Even the greediest corporations love to put their name on charitable causes, and one of corporate America’s favorite acts of charity is the holiday canned food drive. But the Community Food Pantry Bank of McKinney Director Carol Bodwell has a polite suggestion to the corporations organizing those drives: Consult with…
Last Thursday evening the empty grocery store shelves told the story of our fear of being stuck at home without copious amounts of food. The basics went first — bread, milk, meat — but rest assured bags of chocolate chips, brown sugar and heavy cream were also slim pickings. Barricaded…
Update, 5:10 p.m.: A spokesperson for Barter has informed us the restaurant’s opening has been delayed. A new opening date was not given. Original post: Barter will open today in the old Private|Social location on McKinney Avenue, after holding a soft opening over the weekend. The owners claim Barter will…
The time has come. After months of anticipation — an early announcement in May, banners spotted last month — the people of Bonchon have announced they will open this Wednesday. The newest chapter in Dallas’ Korean fried saga starts at 11 a.m. and the opening might come close to the…
Update, 11:50 a.m., December 7: A manager for the Joule Hotel confirms that CBD Provisions will open at 5 p.m., today. Original post: By now you’ve likely heard news of the electrical fire that occurred last night in front of the Joule Hotel. If you haven’t, check out our live…
Icepocalypse 2013 has put Dallas under a light layer of permafrost and, worse, complicated everybody’s weekend plans. A lot of us were optimistic enough to think that our outdoor activities wouldn’t be frozen out and some of us were clearly foolish for doing so. So we checked up on the…
If you wandered into a grocery store last night, chances are you encountered a larger than normal number of cracked-out shoppers stuffing their carts as if they’d never see another grocery store again. Common convention says that milk and toilet paper are core staples for faux-apocalyptic preparedness, but when I…
This Sunday a hoard of runners will take off from downtown in the skin-hardening cold to compete in the Dallas Marathon. The weather may have turned antagonistic but they will run on undeterred, swaddled in Under Armour and bodyglide. Some people run marathons for the sense of accomplishment, some as…
For the past five years Annie’s Culinary Creations has been churning out impressive baked goods in Murphy, just east of Plano. In that time they’ve produced wedding cakes that put the traditional white tiers to shame (seriously, check out this Halloween one with bride and groom chest-bursters from Alien). Now…
“Local” is a buzz word we often attach to produce and meats we buy from small farmers who live within driving distance. But the local movement embraces all businesses within a specified radius, in an attempt to keep money in the local economy and reduce environmental impacts. If you’ve been…
Holy Smokes! Jim Cantore, welcome to Dallas! Your passion for extreme weather precedes you, and your arrival has struck fear into the hearts of Dallasites everywhere. It’s true! Many locals are terrified of inclement weather that doesn’t involve tornadoes, and completely unaware of how to best respond to a thundersnowflake…
North Texas brewers have been a busy bunch lately. With the change in season, many have been working on snuggly versions of their beer, something to cuddle up with on these chilly 70- or 20-degree December days. These are a few beers you might consider tromping out in the ice…
For the last 35 years the Stewpot has been serving meals to homeless and at-risk people in Dallas, along with providing medical assistance, child enrichment and job training. And for the past six years its support group, the Stewpot Alliance, has hosted the annual fund-raising Soups On! luncheon and art…
Big shake up news in the world of Dallas coffee: not only is Austin-based Houndstooth Coffee coming to Dallas in 2014, it’s going to be replacing Pearl Cup on Henderson Avenue. Pearl Cup has been in its Henderson location for five years, and its lease is up at the end…
Have you ever been out on a date with someone who is absolutely beautiful, holds a high-paying position at an awesome company, makes good conversation, and then somehow just don’t do it for you? That’s always how I felt and about The Tried and True. Just take a look at…
It is a scene that belongs in a thousand places, the last of which is Dallas. On Main Street in Deep Ellum, past the cluster of bars and restaurants that anchor the neighborhood as a nightlife hotspot, Monkey King Noodle Co. sits in comparative isolation. The sky is overcast, and…
American wine no longer has the second-class status it had years ago. California wineries are widely respected. The Washington Post and the New York Daily News have both declared Virginia to be the next “it” place for wine lovers. So how does Texas wine match up against the world’s best?…
If you’re a human being who attended college then you have likely had a shot of vodka. If you were doing it right, you took several shots on several occasions and consistently wondered if the resulting hangover was worth whatever you couldn’t remember. But while vodka shots have remained consistently…
Todd Mills, creator of the Doritos Locos Taco, one of the most successful fast food creations in history, died on Thanksgiving from brain cancer at the age of 41. He never made a cent on the idea. Mills, a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, first pitched Plano-based Frito-Lay with the…
Tomorrow is “Repeal Day,” the 80th anniversary of when our forefathers’ palates and good sense ratified the 21st amendment and subsequently cut off the 18th amendment, allowing We The People to form a more perfect union by imbibing freely. If you’re inclined to knock one back for constitutional amendments, then…
Black Friday and the ensuing shopping season is enough to make anyone hate the holiday season, considering all the tramplings and taserings and general insanity that accompany it. There’s cause to not give up on humanity though: the holidays provide a glut of opportunities to to give to charity and…
Peticolas Brewing Company has covered a lot of ground in the two years it’s been brewing beer in the Design District. Owner Michael Peticolas and his team have released nine beers, won numerous awards (including Best Brewery here at the Observer) and gotten Dallasites completely wasted all along the way…
