Helllloooo summer! While some of you might go out this weekend and celebrate the last handful of days to be outdoors comfortably until sometime in mid-October, I’m going to do my best to enjoy what is traditionally the best season for leisure. And while some people (the smart ones) view…
There are a lot of things that irritate me about clubs (long lines in the girls’ bathroom, aggressively flirty dudes in Tapout tees), but the thing I hate the most is shitty, expensive drinks. Fourteen dollars for a poorly mixed gin and tonic made with well liquor that’s guaranteed to…
Jimmy’s is one of the first iconic brands I encountered when moving to Dallas. While I’ve seen their sausage on many menus, my favorite way to enjoy the DiCarlo’s links is at home on a Sunday with a bottle of red wine and a mountain of spaghetti. If my story…
Earlier this week Kinky Friedman was in town at Sigel’s promoting his new Man in Black line of tequila. Jasper Russo (with Sigel’s) sent me the picture above, and I sent him back a few questions for Kinky, since they were so chummy and all. Seven people and two days…
We tracked down a few Dallas chefs to get a little insight on how a Memorial Day cookout in their backyard might look, taste and smell. From grills and smokers to favorite cuts of meat, plus some tips for the novice, let their words serve as inspiration as grilling season…
Downtown Dallas Inc. hosted a very large luncheon yesterday for those with a vested interest in the improvement of Dallas’ city center. I sat at table number 98, and there were ten place settings at each table. If everyone who signed up showed up, there were nearly 1000 attendees who…
No doubt this Memorial Day weekend you will skewer, scoop and toss foodstuffs on the bright flames of your awesome grill. We sure will. Maybe we’ll throw some snappy Jimmy’s sausage on there too. Maybe some rosemary studded lemons. Some garlic lamb. Some brussel sprouts. Some peaches. Some bison anus…
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. Brisket Tacos: perhaps one of the few foods Dallas can take…
Speaking of Dallas being unfit to walk from here-to-there without grasping a building … According to a study on Bundle, which attempted to break down the stats on dining out in American cities, Dallasites are eating out more often than any major city. Yes, even New York City. Hard to…
Tim Love, you cheeky monkey: Costco wasn’t enough was it? After announcing a line or sauces and rubs to be featured at the discount store, and endorsing Hellmann’s mayonnaise in a mock culinary competition, the Fort Worth chef known for his burger shack, Woodshed and the more polished Lonesome Dove,…
Looking for something different to grill over the upcoming America-grill-fest weekend? Hufpo found these Cupcakewurst, which would surely be a show stopper. Made with the same casing used to pack real animal sausage, chocolate batter is piped in, sort of the same way one would fill a water balloon, tied…
“The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind,” Humphrey Bogart once said. His wise words are printed on the menu at Tate’s, a craft cocktail outpost housed in an old Victorian house on Mckinney Avenue that opened last December, and where I found myself in…
The 2nd annual Margarita Meltdown goes down Sunday from 3 to 10 in the Bishop Arts District. Local bartenders will compete head-to-head for the title of Best Margarita while hundreds of people get sloshed sampling the entries and eat tacos. If you can’t wait for Sunday, more than 20 restaurants…
State Representative Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin) recently founded a new state caucus aimed at enhancing, protecting and serving the needs of the Texas local food movement. Called the Farm-to-Table Caucus, it’s reportedly the nation’s first caucus designed specifically to support the local food movement. The aim of the bi-partisan caucus is…
Creepy business dudes drooling on servers count: 8 Bard count: 0 Chaucer’s Sushi & Grill came up several times when I internetted “cheap sushi Dallas.” So I checked out their website, and let me tell you, the Chaucer’s website is more amazing than any website I have ever seen or…
Apocalypse reversed. Stuffed in a lab for a couple of months, a few Really Smart People (it’s fair to imagine the crisp white coats and twirling test tubes at this point) have discovered an innovation to cure the Heinz-Bottle-Knife-Clang and Mayonnaise-Flung-to-Crotch-Syndrome: LiquiGlide. (Video below) Before coming in second place at…
“Who’s that for?” I asked. The bartender at The Commissary did a quick double take and asked if I’d ordered the Black Metal. I nodded that I had, and he finished pulling off the top and grabbed a glass. I knew I was in for a long night. My hesitancy…
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. Union Bear’s beer list is a reason to go all on…
I was in a car on my way to Austin, tweeting about kolaches and blissfully ignoring my work email, when the DMN story on Monica’s Aca y Alla popped up on my phone. I promised myself I wouldn’t work while I was gone, but couldn’t resist the temptation to at…
Yesterday, Pizza Patrón announced a new pizza promotion: On Tuesday, June 5, from 5 to 8 p.m., Spanish speaking customers get what every Spanish speaking customer desperately craves — free pepperoni pizza. The press release tried to preempt any possible backlash by doing its best to invoke a jovial tone:…
The dish reads from the Meddlesome Moth’s menu like a classic State Fair artery-clogger: “Nueske’s Bacon Lollipops with funnel cake and maple hollandaise.” Sounds like a food coma waiting to happen, right? Slabs of high-quality Nueske’s bacon are sliced about three-eighths of an inch thick and threaded on wooden skewers…
While watching a gripping episode of Nothing’s Still Happening on Mad Men, I saw an ad for the best product line ever: Man Candles from Yankee Candles. Yankee Candle is offering Man Candles in scents including 2 x 4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town (guessing this one smells…
