Proof of blog posts’ surprisingly long shelf life arrived via e-mail this morning, in the form of a message from Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner. Brenner had e-mailed last Friday, while I was out of the office for a Southern Foodways Alliance event, still smarting over a perceived…
No, we are not mind readers, but we’ll give you a hand in figuring out this place if you’re at your wit’s end trying to guess this one. If you do, we promise it will be a tremendous revelation. Any ideas?…
Norma’s Café recently turned 54, and if a restaurant lasting more than 50 years wasn’t enough reason to celebrate, they now have another reason to add to the list. Ed Murph, owner of the restaurant, was inducted to the Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor, winning the organization’s highest award…
Sadly, the United States was eliminated from the World Cup Saturday afternoon, June 26. Before that, fans packed into local bars like The Idle Rich and Trinity Hall Pub, along with a cooled-down Angelika Theater, to scarf down cheesy burgers and throw back mimosas and Miller Lite. The super fans,…
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…
In a bit of tangentially related-to-food news, the Texas Department of Transportation is reporting that the state’s motorists are doing much better at keeping food-related trash off Texas roadways. Smokers, however, are pigs. TxDOT reported this week that food-related trash items, “which for years have been nearly tied with tobacco…
What would our diets be without humanity’s lemming-like habit of chasing the latest food fads? The acai berry would remain in the swamp lands of South America, wheat grass would be something we mowed, and Oprah would be lacking show ideas. We’d live in a world where food still serves…
It’s often difficult to find a good lunch deal, but here you’ll find a little “afternoon delight.” That’s the name of this restaurant’s $5 sandwich, soup and drink combo that puts fast-food options to shame. You can build your own sandwich and even add extra meat for no additional charge…
City of Aters, this week we are bringing back an old feature that our former web editor-turned-staff writer, Patrick Michels, used to do every Friday afternoon. It’s an end of the week wrap-up of sorts featuring restaurant reviews and City of Ate highlights. This time around we decided to include…
As we approach Independence Day, it’s time to start thinking about ways to celebrate America through one of things Americans do best — eat too much. OpenTable, the online restaurant-reservation website, has stepped up to the plate to make sure no one goes hungry with the annual Top 50 Best…
“So are you pretty excited to try the 106 flavors?” That’s how they’ve been greeting folks at a Garland Wingstop lately (the one on Northwest Highway), and they’re not talking about wing sauce. Coke’s testing out its new Freestyle soda fountain at three Wingstops around Dallas, and naturally one of…
Sarah Johnson reported in this week’s Appetite for Instruction on how to slather corn with beautiful chipotle-ancho mayo and cotija cheese (try not to claw at the screen, you’ll only damage a nail), as demonstrated by Cosme Alcantar of Blue Mesa Grill. To further your desire to eat your keyboard,…
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…
In this week’s print, our Food Critic Hanna Raskin dove in Ristorante Nicola for some Calamari fritti and Amatriciana and wasn’t exactly blown away. While you’re deciding whether to agree with us or chunk some juicy tomatoes our way–check out Sara Kerens’ slideshow featuring the foods and atmosphere of Nicola…
“Time’s up! Put down your knives and walk away. Just walk away.” That’s what Chefs Under Fire’s organizer Keeper Collection, LLC, wants chefs in Dallas (and three other locations) to hear on September 12, when the second annual competition rolls into town. Last year’s event, held in Austin, was a…
In this week’s cover story, Jesse Hughey and the editorial monks working in the stoney basements of the Dallas Observer have cataloged 50 bars and clubs happy hour specials.The really, really awesome ones. But wait! Yes, of course, there are more than 50. We got a thing for that too…
EatZi’s sells a lot of tea. Sorry to be vague about it, but the prepared food shop’s not telling just how much. Instead, they’re holding a little contest: Whoever comes closest to guessing the precise amount of tea EatZi’s pours at both locations each month will win one free iced…
Dairy Queen is putting on a very big show to celebrate a very little Blizzard. The Blizzardmobile, which looks like a bright blue mail truck with a giant Oreo Blizzard cup mashed in its middle, is coming to Dallas this weekend to promote seven-ounce servings of Dairy Queen’s signature whipped…
Sam Kass is the assistant White House chef, so OF COURSE he’d preside over a “bi-parti-sandwich” Quickfire Challenge. And of course, super cocky Angelo was really dramatic about the sandwich showdown because he owns a sandwich shop. But see, in TV-land, a talking head showing you’re concerned about a challenge –…
Chimayo Market Corn Demonstrated by Cosme Alcantar of Blue Mesa Grill During the months of May and June, Blue Mesa Grill has been celebrating seasonal fruits and vegetables by hosting the Corn and Peach Festival. The Southwestern-inspired restaurant chose two local farms, Larken and Cooper, to provide the corn and…
Cowboy Chickenmultiple locationsDude Factor: 7, or Ed Furillo, on a scale of 1 (Ira and Barry Shalowitz) to 10 (Curly Washburn)The first thing you notice walking into Cowboy Chicken is that the whole wood-fired rotisserie thing is no bullshit. It’s hard not to sit hypnotized by the two giant rotisseries…
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…
