Food & Drink

It was an innocent question, one I assumed the gentleman at Oak Cliff Earth Day wouldn’t be able to answer. “Where are the food trucks going to be?” “Along Flora Street,” he replied without skipping a beat, the same stretch of the Arts District mobile food vendors were stationed during…

We’ve seen this board on our way to work for a while now and every time we drive past we think, “So, The Ferg and Dr Pepper both shave their pubies?” “Dr Pepper Cherry and Fergie, now as amazingly smooth as a baby’s bottom.” We’re not the only ones who…

Just about anything can take on a sexual connotation, and while efforts are being made to sex up food, what of the unsexiest of all edibles: fast food? Nope, there are still fuck-tastically named items on every drive-through menu around the Dallas area…and some billboards, too. Here, we take our…

Even if journalism doesn’t work out, I know that I won’t end up owning a restaurant. I have a terrible palate and a personality that will abuse the right to refuse service rule. In all my years of serving, I’ve never, ever spat in someone’s food or drink. I don’t…

Planning on channel surfing and slurping leftover spaghetti in your pajamas tonight? Yeah, that sounds like a lame idea, especially when the popular film site GordonandtheWhale.com is teaming up with Molly Maguire’s (5815 Live Oak St.) to present dinner and a movie tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Lakewood pub…

If you’re looking for a quiet place to start off an amorous evening, Neuhaus Café housed in the Preston Royal Shopping Center would not be the best choice. On the other hand, if you’re in search of a fun, lively, kid-friendly restaurant with a huge selection of entrées, desserts and…

This week, Dallas is buzzing about Whiskey Cake (we beat the rest of them to it, FYI). And even though Easter is right around the corner, only a few displays of enthusiasm (like eating 41 pickled eggs, or finding a certain flavor of marshmallow eggs particularly revolting) are evident. Read…

The supremacy of women has once again been made evident — this time by a man. Al Ahmedus has expanded his first restaurant, Natalie’s, into the next-door space once occupied by Al’s Steakhouse & Salad, also owned by Ahmedus, in the Preston Royal Shopping Center. When the steakhouse opened in…

In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we shared a profile of Executive Chef and Chief Culinary Officer of The Fresh Diet, Yosef Schwartz, as well as a short bit about Dallas head chef of The Fresh Diet George Shepherd. In part two, we asked Schwartz and Shepherd…

Shama lama ding dong! It’s Passover time again. North Texas Jewish families who are preparing for the holiday, which begins Monday at sundown, will sit down for a ceremonial Seder dinner that is full of symbolism. Unfortunately for many, that means jarred gefilte. These spam-like fish balls are the Thanksgiving…

If oysters are an aphrodisiac, then there will be plenty of horny folks at Fish City Grill (2323 N. Henderson Ave.) and Half Shells in Plano (5800 Legacy Drive) this weekend. Both restaurants are hosting Oysterfest, a celebration of meaty mollusks that features an eating competition and a special menu…

The folks down at White Rock Coffee may not have known what a Cup O’ Joe Award was a week ago, but they do now. A few days ago, the Lake Highlands shop won the award for best coffee house in Dallas from Krups USA, a maker of espresso and…

Remember the last scene of Casablanca in which Rick and Renault come together in the end for the good of humanity then walk off into the fog contemplating “…the beginning of a beautiful friendship”? Well, that’s basically what’s happening between the NFL owners and players this weekend at the Glass…

Yesterday, we brought you a profile of Yosef Schwartz, the executive chef and chief culinary officer of The Fresh Diet, as well as a mini-profile of chef George Shepherd, the local head chef for The Fresh Diet. Today, we asked them both to finish a few sentences for us. Tomorrow,…

Last night at Victory Plaza, Major League Eating finally made good on its promise to bring the country’s top eating talent to Dallas for a wing-eating contest, months after Snowpocalypse 2011 scrapped the original Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship planned just ahead of the Super Bowl.Just before the final Mavericks home…

It’s been 25 years since the doors of El Salvadorian restaurant Gloria’s opened to the public. Tucked away on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, the tiny eatery served up some mighty tasty, traditional El Salvadorian meals. Twenty five years later, the itty-bitty, family-run business has erupted into somewhat of…

Heart Attack Grill is scheduled to open in the West End on May 13. This video, posted in 2010, features Blair River — the 575-pound guy who used to be the spokesperson for Heart Attack Grill’s location in Arizona until he died in March at the age of 29. And…

If your lunch usually consists of a turkey sandwich or a microwaved meal, then maybe it’s time to branch out a little and try new things, or in this case branch out into unconquered lunch territory. Scardello (3511 Oak Lawn Ave.) sent word yesterday that the Empire Baking Co. pumpernickel…