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…
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…
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…
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…
Bavarian attire strongly encouraged but not required at Addison Oktoberfest.With Oktoberfest and other fall styles hitting shelves and taps and a slew of beer-related events on the horizon (not to mention the chance to try deep-fried beer), it is starting to be a good time of the year to be…
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…
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…
Craft Dallas executive chef Jeff Harris demonstrates how to prepare a tender bone-in rib eye, which we think would go well with some of the previous chef-created recipes from this series. Perhaps you could open with Bruno Davaillon’s watermelon salad or J. Chastain’s watermelon crab gazpacho and serve with a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
First of all, let’s get something out of the way. We all need closure. After our lovely Tiffany Derry packed her knives and came home to Dallas to get hitched, I didn’t recap the finales. Partly because I was heartbroken they sent Kelly home over Kevin or Angelo on Part…
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…
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…
As Dallas Observer’s Cheap Bastard, Alice Laussade, so eloquently put it in this week’s cover story, fried food at the State Fair of Texas might have jumped the shark, thanks to Mark Zable’s fried beer. Zable’s creation won this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards’ Most Creative prize. The annual fried-food…
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…
(Yesterday, we brought you a profile of Jeff Harris, executive chef at Craft in the W Hotel. Today, we throw a few questions at the chef and tomorrow bring you a how-to on one of the restaurant’s dishes.) CofA: What is your ideal meal? Harris: Something simple off the grill…
While Texans still have to trek more than 1000 miles for an In-and-Out burger, another California fast food chain this week is making good on its promise to open a greater Dallas location. Carl’s Jr. is opening its first stand-alone store tomorrow morning in Mesquite. While the restaurant already has…
My brother sent me this photo of a billboard near Milan, Mich., figuring I had the food expertise to explain it. My brother, an alum of the school responsible for the ad, wondered if Eastern Michigan had resorted to making nacho love its only prerequisite for admission. I assured him…
