I’ve always had a little bit of a love/hate thing for BuzzBrews Kitchen. Nowhere else in Dallas can vegans get decent sized late night eats, but service isn’t really their forte. My last visit there was on a semi-chilly Saturday night with my buddies Drew, Jamey, and Gray. The guys…
The ‘Boys travel to southern Canada on Sunday afternoon. To help us understand more about the town that Favre built, then abandoned…A doctor in Green Bay came up with the ‘don’t eat the yellow snow’ warning following the famous Ice Bowl game, when many of Vince Lombardi’s players became serious…
A year ago we launched City of Ate–an event of such importance we forgot completely about the anniversary, which was last week.In announcing he could no longer remain anonymous, Houston Press critic Robb Walsh mentioned that he was no longer a restaurant reviewer. The expectation that news, notes, observations and…
Crandall Cotton Gin1500 E. Hwy. 175, Crandall972-427-3883You know you’re pulling into a special restaurant when the motorcycle parking section is labeled “Hog Pen.” But Crandall Cotton Gin has reason to push such quaint crap–and, to their credit, there are no “chile today and hot tamale” signs around. The restaurant occupies…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Papa John’s PizzaDenton (2 locations)Promised delivery time: 30 minutesActual delivery time: 26 minutesScoring summary:All important phone courtesy: 9.7 Speed of delivery: 9.9 Higher than college-town price: 7.3 Order accuracy: 6.9 Presentation: 6.8…
This is a good week to be a Dallas fan of California wines, as two restaurants will feature the products of Cali vineyards in wine dinners beginning tonight. Bolsa has a wine dinner at 6:30 p.m. today featuring California wines selected by Abigail Adams Wines. The four-course meal, including cocktail…
The ‘Boys travel to the frozen tundra on Sunday afternoon. To help us understand the land of unhappy cows a little better…Although Wisconsin is known for its cheeses, the Packers were actually named for the state’s booming chocolate candy industry.**Source: A guy we know assures of of this because he…
In this week’s Observer, Dave checks out Loft 610, the new home of chef Tre Wilcox of Top Chef, Iron Chef and, you know, Abacus fame.For more shots of the Plano would-be destination, check out this week’s Dish slideshow by Sara Kerens…
Apparently the week’s most stunning revelation had something to do with Houston Press critic Robb Walsh dropping his anonymity. Now, I’ve never met him and I don’t have much time to check out restaurant stories beyond those written in or about Dallas. But I already knew his face. I just…
Sorry–it’s getting on in the afternoon. I should have started this sooner, but I’ve been working out some statistics.See, last week one of our dozen or so readers, TLS, failed to make our list of non-winners. She then vowed to sprinkle her comments with the word “cougar” until she reached…
Generally when people sit down to discuss whisky, the conversation settles around the single malts of Islay, Speyside or the rare and unique brands from Campbeltown. But the overwhelming majority of scotch whisky sold around the world consists of blends–up to 50 different malts making up a single bottle. Indeed,…
The ‘Boys venture into this series of dismal, dimly lit exits along I-95 on Sunday night. To help us all to know the King of Prussia mall city a little better…A recent government study cited Philadelphia as the city with America’s highest rate of alcoholism. In a footnote, this same…
Quesa-D-Ya’s. Really, dude. That’s what you went with? Guess you assumed that Dallas folk don’t know how to spell, let alone pronounce, “quesadilla”? Probably fair. Still feels like you raped the Spanish language, though. Did you also name that damned Mooyah Burger? I hope you did. It’d be much more…
Tre Wilcox shrugs off the name recognition gained through appearances on some of television’s most popular cooking shows. “My window has passed,” he insists. “I don’t say ‘I’m Tre from Top Chef’—I’m just here at Loft 610.” But the waitstaff is almost giddy over the restaurant’s new hire. Before launching…
It was a brisk night. Jessica and I had set out to see John Spriggins’ Paper Dolls exhibition at the South Dallas Cultural Center. We made several illegal u-turns before successfully achieving our goal (the SDCC is precariously located at a wonky intersection) and perusing the collages of women’s magazine…
San Diego’s Stone Brewery is known for creating some monstrously, even arrogantly hoppy brews. So it was somewhat of a surprise when I sat down to try a pint of the recent 09-09-09 Vertical Epic Belgian-style imperial porter, and the first adjective that came to mind was “subtle.” Expectations are…
Yesterday it came to our attention that 7-Eleven planned to introduce their own wine brand, priced at a Thunderbird-like $3.99 a bottle–that’s right, $3.99 for .75 of Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon in glass with a real artificial cork. No screw-tops for wine this fancy.They call their brand Yosemite Road, as…
May seem bizarre to some that I would compare a South Indian dinner to my Mexican grandmother’s breakfast taquitos, but that’s exactly what came to mind while chowing down on my potato-filled dosa at Madras Pavilion. Growing up, my brother Michael and I hated eggs. Still do, in fact. Whenever…
Recipe Demonstrated by Yolanda Perez, Ray Hernandez and Kacey Iacomini of Picasso’s Pizza and Grill When you move to a new neighborhood there are certain businesses you seek out immediately, such as a grocery store, cheap gas station, dry cleaners, liquor store and a restaurant that delivers. Often our only…
The ‘Boys venture into this New Jersey spillover on Sunday night. To help us all to know Rocky’s city a little better…Inspired by G. Gordon Liddy, Eagles linebacker Akeem Jordan once held his hand over a crepe suzette, just to show how tough he was.**Taken from an unauthorized account of…
Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.As a kind of homage to Howard Johnson’s, I really wanted to find a box of Mrs. Paul’s breaded clams. They were a staple back in my grad school days…well, that’s probably the…
In the ’60s and ’70s it was almost impossible to travel any distance without spotting a bright orange roof and that Simple Simon weathervane. There were close to 1,000 Howard Johnson’s restaurants back then, each of them serving 28 flavors of ice cream and platefuls of fried clams.The clams were…
