On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Let’s suppose a job offer landed in your lap that’s just too good to be true. The money is a significant upgrade from your present position.Only one problem: You’d have to move out of state,…
The ‘Boys venture into this Wilmington suburb on Sunday night. To help us all to know the cracked bell city a little better…In honor of Ben Franklin, the NFL’s Philadelphia franchise was originally known as the Turkeys. They changed their name to the Eagles in 1973 after a Thanksgiving promotion…
The Porch2912 N. Henderson Ave.Dude Factor: 10, or The Stodg, on a scale of 1 (The Great Pyramid of Giza) to 10. This Dude Food is being filed from the home office, where I’m currently enjoying a productive birthday staycation. In honor of this momentous occasion (alas, the last year…
If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining why I’m so damn warped.I wrote the restaurant section to a travel guide while I lived in Prague–and if I could remember which one I’d advise you to stick it back on the shelf and pick up another.It wasn’t…
Kellogg’s just ripped my heart out, slammed it to the dirt, then proceeded to stomp the hell out of it with a seven-inch stiletto! Ok–high drama, but I’m seriously heartbroken about their recent de-veganizing of one of the best faux meat products on the market. For years, I used Kellogg’s…
The Libertine Bar may have the Best Bar Food in Dallas, along with a great selection of beer and wine–and, of course, the monthly Playlister P local-music DJ nights. But beginning at 7 p.m. tomorrow night, the bar’s brain cancer awareness event gives yet another reason to love the Lower…
The ‘Boys venture into this dying shipyard town on Sunday night. To help us all to know Lecherous Ben Franklin’s city a little better…Eagles reserve quarterback Michael Vick once owned an authentic Chinese restaurant in Atlanta. It closed when he decided to take a break from football.**Source: A friend of…
How long has the Hershey’s bar occupied grocery shelves? It’s just a sheath of inferior chocolate, but you can pick one up just about anywhere. Meanwhile, far more interesting treats disappear from the shelves.The way we eat and our taste in foods is subject to whims, nudged by marketing campaigns,…
Tillman’s Roadhouse324 W. 7th St.214-942-0988I have no idea who picks the music for Tillman’s, but the person has severe issues. I sat out on the patio, where they hide those of us who can’t find a Saturday night date, being battered by gloom, despair and longing: “Time After Time,” “It…
A couple weeks ago, a reader by the name of Beth posted an interesting comment under one of our stories. “May I inquire as to why it is common practice on these blogs to look down upon other so-called ‘middle-class casual restaurants?'” she (assuming) wrote, mentioning Olive Garden as a…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Pizza Xpress3355 Trinity Mills972-307-6600Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 29 minutesScoring Summary:Handily beating promised time, though by not enough to catch you off-guard: 6Seemingly endless amount of food piled into your…
The ‘Boys venture into this rust belt wasteland on Sunday night. To help us all to know the City of Brotherly Love a little better…The Philadelphia cheesesteak was actually invented in Trenton, New Jersey. Restaurants in Philadelphia adopted the sandwich because it was a handy way to rid their kitchens…
We mentioned Dave’s trip to C.T.’s Real Deal BBQ in South Dallas yesterday, where he dove into some mean brisket and fried catfish — and you’ll find the rest of those shots in this week’s Dish slideshow. Herein you’ll also find dishes fit for carnal temptation sandwiched between two unsettling…
Seems there’s always much ado about little in the restaurant news. So it was in October: Lazare became Lemon Bar and will, most likely, become something else before long. Ten 15 Elm (or 1015 Elm, I was never sure) decided to call itself Thrive instead. The ballyhooed Jean-Michel’s, coming to…
Not that there shouldn’t be a watchful eye–or several watchful eyes–looking out for us, given outbreaks of E. coli and such. But groups like Centers for Science in the Public Interest would like to bar us from fast foods, butter and other threats. There was a campaign against foie gras…
It is truly weird when City of Ate stories pop up in other venues, often without context. For instance, our Top 10 on foods to fry for next year’s state fair somehow ended up in a Baltimore paper’s blog, where some people show surprising scorn for things Texan.These cross-posts, or…
There’s a good reason Blavod is hard to find–besides the fact that it’s only purpose in life seems to be gimmick martinis and seasonal (meaning Halloween) cocktails: while in taste it compares well to Smirnoff and other modest brands, the bottle I found at Pogo’s cost a grand total of…
In this week’s issue of the Observer, Dave gets his fill of southern surf ‘n’ turf at C.T.’s Real Deal BBQ, where bail bondsman-turned-restaurateur Corey Toney’s scrap with the city over renovations seems like small news next to the fried catfish and hickory-smoked meats.For more extreme meat close-ups, with sides…
As if the Idi-tini and My Lai Tai weren’t enough…We thought we’d stretched the boundaries of taste and “mixology” as far as we could with this week’s Top 10 list. That is until several of you added some even more disturbing cocktails–all of which would be perfect for Halloween.There are…
Fort Worth’s Paul Hightower may make his living as a technical writer, copywriter and indexer, but one of the great passions in his life is beer. On his Dallas Craft Beer Examiner blog, he is a relentless and well-informed cheerleader for the best beers available in North Texas, whether they’re…
For this week’s food fight, we asked a group of UNT students to buy bags of Halloween candy–“promising” to reimburse them, of course–pour them out on one of those dorm study tables and start munching. They picked up Fun Size Butterfinger, Baby Ruth and Nestle Crunch bars, Skittles, Starburst chews…
In the spirit of Halloween, I’m going to share a horrifying confession with you guys. A little over a decade ago, I was a regular at the Whataburger on Main St. in Lewisville. I’d hit that drive-thru five days a week for a double-meat, double-cheese Whataburger with ketchup, mustard, and…
