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Jay Jerrier opened his first Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum over 10 years ago and has added Zoli's and Thunderbird Pies to the mix as well.

Jay Jerrier Needs You All to Calm Down (Or Not)

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Jul 2, 2021

Beating trolls at their own game was never the plan for Jay Jerrier. It just sort of fell into him. Jerrier opened Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum in 2011, bidding adieu a stuffy corporate career. His pizza empire started as a trailer in a parking lot and it’s since grown to

The new dating app UnFiltered does not allow retouched photos. Sorry to break it to you, but that person you want to date does not actually have cat ears.

New Dating App Called UnFiltered Only Lets You Show Your Real Self

By Danny Gallagher

Jun 23, 2021

One change that comes from the waning days of the pandemic is that our dating life is no longer confined to phone conversations or screen calls that feel like we're in some kind of maximum security prison. We can and should actually meet the people we're interested in dating now.

Barrett Brown is facing legal struggles in the U.K.

Texas Journalist Barrett Brown Arrested in U.K. over 'KILL COPS' Banner

By Simone Carter

Jun 1, 2021

Last week, journalist and Dallas native Barrett Brown was arrested in the U.K.

The people behind the controversial event are the Q Power Couple John Sabal, also known as QAnon John, and his partner Amy. When it comes to the press, they’re not letting just anyone in.

The Dallas QAnon Convention is Turning Down Media Requests Left and Right

By Jacob Vaughn

May 27, 2021

Promotional material for the event often includes an acronym that stands for “where we go one, we go all,” a popular QAnon slogan.

When food vlogger Mike Chen moved to Texas, he said he got tons of messages about going to Buc-ee's.

Mike Chen, a Food Vlogger, Ate Nothing but Buc-ee's for 24-Hours, and it Was Glorious

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

May 14, 2021

Mike Chen is a food vlogger (video blogger) with more than 3.7 million followers on his Strictly Dumpling YouTube channel. Chen was born in China but was raised in the midwest, where his parents ran Chinese buffet restaurants, giving him a front-row

North Texans Turn to OnlyFans for Empowerment, Connection and Lots of Cash

By Tyler Hicks

May 12, 2021

It’s noon on a sunny Monday when Elena Davies calls the father of one of her Very Important Titty Seers (VITs). “Hello?” answers the dad from what sounds like a gas station.

Organizers want the For God & Country Patriot Roundup to be an annual event.

A QAnon Power Couple Is Behind the For God & Country Patriot Roundup

By Jacob Vaughn

Apr 6, 2021

The For God & Country Patriot Roundup, scheduled May 28-31, will be hosted by Gilley’s Dallas and Omni Dallas Hotel. A QAnon power couple is behind it all.

While a name change may cut the publisher's ties to Belo, his mark is still left in other ways throughout the city.

Hoping to Cut Confederate Ties, Media Company A.H. Belo Considers Name Change

By Jacob Vaughn

Mar 10, 2021

Robert W. Decherd, the company’s chairman, president and CEO said the proposed change is made out of respect for all of the company’s many valued constituents.

Black people in America live under a different set of rules. A Dallas project aims to erase them.

Dallas Advertising Agency Employees Came Up With a Set of Rules for Black People

By Eva Raggio

Feb 2, 2021

Some people tend to look back longingly at the “good old days,” back when America was, they say, “great,” with a romantic, revisionist, and white gaze. It hasn’t been great for everyone, and clearly still isn’t, as made evident by months of protests in 2020 declaring that Black lives matter...

Editors at the Tyler Morning Telegraph were hammered by readers after the paper's Friday edition included this photo of rioters at the Capitol along with a caption peddling a false claim they were members of antifa.

Tyler Paper's Fake 'Antifa' Caption Under Photo of Capitol Rioters Stirs Readers' Anger

By Daniel Rodrigue

Jan 12, 2021

Readers of the Tyler Morning Telegraph are demanding to know how and why the East Texas newspaper published an Associated Press photo of rioters at the U.S. Capitol last week with a caption describing them as leftists posing as supporters of President Donald Trump. The caption on Page 8A of...

Contestants Shawn Niles (from left), Anthony Langston and Stefanie Sysounthone

Denton Resident Competes on Netflix Cooking Series

By Alex Gonzalez

Jan 6, 2021

If there’s ever been a time to be resourceful with leftovers, the pandemic is it. On a new Netflix cooking competition show called Best Leftovers Ever!, professional and amateur chefs are given leftovers and 30 minutes to transform them into new dishes over the course of two rounds for a...

The xiao long bao (soup dumplings) are listed on the Fortune House menu as "steamed juicy dumplings," and you need them.

10 of the Most-Read Dallas Observer Food Stories of 2020

By Taylor Adams

Dec 11, 2020

Though most of this year hasn’t been ideal for dining inside our favorite restaurants, there was still plenty to write about. And readers read. Here are some of the most-read food-related pieces in the Dallas Observer over the last year. Before we look forward to vaccines, getting together with others...

Lock up your daughters and sons and husbands and wives because Beto O'Rourke is hot!

Our Favorite Dallas Online Moments of 2020

By Paige Skinner

Dec 8, 2020

Here's the part where we tell you how bad 2020 was while we make a vague promise that it can only get better. Then, we would expand on the fact that because of the global pandemic we were all stuck inside this year and pretend that was somehow unusual as...

We made a MoonPie birthday cake in our year of MoonPie discovery.

MoonPies and Shredded Cheese? The 10 Best MoonPie Tweets from 2020.

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Dec 8, 2020

I never stopped a hot eight seconds to consider MoonPies until my son confessed to me they were his secret school-day vice. Which, for a high school kid, it's not a bad vice, right? He figured out if he were quick, he could buy one for just 89 cents at...

MJ Hegar's TV ad Harley-Davidson bike is up for sale on eBay. The Twitter comments are free.

MJ Hegar Is Selling Campaign Harley-Davidson, and Twitter Wasn't Too Kind

By Paige Stewart

Dec 4, 2020

Do you remember that Harley you saw MJ Hegar riding on the open Texas roads for months in her political ad? Do you want it? You can have it. It's up for sale. Just make a bid on eBay. The Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful announced on Twitter she’s selling her...

Hey, Baby, Have You Heard About heybaby, the Dating App for Kid Lovers?

By Paige Skinner

Nov 24, 2020

We've all been there. We're dating a guy — let's call him John — and we're like, "Hey, John, I really like where this is going, maybe we should start talking about babies." And he's like, "You mean baby dogs?" And you're like, "No, I mean baby humans," and he's...

The beloved Napali dumpling pop-up business has had a number of pivots during the pandemic, including offering their goods to go, frozen.

Pop-Up for Momos Turns to Podcasts

By Sriya Reddy

Nov 24, 2020

Many know Momo Shack Himalayan Dumplings for their frozen momos and pop-ups. But now the Momo Shack team is taking it one step further by creating a podcast, "The Secret Sauce Podcast," to build community, give advice and, most important, share stories. Momo Shack was started by Minu Amatya, Leezen...

Ted Cruz Hearts Parler. Need You Know More?

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Nov 12, 2020

Last week, as it became clear that Joe Biden won the presidential election, social media platforms suddenly had new vibes. While Twitter was like a Super Bowl parade, Facebook was more of a sad prayer circle. Then, by Saturday, it was clear the latter was experiencing a bit of a...

It's a survival of the fittest on Twitter with the invention of new fighting words.

Don’t Worry About a Civil War. There's a Faux Opium War Happening Online.

By Garrett Gravley

Nov 10, 2020

May countless blessings be bestowed upon whichever young people coined the online terms “copium” and “hopium,” because if there’s anything we desperately needed in 2020, it’s a shorthand for how pride cometh before the chagrin-inducing fall. For those unaware, “copium” is a portmanteau of “cope” and “opium,” while “hopium” is...

Botham Jean, whom DPD officer Amber Guyger shot to death in 2018 after she mistook his apartment for her own, will be memorialized in Dallas. The question now is, in what way?

Plan Commission OKs Proposal to Rename Lamar St. for Botham Jean, but Only South of I-30

By Jacob Vaughn

Nov 6, 2020

An initial filing by Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano called for a portion of Lamar Street to be renamed after Botham Jean. The City Plan Commission said Jean should get the whole stretch.

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