What a day to celebrate choice. Regardless of what some may like to believe, really the most important choice most of us will make this week (honestly, any week) is which burger to eat. So many choices. Well, we’re here to help you with the electoral map of burgers. As…
Yesterday Dallas’ own Deep Ellum Brewing Co. fired up its bottling line and today six-packs of their IPA will be available at Sigel’s liquor stores in Dallas and in Addison on Wednesday. See also: – Rise of the DFW Craft Beer Scene DEBC says their flagship beer, is an American…
YES MAN – We’ve Got A Fainter – watch more funny videos Chicken is a really complicated subject for me. Not because I love or hate it. I can take it or leave it. But, things got complicated in mass comm class in college when a hippie delivered a very…
Originally we ran this guide for Off-The-Beaten-Path Burgers for National Cheeseburger Day, but we’re updating it now on account of our very own Burger Week. We’ve also lost one and gained two. But, who are we kidding? “Reasons” for burger posts are arbitrary. We could rinse and repeat all day…
The new Nick & Sam’s Grill in Park Cities (8111 Preston Road) opened last week. This is the second “grill” location, and the menu differs from its sister location in Uptown, although it pulls some items from Coal Vines and Nick & Sam’s Steakhouse, all of which are on the…
Jerry’s Wood-Fired Dogs opened today at 6340 Gaston Ave. This So-Cal import uses all beef dogs in natural casings and offers more than 38 toppings; diners can build their own dog or order from the menu of Jerry’s favorites. Jerry’s dogs are cooked over a mesquite wood-fired grill, which is…
Yesterday I drove past a pumpkin patch that had at least 200 large round squashes still remaining. Their lonely abandonment made me a bit sad. Would they ever serve a purpose in this world? Last year the Dallas Arboretum told me they send some of their leftover pumpkins to local…
Many of you may know him as Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation, or even better, from his wedding portrait. When he’s not developing his skills as a fine worker of wood or a classically trained theatrical actor, during Movember, Offerman will be taming his wild muh-staaashhhh. If you have…
Henry’s Tavern opened this week in the Shops at Legacy in Plano (5741 Legacy Drive). A Portland import, this is only the second location of the brewery-inspired restaurant, which seats more than 500 guests and pours more than 100 different local, regional and national beers. The menu is mammoth with…
Love Your Farmer is the theme at the “everything” White Rock Local Market (702 N. Buckner Blvd.) this Saturday. In addition to the normal bounty of local produce, crafts and various treats, there’s a backyard chicken and urban bee-keeping clinic from 9 a.m. to noon and a class on how…
Heard of Mama Fu’s? You will soon. They’re set to open 14 new restaurants across Dallas and Collin counties over the next several years. This fast-casual Asian-inspired chain is based out of Austin (Murphy Adams Restaurant Group). The local units are being brought to the area by MFDC Partners, which…
Teresa Gubbins over at Culture Map just broke some news on the new food truck park going in across from a (future) Trader Joe’s on Lower Greenville. Chef Jason Boso, of Twisted Root fame, has been tapped as “boss” of the food truck park, and he’ll work on pulling together…
Seasons 52 opened Monday at NorthPark Center, between Neiman Marcus and Dillard’s in the old McCormick & Schmick’s space. The casual upscale grill and wine bar seats over 400 diners and focuses on a menu that changes seasonally — or perhaps like all 52 weeks of a farmers’ market. In…
Bottling our homemade #Hurricane Brew w/ @mtenero & emkmd #BringItSandy #HurricationPartI @ Bitter & Esters instagr.am/p/RV6f1YG9cS/— Austin Dill (@austindill) October 28, 2012 A few hours ago I searched #BringItSandy on Twitter and, at the time, there were about 40 tweets. It’s lighting up now though. The kids in the northeast…
On Friday, Ewan Macdonald posted an article on Serious Eats about the “simply decent, and no better than that” burger at Snuffer’s, which made me slap both hands down on my desk (because of my inability to follow Ikea instruction manuals I almost knocked it over) and yell, “How dare…
Update from Kari Gates: “We’ve been told the hearing and the vote can be on the same evening because of the way they posted it.” Kari Gates grows seasonal fruits and vegetables over several acres of land at Spring Creek Organic Farms in Plano. She drives her produce to several…
What’s better than watching the Giants win a game in the World Series? Yep, lots of things. Including a Doritos Loco Taco. (Why are baseball wounds so hard to heal?) Last night when Giants outfielder Angel Pagan stole second base during the eighth inning, he actually stole one for the…
Eleven is a skinny list. There are actually about 20 great hot sandwiches in Dallas … well, maybe 100. Thing is, you can’t really screw up rich butter smeared over fresh bread, then grilled with gooey cheese. Here are some to use as inspiration on this chilly day. Grilled Cheese…
For the past several months we’ve documented the progress of the new Uptown restaurant Jojo. This is the first concept for chef Laurent Poupart, who is originally from France and worked in New York and California before taking a job as a private chef locally. See also: – Meet JoJo…
If it seems little morbid, well, that’s because it is. Dia de los Muertos, November 1, is a day to celebrate those who have died. But, the key word is to “celebrate,” not mourn. Manual Tellez, who owns Maroches Bakery in Oak Cliff, explains that in Mexico people spend the…
The air constantly chatters outside of the Village Baking Co. There’s an almost-constant warning bell from a nearby DART station and every single car on University Drive and nearby Central Expressway are in a really big hurry to get somewhere. And then there’s Greenville Avenue just a 100 yards up…
In 1994, if you were to drive east along Commerce Street in downtown Dallas (perhaps in a new convertible Mazda Miata) past all the skyscrapers and under the banal veins of Central Expressway, you’d soon enter Deep Ellum. At the neighborhood’s gateway under the freeway, you’d be greeted by the…
