatless Monday posthaste. Denton is home to gazillions of independent restaurants of varying age and stage, most with a fiercely loyal customer base…
Today Chef Tre Wilcox of Marquee Grill is participating in a Google+ Hangout, which is a program designed by Zagat that brings foodies behind the scenes with top chefs around the country. Like this video of Danny Bowien of Mission Chinese Food in San Francisco and New York. At 1…
