In-N-Out Signs Lease in Fort Worth

In-N-Out Burger is still planning a Garland location, but the store won’t be the only one in the DFW area. The popular California burger chain has signed a lease with the West Seventh development in Fort Worth. According to a release from the developer, the store at the northwest corner…

Are Dallas Drinkers Keeping Imperfect Wine Programs Afloat?

Ordering wine by the glass is always problematic. Since my husband is pretty much a teetotaler, I’m often forced to find something worth drinking on a restaurant’s anemic by-the-glass list, which is why I’ve had more than a few great meals spoiled by uninspired, overpriced, oxidized wine. (I now usually…

Tim Love Hates Vegetarians and Their Roasted Pumpkins

Could Tim Love be the unnamed saboteur who copped to bathing vegetarian entrees in lamb’s blood? It’s highly unlikely, but the Fort Worth celebrity chef isn’t shy about carnivorous sermonizing. He last week shared “Five Reasons Not to be a Vegetarian” with Eatocracy, CNN’s online food site. Other food personalities…

Toque to Toque: 99 Ranch Market vs. Super H Mart

Years ago, few of my Caucasian friends ventured the into local Asian food markets, where they would have found incredible produce, fish so fresh it was still swimming, and meat counters with products that could stare back at you. It seems like white folks have gotten wise. And who could…

Five Bestsellers From Tajmahal Imports

Go on in. Don’t be shy. If you’re not sure what’s what inside Tajmahal Imports, the all-vegetarian Indian grocery at 501 W. Beltline in Richardson, ask for Mr. Shah. That’s Pramod Shah, the owner of this expansive food, spice, knickknack, religious statuary and cookware store on the southwest corner of…

Flutter Through White Rock For Free Breakfast With Butterflies

If you haven’t visited the lovely Butterfly Garden outside the Bath House Cultural Center on the east side of White Rock Lake, drop by the Dallas Green Festival Butterfly Rally tomorrow morning for a free breakfast. Breakfasters and butterfly lovers will get a look at 30 electric smart cars as…

Pyramid Restaurant’s Garden Isn’t Just For the Bees Anymore

If I had one complaint about Pyramid Restaurant when I reviewed it earlier this summer, it was the setting. “While Pyramid’s menu offers a few exquisite dishes, the restaurant still hasn’t transcended its surroundings,” I wrote. “The dining room, with its bank office chairs and area rug, is perpetually a…

Five Tips for GrapeFest-goers

GrapeFest is underway, which means the People’s Choice Wine Tasting Classic – billed as the nation’s largest consumer judged wine contest – is back. We asked Jeff Siegel, a Dallas wine educator who blogs as The Wine Curmudgeon, to offer first-timers a few tips for making the most of their…

Dragonfly Chef Announces Departure

It must have been a heck of a honeymoon. Grant Morgan, who’d planned to return to his executive chef post at Dragonfly when his honeymoon ended on Sept. 14, has announced his departure from the Hotel ZaZa dining room. His resignation is officially effective next Saturday. According to a press…

Cedar Tequila and Homemade Grenadine: Smoke’s New Cocktail Menu

Smoke has extended its scratch-made philosophy to its bar, debuting a new cocktail menu heavy on house-made jams, preserves and syrups. “My focus is doing away with any purchased beverage bases,” chef Tim Byres writes. “It will be fun to see this all develop.” Byres has also created a series…

100 Favorite Dishes: Soba Sampler at Tei An

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

There Will Be Apps For That At The Green Room Tonight

​In case you missed the newly resurrected Green Room’s slow-opening, reservation-only summer, tonight’s your chance to sample the Deep Ellum eatery’s highly touted cuisine–for free. The neighborhood’s “Monthly Taste” event starts at 6 p.m. tonight, brought to you by all the abbreviated-associations that matter: DEEP, DECA, DEF and Deep Ellum…

Tom Colicchio Coming to Cook at Craft

Sorry about throwing up a publicist’s raw e-mail, but those of you who’ve been following our interview with Craft’s Jeff Harris might want to jump on getting a reservation before they’re booked up. That’s right, Mr. Top Chef himself, Tom Colicchio, is coming to town, and he’s gonna cook. Here’s…

Adventurous Dallas Diners Draw the Line at Cow’s Tongue

Can diners learn to love a dish through repeated exposure? Not if cow tongue’s on the plate, says Chef Point Café owner Paula Merrell. The Watauga cafe this month started offering an “Acquired Tastes” menu, featuring an array of items most of its customers didn’t like or hadn’t tried. Liver…