If you’ve driven up Oak Lawn Avenue recently, you know that a new Mattito’s is headed to the neighborhood. A banner has been hanging over the front of the Centrum building for a while now, promising the restaurant would be coming soon. But now the Eats Blog over on the…
I first stumbled upon duck fat as an everyday kitchen ingredient about five years ago. I was testing a particularly chefy set of recipes for a magazine, and two of them called for a tablespoon of the stuff. Since I couldn’t find it anywhere locally, I ordered rendered duck fat…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. Trying to compare two barbecue restaurants with meals from your distant memory is always tough. Eat at them…
Yesterday Side Dish reported that Louie Canelakes passed away. If you’ve had a pizza at his restaurant on Henderson Avenue and sat at the bar, you likely know him. Louie has been working behind the bar since he opened the place with his brother Chris in the 1980s, and if…
Do health scores matter to you when you’re making a dining decision? Maybe if they were easier to find they would. While restaurants in other cities, including New York and L.A., are required to display their scores prominently outside the building, the restaurants in and around Dallas have much more…
There’s a second bar at Dee Lincoln’s Steak and Burger Bar that has me thinking. The new Uptown restaurant is the subject of this week’s review, and in addition to the regular bar where the beer, wine and other good stuff happens, another large bar wraps around the kitchen. From…
Here we go again. Every time a beloved consumable product is threatened with extinction the hoarding begins. Surely you remember Twinkies, which commanded prices you might associate with a sizable yacht when Hostess went under. You can get those on Amazon right now for six bucks. A similar fervor broke…
Dee Lincoln could have opened any kind of restaurant on Howell Street, but she decided to stick with what she knows best. The restaurant maven is widely known as a co-founder of the Del Frisco’s empire, built almost entirely on a foundation of well-seared beef. And while Dallas needs another…
Remember Richie Whitt? He was the sports columnist for the Observer for six years before he was lost to layoffs in 2011 and went into radio full-time. His loyal commenters, a real haggard bunch, laid siege on City of Ate after he left, peppering the blog with unsavory comments and…
Kraft announced recently that it would be removing artificial dyes from three of its macaroni and cheese products. To create that neon-orange color we all grew up with, Kraft will replace the artificial dyes with spices such as paprika. Despite that the artificial colorings have been under attack based on…
Dallas is not a hot dog city. This is evidenced by the lack of hot dog carts patrolling streets downtown. Sure, there are a few hot dog shops scattered around, but the tube-steak is in no way a significant contributor to the local culinary culture. There is, however, a surge…
The first time I noticed the receipt phenomenon I had just finished lunch at a bar. I was scanning the receipt because I’d forgotten my bartender’s name and amidst the time stamps, item descriptions and other information was a field that said something like “redshirtbar.” Because I’m a completely clueless…
Chad Houser told me things were going to be different at his next Café Momentum dinner, but when a large hunk of sod landed in front of me at my table, I felt a little unprepared. I wasn’t the only one. In every direction questions rose up out of the…
My iPhone and I are currently not on speaking terms. While I couldn’t begin to guess what I have done to damage our relationship, my laundry list of grievances is growing more quickly than my backlog of software updates. My home button works with such irregularity I’m convinced it’s being…
Village Baking Company offers plenty of reasons to smile. There are the fresh baguettes that are still warm from the oven and the tangy pain au levain that make other sourdoughs seem dull. There are the slightly sticky, eggy canelé, and other gorgeous, glistening pastries. There is the wonderful smell…
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that I reviewed Del Frisco’s Grille, the casual restaurant from the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group that opened in Uptown in 2012. The place had a laid back and youthful vibe that stood in stark contrast to the more polished experiences of Del Frisco’s…
Got all of that Halloween nonsense out of your system last night? Good. Now you’ve got more important matters to deal with. Diwali Mela is back, and from a culinary standpoint especially, it’s one of the most interesting cultural festivals in the area. The variety of food at this behemoth…
If you’ve had the cheesesteak at the Truck Yard and found it to be life changing, congratulations. You’ve just found one of the better sandwiches served in Dallas and a homage to a great Philadelphian classic. The Truck Yard has gotten a lot of attention for its food trucks but…
I have to admit the menu of the upcoming True Food Kitchen is looking attractive. I was never the type of person that went nuts for juice bars and dishes that prominently featured kale, but two years of dining as a food critic have taken a toll. I crave fresh…
With your backside sinking into the crosshatched nylon of a well-loved lawn chair, a cold beer in your fist and perhaps a few crumpled napkins piled into a grease-stained paper tray at your feet, it might be hard to imagine Dallas was ever hard on food trucks. Jason Boso’s Truck…
I couldn’t begin to tell you how we got to the subject. I was at a party thrown by my neighbor in my own back yard, surrounded by drunk people I didn’t know. It’s strange coming to a party late when the drinking is heavy. Everyone speaks a different language…
Chances are if you’ve ever donned chef whites, you know Thomas Keller’s name. If you’re a serious home cook, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard of him, too. If you’re the type who salivates over multi-course tasting menus that cost hundreds of dollars and take hours to consume, you’ve definitely…
