Slow Food USA is a non-profit group that works to bring good, clean and fair food to everyone in the country through grassroots movements. And this Saturday, Sept 17, they’re asking you to redefine the value of a meal by participating in a $5 challenge. “… Take back the value…
“That’s disturbing.” I’d come to the Observer’s weekly staff meeting with a small plastic bag of Sichuan peppercorns and passed them around the table. The spice isn’t a pepper, but husks of a tiny fruit grown and consumed throughout Asia. When combined with real chiles and oil, the small pods…
The Dog Stop 6857 Arapaho Road 469-360-8370 Minutes I waited for my food: 7 Times I cursed the Chase ATM for charging me a $3 fee: 765 When you inevitably get hit with a real hankerin’ for the taste of mashed, tubed-up lips and assholes, The Dog Stop has just…
Urban Dog Coffee got a new name and a facelift over the labor day weekend. While they’re not quite finished with the work, the newly branded Oak Lawn Coffee has a new paint job and logo that give the space an entirely new feel. Cool grays and blues have replaced…
Lover’s Lane Olive Oil Company opened over the weekend, an expansion from its mothership store, Grapevine Olive Oil Company. It’s at 5627 West Lovers Lane, just west of the Tollway. Owner Rebecca Knop imports more than 40 extra-virgin olive oils from around the world and balsamic vinegars from Modena, Italy,…
Wolfgang Puck strikes again in downtown Dallas, announcing a catering deal with the upcoming Museum of Nature and Science. A lengthy press release details plans for two dining concepts that in tandem “will accommodate almost every budget and need.” The museum isn’t scheduled to open until 2013, but beginning January…
Surrounded by mango-colored, sparsely decorated walls, I pondered the small bowl of grayish-brown paste, flecked with tiny specks of bright greens (from herbs) and red (from chiles). “What kind of pickle is this?” I asked, initiating that awkward dance between two people more comfortable in their native tongues. After a…
What with Central Market’s Brewtopia beginning today, Addison’s Oktoberfest starting tomorrow and several beer dinners planned for the rest of the month, there are enough brew events in the next couple weeks that your liver should be in fighting shape by the time October rolls around. Gotta build that tolerance…
The first time I encountered the small, triangular-shaped parcel I was in New York. Some friends of mine were stupid enough to take my recommendation that we arrive by train at 6 a.m., order chaat and chai at Lahori Kabab, and continue a 24-hour curry crawl through multiple boroughs before…
Well, surprise, surprise. This morning Bryan and Kathy Crelly woke up and said something like, “Soft openings are for pussies. Let’s do this!” Because just yesterday the owners of Uncle Uber’s Sammich Shop in Deep Ellum were a bit hush-hush about their opening plans, but today a “Now Open” banner…
Leslie Brenner went all radio superstar yesterday. The critic some love to hate talked for an hour with Think host Krys Boyd about the DFW dining scene, culinary trends and and the mechanics of good reviewing. Brenner described a blossoming scene that still had some hurdles to handle. While a…
We’ve talked a lot about the fried food coma the State Fair of Texas will be offering up this year, and we figure it’s time we mention a couple of new vendors who are stepping up the unfried fair fare. (If only to ask them why they have yet to…
Going through the grocery aisle, it’s easy to get serious tired-head from the various terms used on food packaging. Lots of food and drink producers figure that the more confusing catchphrases they can sling at you, the more apt you are to give up on brain activity and just shovel…
Yesterday I spoke with two DFW-area food trucks about their plans to hit the streets in Big D. Gennarino’s is a Neapolitan-style friggitoria owned by three brothers from Naples, Italy. And SoCal Tacos serves up classic southern Cali tacos, burritos and salsa. Both these truck owners are enthusiastic foodies, anxiously…
Last Friday, Tillman’s posted a picture of one of its weekend specials on its Facebook page along with this description: “Fried oysters with roasted poblano polenta, sautéed spinach and tomato, and spicy remoulade for $10.00.” Strangely, that post spoke to me in some mystical unicorn way, so much so that…
The U.S. Senate has officially declared today National Celiac Disease Awareness Day. So, we all need to stop at some point and think about our annoying friends who can’t eat anything because … OK. OK. You’re not annoying. Your disease is annoying. And, honestly, we hate it for you. Since…
More than a month ago, City of Ate reported on the quiet happenings at RedFork, in the wake of chefs Jeff Harris and Matt Balke’s quick departure. Ryan Carbery was left to run the kitchen alone. In that story Carbery told City of Ate a pizza oven would be arriving…
Jeff Harris has landed. He’s currently banging out a lunch shift at his new home, Bolsa, the popular farm-to-table restaurant in Oak Cliff. Harris has been homeless since his departure from Redfork Tavern, spending time at home with his new son and keeping quiet about his future plans. The announcement…
Saturday, Cane Rosso served brunch. Not really that big of a deal, right? WRONG, DUMMY! Look with your eyeballs at this menu!! Ricotta pancakes!! Biscuits and gravy! Braised pork hash! Nutella pizza!! This brunch menu offers every single thing you’d ever need to explode your hangover. Plus Fanta. (More exclamations…
It’s a good week for suburban boozin’. Grapevine’s 25th annual GrapeFest begins this Thursday and lasts throughout the weekend. With Addison’s Oktober Fest covering the same days, we’re all being put in that awkward “choosing sides” predicament. But, something that might help in your decision-tree diagram is that admission is…
A new restaurant, Swig, at 1921 North Henderson, in what used to be Park, will have its soft opening this Wednesday. Peter Kenny from the Capitol Pub has created a lush, dark space with alluring seating arrangements and retro lighting fixtures throughout. The patio out back, formerly Bar Celine, is…
Time to dust off your beer steins. Not days after Brew at the Zoo, from which I’m still hungover, it’s time to start planning next weekend’s beer-laden festivities. Addison’s 24th annual Oktoberfest kicks off this Thursday evening with a ceremonial keg-tapping by Mayor Todd Meier. Admission is free for the…
