See also: *Liberty Burger is Opened and Slammed in North Dallas The Snookie’s on Keller Springs Road bid adieu earlier this month and is making way for a new Liberty Burger. Actually, this is a case of Dace Street, co-founder of Snookie’s, passing the torch to his little sister, Mariel…
The owners of SNACK, the subject of this week’s review, have some work on their hands. Jon Stevens and Avner Samuel have had the doors open at their latest restaurant for eight weeks now and there are still signs the owners are trying to figure out the best way to…
The Standard Pour in Uptown decidedly un-standard. Their menu is full of “cravings:” seemingly haphazardly chosen apps, entrees, sides and desserts with cutesy titles like “conversation starters” and “centers of attention.” There are Asian tastes, Mexican tastes, Italian tastes, French tastes and American tastes. It’s like the Olympics up in…
Earlier this week Scott Reitz told us about the Rangers’ new culinary treat, the Totally ROSSome Nachos, named after rookie relief pitcher Robbie Ross. The Rangers finally got the shipment of big pink helmets, which serve as the nacho holder and sent over a picture…
Tickets for the third annual Texas Monthly BBQ Festival went on sale today. Twenty-one barbecue joints will gather just south of Lady Bird Lake to show off their take on brisket, sausage, ribs and anything else with enough fat content to stand up to an hours-long stint in a smoker…
See also: *Snuffer’s Cheddar Fries: Examining a Dallas Institution Pat Snuffer of Snuffer’s, who eats endless amounts of those amazing cheddar fries every day (wouldn’t you?), told me that the show Food Paradise of the Travel Channel is coming out to his restaurant on lower Greenville Avenue soon to film…
If you’ve been looking for the right time and opportunity to check out the Dallas Heritage Village, we may have found your opening. The late 19th century village will now be home to a food truck park. The inaugural Cedars Food Park event is this weekend, Saturday, July 28 from…
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 spent a recent Sunday morning well into Sunday afternoon tooling…
Is 2323 Henderson Ave. cursed, or does the building sit on top of an ancient Indian burial ground? Nearly every mention of SNACK, the new outpost from Avner Samuel and Jon Stevens, who co-own both locations of NOSH, points to Horne and Dekker’s ghost. That casual restaurant survived just a…
Follow Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. See also: *A Cheap Lunch at the Zodiac? It’s a Gas. *Bistro B Gets an “A” for Awesome Old count: 3,846 People I heard ordering “Cereal…
The online reservation and restaurant review site OpenTable.com released a list of the Top 100 Scenic View Dining restaurants, which is based on some 5 million opinions over the past year. As a complete surprise, nothing along the scenic northern part of the LBJ Freeway made it. Unbelievable, right? (I…
Did you know there’s a reggae remix of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”? Neither did I, until I went to Arlington’s Jamaica Gates to eat jerk chicken. The skanked-up Titanic anthem poured out of crackling speakers as I sipped my Jamaican lemonade — thirst-quenching and not too sweet,…
Chef Jody Denton had a 35-year restaurant career that spanned the globe and included work with some of the best chefs in the country, among them names like master chef Ernst Gruch, Dean Fearing and Wolfgang Puck. Then about a year ago, he left all that for an office job…
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. It took three visits to get to these pastor tacos from…
Chuy’s is now a publicly traded enchilada maker. This morning they offered nearly 6 million shares on the NASDAQ exchange for $13 each. By noon the stock prices had risen16 percent to $15.20, indicating Wall Street is at least temporarily bullish on Chicka-Chicka Boom-Boom enchiladas. Chuy’s plans to use the…
I’m taking every opportunity that comes along this summer to get out of the steamy swamp currently hanging over our city, and that means one thing: road-trippin’. I made the trek (more of a hop, skip and a kolache-fueled jump, really) to Austin this weekend to visit friends and raise…
If you’ve having trouble selling a menu item, your best bet may be to put Doritos on it. The Texas Rangers just announced the latest snack to follow the much lauded boomstick. Totally ROSSome Nachos will boast tortilla chips covered in white queso, pico de gallo and a choice of…
As you all very well know, pop-up dinners are so hot right now. Joining the pop-up scene is chef Ryan Barnett, formerly of Neighborhood Services, Bistro 31 and Ormsby Catering. The second in his series of four pop-ups is happening at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at My Private Chef in Deep…
When the Observer emailed me with the offer to, and I quote, “continue our gross exploitation of your heritage” by somehow shoehorning together the two subjects of the Olympics and food, how could I possibly resist? I suppose this allows me to tackle that thorniest of subjects, British “cuisine”. While…
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’ve written about the lobster roll at Rex’s far too many…
Are the food and beverage holidays getting old? Does it feel forced sometimes? For the most part, it seems we all benefit. Free pie, chicken-fried steak and now free tequila shots. No harm in that, right? Well today, July 24, is National Tequila Day. La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff…
We’ve decided to take a look at a few of Dallas’ most glutton-friendly dishes and do something you probably really don’t want us to: count calories. Total buzzkill? No. More like “smart calorie allocation.” So, let’s get smart. Say you have 2,000 calories, more or less, at your disposal everyday;…
