Fort Worth brewery Rahr & Sons’ roof collapsed during the February 12 snowmageddon storm, bringing beer production to a screeching halt as the bottling line and glycol chilling lines cooling the fermentation tanks were crushed and demolished.More than a month later, founder Fritz Rahr said in an interview earlier this…
Cedar Plank Salmon Demonstrated by Jaime Corona of The Place at Perry’s The babysitter is booked, the suit is ironed, the little black dress is dry cleaned, and the DVR is set. One thing is missing — where do you go for date night? You want something that doesn’t play…
You know you like spicy food. Check out a few more photos from this weeks review of Naga Thai’s warmly lit, tasty food in our slide show by Sara Kerens: here…
N9NE tried it. Now they’re no more. Nove Italiano tried it. Now they’re no more. Now Naga Thai is trying it, opening a restaurant in the overpriced abyss known as Victory Park. Einstein once said that one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and…
If you’re one of those picky-as-shit people when it comes to ordering your food, one of those people who takes 30 minutes to order a burger and you “hold” and “on the side” so much stuff that it ends up just being a grilled cheese sandwich, Yourway Burger is the…
The Hilton Anatole recently ditched the seedy, carpeted den that was the Crocodile Disco–the once notorious dance spot that had its heyday in the late 70’s–and welcomes a truly state-of-the-art nightspot. Located near the hotel atrium’s main entrance, the glitz of the Media Grill + Bar is sure to catch…
“Pretty woman, walkin’ down the street, pretty woman the kind I like to meet, pretty woman. I don’t believe you. You’re not the truth. No one could look as good as you…Mercy!” If rock ‘n roll pioneer Roy Orbison were alive today, he might take great pleasure in knowing that…
Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted eggs for Nowrooz, their New Year’s…
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: The Meridian Room, 3611 Parry Ave.When: All day Monday, 4 p.m. to…
New York Sub3411 Asbury St.University Park214-522-1070Dude Factor: 7, or Ghost Busters on a scale of 1 (hunter green Slanket) to 10 (You’d Butter Believe It!)The ad guys who dreamed up that “You can’t beat the real thing” line got it all wrong. Competition’s always a good thing, and if the original New…
You sit yourself down in a restaurant, a real find, one that has taken you to parts unknown: aka Oak Cliff. You’re exhausted because your GPS was on the fritz and you had to actually ask for directions three times, which violated every man law you hold sacred. You could…
With Texas continuing its onslaught of dysfunctional weather (today excluded), I interpreted last weekend’s abrupt cold weather as a sign for me to finally go and review Pho Bang, the popular pho restaurant in Garland. Along for the food ride was my friend Kelly, a Vietnamese cuisine neophyte. Once we…
Despite what the popular ad jingle may tell you, the best part of waking up isn’t always the coffee in your cup. Some mornings it may be a friendly smile or the memorable service of the person pouring that cup of coffee.Other days, the best part of waking up may…
When winter’s last crispy cold blast canceled plans to visit a time-honored Dallas destination, my wife and I were left with little choice but to stay close to home at The Colony. On such frigid occasions, comfort food is often the order of the day, and given the fact that…
We were just thinking the other day that there should really be more free stuff available for the public. What if Steve Jobs set up shop on a street corner one day and just started giving away free computers and iPods? Or if Donald Trump decided it was a good…
Kind of Meat: BBQ Beef Cost: $2.50 Topping: Onions, green chilies, BBQ sauce, cabbageA sign on Sixth street, near 1-35, read “Korean BBQ –>”, which I followed like an Eloi led to the Morlock whistle in the Time Machine. It led me into an alley. A man hung out of…
Stand: Big Top DogsKind of meat: beef Cost: $4.50 Topping: mustard, sauerkrautIf street food has a religious origin story, it should be in the invention of the hot dog. For an eater, it’s a eureka moment. Watching those dripping, dirty-water tongs drop your meat-tube into a bun…it’s like witnessing the…
The Elbow Room 3010 Gaston Ave. 214-828-9488 Roadrunner-like delivery speeds: 15 Delivers at extreme hours: 25 Ability to cure hangover: 18 Crazy good bar food: 30 Total: 88 I had an occasion to spend some time with a friend who lives in a loft in eye-shot of the Dallas Farmers…
Cans are starting to catch on in the craft-brew world, with more and more microbreweries offering their products in the once-maligned format — even in Texas. Shiner has long offered its bock in cans, and upstart Southern Star is doing the same. In fact, Dale’s Pale Ale from Colorado’s Oskar…
We’ve all had those moments when we’re going to scream if we have to look at one more spreadsheet or spend another minute in our walls-closing-in-on-us cubicle. Or we’re going to go all Office Space on the copier if it decides to eat another very important document. This is when…
Heartburn. You know how P.F. Chang’s waiters offer to mix your spicy mustard and other seeded sauces together to make a juggernaut hot sauce? Well, after a day of eating in Austin at SXSW, your esophagus feels as though it’s slathered in that mix. Your belly churns kind of like…
Imagine, if you will, your grandmother’s refrigerator or possibly her pantry. Open it. Look inside. Somewhere there on either the second or first (if it wasn’t too cold) shelves there’s a jar. It probably has plastic wrap or a cloth affixed to the top of it by way of a…
