First the terrible news as reported by the Morning News: Club Schmitz may very well be bowled over by the neighboring RaceTrac. The giant gas station/condom dispenser is conducting a feasibility study with an eye toward expansion of their location on the corner of Harry Hines and Webb Chapel. If…
Nick Badovinus, the restauranteur behind Neighborhood Services and Off-Site Kitchen, announced last week that he was planning a new restaurant, Town Hearth, in the Design District, featuring open-hearth cooking and plenty of seafood and steaks. The announcement got everyone dreaming about what Badovinus’ latest restaurant idea would look like. It…
Knife Steakhouse is taking shape fast. John Tesar’s American steakhouse, slated to take over the Central 214 restaurant space in the Hotel Palomar, was announced in December. But even though the switch required some renovation work, Tesar hoped to have his new steak house open by May. And it looks…
I drove up and down a short length of Legacy Drive in Plano twice, and then circled the Central Legacy Plaza once before I capitulated and called the phone number for Tasty Tails. So where is the restaurant that specializes in New Orleans-style seafood boils? It’s tucked inside one of…
I think I mention the length of time it took a restaurant to open in about one of every three stories I write about a new place. It’s tough getting the coveted certificate of occupancy from the city, and unexpected delays can pile up like tile dust on the floor…
Just over a week ago we posted news that Katherine Clapner of Dude, Sweet Chocolate and a whole slew of chefs were rallying around Ulysses Galvan as he battled with leukemia. The benefit they held helped raise more than $20,000 as Galvan prepared for a bone marrow transplant, but news…
If you drive up or down Lower Greenville Avenue with any frequency, you’ve likely noticed Palapas Seafood Bar slowly taking shape next to a tire shop over the past few months. Construction workers gutted the place last fall and dug deep holes to set a patio out front. They laid…
On the weekends outside The Boiling Crab the action in the parking lot is just shy of chaotic — not as bad as the pavement that surrounds Trader Joe’s before a forecast dusting of snow or the American Airlines Center when Beyoncé comes to town, but packed full, with vehicles…
Jon Stevens is finally leaking some information about his upcoming Bishop Arts District restaurant, Stock and Barrel. The chef left Nosh last year, and has been tight lipped while working out the details of his own restaurant. But after setting up a Facebook page for the space, he’s finally leaking…
Last month, when Brian Luscher announced his ginger executive chef Danyele McPherson would soon cook her last meal at The Grape, details about her departure were foggy. That she was going to HG Sply Co. was clear, but her specific assignment was as murky as a sloppily prepared chicken stock…
Sarah Perry and her team will open the White Rock Local Market on Saturday for its sixth season at the Lakeside Baptist Church. In true spring market fashion, you can expect cold weather greens, greens and more greens. You’ll also likely see lots of radishes and other early root vegetables…
When Lockhart Smokehouse owners Jeff and Jill Bergus announced they were opening a second location of their barbecue restaurant, it just sounded like another successful restaurant making plans to expand. The Berguses sold out of paper-wrapped brisket on a regular basis at their first location in the Bishop Arts District,…
If these two bottles were featured in a match game on the touch screen at your local bar, you could have a field day. For starters, the labels are different sizes, and the Heinz version features a ripe tomato, desperately begging to be plucked from its vine, while Melinda’s features…
Nearly every bit of news about Eddy Thretipthuangsin makes me a little sadder these days. When it was first announced that Eddy would be leaving Pakpao, the white hot Thai restaurant in the Design District, my disappointment was tempered by my hopes for his next destination. I fantasized about the…
I wasn’t surprised when Trompo Loco closed last year, after a brief tenure in the Highland Mart on Carroll Street in East Dallas. I knew the place had some fans, but I was always underwhelmed with the tiny trompo that sat inside. It never spun. When you ordered a pastor…
OK, sure. Business analysts and stoners everywhere are freaking out about Taco Bell’s new morning menu. The Bell’s corporate overseers, Yum! Brands, is turning waffles into tacos and hash browns into crunch wrap supremes in a brazen attempt to take the eggs and bacon on a run for the border…
Dear Conan, I get it. If Angie Harmon told me to eat at Fuel City I’d sprint there and order 17 picadillo tacos on corn — especially if she was wearing a low-cut blouse like the one she wore on your show. So, when Harmon, a Highland Park native who…
Katherine Clapner wanted to hire her No. 2 chocolate maker, Ulysses Galvan, the second she opened Dude, Sweet Chocolate in 2009, but she couldn’t afford him. Starting any business is tough, but making money from food sales is nearly impossible during the first weeks and months, so Galvan had to…
Step into Origin Kitchen and Bar and you’ll be clutched by anticipation. It shines down from the metal shop-light fixtures and oozes from the black grout that sets the subway tile behind not one but two bars. Origin used to be a coffee shop and take-away for customers craving quick,…
Mark this as the week Jay Jerrier blew up the Internet. Again. The owner of three Cane Rosso pizzerias has long made known his disapproval for ranch dressing as a condiment for Neapolitan pies, going so far as to offer customers a bottle of Hidden Valley for the low price…
Last week the Obama administration and the FDA released the new proposed nutrition label set to replace the version that’s been in place since the ’90s. The FDA will accept feedback on the labels for 90 days. The most obvious change is the calories value is printed significantly larger than…
The balcony at Hotel Belmont has always been a draw for its views of the Dallas skyline, but drinkers got an unexpected side show this weekend. Across the street, where construction on the Sylvan Thirty housing and retail project continues, a welding spark ignited a blaze that quickly turned into…
