This probably won’t be a very popular sentiment in the Top Chef blogosphere, but we aren’t exactly all aboard the Richard Blais bandwagon. Sure, Blais is a true Jedi in the kitchen, and he has an affable personality that shines through both on his happier Top Chef days and his…
This Super Bowl weekend, Dallas restaurants are going crazy with deals and drink specials. And some of these restaurants have actually lost their minds if they think we’re gonna pay their outrageous prices. (We’re sure someone will pay– it just won’t be us.) Here’s a list of five Super Bowl…
Green Bay Packers cornerback Charles Woodson has been making the rounds this week, sharing his winery’s TwentyFour Cabernet Sauvignon with Dallas drinkers. Woodson’s already appeared at Ocean Prime, Veritas and Kenichi. Celebrity wines aren’t unusual: Martha Stewart, Lil Jon, Peggy Fleming and Vince Neil are among the many stars who’ve…
I am good at working for free. That is not to say I am good at volunteer work. For one thing, I get bored bagging groceries at the Food Pantry. It’s hard to feel good about what I’m doing when we run out of supplies and have nothing to give…
Scarrots. Apparently, they’re not a joke. I heard of them recently and thought that my friend was just making up some cutesy word for carrots. But, Scarrots really exist. Turns out, “A Bunch of Carrot Farmers” (led by Bolthouse Farms) are trying to trick kids into eating carrots this Halloween…
Hanna Raskin focuses this week’s Dish on Horne & Dekker, and the sweet (flavor), cutesy fun (as well as a Duck Goat Pizza) they have therein: Horne & Dekker Strives for Cutesy. Turns out, they could use a little less cloying cuteness, and little more flavor punch. Read the review,…
We didn’t exactly love the Common Table, as Hanna Raskin points out in her Dish Column, but it sure is a good place to drink some beer. In their well-curated selection you can find a bottle-conditioned Maudite (priced at $89) and American micro-brews like Dogfish Head and Dale’s. Read Hanna’s…
City of Ate’s inbox is typically crammed with messages from eager publicists, hopeful restaurant owners and aggrieved diners, who’ve often found the Better Business Bureau unresponsive to their complaints about grimy bathrooms and surly bartenders. Since we can’t do much for our woeful correspondents either, we’re turning their troubles over…
The Number Six UnwichLettuce wrap stuffed with lettuce, sprouts, tomato and avocadoIt’s funny how what we call a food can change the way we think about eating it.”Champagne,” when misapplied, lends a respectable, continental air to that sparkling white California wine, and “tapas” helps make the prospect of less food…
Each week Out Of Order challenges restaurants to defend their dishes against someone trying desperately to mess things up. We hope to find a few who say the customer isn’t always right. Ensalada de Meat Four WaysBowl of lettuce with chicken, barbacoa, carnitas and steak with jalapeño Tabasco sauce.I was…
Pad Thai Piña CollisionPad Thai Woon Sen (chicken, shrimp, clear noodles and tofu) with pineapple, cashews and squid.After I failed last week to get a rise out of the folks at Which Wich by ordering something terrible, it occurred to me that the problem might have had less to do…
The Paddy CristoWhich Wich Monte Cristo sandwich with avocado, mayonnaise and Cheez WhizThe ordering system at Which Wich — you build your sandwich one ingredient at a time on a multiple-choice form — is clever and efficient. It’s an impressive way to empower customers. It’s also an invitation for disaster,…
