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…
A few of my food-fixated friends who’ve called to ask after my recent move to Texas have bothered to ask if I’ve found a place to live. One or two have feigned interest in the weather. But even the most patient of them haven’t been able to muster as many…
After watching Food, Inc. I did what anyone would do: I went out for some fast food. My first thought upon entering Zaxby’s? It has to be good if there’s an old man that’s so desperate to eat some of these wings that he’s wheelin’ his oxygen tank into this…
I was tipped off to Ibex by an airport shuttle driver who was born in Ethiopia. When I told him I’d heard there wasn’t any great Ethiopian food in Dallas, he looked at me quizzically and asked “What about Ibex?” Ibex opened three months ago on the ground floor of…
As we reported in June, this year’s Chefs Under Fire has gone regional. Each region’s applicants have been listed on the region’s page (see the Dallas/Fort Worth page here). The public can now vote for the chefs they’d like to see compete at the regionals. The Dallas/Fort Worth applicants include…
Bon Appetit has selected Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth as one of its top 10 best new restaurants nationwide. Ellerbe, which opened last year on West Magnolia Avenue, has charmed critics and chefs alike with its stylish spin on traditional Southern cooking. Chef Molly McCook’s fresh, local and seasonal…
Check out part two’s Q&A and part three’s recipe for lamb with bread pudding. Abraham Salum’s restaurant always seem to be filled with happy guests, despite its odd location. He runs a clean, consistent, open kitchen at his namesake Salum, located in a tiny shopping center on Cole Avenue, a…
Actors tend to know the ins and outs of food service. Table-waiting pays the bills for many a young thesp until that big break comes along. Edie Falco waited tables at a Manhattan steak joint even after making her film debut playing a waitress in Hal Hartley’s directorial debut The…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Campisi’s downtown, 1520 Elm St. (and other select locations of the local…
Sometimes you stumble upon something serendipitously and fall in love. It’s just awesome. Buena Vista Social Club was like that. I knew nothing of Wim Wender’s documentary when my roommate suggested we schlep from Queens to the Angelika for a screening. It was pure joy, having grown up with similar…
Not sure if its the way you eat these, or the look on their consumer’s faces, but these edible, flavored, iced guns (via Gawker and Gizmodo) are startling and bizarre. As Gawker noted, the flavor of these suckable guns are “Coke, black currant, licorice and cherry,” and they’re part of…
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…
Far be it from me to meddle in other people’s hydration techniques, but I was surprised this weekend to come across an overheated valet chugging a gallon of frozen apple juice. I like apples, but I always figured there was an age limit on enjoying apple juice. I’d no sooner…
According to my handy Frommer’s statewide guidebook, Houston is “not usually considered a tourist destination.” Sounds like the folks doing the considering don’t let their guts lead, since — as I discovered on my first trip there this weekend — Houston is an incredibly exciting town for eaters. I’m sure…
Here’s a romantic scene: Two wine connoisseurs in love pack a basket with cheese and crackers, roll down the roof on a rented convertible and spend the day zigzagging the scenic, hilly roads between Texas’ newest wineries. But by the second or third stop, the young couple begins to grow…
The trade show at last weekend’s Europa Super Show Expo was full of vendors hawking everything you need to support a healthy (?) extreme weightlifting lifestyle. From smack-talking T-shirts to stun guns, to the sequined spandex slingshots those judges like so much, it was one-stop shopping at the Dallas Convention…
It’s not all vodka out there. As mixologists keep reminding their customers, there are all sorts of interesting spirits to fuel happy hours. Here, City of Ate presents five still-underrated alcoholic drinks: Canadian whiskey Whiskey connoisseurs have a bad habit of scoffing at Canadian whiskey, Americans’ drink of choice during…
KRLD Restaurant Week is now in full swing, and diners are exploring the pleasures of their favorite eating palaces at $35 a pop. So, now it’s time to assess the state of our union. Have you had any interesting or unusual stories to share from your Restaurant Week experiences? Have…
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…
Argentinian wines make good sense in Texas. Like Texas, Argentina is big and dry and hot. Most important, it’s a beef-eating country — the average Argentinian annually eats more than 150 pounds of beef — and the wines are made to pair with steak. But the leaders of a session…
Ryan Fletcher will serve as executive chef for Texas’ first Seasons 52, the upscale grill from Darden Restaurants that promotes itself as a “change” rather than chain restaurant. Fletcher, who spent three years managing kitchens for the Grand Lux Café, previously cheffed for The Cheesecake Factory. “His expertise will prove…
Meddlesome Moth, which has already acquired a reputation for bringing interesting beers to Dallas, is now bringing to town a very interesting beer maker. Garrett Oliver, the Brooklyn Brewery’s brewmaster, is leading a late-afternoon beer dinner at the Design District restaurant on September 26. According to a press release, the…
