El Gordo Crepes Demonstrated by Luciano Lopez of Café Brazil Richardson There are certain restaurants, bars and hole in the wall-type places that we consider our second home, or even our actual home because we frequent them so much. The place we like to go after a long day to…
Coming up on Wednesday, April 14, the Dallas Observer is hosting its 4th Annual Wine & Dine at the Fashion Industry Gallery downtown. There will be live music, wine, beer, spirits, and yes (oh GOD, yes) samplings from 30 area restaurants. That’s right, 30. (OK, OK, even City of Ate…
After an extensive search, the Dallas Observer is proud to announce the promotion of Night & Day editor and frequent City of Ate contributor Noah W. Bailey to the position of food critic. City of Ate readers are probably most familiar with Bailey from his biweekly contributions to Dude Food…
The opening of Eno’s Pub last Thursday was marked by too much rock for the karaoke system to handle and too few beer samples for the thirsty donors. But those small setbacks aside, it was a great night, as you may have seen in Spike Johnson’s slideshow.The night had been…
There are occasions when even the best of us have that animalistic craving for something basic, something wonderful, something loaded with cheese and bacon. After all, as City of Aters know, everything is better with bacon.I am waxing on about the perfect burger starter, the loaded cheese fries. We know…
The steak may look fantastic at Ocean Prime, but does it taste good? Elaine Liner went in to test if the fancy matches the bite (here), but see more glorious steak, fish and fire photos by Sara Kerens in our slideshow. Link!…
On a day when you’re feeling all up in your fine self, when your wrinkle-fillers have smoothed out the frown lines and your good car is out of the shop, that’s the day to go to Ocean Prime. Because any other day? You’re going to feel way out of place…
Texas Land & Cattle3130 Lemmon Ave.214-526-4664 Dude Factor: 8, or Thomas Haden Church, on a scale of 1 (Jackson Rathbone) to 10 (Joe Don Baker). Admit it, folks. Almost everyone that eats is a sucker for at least one or two chain restaurants. We won’t judge you (though someone might…
This March kept true to the saying “in like a lion, out like a lamb,” kicking off with a four-alarm fire on Lower Greenville on March 2. The fire started in Terrilli’s and soon destroyed Hurricane Grill, Mick’s and Greenville Bar & Grill only a few weeks before one of…
Tacos, enchiladas, burritos–oh my. These are the standard fare of Mexican food chains throughout Dallas, and despite certain subtle differences, their taste is difficult to distinguish from one chain to the next, from one location to the next. In these establishments, nachos purchased in Duncanville taste remarkably similar to nachos…
There are few food-truck options in Dallas, aside from the work-site roach coaches shilling prepared pablum. That’s not to say I don’t have affection for them. It’s worth risking life, limb and stomach lining for something potentially amazing. Dubious attention to health codes be damned. But the tide is turning…
While Whole Food’s new store has gourmands descending on it like birds flocking on Tippi Hendren, a local Save-A-Lot attracted mommy and family food bloggers with the appearance of Tim Love, owner of and chef at Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in Fort Worth. The Cowtown celebrity, best know for his…
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: Stoneleigh P, 2926 Maple Ave.When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through…
This eatery is super healthy. The only meat allowed in the establishment is the plastic sea creatures and dinosaurs hidden about the building. The staff even ride bicycles to work. Can you guess where I’m eating? …
It took me a while to warm up to Korean food, to the chagrin of my many Korean friends. For inexplicable reasons, Korean food seemed to me to be the most foreign and odd of Asian cuisine. I suspect it has something to do with its extreme flavor profiles, everything…
Monday morning, business was far from usual for the baristas and patrons of Murray Street Coffee Shop. Seems there’s nothing quite like a police-enforced road closure and a crew of 200 folks filming a Jerry Bruckheimer-backed pilot in the neighborhood to put a damper on the day-to-day customer flow at…
Top 10 Things We Wish Waiters Would Never Say Again–Ever Face it: Your waiter can make or break a meal. It’s all about attitude, baby, and if he or she has a crappy one, well, it doesn’t matter what the hell they dish out. Because you can’t take it. Pissed…
Another holiday is upon us, City of Aters. It’s that time of year when you put on your Sunday best, dye perfectly good eggs, receive a basket full of goodies from an over-sized bunny, and of course, stuff yourself with food until you feel like you’re about to explode, among…
There are certain peaks in life that must be surmounted, simply because when Mount Everest shows up in your backyard, you must climb it sooner or later if for no other reason than it’s there. The Grape has been the standard-bearer of Dallas wine bars for lo these many years,…
Farnatchi 3001 Knox St. 214-219-7200 www.farnatchi.com Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 30 minutes Interesting appetizers including Turkish meat pie: 40 Pricey pizza toppings: -10 Homemade desserts: 30 Faster delivery than Domino’s: 30 Total Score: 90 Living near the Observer offices has its advantages. I don’t have to…
Every Sunday ever spent at a certain grandmother’s house involved a three-bean salad. Granted, this salad, with it’s green beans, wax beans and kidney beans — and a little vinegar and sugar — was made with love and firm-handed grace. Everyone ate it, so everyone must have liked the sweet…
The Pints for Paint fundraiser that Jesse teased in yesterday’s Hophead went off last night at Eno’s Pub in Oak Cliff to the sound of a thousand Journey covers, and some incredibly good beer. It was for a good cause: donations went to purchase the paints and materials for local…
