The Texas Burger, released last month at McDonald’s restaurants across Japan, proved so popular that the fast food chain’s already issued a sequel. Spokeswoman Melissa Daly describes the Texas 2 Burger, available now in Japan, as featuring “flavors of the Lone Star State with spicy chili beans, bacon, fresh onions,…
Uptown Popcorn recently opened in NorthPark mall with more than 70 popcorn flavors that are way more tasty than that microwavable Orville Redenbacher’s you have in your pantry. A mini bag of most of Uptown Popcorn’s flavors will only set you back $1.75 and holds about three cups of crazy…
Quoc Bao. That’s long been the chatter when the topic of “where the best banh mi can be found around Dallas.” Upon the urging of friends and the insistence of readers’ comments, I finally decided to test out everyone’s favorite banh mi shop. What better time than a City of…
Spiral Diner’s staffers aren’t letting an award from PETA distract them from their work slinging tofu scrambles and mixing soy milkshakes. “I really don’t know,” a man who identified himself as manager of the Fort Worth branch said with a snarl when City of Ate called to ask how the…
I was hoping for a stellar dining experience on the cold morning when I hopped off the train at Tyler/Vernon Station for a short walk to Boy’s Taquería, fingers numb from the frigid temperatures. The new restaurant, opened for just over a month, is owned by a husband and wife…
We know what will make this below-freezing day bearable, and it isn’t a Snuggie, although that would be pretty cool to have on a day like today. What you really need to get through today is free food, and Cafe Brazil has got you covered. Bring a printout of this…
Foodways Texas, the new organization that aims to “preserve, promote and celebrate the diverse food cultures of Texas,” has announced an event that should help make sense of all the fancy words in its ambitious mission statement. Tickets for the group’s first symposium in Galveston go on sale tomorrow. For…
Pity the beef short rib. Once passed over by many people who preferred pork, short ribs staged a comeback in recent years as enterprising chefs started braising them rather than barbecuing. Proper braising allowed them to remain moist and supple, as opposed to dry and tough, and they found a…
While a vast majority of Texans still haven’t sampled whiskey legally distilled in-state, an owner of Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling in San Antonio believes Texas bourbon could become a nationally recognized category. “We really believe the concept has legs,” Mark McDavid says. “Our goal is to compete with Tennessee…
The New Orleans Saints’ elimination from Super Bowl contention this weekend devastated members of the Who Dat Nation — and deeply disappointed the DFW restaurants looking forward to serving them. Robbie Connell, manager of the Humperdink’s in Arlington, which hosted the official LSU Alumni pre-game tailgate party before the Cotton…
While dining at Artin’s Grill in The Shops at Legacy in Plano, I asked our waiter Clint why Artin’s is a good date place. He explained that “the family-style portions are good for sharing” and that “if a couple doesn’t want to come in for dinner they can always stop…
We don’t think there was any question last week that viewers had some issues with cheftestant Jamie Lauren being allowed to stay on Top Chef All Stars instead of our own Casey Thompson. Turns out we of Chef Tell and Cheap Bastard feel all sorts of the same way. In…
Saturday night ended with a glass of “buttershops,” the beverage I make when things look really, really dire on the home bar front. It’s brandy and butterscotch liquer, and generally by the time I get around to making it, “buttershops” is about all I can verbally muster. But we’d been…
I’ll gladly admit it: I’m a nostalgia freak. If I don’t answer my phone immediately, it’s because I’m gorging on the video I.V. drip of YouTube, jaw slackened as I watch old interviews with fave bands from the bell-bottomed ’70s. That same penchant for the grainy imaged past plunks me…
Dallas blogs spent the week wrapping up 2010 in a series of lists and predicting food trends for 2011. City of Ate Hanna Raskin feels diminutive in the face of a face-sized bland chicken breast at Kenny’s Italian Kitchen. Alice Laussade edits four-letter words out of her vocabulary to deliver…
Weatherford College is rushing to ready citizens of Weatherford, which went wet two short years ago, for an onslaught of thirsty Super Bowl-goers. The school’s work force and continuing education department is partnering with Wild Mushroom Restaurant to train new bartenders. While graduates of the weeklong course aren’t guaranteed employment,…
Richardson-based Wingstop is continuing its spread south of the border. After seeing much success with six locations in Mexico, expansion plans for twenty more stores throughout the country will begin this year. Wingstop in Mexico is franchised by WIS de Mexico S.A. de C.V. While the company initially started with…
In part one of this week’s Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Anthony Bombaci, executive chef of Nana. In part two, we asked Bombaci to complete our thoughts for us. In today’s final installment he shares a recipe for Ceviche of Dublin Bay Langoustines. Great ceviche is…
All innuendos and dirty jokes duly noted, I prefer my food in compact ball-shape. I like cheese balls, sausage balls, popcorn balls and meatballs. Thanksgiving always has and always will find a Butterball in my oven (sorry, Stephan Pyles.) So for dessert my natural choice is cake balls. If cupcakes…
Sports bars and any restaurant with a giant-ass television will be packed tonight with football fans watching the Cotton Bowl, so head on over to Nana (2201 Stemmons Freeway) for Friday Night Flights. The popular monthly wine series is back with an evening dedicated to Syrah wines. Sample wines from…
Not sure if you’ve heard, but pie is totally the new cupcake. Yeah, it’s everywhere, dude. The New York Times even wrote about it, saying New York and San Francisco are centers of pie innovation. Not to be out delicious-ed, City of Ater Kristy Yang took a pie tour of…
The Girl Scouts’ cookie sales season starts this week. And while there aren’t any new cookies on the roster this year, the scouts are celebrating the 35th anniversary of Samoas — a caramel-coconut concoction that debuted in a year the organization might otherwise wish to forget. Girl Scouts have been…
