This Austin-based chicken-wing chain clucks its bucks thanks to folks who come for the deals and the family restaurant/sports bar hybrid feel. This location, in the Old Town Shopping Center, shares real estate with many fast-casual brands, but none has wings doused in Fire in the Hole sauce. Break the record for most eaten and […]
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If you’re like us, you’ve seen the sign for Pocket Sandwich Theatre while driving down Mockingbird Lane and wondered if they had falafel. Alas, it’s not a takeout joint but a theater specializing in comedies and melodramas that encourage audience participation (think popcorn-throwing). Late nights feature everything from stand-up comedy and improv to burlesque. Also, […]
Poco Fiasco is a pizza and martini restaurant is the eleventh concept from Harwood Hospitality, which sister concepts include Elephant East and the pub Harwood Arms, both within a stone’s throw. Try The Donkey, a pizza topped diablo sauce, pepperoni, spicy Italian sausage, red onion and fennel pollen. It was loaded with meat and had […]
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Pollo Campero–“country chicken”–is the Dallas outpost of a Guatemalan fast-food chain that is hugely popular in Central America. Legend has it that Guatemalans often carry boxes and bags full of Pollo Campero victuals on their flights to the United States, filling the plane with the aroma of fried chicken. The chicken is either distributed to […]
One of the most unique little bars in Uptown caters to humans and canines alike. Take your pooch to The Pooch Patio in Oak Lawn and treat him to a day of relaxation while you partake in the bar’s wide selection of craft beers and wine. A shaded front deck or a sun-drenched patio out […]
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From a huge bar to a spacious sitting area and a damn-fine lineup of country, folk and acoustic acts, things are looking up at Poor David’s Pub. The place has been trucking along in the Dallas music scene since 1977. It started with a guy named David Card, the owner, also known as the David […]
An excellent breakfast and lunch joint where the coffee is fresh and constantly replenished, the home fries are so good and crispy, they’re addictive, and the omelettes are almost as big as the hens that make them possible. Try the BBQ omelette, a house specialty filled with grilled chicken breast slices, mozzarella cheese, sautéed mushrooms […]
Popeyes comes by its “Louisiana fast” motto honestly. Founded in 1972 in the New Orleans suburb of Arabi, the company still specializes in Big Easy-style spicy chicken, along with buttermilk biscuits. Now operating in more than 2,000 cities, Dallas / Fort Worth included, Popeyes is all about batter-dipped innovations such as Rip’n Chick’n, an oddly […]
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In the heat of summer, finding places to have a drink that aren’t dark and air-conditioned caves becomes a challenge. Enter Henderson Avenue’s The Porch, a casual brasserie for those of us with no veranda at home. When the heat comes, fans blow a cooling but oddly humid mist that does its best to keep […]
Think Italian fast food, and pizza and its inside-out cousin calzone come to mind. Porta di Roma, located on the first floor of the Wilson Building, has those in all their gooey, saucy splendor. (Both are good, big and reasonably priced.) Better still, this buffet-like restaurant serves up a wide variety of pasta dishes, cooked […]
It’s always a honky-tonk Christmas under the lights at Post Time, strobing and strung festively through the dance floor. Not a place to do it small, the pool hall, the dance space and table tops are sized to fit a serious crowd. The native Texan-owned bar features American Poolplayers Association tournaments, sponsoring teams who attest […]
Arizone-based Postino Wine Cafe has more 25 restaurants across the US. There’s an emphasis on wine and sharable plates, like a charcuterie boards, flat breads and skillets of meatballs. The wine list is ineresting and varied with only a handful of big California reds. Been looking for a gruner veltliner from Austria? They got it. […]