State senator Kevin Eltife, a Republican from Tyler, filed four bills yesterday that could breath new life into the craft beer industry in Texas. The legislation “will modernize laws that unfairly advantage out-of-state beer producers over Texas’ small businesses of the beer industry — craft brewers,” Eltife said in a…

If you’re pregnant and are due in early March, go ahead and schedule things for March 7th. Because then forever and ever and ever (into infinity) you’ll be able to say your baby was born the same day as the Cool Ranch Tacos at Taco Bell. People will say, “Ooh,…

Thursday, February 14 A Valentine’s Day gift set actually worth tracking down, other than those tent sales in front of gas stations and grocery stores … Pogo’s Wine & Spirits has a gift set that includes Casa Dragones tequila paired with custom-made perique truffles from Dude, Sweet Chocolate. You can…

In late January, Aramis, a brilliant African lion at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue in Wylie, stopped eating. Even when Vicky Keahey, one of his caretakers, gave him special food he typically likes, he would soon get sick and vomit. For seven days, the lion didn’t eat at all. “He was…

Dallas-based Pizza Hut made good on what started as a Facebook joke about pizza perfume. The red roofed pizza maker hired a “world renowned aromachologist” to create an elixir that smells like dough topped with vegetables, cheese and meat then put it in a fancy glass spray bottle. See Also:…

Plano-based Frito-Lay has announced the winners of their Lay’s Do Us A Flavors contest. Several months ago chip-eaters around the world were asked to submit their idea for a new flavor of chip. The three winning flavors and their people were on Good Morning America this morning; A lady from…

The Free Man Cajun Café in Deep Ellum is a small, dark, shotgun bar and restaurant with marginal lighting that keeps things dim, which is certainly a prerequisite for any proper New Orleans-ish bar. So, if you’re going for a truly comparable experience, this is your place. Three Quarters Fast…

A striking jet-black 17-month old European cross steer named “Lunchbox” was the belle of the ball in Cowtown this weekend. Tipping the scales at 1,329-pounds, the hunk was crowned Grand Champion of the Fort Worth Stock Show, and was later auctioned off for $205,000, courtesy of the Happy Davis Foundation,…

Exciting news from the T-Gubbins Party Line. Jeana Johnson and Colleen O’Hare have bought the old Watel’s spot, which used to be York Street. York Street broke hearts when it closed back in 2010. For 10 years, Sharon Hage created a quaint East Dallas restaurant that became a landmark in…

Yes, select Waffle House locations will actually whip out nice white table cloths and candles for Valentine’s Day this year, as it has done at some locations for several years now. All of which I think is absolutely awesome, for these reasons: 1) Those big white globe lampshades that can…

Kartik Rathore opened The People’s Last Stand in Mockingbird Station more than a year ago, and the foremost concept was it would be an upscale bar serving high-quality drinks. It was his first endeavor in the restaurant and bar business and he admittedly had a hard time in the beginning…

Dallas restaurateur Phil Romano opened the first Macaroni Grill in 1988 and thus began the schooling of waiters around the country on how to write their name upside down. (That was a thing the waiters once did there. Not sure exactly why, but people seemed to like it.) In 1989,…

Last year when the folks at the Common Table had an idea for a little craft beer block party in front of their Uptown restaurant, they probably didn’t realize they were creating a monster. A really loveable and wonderful monster like Mr. Snuffleupagus, though. Interest in the craft beer event…

Thursday, February 7 Bolsa Mercado is reviving Meet & Eat this Thursday. Chef Jeff Harris is creating a dinner in honor of the Meridian, Texas-based Red Caboose Winery, which was recently selected as a Top 10 Hot Brands by Wine Business Monthly. Dinner includes Gulf Coast red snapper, roasted and…

Oh snap! Pizza Hut is trying to steal some thunder from IHOP by giving away free pizza on National Pancake Day. Now all day we’ll argue with ourselves, “Pizza! No, pancakes! Well, maybe pizza. No, pancakes! Both!” Both, of course. Always go for both. IHOP gives away free hotcakes on…

Plano-based Pizza Hut unveiled its new gift to the world yesterday as part of a Super Bowl “Hut-Hut!” marketing campaign. The particulars of how it played out don’t really matter (and they’re kind of weird anyway), but Pizza Hut now has pizza sliders. See also: – Dallas’ Five Best Pizzas…

Houston-based Becks Prime has opened a second Dallas location at 4622 Greenville Ave. The restaurant was built from the ground up in a tight spot between the Vespa store and car wash, just south of Parkit Market. See also: – Becks Prime Drops Their Massive Burgers on Preston Becks started…

Flipping through an issue of Rachel Ray’s EveryDay at the checkout stand a few weeks ago, I was lured in by a picture of an entirely edible peanut butter bowl, which was a bowl made of one huge Rice Krispies treat, covered in chocolate, then loaded with a peanut butter…

Last week Eater Austin’s (and ex Dallas-ite) Andrea Grimes reported that a huge painting of Johnny Cash was stolen out of Max’s Wine Dive on San Jacinto Boulevard in Austin. The piece was commissioned to Tra’ Slaughter of Houston and this large mural was supposed to spend some time at…