On Interstate 35 between Dallas and Waco, I hadn’t tried any non-chain restaurants beyond the kolache heaven that is the Czech Stop. But the last few drives to Austin put me in a barbecue mood, so I stopped at a couple places you should know about if you find yourself…
With a few days still remaining in December, it’s probably too soon to accurately assess how 2010 will be recalled in the annals of Dallas food. And as someone who spent the first half of the year living in North Carolina, I’m surely not the obvious candidate to hold forth…
Sometimes, all a person needs is a simple fix of decent fare to keep him or her going– nourishing fare that satisfies with little found fault. Service with a smile adds further enjoyment. That’s what I found at Taquería La Paloma in the Lakeside Village shopping center and apartment complex…
This week, I’m looking back on 2010 with a couple of lists. First, I’ll share my 10 favorite beers of the year. They’re not my top 10 of all time, but rather 10 brews I tried (and in many cases, subjected to the Hophead Ranking System) this year and really…
Kent Rathbun’s résumé is too extensive to quickly gloss over. Like most chefs, Rathbun started his career as an apprentice working at La Bonne Auberge, a five-star French restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri. Rathbun then moved on to work in the kitchens of Mr. B’s in New Orleans, American Restaurant…
Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin’ Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn’t take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: Tejano Mexican Restaurant, 110 W. Davis St., 214-943-8610When: 11 a.m. to 6…
We’re optimistic that 2011 is going to be the year: The year we discipline ourselves to stop eating just before we feel full; the year we take walks instead of naps after lunch; and the year we admit that not every day is a reason to celebrate (Hey, it’s Thesaurus…
Still don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve yet? You’ve only got three days left to plan the big night or risk spending Friday night ordering from Papa John’s. On Monday, we gave you our top picks for NYE dining, and today we’ve got suggestions for where you can still…
Tonight marks the second time the Detroit Red Wings have come to town since acquiring center Mike Modano, so the Free Press’ beat writer last night seized the opportunity to check out the restaurant Modano left behind. Helene St. James veered from sports reporting to food criticism on her blog…
Texas could be on the cutting edge of the rarified swine trend.The New York Times this morning devoted 50 column inches to the little-known Mangalitsa, positing the zaftig Hungarian breed might be the “next It Hog in the great American pig-out.” (The story in the Dining section wasn’t the first…
The only thing worse than coming back from vacation is beating the rest of the world back to work — especially if you’re a reporter waiting for return phone calls. It’s been a quiet day in the office. But all that time spent in silence hasn’t gone to waste: Today…
Small-scale meat producers say a proposal to limit slaughterhouse construction could harm farm-to-table eating statewide. According to a front-page story in today’s Dallas Morning News, State Representative Jodie Laubenberg has filed a bill that would allow counties to keep out slaughterhouses. Existing meat processing facilities wouldn’t be affected by the…
A downtown fusion restaurant that closed unexpectedly last year may be gearing up for a reopening. Fuse, a clubby Tex-Mex-Asian spot that occupied the Browder building for four years before shutting down last December, has received a new certificate of occupancy. After Fuse closed, rumors swirled online that the restaurant…
At many fine 19th-century restaurants, it wasn’t unusual for diners to deviate significantly from the printed menu. Since it was assumed the chef stocked his larder with the same eggs, cheeses and vegetables that appeared in nearly every hoity-toity restaurant kitchen, eaters could reasonably demand egg croquettes or Bombay oysters…
Each week, Happy Eating will highlight a different restaurant happy hour food menu, keeping you informed of what deals are out there. This week we set our sights on the happy hour offerings of Uptown’s popular Lemon Bar–not the place to go if you are interested in low key. Where:…
Is “authentic” Chinese cuisine within Dallas city limits a good thing? That was the question my friends and I were left with when we paid a post-Christmas lunch visit to Royal China last Sunday. The immediate answer would be “yes, of course,” right? Driving out to the suburbs for an…
It’s winter getaway season, which means folks are flocking to warm tropical islands — and eating spaghetti and meatballs when they get there. My parents are spending the week in Aruba and kicked off their vacation with a dinner at Gianni’s Ristorante Italiano, a massive red sauce eatery where tourists…
Because nothing is as important as family time during the holidays, the Man O’ The Hour and I left my parents’ house on Christmas afternoon to drive up to the brand-spanking-new-ish Choctaw Casino Resort in pancake-flat Durant, Oklahoma. Like many folks with family ties in Northeast Texas, I am part…
The Dallas Fish Market, which offers discounted sushi to downtowners on Sundays and free sushi to everybody on Wednesdays, is now promoting its late-night sushi menu: A selection of specialty rolls, including the Dallas roll, is available until 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. While few diners with cause to…
It’s a fair bet there’s not too much overlap between Anthony Bourdain and Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Leslie Brenner’s lists of what they liked best in 2010. According to a recent feature story, Brenner this year thrilled to grilled mussels and escargot fritters. Bourdain enjoyed the documentary We Like…
If you don’t have dinner plans for New Year’s Eve yet, you better make reservations soon or risk cuddling a pizza box on the couch come Friday. Some restaurants are completely booked, but we’ve compiled a list of places with interesting menu options that are still taking reservations. We also…
New Orleans is a food-lovers paradise, and such an all-around cool town that it has its own official cocktail—Sazerac, a power-packed concoction of rye whiskey (or cognac), absinthe, and Peychaud’s bitters. At Whiskey Cake Kitchen & Bar, the trendy new Tollway tavern in Plano, your waitress or bartender will ask…
