Closing in on 8 p.m. on a Friday and Nori is just about empty. A couple early diners abandoned the place about an hour before, and the lone guy in the bar looks ready to leave too. Waitresses laze in a circle, bored into listlessness. Funny thing, though: the cooking—or…
Taco Diner doesn’t do a bad job. In fact, their guacamole’s downright delicious–fresh, simple, a platform for the avocado itself to shine. The staff is reasonably courteous. Our server, in fact, was happy to make me an order of veggie tacos (which aren’t on the menu). It’s not always cheap,…
An interesting week, all in all–and one in which we were reminded, once again, what makes press releases so damn fascinating.But first for the runner up. We like this one because, no matter how one chooses to interpret it, the comment sends shivers up the adductor magnus: “Alien Secretions lead…
For me, comfort food doesn’t necessarily mean junk food. In fact, it almost never means junk food (with the notable exception of homemade cookies, which to me don’t count as junk), but rather healthy food, easily gotten. This is precisely why my favorite haunts include Khalachandji’s and Spiral Diner. But…
On Cinco de Mayo, while you were taking tequila shots off of God knows who’s God knows where, Burguesa Burger was opening its ventanas to the public for the first time. Just a little orange shack next door to Sonny Bryan’s and down the street from the Salvation Army on…
There will be good Tex-Mex and rumors of good Tex-Mex. Mostly rumors, though—at least in the Dallas area. It’s a sad fact: apart from some fabled taquerias and a few notable exceptions, Tex-Mex restaurants in this part of the world survive on mediocre cooking and the forbearance of diners. They…
By popular demand, I headed to Pizza By Marco last week to check out the legendary vegan pizzas. The little North Dallas chain (three locations) bills itself as Dallas’ oldest true “pizzeria”–whatever that means…although keeping a restaurant open in Dallas since 1956 is saying something. On weeknights, Marco’s oldest location,…
Only the Dewhurst Bill raised enough hackles to general award-getting comments this week…although Margie scored points with this, excerpted from her comment posted in response to our coverage of the food and bands at Taste of Addison:Foreigner? Scary. Both the runner up and winner posted on D magazine’s SideDish–and both…
View Larger Map If Frank and I had ever dated, our first date would have been the time he invited me to eat real, honest-to-goodness Taiwanese food in Richardson. I’ve been a Chinese-and-related food hater for most of my life, with the exception of this one vegetarian place in L.A…
I was leaving the Barnes and Noble after my usual weekly session of reading all of their magazines without purchasing anything when McAlister’s Deli caught my eye. It was the lunch hour and the place was pretty empty, but their menu had too much interesting stuff on it for me…
Chop suey. My God. By the ’80s this dish had been relegated to La Choy and Chun King dinners. You know, the ones with two cans taped together—one containing the glop to pour into a pan, the other with crunchy noodle bits. Well, if you don’t remember, consider yourself fortunate…
(Not a fairytale. More like a Greek tragedy.) I’ve spent my fair share of time in fun non-office jobs, such as ski instructor, whitewater rafting guide, sea kayak instructor, vegetable farmer, etc. So I feel I’m qualified to make this call: An office is a truly wonderful place. For one…
View Larger MapNothing about Mai’s is bad. There are plenty of things that are weird, though: the racks of dog-eared issues of US Weekly and Cosmopolitan, the soft-rock instrumental remixes of “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” and “Take My Breath Away,” the organza curtains that barely hide the parking lot…
If there’s one thing you can get fast in Dallas, it’s food (if there are two things, they’re food and meth. Three? Food, meth and laser hair removal). And when it comes to fast food, boy, have we got options. Me: Hey Dallas, I know this is a crazy question,…
Nickie is a fan of English football’s perennial also-ran, Liverpool. That’s neither here nor there, really, except that I got into a rather lengthy (but friendly) flap with Nickie one night over the relative chances of her cast-off Reds against my mighty Red Devils of Manchester United, and that she…
(A Fairytale) Once upon a time, on a Friday night in a town called Dallas, Veggie Girl got confused. She thought she was Girl Drink Drunk. So she waltzed herself to a couple of happy hours and sampled their libations. But as the night wore on, Veggie Girl got hungrier…
You know, we had a winner selected. It was a comment posted by someone on DMN’s blog. Unfortunately, we came up empty when we went to look for it today.Either someone deleted the comment or we completely misremembered just where we first saw it. (Both are distinct possibilities.) So, after…
We were trying to think of any significant restaurant closings in Dallas over the last 30 days and nothing, besides that odd moment when Kavala in Oak Cliff shut down then reopened almost immediately. So, we had to call our buddy Teresa Gubbins and pry into her database-like brain.Thanks TG.Just…
It wouldn’t be the media if there weren’t a cursory reference to the recession, so here goes: Order the vegetarian Maza Tray for dinner at Food From Galilee, and your $12 will have you eating like a veggie queen (or king) for a week. Can’t beat that, especially if you’re…
There are a couple of things you should know before heading to Inca’s, the Peruvian hangout in Carrollton. First, on a recent Friday night visit, the not-quite-dog-whistle shrieks of kids filled the dining room as three little rugrats bounced around, trying their best to drown out a live band. The…
There are literally hundreds of places you can get yourself a burger in Dallas. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s a Back Yard Burgers restaurant right across the street from a McDonald’s, which is awesomely located in the 24 Hour Fitness parking lot. (“Want fries with that…
Don’t be alarmed by the website. To be fair, Ginger Thai actually has a really nice one, with colorful shots of curried asparagus and spring rolls. It would be downright welcoming if it didn’t read, on the “location” page, “ginger is said to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.” OK,…
