When Mesa closed last fall, there was a collective, “Aw, bummer,” across the Dallas. Co-chef and owner Raul Reyes opened a new place on Davis Street, Ceviche, while the space that once served Beyonce and Jay-Z was being reinvented once more. (Before it was Mesa, it was La Palapa Veracruzana.)…
Corn Dogs With No Name recently opened on Technology Boulevard in the vertex of Interstate 35 and Loop 12. It’s the creation of Jace Fletcher “Fletch” Christensen and her mother Vickie Fletcher, who have a passion for all things corny dog related, as they should. Neil Fletcher, Jace’s great grandfather…
Jon Garay and Joel Mendoza finally have the taco spot they’ve been searching for on Harry Hines Boulevard. It’s been a long time coming. Both, originally from Mexico City, missed the places they frequented there. More specifically, the taco carts. After finishing his finance degree at SMU, Garay followed a…
Recently, a local radio personality and collector, Gordon Keith, tweeted a few lines from an article he opined for The Dallas Morning News (behind the paywall) a few years ago, and it struck a chord: “We are born two drinks shy of happiness. Two drinks gets you to what feels like…
In 2018, when Mac Miller (born Malcolm McCormick) passed away from an accidental drug overdose, I had been immersed in his fifth studio album, Swimming. I was teaching at the time, chasing around my own kids and, generally, carrying on in a mom-ish way, despite what my playlist might suggest. I…
Yia Medina is unfortunately pretty familiar with natural disasters. In 2017, when Hurricane Maria devastated her home island of Puerto Rico, she had to evacuate her three children to Texas. When she was able to join them, she arrived with just a backpack full of her belongings and, well, a…
A fancy French patisserie out of St. Tropez, France, will soon be peddling its exclusive pastries in our fair city. Adjacent to The Joule Hotel in downtown Dallas, this will be the first location for La Tarte Tropézienne outside of France, with a planned opening date in late February. (They’re…
Friday evening as a front marched across Texas, firing up storms and anxieties, I was racing north of Austin, hedging my bets: How close to home could I get while avoiding the worst of the storm, which might have included strong wind and hail? I was swiping between a weather…
The Whippersnapper likes to dress up in different themes every so often, such as Harry Potter and The Family Guy recently. Thursday night, they revealed their latest reincarnation as a Dunder Mifflin fantasyland. Most of the staff were dressed in character, including Dwight, Phyllis and Ryan. There were several TVs…
There was a whiff of rebellion in the air. Or maybe it was hopeful optimism. Late last decade, there seemed to be a growing number of people revolting against resolutions, seeing them as a trap. Akin to adulting. Then, my hopes were dispelled when headline after headline attempted to lure…
I think we can all agree on a few things: The holidays can be stressful. Jobs are stressful. Not having a job is extremely stressful. Losing a job can be devastating. So, imagine the employees of Manny’s Uptown, who woke up on Christmas Eve to see that their place of…
Let’s start with a game. Ready? OK: So, what would go in a drink called Dez Caught It? We’ll get back to that in a minute. First, a new pizza spot has opened in Uptown across from Christies Sports Bar & Grill, at 2916 McKinney Ave., in what was most…
Need an excuse to eat Tex-Mex? Nope, didn’t think so. But, let’s pretend you do. Late on Christmas Eve, employees closing up at Manny’s in Uptown smelled smoke and called 911. According to a report filed by WFAA, an exhaust fan in the lady’s restroom had sparked a fire that…
Just going to be honest here: I’m fascinated by Waffle House for a variety of reasons. For example, FEMA’s Waffle House Index, which the agency uses to determine the level of assistance a community needs after a storm. Or the time on Parts Unknown when Anthony Bourdain said it was a…
Wade Wadlington’s big-kid job was in IT. An IT manager for a bank, to be specific. But he always loved cooking and, as an extension of that, brewing beer. He first started experimenting with hops and mash in 1999, which was way before the local craft beer “boom,” before people…
In the spirit of giving, we’ve collected a few gift ideas for anyone who likes to eat, drink, have fun, appreciates finer or lesser things, or just do stuff. After being named Bon Appétit’s 2019 Restaurant City of the Year, we’ve got a virtual foodie playground right under our noses…
Has holiday shopping got you tense? Well, we’re here to help. We’re here to soothe your frazzled mind. We’re here to kick that special, glittery-variety of anxiety you save for this time a year down a few notches. So, we asked a few tenders of drinks for two gift suggestions:…
Queso Beso is a new restaurant opening in downtown Dallas today, Friday the 13th. A wet, cheesy kiss ain’t afraid of an opening day typically aligned with bad luck. There’s just no amount of bad juju that can interfere with queso and smooching. Hopefully, anyway. Located just across the street…
Decorator’s Warehouse in Arlington anoints itself as the largest Christmas store in Texas. With 60,000 square feet of sparkling holiday cheer, who would argue? As shoppers wind their way through the store, they encounter 25 different Christmas themes and more garlands, wreaths and nativity scenes than Cousin Eddie could count…
Monday afternoon, as gray clouds rolled in and chill winds slashed their way through Dallas-Fort Worth, a crowd was huddled in the warm environs of a brewery aside the Trinity River. Not our (Dallas’) Trinity River. The occasion was to imbibe simultaneously in two of Fort Worth’s finest darlings: Martin…
I had a dream. A dream that when I brought a KFC Limited-Edition 11 Herbs and Spices Firelog as a white elephant gift for my family gathering, an actual wrestling match would break out; just like old times when my sister would hog the phone and my brother would unplug…
There’s a little Baby Yoda around the internet, and he’s just so cute, Starbucks is getting involved. We caught wind of a Baby Yoda Frappuccino at the coffee chain and rock-paper-scissored to see which lucky writer would go order it. We needed proof that matcha green tea, caramel, ice and whipped…
