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Today 7-Eleven begins a tryst into pre-election voting by offering customers an opportunity to show support for their preferred presidential candidate by choosing a blue coffee cup for President Barack Obama or red for Mitt Romney. Undecided voters, or those who don’t want to endure the wrath of any lurking…

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For the past month and a half we’ve been tracking a Frenchman’s endeavor into restaurant ownership, as he transforms what started as an empty shell into JoJo, an upscale pan-Mediterranean restaurant and bar on Howell Street in Uptown. Laurent Poupart started his career as a chef in Strasbourg, France, then…

Previously we’ve told you about the new restaurant JoJo in Uptown, owned in part by French chef Laurent Poupart, which is slated to open within a month. Poupart has worked at many great restaurants around the world including Au Crocodile in Strasbourg, France, and Metropole and Les Celebrites in New…

Red Robin has introduced a new Oktoberfest-inspired milkshake that will satisfy both your sweet tooth and your alcoholic tendencies in one glass. The new Samuel Adams Octoberfest Milkshake is made with soft serve, Samuel Adams Octoberfest draft, vanilla and caramel. This concoction is available now through November 11. This is…

BrewFest If the Untapped festival whetted your whistle for good beer amongst great friends in a festive setting, then you should make haste to the Arts District this Saturday for our very own BrewFest. Highlights, with the exception of impromptu shenanigans (which we’ll have pictures of Monday morning), include 150…

Frank and Ann Todora originally opened their small family-run store and deli, Parkit Market, on Greenville Avenue in 1962. At the time, Central Expressway was a dirt road and the store was surrounded by pastures and cows. This year marks 50 revolutions around the sun for Parkit Market, and despite…

Jon Taffer, host of Spike TV’s Bar Rescue, is in town tomorrow for his Rescue Tour Workshop, which is basically how to save your bar from yourself. I’ve watched Bar Rescue a few times, often grimacing at the dumb things people do and wondering, “Why are these people even in…

Comedian Josh Sankey has two weeks to travel from New York City to Los Angeles with nothing but bacon as his currency. His wallet has been emptied of credit cards and cash, and instead Sankey has refrigerated trailer with 3,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer Butcher Thick Cut Bacon to barter…

Next week Dos Equis is hijacking the Nammi food truck for a little tryst through the most interesting streets of Dallas as part of a larger national event. The “adventurous tasting journey through the lens of local favorites” will provide truly interesting food. The Dos Equis Mobile Food Truck Academy…

Did you ever think it would be totally awesome to have your very own fire truck and instead holding water, it held beer? And that you could drive your shiny big red truck around town and throw the most amazing parties, cementing the fact that you are the coolest guy…

Lowest Greenville will have a new spot for home cooking soon. Dallas restaurateur Scott Jones, who was previously behind Café Italia and the Screen Door is set to open Jack’s Southern Comfort Food at at 1905 Greenville Ave. (the old Dulce and Ali Baba) in early October. After a long…

With school back in session, many kids will tell exciting stories about “what they did this summer.” And while Underground dinner chef David (DAT) Temple might not look like a third grader with his fuzzy beard, he’s as giddy as one and can’t wait to tell everyone about his summer…

OK, did any of you just hear that? Kris Boyd, host of Think on NPR, just had hunter, writer and host of MeatEater on the Sportsman Channel, Steven Rinella, on her show during the 1 o’clock hour to discuss his new book Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an…

Last week Ann Romney shared a batch of her homemade Welsh cakes that she baked in a brief moment of reprieve in her kitchen in Belmont, Massachusetts. Phillip Rucker of The Washington Post was aboard the plane when the cakes were dispatched and was one of the lucky few who…

So, this is happening. Apparently there are seven Shell stations across Texas where you can order from Sonic while pumping gas. Current locations, according to a cashier, include Tyler, Burleson, Italy and this spot in Waxahachie off of Highway 287. How convenient will our lives become? I think the Disney…