Hungry? You will be eventually. And when those grinding stomach noises rise up from within, you’ll have this list printed out at the ready. Here are 10 restaurants that I’ve dined in, reviewed, or otherwise written about and enjoyed in recent months. Put them in your regular rotation, and never…
Walk into Max’s Wine Dive on a random weekend evening, and you might wonder if it’s opening night. It’s been a year since the restaurant, which serves self-described gourmet comfort food, rode up from Houston on a public relations blitzkrieg that filled the dining room to capacity. It’s been packed…
It’s hard to believe it’s already been four months since Trinity Groves launched its gastro-friendly strip mall. But it must be true, because tonight Kitchen LTO’s new chef, menu, and restaurant design debut. A few weeks ago, the permanent pop-up kitchen announced Chef Eric Shelton would be developing the new…
Rabbit Hole Brewing is the latest craft brewery to open in the North Texas area, bringing the total number of beer makers up to about 17 in all, which is 16 more than there were 10 years ago (Rahr opened in 2004). Rabbit Hole is located in the small town…
If you’re a fan of the annual Taste of Addison event as it has been for the past 20 years, you’re about to get a little sad. The culinary celebration has been cut, to be replaced by a new event that will tax your wallet a little harder in an…
Our Northern neighbors don’t shy away from the tough questions. That seems to be the takeaway from the latest McDonald’s Canada marketing campaign. In a series of videos called “Our Chicken. Your Questions,” the company answers questions like, “What are legitimately in mcnuggets is there pink goop?” and “Do you…
When I walk up, Mike Sindoni is sitting at the bar at CBD Provisions, the restaurant in downtown Dallas’ Joule Hotel, making edits on a menu with a No. 2 pencil. He’s an unassuming, gentle-looking man of about six feet with bright eyes, short curly hair and a generous smile…
Hacienda on Henderson, a staple on Henderson Avenue for five years, shuttered over the weekend. CultureMap broke the story. When Hacienda opened across the street from Capitol Pub in 2009, our food critic at the time noted it had mediocre food, bad service and a great, but very empty patio…
I promised myself that 2014 would be the year I refrained from writing about Kickstarter campaigns. After watching too many potential business owners and restaurateurs grovel for money, I’d decided they all should just go the bank for a loan or leverage their credit cards to the hilt like the…
Mr. Max has been on my list ever since I read about the eel donburi they served here on City of Ate. But apparently that list is long, because that post was published more than a year ago and I’d still yet to visit. And apparently that list is too…
Would you believe that if you had a dollar for every Dorito consumed on Super Bowl Sunday you’d have enough money to buy a spot during halftime? Sure you’d believe it. But I just made that shit up. Folks eat up statistics about Super Bowl ad spend, but do they…
When I was a kid and my parents took me to any restaurant with a ketchup pump I always felt the need to fill at least 17 of the paper cups. Even at a young age, I could grasp the basic tenets of economics, and the easiest way to maximize…
When the Spread Eagle Saloon opened in February 2012, the name obviously caused a kerfuffle. With the likes of Twin Peaks, Hooters and more, suggestive names for bars and restaurants are nothing new, but you couldn’t even open the doors of the Spread Eagle without wondering what you were getting…
A few weeks ago I went on a Malaysian food adventure. As far as I can tell, Dallas and her surrounding suburbs don’t provide a wealth of suitable restaurants, so it didn’t take too long. We are living in a Malaysian food desert. What took even less time was choosing…
Just a few months after Mike Karns took over Snuffer’s, he has announced his first round of changes to the long-standing cheddar fry chain. Say goodbye to Pepsi; Coca-Cola products will now dominate the soda dispensers at all locations. And while Snuffer’s has always offered Bud Light, they’re now doing…
For many Dallas diners, DFW Restaurant Week is an annual excuse to eat out at one of the 100-plus participating restaurants. The speed with which reservations at these restaurants fill up inspired our still unproven theory that some Dallas residents don’t know these same steakhouses and Italian joints are open…
Put down that boring sandwich, step away from the jimmyjohns.com, cease and desist your endless and idealess G-chats to coworkers. It’s time to eat a better lunch. Starting next week the mid-day meal options in Dallas grow by two when Chino Chinatown in Trinity Groves and Goodfriend Beer Garden and…
In not-so-shocking news, Bravo announced that it will pick up Top Chef for a dozenth season. This is great news, because that means we’re only a few months away from watching re-runs of the current season at the gym. Season 11’s winner will be announced next week during the season…
The Super Bowl is coming, and there’s a good chance that the house party you’ve been invited to is going to suck. There’s only so much buffalo chicken dip a person can handle, not to mention the fact that house parties have an tendency for kicked kegs halfway through the…
Just six months into his post at Pakpao Thai, chef Eddy Thretipthuangsin left, or that was the official story. He won’t divulge more than that “in the long term it’s better for both me and the owners,” Tiffanee Siri and Richard Ellman, also of Oak and Belly & Trumpet. Whatever…
To most Southerners, the mere mention of fried chicken conjures very specific flavor and tactile expectations. There are brines, almost always of buttermilk, which lead to juicy flesh. And there is seasoned crust, in thick and thin versions, with nubs and ridges that hopefully cast off excess oil to remain…
Last September we told you that Dallas was getting its very own Buzz Bike. This was after cities like Houston and Fort Worth had been rubbing their pedal-powered pubs in our faces for some time. But after some permitting and route-planning issues that caused delays, the wait for those who…
