This weekend, the White Rock Local Market (WLRM) wants to tell you about the birds and the bees (and the flowers and the trees) with the hot sun up above, and, of course a thing called love. The latter part should be easy. The Birds and the Bees Workshop, from…
Union Park opened at 1311 Main St. in downtown last week — or maybe it was two weeks ago. I’m not exactly sure, but last night I scored a metered parking spot just down the block, which is free after 6 p.m., so I was able to check it out…
Dean Fearing loves a good party and, seeing as such, is hosting four of them for the upcoming five-year anniversary of his namesake restaurant, Fearing’s. The first party is at 6:30 p.m. August 19 at his place in the Ritz Carlton on McKinney, and is certainly something you may want…
A white Mercedes CLS 500 slowly turns right off Clarendon and parks along the curb on the wrong side of the street. The tail end of the car is sticking out just a bit. The driver and his date, a young couple, get in line behind a family of six,…
Sylvan | Thirty, a mixed-use culinary and shopping development under construction in north Oak Cliff announced this morning that award-winning local chef and restaurateur, Teiichi Sakuri, has signed a lease for fresh fish market at the development. From the release, the yet-to-be-named fish market will connected with organic grocer, Cox…
The foodservice industry trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News recently named its Hot Concepts of 2012, which is a look at brands that “celebrate innovation, vitality and growth within the restaurant industry.” The annual list acts as a barometer of trendsetters, which are expected to experience significant growth in the near…
On Monday we reported on the grand opening of the Cedars Food Park at Dallas Heritage Village this past weekend, and in that report we included the schedule. Well, that’s been changed. They’ve decided to scratch lunch. So, beginning August 16, the park will open on Thursday evenings and after…
Sigel’s is hosting a Summer Rum Festival and Tasting this Wednesday, August 1, at their Inwood Road location. There are going to be more than 50 rums to sample with distillery representatives ready to answer all your hard-hitting questions. If you’ve spent more time than you’d like to admit in…
Downtown Dallas doesn’t offer much it terms of grocery stores. Urbanmarket closed earlier this year because it couldn’t find is place in the fickle grocery-shopping patterns of downtown residents. Other than that, CVS and 7-Eleven are the choices. It’s like a grocery store desert — with lots of tall buildings…
Rita’s Italian Ice, or Rita’s Water Ice, or as the corporate website put its, Rita’s Ice-Custard-Happiness, is a quickly growing frozen treats franchise out of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, (near Philly). In addition to their many names, they also have many many many combos. One can have a straight Rita’s ice (think…
See also: Photos from the Cedars Food Park Grand Opening Saturday evening a surly red rooster greeted visitors at the entrance of the Dallas Heritage Village with an ungracious crow from its coop. Inside the Old City Park south of downtown, the bright green sloping lawns were speckled with picnic…
Babies get an aisle. And dogs get an aisle. And the entire store is designed for women. So, it seems only fair that men should at least get their own aisle, right? First question though, what should be on the man aisle? The Westside Market in New York City (the…
See also: *Liberty Burger is Opened and Slammed in North Dallas The Snookie’s on Keller Springs Road bid adieu earlier this month and is making way for a new Liberty Burger. Actually, this is a case of Dace Street, co-founder of Snookie’s, passing the torch to his little sister, Mariel…
Earlier this week Scott Reitz told us about the Rangers’ new culinary treat, the Totally ROSSome Nachos, named after rookie relief pitcher Robbie Ross. The Rangers finally got the shipment of big pink helmets, which serve as the nacho holder and sent over a picture…
See also: *Snuffer’s Cheddar Fries: Examining a Dallas Institution Pat Snuffer of Snuffer’s, who eats endless amounts of those amazing cheddar fries every day (wouldn’t you?), told me that the show Food Paradise of the Travel Channel is coming out to his restaurant on lower Greenville Avenue soon to film…
If you’ve been looking for the right time and opportunity to check out the Dallas Heritage Village, we may have found your opening. The late 19th century village will now be home to a food truck park. The inaugural Cedars Food Park event is this weekend, Saturday, July 28 from…
The online reservation and restaurant review site OpenTable.com released a list of the Top 100 Scenic View Dining restaurants, which is based on some 5 million opinions over the past year. As a complete surprise, nothing along the scenic northern part of the LBJ Freeway made it. Unbelievable, right? (I…
Chef Jody Denton had a 35-year restaurant career that spanned the globe and included work with some of the best chefs in the country, among them names like master chef Ernst Gruch, Dean Fearing and Wolfgang Puck. Then about a year ago, he left all that for an office job…
Are the food and beverage holidays getting old? Does it feel forced sometimes? For the most part, it seems we all benefit. Free pie, chicken-fried steak and now free tequila shots. No harm in that, right? Well today, July 24, is National Tequila Day. La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff…
We’ve decided to take a look at a few of Dallas’ most glutton-friendly dishes and do something you probably really don’t want us to: count calories. Total buzzkill? No. More like “smart calorie allocation.” So, let’s get smart. Say you have 2,000 calories, more or less, at your disposal everyday;…
Citing “intolerant bigotry from the left,” former Arkansas governor and candidate in the 2008 republican presidential primaries, Mike Huckabee, has called for a “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” on August 1. Last week we reported on Chick-fil-A’s president Dan Cathy’s interview where he condemned same-sex marriage. From Huckabee’s Facebook page:…
Houston-based Becks Prime Restaurant is opening its first Dallas location at 5931 Forest Lane (at Preston) soon. The Thrillist reports that pending the city’s approval, the restaurant’s cooks could be flipping burgers as soon as this week. The first Becks opened on Kirby Drive in Houston in1985, serving fancy burgers…
