That’s right, City of Ate is taking a couple days off to watch college football and maybe (just maybe) have one or two drinks.However you choose to celebrate the new year, have a great time and stay safe.We’ve resolved to become the number one foreign food blog in Bhutan in…
It’s almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly (and surely anyone reading this column will know that beer is bubbly too). That means it’s time for Hophead’s contribution to City of Ate’s endless stream of Year In Review posts. While I may not have sampled…
From one decade to another, one year to another, one concept to another…Change is good, right? And so despite economic trials, the few announced restaurant closings in December are–in most cases–merely reworkings. That means some upscale fusion venues will become burger joints, some Greek places turn into global kitchens and…
Best restaurants…so many come to mind that we had to put the brakes on, set up criteria that would, for better or worse, help us whittle the list.Looking back on the past twelve months, it’s not such a chore–not really. Stand-outs include Samar, Park, Lumi, Cadot, Bella and some others…
The ‘Boys host the team without a cool nickname (like “Steel Curtain” or “Doomsday”) on Sunday afternoon. A final “fact” about the only city the Redcoats willingly gave back to George Washington…Eagles linebacker Will Witherspoon adores any rose wine or liquor, especially Franzia, Boone’s Farm and pink Champale.**Source: A guy…
Another year, another 10 to 15 pounds gained in pursuit of the best burgers, pizza and Tex-Mex I can find. Sure, I do it for you, dear readers, but mostly I do it for me. Culled from some 25 entries, here are my five favorite Dude Food moments of 2009.5…
In the early 2000s, we came to the State Fair of Texas with a doe-eyed, innocent kind of hunger. We’d get a corn dog, maybe a funnel cake or a fried candy bar. Ten years later, we emerged with bellies full of grease, and eyes opened to amazing new possibilities…
Some people are famous for being famous. No need to elaborate–you know their names, and you probably still shake you head over the source of their popularity.Well, it’s the same in food and nightlife: some places are popular for being popular.There’s no other way to explain it, really. A spot…
You know how it is–nothing to do in Dallas but eat, drink and shop. If only we had a signature bridge…We’ve always had Neiman Marcus for those who want to spend the credit and places like TJ Maxx for us who don’t. In the last ten years, however, food shopping…
My affair with our I-45 rival can be best described as a love/hate relationship, heavy on the hate. Past trips I’ve made to Houston consistently involved cursed adventures and unlucky mishaps with scars–yes actual scars–to prove it. From the time a two inch nail left a lifelong mark in my…
The ‘Boys host the silverwings on Sunday afternoon. Another “fact” about the the Main Sewer Line and its team…Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb insists his gazpacho be served piping hot.**Source: From the script of Rocky: The Final Years, where an aging boxer leaves the ring but is lured back into the…
A person’s selection of “favorite bar” may be even more personal than that of their favorite restaurant. Where someone chooses to drink, after all, says more about their appreciation of scene and the sort of people they wish to associate with–the Stella or Goose tastes about the same anywhere, for…
Probably should issue this caveat to start: Unless you’re speaking of Paris Hilton or Tex Cobb, the label of embarrassment implies the person in question possesses some talent.Nobody is perfect, of course. The Rolling Stones recorded Emotional Rescue, Babe Ruth lost half a season due to a “bellyache,” Tony Romo…
As you probably know by now, the decade comes to an end this week, and just about every restaurant or nightclub in town has some kind of New Year’s Eve celebration planned for Thursday night. But let’s say you’re thinking beer budget shindigs… First of all, sibling pubs The Old…
The ‘Boys host la fee verte on Sunday afternoon. A “fact” about the team from “foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia”:During road trips, the Eagles play Scrapple–a game where they identify bits of snout, intestine, ear, trotter and tail in their breakfast dish. The first to find something from the…
Tex-Mex establishments usually thrive on the come-as-you-are crowd, drawing from a vast array of jeans and ball caps and, long about brunch on Sunday, ashen faces desperately in need of warmed chips. But there’s a strange vibe at Jorge’s Tex-Mex on opera nights. As I waited near the bar for…
Yesterday I was having a monster shitty day—ya know, like really, really bad. Two and a Half Men bad. Bad like the kind of day Tiger’s been having ever since we all found out that he’s been sinkin’ some unholy holes-in-one. A day that’s as shitty at being a day…
We’re taking a break. We’ll be back next week to finish up the year and hope that at least some of you stick with us.Thanks, and have a great holiday…
There were some punishing stretches over the three months past, where latkes from a box or a Snickers bar purchased from some convenience store were standout dishes.Plenty of suffering to go around: popcorn shrimp, candy corn, cranberry sauce from a can…At least I was favored by some decent wines and…
The other day Jesse “Hophead” Hughey said something about the role of those special edition $150 beers–something along the lines of “they generate publicity and motivate interest in beer.”True enough. Basketball needed Michael Jordan and golf Tiger Woods…well, until recently. Indeed, every market needs its characters who draw attention to…
We all–well, most of us, anyway–like to group certain traits or people into easy shorthand definitions.For example, the French become “surrender monkeys,” southerners are all “rednecks” and Eagles fans are…um, that’s unprintable. As the guys from Monty Python once pointed out, the only group we don’t slap a some prejudicial…
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Many of us got our first taste of sopapillas by raising the flag. Doesn’t make sense? Well, back when dining out options were fewer and farther between, Panchos Mexican Buffet was one of the few…
