As you surely know, ’tis the weekend before Fat Tuesday. Gluttony will run rampant in the streets as we, and everyone in New Orleans, prepare for 40 days of sacrifice that begin on Ash Wednesday. (Or maybe you focus on just the gluttony part? That’s cool, too.) On Sunday, Poor…
Rachel Stone at the Lakewood Advocate got the scoop on three new retail outlets at BLVD, the new luxury apartment complex at SMU Boulevard and Greenville Avenue that offers, among many of its amenities, valet trash service, a “sparkling pool and sundeck,” and 712 square feet of luxury living for…
The Tootie Pie Company will soon open a gourmet café at 5944 Royal Lane, on the southwest corner of Preston and Royal. Their sign is already on the marquee to tease us all. And from peaking inside the windows, it’s clear the build-out is slowly taking shape. For a little…
This is normal, right? You’ve sat down to a meal, you bang out your appetizers, then your mains come. And then because you eat slightly more quickly then the rest of your table-mates, you reach that portion of your meal where you start to feel full but they’re still eating…
Wouldn’t it be great if one of the cheftestants completely blew their chance at winning, perhaps forgetting to put the lid on a blender, burning an entire pot of cous cous, even simply running out of time in an elimination challenge? We’re not even asking for a severed digit or…
Patricia Sharpe’s Where to Eat Now 2012 treats the Dallas-Fort Worth area well, with with of the ten restaurants in her list in either city. She also points out some interesting trends, opening with a confirmation that all the organ meat we’re seeing in Dallas isn’t just a local phenomenon…
The new Central Market at Preston and Royal is now open, offering just about all the amenities of the other four local Central Markets but in half the space. Here’s a party tip: don’t fight the one-way serpentine flow. Once you decide to get in, you’re in. And focus. If…
On a recent Friday, one of the cold ones, Del Frisco’s Grille had a nice little buzz going. Out front, women in ultra-short skirts bounced in place to keep warm, clinging tightly to the arms of starched-and-buttoned-down dudes as they waited on a lengthy valet line. Stacked orange box lanterns…
Yesterday morning, Pegasus ran a story criticizing the hiring practices of Lisa Garza as she ramped up for the opening of Sissy’s, her new Henderson Avenue fried-chicken joint. The story focused on a request in Garza’s job posting that instructed prospective front-of-the-house staff to submit a picture in tandem with…
Short of earning a Ph.D in bio-tech science, making sense of genetically modified (GM) or engineered (GE) ingredients in America’s food chain is almost impossible. Primarily because by law GM foods aren’t required to be labeled as such. So you literally need that degree along with a boatload of data…
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW’s most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he’ll check it out. Venue: Po’ Melvin’s Sandwich: Fried Oyster Po’ Boy ($9.99) Bread: Giant, soft baguette Toppings: Cornmeal battered and fried oysters, lettuce, tomato (mayo standard but nixed…
Side Dish reported on Valentine’s Day that Nana, the restaurant in the Hilton Anatole, will close in June and reopen in September as a steakhouse. Yes. A steakhouse. Chef Anthony Bombaci has been promoted within the company, and the new chef has yet to be named. The place is also…
Somewhere, Toby Keith is rejoicing. Coming soon to Texas, according to Pong Beer’s site, is the one, the only beer exclusively designed to receive a unsterilized, filthy college apartment ping pong ball. It’s Pong Beer! Or, the beer specifically for playing Beer Pong. It’s so real, everyone. How real? According…
Chef Braden Wages of Malai Thai in the West Village is originally from upstate New York. He and his wife, Yasmin, who is from Weatherfod, met while in school at Cornell. Running a restaurant was a long-term dream for both of them. But the concept for that place was based…
Know what’s better than a pop-up restaurant? A pie pop-up, of course. Per Good Space and Go Oak Cliff, this weekend, during the Mardi Gras celebration in the Bishop Arts District, Emporium Pies will be doing a trial run of sorts. They’re interested in investing in a little real estate…
Dallas’ restaurants will buzz with Valentine’s diners tonight, but not every dish is built for impressing a date. As a public service, we’ve compiled a list of some food items to avoid at some of our favorite date spots. Gloria’s (above) makes for an ideal date spot, with its numerous…
I don’t usually get into making predictions, but this one’s just too easy. Off-Site Kitchen, the new breakfast-and-lunch spot from the Neighborhood Services group, opened today, and word is getting out fast. They don’t have many seats inside, maybe eight or nine stools, but they’ve got loads of patio seating…
Last November we reported that Smithfield, the world’s top pork producer, had recommitted to phasing out gestation-crate confinement at all of its facilities by 2017. Soon they could have incentive phase the questionable practice out more quickly. McDonald’s announced yesterday a new initiative to phase out the use of gestation…
The Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association (TOFGA), a non-profit educational organization that “supports farmers, ranchers and gardeners who grow food and fiber in a sustainable manner,” arrives this week for its annual conference, at the Mesquite Convention Center, February 17 through 19…
Foodbitch’s inboxes fill each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week’s foodfull best. Google Offers: $6 for $12 of sweets from Kokopelli Creations Been to the West End lately? Yeah, you’re not alone; nobody has since last year’s TX/OU Weekend…
By now you’ve probably seen/heard/drunk that Shiner has a new pale ale running around out there called Wild Hare. In smart Internet marketing fashion, they’ve also debuted a trio of ads that have a Wes Andersony, mock-documentary feel. So, on that note, what does everyone think of the beer? If…
Two simple words possessed me to fight rush-hour traffic and patronize loathsome valet parking for a Friday happy hour in Uptown: Skittles Sangria. Perusing Yelp for a new-to-me drinking spot, I’d stumbled on the Common Table’s drink menu, and my inner alcoholic child was awakened by the promise of a…
