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. Plates with many components often feel noisy to a diner who…
On a Sunday afternoon the pavement was hot: a shimmering expanse of concrete on the side of town where trees look like islands, and shade is a hard-to-find refuge. Keller’s Drive-In provides a little solace from the blaring sun. Eddie is a regular who’s been coming here since the place…
On Saturday, Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus News posted that the Dallas Bicycle Café on Northwest Highway is closed. Owner Armando Guerrero, who makes his real money in construction, is taking on a big project in Mexico. On May 12, Guerrero posted on his Facebook page that the spot is for…
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. They’re all favorites, sure, but this dish really stands out. Enmoladas…
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. St. Pete’s chili dog easily won our chili dog smack down,…
Teresa Gubbins at Pegasus New reported yesterday that Sullivan’s Steakhouse in North Dallas is closing. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, its last day will be June 30 and it’s looking for another Dallas location. While we always hate to see a place close, there’s one bit of good news…
If you’re looking for a place to holdout during the impending zombie apocalypse, a gas station in Little Elm may be the place. RaceTrac is opening a new 6,000-square-foot compound in the burgeoning city just on the northeast side of Lake Lewisville. The gas station, which, again, has 6,000 square…
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. We all love burgers. No doubt. Wanna start a blog people…
Close your eyes. Take yourself away to some place in a Southern state east of Texas. You can choose whichever you prefer, but I’m going with the tree-lined hills of Tennessee. Make sure it’s rural, though, one of those small country towns where everyone has a garden and summer afternoons…
The apparently now required in every meatstaurant In Dallas cuts-of-meat mural count: 1 Guys burping count: 2 When I heard about Chop House Burger on Main Street, I instantly thought, “Oh, weren’t they on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and don’t they have another location in Arlington or somewhere?” And Google…
Since 1956, Norma’s Café has been serving hearty meals and Mile-High Cream Pies to Dallasites hankering for a little home-cooked goodness. This Thursday, June 21, they celebrate their 56th anniversary by offering three of their most popular meals for just $1.79, which was the original price for these dishes when…
Lower Greenville Avenue is looking damn good these days. The newly widened streets with inset parking makes it feel like the quiet downtown of a suburb, like Plano or perhaps Coppell. Even after dark, there’s noticibly less fear of being run over by a passing truck. It’s a good thing…
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. The name is simple but the cardboard basket you receive is…
Maybe you’ve been there. You’re all excited to check out the latest blockbuster at the NorthPark Center theater, and after spending 10 minutes jockeying around the lot and shunning the valet to find your own parking, you approach the ticket booth and your show is sold out. Not just the…
About a month ago we reported that the Fort Worth Food Truck Park slightly downgraded its curb appeal by ending its BYOB policy, after it started selling beer out of a new cantina. We suggested this was Dallas’ opening to trump FW on foodtruck parks. Well, the kids at LaGrange…
The first time I ate cabrito was at El Ranchito, a glorious palace of Mexican food specializing in Comida Norteña (that is, the regional dishes of northern Mexico) located on Oak Cliff’s Jefferson Boulevard…
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 Princi Italia failed to inspire me with many of their…
Times I kicked myself for every time I’ve eaten at Ojeda’s in my life instead of eating across the damned street at Taqueria Mezquite: 126,229 Credit card machine count: 0 Taqueria Mezquite is across the street from Ojeda’s. And you want it in your face. The murals on the outside…
I’ve eaten a lot of Vietnamese food in my life, and I thought I had tasted, or at least seen, everything; I was way off. I would have continued living blissfully ignorant, but I was tipped off to a Vietnamese restaurant in Richardson that was known for serving a particular…
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. The steamed buns at Howard Wang’s Uptown are made in-house daily,…
Farnatchi. It’s a little Mediterranean joint tucked in between Jersey Mike’s and City Cigars in Knox Park. Its menu spans Italy, Turkey and the Middle East with offerings that tempt your senses and push the boundaries of your average lunch. You can order zaatar bread followed by pasta pomodoro. Turkish…
Nando’s opened a couple of weeks ago at the southwest corner of Preston and Royal (specifically, the opposite end of the strip from Gazebo Burgers where Le Rendezvous used to be). The chef is from the landmark Original Mexican Café in Galveston. At Nando’s entry is a bar with a…
