100 Favorite Dishes, No. 20: The Black Bean Dip At Gloria’s

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I’ve never had much control with chips and salsa at Tex-Mex…

Dispatch From Chicago: Hunting For A Real Deal Gyro

My liver is limping. A five-day-long trip to Chicago threw so much meat at me I’m still in recovery, eating a strict diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Trust me I’m not complaining. While my body may be upset with me, my heart (at least the spiritual one) is…

Adventures in Veganism: Pop Up Goes the Veggies

Last Friday night, experienced local chef Ryan Barnett hosted his fourth and final dinner in a series themed Sea, Air, Land and Earth. Intrigued by the pop-up concept and a themed dinner with a bunch of strangers, I brought a friend along to check it out…

An Eater’s Guide to Dallas’ Three Best Delis

There are three delis in Dallas. They are: Cindi’s New York Delicatessen, Deli News and Gio’s Café and New York Delicatessen. If you just thought inside your head, “But what about Jason’s Deli?” you should come here so I can slap you. Stay quiet and learn something…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 21: Brisket Enchiladas At ME Lounge

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. When Monica’s Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge opened a few weeks…

Wonton Wonder at King’s Noodles

Often times I feel like I’m on the outside of a closely guarded network of really great Chinese restaurants. Sure I know the familiar standbys, but I’m always in doubt as to whether this is the best Chinese food that Dallas has to offer. Maybe it’s because I’m not from…

Liberty Burger Cuts the Mustard While We Cut in Line

In her never-ending quest to find cheap, non-lethal lunches, Alice “Cheap Bastard” Laussade ventures as far north as Forest Lane, within spitting distance of the ‘burbs. She’s a fearless bastard too. See also: *The Cheap Bastard’s Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas Mom count: 11…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 22: Oak’s Ham And Cheese Croissant

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. While there are a few places to get a decent sandwich…

Nora’s Mix And Match

Two small, round plates descend onto a linen-clad table protected with a white square of butcher paper. One holds aushuk, a sauteed leek dumpling wearing a thin veneer of pasta dough and topped with yogurt and meat sauce. The rusty-red stew of beef and tomatoes is warm, comforting and familiar;…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 23: The Wings At Ten Bells Tavern

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. If you’re a Buffalo wing purist, you’re not going to like…

The Secret Chain Restaurant and Fast-Food Shame of an Englishman

You see all those chain restaurants, Dallas? All those bright shiny lights, beckoning you in to eat products of a questionable providence at a price so reasonable there’s no need to go home and time-consumingly construct a meal for your baying, hungry, ungrateful family? You grew up around them (the…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 24: Nova’s Smoked Salmon Potato Skins

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Potato skins are usually a snooze. Most restaurants fill dried out…

In Photos: The Elotes of Dallas

Elotes en vaso is a simple and delicious Mexican snack that can be found all throughout Dallas. Elotes en vaso, or more commonly just referred to as “elotes” is a savory combination of corn, butter, mayo, crema mexicana, Cotija cheese (sometimes Parmesan), salt, hot sauce, lime and sometimes lemon pepper,…

Way Out West For Meatless Monday

I’m an unflinchingly loyal Fuzzy’s fangirl. The bright pops of neon on the aluminum walls, the funky T-shirts, the large souvenir cups (which make up my entire drinkware collection), the feta on everything — I’m completely drunk on the marketing Kool-Aid. So when I sauntered into the newest location on…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 26: The Jerk Chicken At Island Spot

To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. If you’ve ever smelled jerk chicken smoking away on the grill,…

The Best Places to Drink to the New Soccer Season

The new English Premier League season kicks off this weekend, and what better excuse can there possibly be for getting down to a bar, drinking the cheapest beer you can find and joining in some incoherent chanting/possibly having a bar fight? The time difference might make for some early drinking…