In a little house on McKinney Avenue, Jessica and I- after a bit of a parking adventure involving me running out and hopping into her car in the middle lane of McKinney and showing her how to get behind our desired location–sat down for some catching up on recent trips,…
In this week’s paper, Dave checks out Salum, where the lobster to beef tenderloin are complemented but not overwhelmed, and there’s plenty to recommend, even if you go for the smaller portions.For plenty more shots of what the restaurant’s got to offer, you can check out this week’s photo set…
Hophead spent a four-day weekend at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The music, comedy, people-watching and general chaos of the thing made for an outstanding trip. But one of the highlights was the accompanying “Broo-er’s Festival,” a biergarten featuring some 20 brewers ranging from tiny local…
Paciugo’s West Village location showed off its recent facelift last night, throwing a party complete with free samples and the unveiling of three new flavors–Texas Pecan Sea Salt Caramel, Texas Peaches & Strawberries Sorbet and Chocolate Jalapeno–aimed at Lone Star locavore trendies. The Pecan Sea Salt Caramel recalled the mouthful…
I Orchid1837 W. FrankfordCarrollton972-242-4955Stripped bare of its old Agave Azul comfort, the space housing I Orchid now looks like a warehouse which several unimaginative factory laborers engaged in a design on a dime feud, one intent on setting up a pub, another a white tablecloth restaurant, the third interested in…
I didn’t intend to research vegan dining at Avila’s. I planned to enjoy some chips and salsa, maybe some water, and the scintillating conversation of my coworkers. But I’m learning that in the great adventure that is veganism in Dallas, nothing’s ever as it seems. Avila’s is an old-time outpost…
Reporter Megan Feldman Goes Without Refined Sugar. Her Life May Never Be The Same. When my doctor recently recommended I stop eating refined sugar as part of a broad plan to curb a bout of allergies and eczema, I didn’t think it’d be such a big deal. “Sure,” I said,…
Recipe Demonstrated by Chefs Nathan Tate and Randall Copeland of Restaurant AVA What is local food? Well, it ain’t a potato chip that bears a passing resemblance to the tuber it once was which just happened to be grown in your state. And what about in season? Surely not a…
So, after my Texaco station taco experience went so well, I decided I’d see what the competition at the Chevron at Park Lane and Greenville Avenue had to offer. Turns out, I’ve been really wasting my life away by buying Funyuns at these places when I could’ve been ordering tortas…
Some months ago, Abraham Salum faced a couple of moderately serious problems. Business slipped, first of all, as the recession began to squeeze diners—an issue that he might deal with to some extent if he addressed the second concern. “Some people said they would love to come in on Mondays…
The front end of a cow carcass was dangling from the ceiling. With a butcher’s hook and a boning knife in my hands, I regarded the bright-red expanse of raw meat. The day before, on the first day of Beef 101 class, I had patted this steer on the forehead…
Okay, so it opened in November. Our bad. As of last week, we still hadn’t explored Legacy Books in Plano, an independent bookstore with a unique culinary program. But when the 300th person told us we had to go (and that person just happened to be a chef), we finally…
Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.I’ve commented already about the quick-service seafood chain’s diabolical attempt to add a few years to my life, at least on paper. But the store I visited for this week’s wine pairing also…
So I was at Long John Silver’s–for a story–waiting for my fried sampler to appear. I glanced at the bill and saw this: “10% SENIOR DISC.”But…but…um…Punk kids who work in fast food these days, 47 is not old. Sure there’s a little gray around the temples. That’s ’cause my office…
We’ve had technical issues on City of Ate all morning (recently solved), so Robert Wilonsky was kind enough to run news of Carolina Galvan-formerly Rodriguez’s Taco Mundo over at Unfair Park. Read all about it here…
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items. “When you have four hundred pounds of beans in the house, you need have no fear of starvation. Other things, delicacies such as sugar, tomatoes, peppers, coffee, fish or meat, may come sometimes miraculously,…
Each week the Dude Food guys assess the ‘masculinity’ of Dallas area dives. The more fried meat and junk on the walls, the better the rating…Hook Line & Sinker3103 Lemmon Ave.214-965-0707Dude Factor: 10, or anyone on Deadliest Catch, on a scale of 1, Steve Irwin, to 10.Between reading John Graves’…
When one of the top pastry chefs in town hands you a chocolate bar and says she’s in love, you listen. In fact, I believe Rhonda Ruckman’s exact words about the Patric bar she gave to me yesterday were, “As far as Madagascar chocolate goes, this kicks Valrhona’s ass.” Coming…
Uptown Restaurant GM Is Out To Save The Planet, As Much As Possible When Angela Birt signed on as general manager for State & Allen Lounge, she saw waste everywhere.Not extraordinary amounts of it, mind you–just the usual run on materials every restaurant goes through. “We use so much as…
Veggie Girl finds vegan and vegetarian options at Dallas establishments of all kinds. The column appears Tuesdays and Thursdays. I love a good storm. So when I woke up last Thursday to howling winds and sheets of furious rain, I resisted the urge to crawl back into bed and instead…
You know, it’s easy to post complimentary copy about Hot off the Grill, our weekly email newsletter–and not just because the marketing department hired former Blackwater guards to follow us around until we post said complimentary copy, either. We just like the idea of one quick memo filling us in…
I’ve never quite understood why some people choose to eat dinner at the bar.Not talking about finger foods here, but full meals: steak, burgers, burritos or whatever, depending on the restaurant. Yeah, I understand the feeling of self-consciousness suffered by guests sitting alone in a crowded dining room. Is it…
