To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Every time I’ve cooked with kaffir lime leaves, I’ve purchased big,…
This weekend I spent some time at the Dallas Farmers Market. I showed up Saturday around noon and milled about, checking out various vendors and wondering how the market will change if the proposed privatization effort is completed. As I wandered around tasting tomatoes, slices of cantaloupe and strawberries, I…
Way to go Dallas. You’ve been officially proclaimed the worst tipping city in all of Texas by our sister publication the Houston Press. Food critic Katherine Shilcutt analyzed data she pulled from Lousy Tippers, a website geared for the service industry that posts tipping statistics to publicly shame cheapskate diners…
If humans are anything, they are adaptable. When I lived in D.C. I had a serious cheese steak problem. After a night out with friends, if burritos weren’t immediately available I’d be willing to walk miles for a cheese steak. I did it many times. I’m convinced this habit has…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. When I wrote up some chicken sandwich alternatives for those looking…
It’s that time again. This week I reviewed Acme F&B, the whole hog restaurant on McKinney Avenue with a looker of a dining room. It’s a great place for a drink, and if you’re hungry they have one hell of a pork chop. Elsewhere on the blog we took a…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I still regret my decision sometimes, when I sat at the…
Chad Houser isn’t talking like a chef lately. The long time toque at Parigi uses terms like board members and ROI, and discusses the legal matters of incorporation and trademarking. His new lexicon is borne out of his new position with Cafe Momentum, and he sounds a lot more like…
I don’t know why Jasper Russo sends me the occasional video, interspersed between promotional emails about his liquor empire Siegel’s, but he does. Most of the time I watch the short movie once and then go on with my day, but this one I think is worth sharing. DJ Dave…
When the Flying Saucer announced its recent move to 111 East Third St. in Forth Worth, the manager was a little cryptic about what would happen to all the plates that lined the walls of the original location. Customers who sign up to join the U.F.O. club (and pay an…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. For a little while I tried to figure out whose pork…
Usually when a national glossy compiles a list Dallas is all but forgotten, but this month Bon Appetite decided to honor not one, but two restaurants in our area. Oak, which has received nothing but positive press since it opened, was named along with Tim Love’s Woodshed Smokehouse as two…
Update:We used a random number generator to pick a winner and drew comment number one. KrisinDallas, may your future be filled with many tacos and drinks. We told you back in February about Torchy’s Tacos opening up another location near the SMU campus, and as the opening date gets closer…
Chefs Colleen O’Hare and Jeana Johnson have built a solid reputation with Good 2 Go Taco, their upscale taquería in East Dallas where customers can indulge in brisket tacos while bathing in the rich smell of freshly roasted Cultivar Coffee. Brooke Humphries and Brianna Larson have a bit of a…
While dining at Acme F&B, the subject of this week’s review, I couldn’t help but notice the polished staff. Maybe they stood out against all the rusting metal worked into the design of the dining room, but I had a feeling it had more to do with a management team…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I took my first bite, and tried to figure out why…
Soon, there will be another player in the Dallas sausage market. Brian Luscher is headed to White Rock Local Market every other weekend to peddle “South of Chicago” style red hots. The wieners will be available to purchase after they spend some time intimate time in Ms. Verna, Luscher’s popular…
Lakewood Brewing tapped its first two beers for the public this past weekend to an enthusiastic crowd at Goodfriend. A bartender told me it was the burger restaurant’s busiest day since it opened last year. Even last night the staff seemed especially giddy about the brew. Lakewood Brewing’s Rock Ryder…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Don’t look for this dish on the menu of Pollo Campero…
Anthony Bourdain’s final season of No Reservations kicks off September, 3. The season opens in Austin with Dallas’ very own Daniel Vaughn guiding the popular chef/author/traveler through the smoky motions at Franklin Barbecue. News of Vaughn’s appearance on the show leaked after the Texas barbecue sherpa announced a book deal…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Remember that paper bag of mini doughnuts you bought from the…
Wrapping up that work day and getting ready to head home watch the Olympics and do some drinking? Easy now. The gymnastics events are in full swing and Alice’s instruction to drink every time you see a wedgie promises to intoxicate an entire planet. Before you pick up your shot…
