For the past few weeks, it’s felt like a new restaurant has opened, or has announced its intention to open, every day. Trinity Groves is set to glob new restaurants onto the scene like Chipotle line-workers, and Deep Ellum has experienced an overnight renaissance with two noodle restaurants, Monkey King…
I don’t know how many years it takes to temper a tradition, but I’m going with two. Last year I tracked down the winner of the State Fair fried foods competition and attempted to offer commentary with some semblance of professional food criticism. The fried jambalaya was making grease waves…
Check out this screen grab from the cocktail menu at Kitchen LTO. It’s filled with cocktails that to some might seem plain and boring. But in the age of the neatly waxed mustache and fedora, cocktails that are easily recognizable are increasingly rare. Lists like this one are refreshing. Of…
It seems like perfect timing. Wait until the masses have eaten so much deep-fried everything on the kitchen table, then artfully offer them a healthy alternative. The Texas Veggie Fair will drop all the veg that’s fit to fry on Reverchon Park Sunday, October 20. Arteries are relaxing in a…
While checking in on Jay Jerrier’s Zoli’s NY Pizza, I indulged in many, many pizzas. I ordered slices for lunch and I ordered entire pies for dinner. I ordered pies to take home, and I ordered slices for lunch again the next day. This pizza binge afforded me all sorts…
Who knew that when Jay Jarrier was zipping around Dallas with a trailer-mounted pizza oven in 2010, he was sowing the seeds of a mini-pizza empire? Jerrier traversed this town like the Pizza Pied Piper, plying his followers with delicious Neapolitan rounds. His trailer kept him busy until he opened…
There are those that love dresses, ribbons and the other flowery things that come with weddings, and then there are those of us who show up for the free drunk. It’s not that we have disdain for the sanctity of marriage; we just really like alcohol. We also share a…
The coming of Genaro’s Mexican Cuisine was announced earlier this summer. Genaro Silva, who owned Genaro’s Tropical, Moctezuma’s and Garmo’s back in the ’80s and ’90s, had gotten out of the service industry and gotten into constructions and real estate. He missed the din of a bustling dining room, though,…
There’s a crackdown on e-cigarettes in the works. While the health risks of pulling on a battery-powered nicotine stick are still unknown, policy makers are moving to regulate them. The U.S Department of Transportation has already grounded e-cigarettes on airplanes and Amtrak won’t let them on trains, either. E-cigarettes were…
The Food Network folks are headed to Dallas next week to conduct an open casting call, and the cooking professionals are not invited this time. The show’s producers are hunting for home cooks who have elevated their game in their own kitchen and think they’re ready to compete. The emphasis…
Dallas’ restaurant scene has managed to shove its way into the national conversation this year: First, FT-33 and Smyth got attention in multiple national magazines, and now Esquire is giving Dallas a one-two punch of feel-good. Stephan Pyle’s Stampede 66, and John Tesar’s Spoon have been recognized in a list…
The Cowboys couldn’t break the Broncos yesterday, despite what some are calling Tony Romo’s career-best performance. No doubt you spent the afternoon glued to your television with a pile of pizza crusts building beneath your feet. Or maybe you were at your favorite sports bar eating nachos and burgers, or…
Late last month, the Dallas Business Journal reported that a Mexican chain restaurant would be making its way to Dallas in the near future. While this may initially sound as newsworthy as the latest pothole to open up downtown, Salsarita’s got its start in Charlotte, North Carolina. An east coast…
Every new restaurant faces obstacles to open, but The Rustic had an extra challenge that many don’t. Owners Pat Green (country singer who likes Texas), Kyle Noonan and Josh Sepkowitz (Bowl and Barrel, Mutt’s) started planning with empty lot. The restaurant had to be built from the ground up, before…
I realize that the following assertion will likely result in my being doused in hot lard and dusted in the crumbled tortilla chips, but it must be said: Eating Tex-Mex can be a serious drag. Please, Dallas, just put down the pig fat and hear me out. You should know…
I wouldn’t be the first to note that tacos are somehow disproportionately satisfying for their size and cost. Where else can you by a smile with a free side of hot sauce for just a buck and change? Wash one down with a fizzy Topo Chico and then order another…
I’m going to go out on a limb and say this one will not sell out as quickly as Meat Fight, but Chad Houser’s Cafe Momentum is always a big draw. The folks behind House of Plates, whose past parties have featured models, sweat, drunkenness and make outs, are now…
Federal employment is typically viewed as a pretty great deal. You get a pension, lots of holidays those corporate types never get, and an eight-hour work day that somehow feels like seven. You also a bunch of unplanned time off when the cronies on Capitol Hill fight, which could quickly…
It’s not a stretch to compare our desire for chips and salsa to an addict’s lust for his drug of choice. We know they do us no good, and yet we pine. They seduce us with their golden sheen, glistening in the dim lighting of our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant. We…
The transformation of the old Village Marquee space will be completed with the opening of Toko V on Thursday. The renovation and re-branding marks the third attempt to open a successful restaurant in the space in less than three years. Earlier this August, the downstairs half of the renovation was…
Watching Anthony Bourdain talk Frito pie with the camera on his latest episode of Parts Unknown, you knew things were about to get ugly. He quoted The Boss’ “Blinded By The Light,” but the “deuce” he referenced in describing the loose chili dropping from a ladle into a bag of…
One text or call could wreck it all, according to distraction.gov, a site that warns of the dangers of using a cellphone while driving. Eating and drinking are also listed as dangerous habits on the site, along with reading, adjusting your radio and grooming. And yet, amidst all this danger,…
