Not in a million years would we have ever guessed the words “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill” would be in the same sentence. Alas, FOX and chef Gordon Ramsay are casting a wide net over Dallas for new subjects for the next season of…

David McEntire is a bartender at Bar 19 at the Four Seasons at Las Colinas and recently created a new locally focused drink, the Farmer’s Tan, made entirely with ingredients sourced within 100 miles of the bar. Recently, we got to chat with McEntire about local booze, how a drink…

The feature story of the July issue of Cooking Light, which hits stands today, highlights America’s 10 Best Food Adventures in Food-Tripping USA. The blossoming craft distillery industry in Texas made the list. Usually we work hard to find the holes in plans like this, figuring there’s some hilarious kerfuffle…

A Whole Foods Market in Providence, Rhode Island, recently took before and after pictures of what their produce section would look like in a world without bees. The view sans bees is quite depressing, as it should be. Of the 453 products, 237 were removed, including apples, avocados, carrots, mangoes,…

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and it’s hard to know what to buy that big old teddy bear to show your undying affection for teaching you what a man is. When lottery tickets and neckties have run their courses, a nice bottle of booze is always a good option. We…

Food truck parks sound great on paper, but out on the concrete is where the truth plays out. In Dallas, there have been some good ideas that just didn’t pan out for whatever reason, then some awful ideas that died quickly. From the shakeout thus far, there’s a spattering of…

In this is semi-regular feature here at the City of Ate, we talk to restaurant owners one year out (or there about) to see how business is treating them. This is in no way an attempt to cajole you into opening your own place, but rather an appreciation for how…

Shimond Bradley is pretty honest about why he got in the food truck business. “I wanted a restaurant, but didn’t have half a million dollars,” he says. You have to respect that statement. It carries with it foresight and good judgment. Bradley graduated from Johnson and Wales University’s culinary college…

It’s just rude to write “HOT” five times across a weather forecast in all caps and bright red. I hate all caps! It’s like putting a memo in someone’s chair while they’re away from their desk: “Don’t even sit down!” The weather forecast is screaming at us, “Your eyeballs are…

The Holy Grail Pub in Plano is hosting a bourbon event this week that craft beer fans (or just straight bourbon fans) should note. Last year the Holy Grail had a day dedicated to all things bourbon, including both whiskey tasting flights and special tappings of limited release bourbon-aged beers…

As Monday slowly, and possibly painfully, settles in around you, take a look at this map The New Yorker released last week on the growth of craft breweries across the U.S. The interactive map shows exactly where and by how much the craft brewing industry has exploded, based on the…

The Katy Trail Ice House Outpost in Plano at 4700 W. Park Ave. has been dabbling with a soft opening the past week, however they’re now ready to go all in. This second KT Ice House location, in the old Bandito’s spot, is an off-shoot of the popular Uptown restaurant…

Summer is a particularly rough time for food insecure families across North Texas. And the ripple affect is felt throughout the community. This morning the Vickery Meadow Food Pantry posted this message to its Facebook page: “Vickery Meadow Food Pantry desperately needs our help! They’re extremely low in food and…

Jeff Snoyer, owner of Highland Park Cafeteria and Monopoly Place, has donated land for the new White Rock Local Garden. This is collaboration between the White Rock Local Market (WRLM), Highland Park Cafeteria, USE Farms and DFW Truck Farm/Garden Inspirations. Located off Garland Road and Fuller, the ¾-acre plot will…

Good news for craft distilleries in Texas: Recently, the governor signed a law that allows distillers to sell a limited amount of liquor directly to consumers for off-site consumption. The legislation was authored by Senators John Carona, Leticia Van de Putte and Kevin Eltife, the same three who also worked…

We’re dangling on the precipice of full-on weather hatin’. It’s peeking at us from just around the corner. That means you have just a few days before we all hibernate under the constant buzz of our a/c units until late fall. Following is a list of nine places to consider…

Scott Romano of Nick & Sam’s, Kent Rathbun of lots of things and Matt McCallister of FT33 are getting together for a little Copper River salmon dinner tomorrow night, June 6, at Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen. Good news, you all are invited. It’s a five-course meal, including appetizers, all of…

Whoa, whoa, Nellllllly. BuzzFeed Food, the website dedicated to blowing your mind with viral insanity of all sorts (like this bacon fiasco), posted an article recently that has me a bit flustered. It reads: “In Texas (and other parts of the South), people put them IN THE SAME GLASS.” “Them,”…

The Common Table turns 3 years old this week, and they certainly need some spankings to celebrate the moment. When this spot opened, it was perched on the crest of the local craft beer scene and has since earned a solid spot in the center of the movement. This week…

Walmart issued a press release today with promises of a new fresh produce guarantee, which raises the question of the previous policy regarding fresh produce. Was fresh not already a guarantee? Well, there is a “100 percent money-back guarantee” for produce, meaning if your banana didn’t live up to reasonable…

Tonight, local barkeep Chris Furtado, former president of the North Texas chapter of Bartender’s Guild, is holding a little clinic at the coolest dive in town (this is a verified fact), The Windmill Lounge. Furtado will explain the meaning and importance of the Italian liquor amaro, and specifically how it…