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…
Quenching a thirst in this city has never been so easy. Local craft beer is a booming industry, and an entire culture has risen atop that foamy head. The same group that pulled together the Big Texas Beer Fest and Untapped is throwing another party. This one is called Texas…
The famed Charlie Palmer checked out of boutique hotel The Joule recently, and today, CBD Provisions (1530 Main St.) opens as the hotel’s new anchor restaurant. CBD is owned by Consilient Hospitality, who also owns Hibiscus, Victor Tangos, The Porch, The Front Room at Hotel Lumen and multiple locations of…
Science is Awesome has a story about 11-year-old Michal Bodzianowski from Colorado, who recently won a competition sponsored by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education that will test the effects of zero gravity on brewing. There were a total of 744 science proposals submitted by almost 4,000…
Ah yes, Monday mornings. Typically fueled by coffee and rage, maybe a sore ankle from having to take a furious sports walk, they are never a welcome or enjoyable experience. Except for this week, when all the ugliness of a regular Monday morning was replaced by all the beautiful smells…
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…
In a paper published online for the American Journal of Medicine, it’s been discovered that chicken nuggets aren’t exactly what they’re portrayed to be — namely, chicken. See Also: The Chicken Nugget Bonanza You Never Asked For Titled “The Autopsy of Chicken Nuggets Reads ‘Chicken Little,'” Dr. Richard D. deShazo…
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…
As we’ve previously discussed, being a vegan in Dallas isn’t a miserable and lonely existence, so long as you know how to navigate eating situations involving friends, family and coworkers. A crucial piece of information to have in your back pocket is a restaurant list. But not just any restaurant…
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…
Origin Natural Food on McKinney Ave. is changing things up a bit just nine months after opening. Co-owner Jessica Myers says that the grab-and-go restaurant will expand the menu and transition into a full service kitchen and bar concept under the new banner of Origin Kitchen + Bar. See also:…
Daniel Kurzrock and Jordan Schwartz, two savvy economic majors at UCLA, wanted to find a way to repurpose the grains used in their home brews instead of throwing them in the dumpster or sending them to the cows). So the pair of hopheads partnered with several area breweries and invented…
Mexican Sugar is a new restaurant opening in The Shops at Legacy in Plano this November. Created and developed by the management group Fork It Over LLC, which also owns Whiskey Cake and Velvet Taco, this spot will focus on dishes from Central and South America, anchored Mexican food. Mexican…
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…
It took years for Kari Gates to get a farmers market in Plano. After attending more council meetings than any farmer should have to deal with, the Plano native, who owns Spring Creek Organic Farms, finally got the all clear to open the Collin County Farmers Market at 3314 N…
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…
