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. A recent trip to an Indian grocery in Carrollton had me…
A few weeks ago the Campania’s Pizza at the West Village posted to their Facebook page that their landlords “informed us that they would not be renewing our lease and the we must vacate the building by 08/31/12.” Bummer. To make matters worse, they haven’t had any luck finding a…
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. See that knife sitting on your table? Ditch it. Toss the…
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…
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…
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…
If you’ve been looking to try the creative-sounding new dessert that The Blue Goose rolled out the second week of August, today is the day. The Goose is offering free Sopapilla Sundaes today only as a Back to School celebration. Take a gander at the Goose’s Facebook page, where you…
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…
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…
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…
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…
See also: *An Englishman Reviews the Lunchtime BBQ of Sonny Bryan’s, Pecan Lodge and Soulman’s For the latest in my barbecue adventures, I hit up Deep Ellum. I really like Deep Ellum as an area. It reminds me of the grimier end of North London, all the places that are…
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…
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;…
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…
See Also: The College Diet: Breaking Down the Food at SMU’s Cafeteria Digg’s Taco Shop: Yeah, We Can Dig It I left the RFOC dismayed and hungry, mostly because I pushed more food around my plate than I ate. As I walked across the street to jump in my car,…
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…
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…
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,…
Central Market’s 17th annual Hatch Chile Festival is back in full swing and Dallas is still making a big deal about it. Are they worth the hype? Will they rearrange your culinary universe? That friends, is up to you and your palates. Go sample, enjoy. But if you’re like us…
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 had no clue what I wanted to order till I…
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…
