I thought I might have been the only food writer to use prophylactics to describe undesirable cuisine until I stumbled on this Huffington Post article. The story compiles blurbs from the 10 most meanspirited reviews they could find across the NY Times, The Guardian, GQ and other publications. I still…

Last Friday Spoon announced a November 9 opening date. John Tesar’s latest fine dining experience is one of three high-profile restaurant openings in Dallas this fall, including FT-33 and Stampede 66. A website is up and even though Open Table is accepting reservations as early as Wednesday, November 7, a…

When the Rangers Ballpark announced the Great Bratbino, a follow up sausage to their two-foot-long hot dog that captured the press for days, they came up 50 feet, two inches short of the world record that would be set this fall in Prescott, Wisconsin. Prescott residents rallied around the neighborhood…

It’s not that I thought the headline was a joke. It makes perfect sense: a clean palate is more sensitive and prepared to perceive new and subtle flavors compared with one that’s been previously stepped on by a cup of black coffee. I just couldn’t get my head around the…

When Fred’s Cafe appeared on Diners Drive-ins and Dives in 2008 the small, bare bones cafe sat on a nearly empty Fort Worth street. In the four years since, condos, apartments and parking garages have popped up all around the tiny building, wrapping the burger joint in cocoon of cement…

As a home cook, I’ve never been happy with my meatballs. I’ve always made a great tomato sauce, adapted from a recipe in The French Laundry Cookbook, but my meatballs were always bland, dense and rubbery. I’m well aware my biggest problem was that I never used a recipe, opting…

Cool weather is upon us, and the weekend is here. If you don’t have weekend plans, check out LDD’s weekly food guide. Or if you’re feeling lazy you could just drink a ton of beer. We’ve got the guide to everything North Texas has to offer in the suds department…

Smashburger announced the opening of the fifth Dallas area location of their popular burger chain based in Colorado. The new restaurant is opening in Mockingbird Station later this fall. If the Smash is not your thing, a number of other restaurants are opening in the shopping center that flanks the…

Inexpensive and cheap are two completely different things. Not everyone has a ton of coin to blow on a lunch now and then, but financial restrictions don’t necessarily have to relegate you to the likes of Chipotle and Jersey Mike’s. Here are some great lunches that will cost you more…

Taco Cabana fans in Dallas have another option for their late-night black bean burrito cravings. The fast food chain opened another location on Stemmons Freeway just south of the Medical District this week. The updated restaurants are marked by the enclosed patio seating that features collapsible windows to let in…

By now you’ve surely heard that the folks at Cane Rosso love to invite celebrity chefs and other local food personalities to sit in as guest pizzaiolos. The story was almost getting stale before Alice Laussade got in on the action. This Monday night she’ll be joining the ranks of…

Boulevardier, the subject of this week’s review, has received nothing but gushing press until Leslie Brenner reviewed the restaurant for The Dallas Morning News last week. For the most part, I agree with Leslie’s review, but I think there are some great things to focus on should you pay Oak…

In a few weeks City of Ate will transform itself from the snarky food blog you’ve come to know and love to a snarky burger based food blog you won’t be able to resist. In addition burger how-to’s, burger interviews and burger porn sultry enough to raise your blood pressure…

The folks behind Cedars Social are coming to the north side of Dallas to open their next venture. Brian Williams and Michael Martensen have announced the pending opening of The Establishment, which will feature a similar cocktail-centric experience to their Lamar Street bar with one major difference: oysters. The news…

When I was working my way through my 100 Favorite Dishes I received many emails with list after list of recommendations. Some of them were good, and some were terrible, but it was definitely fun to explore Dallas through my readers’ eyes. I didn’t get through all of the recommendations,…

The last stop on the A-Train line will host “Friday Night Bites” this weekend. The event marks the return and expansion of late Friday night service of the DCTA train that runs from the Trinity Mills DART station to Denton six days a week. Food trucks will gather in the…

Tom Dozier stood over the small stockpot with a glass lid and paused in anticipation. He’d been simmering the rusty red stew for three hours, but waited for a precise moment on his watch to carefully lift the lid. Several other chili-heads, myself included, leaned over the Coleman stove in…