Zaguan2604 Oak Lawn Ave.214-219-8393Dude Factor: 7, or Devendra Banhart, on a scale of 1 (Devendra Banhart, NSFW version) , to 10 (Devendra Banhart, circa 2008–way to go, dude, way to go).Granted, Zaguan is definitely not the first place that comes to mind when most people think of “Dude Food.” But…
If Memory Serves chronicles moments from my dining past, perhaps explaining why I’m so damn warped.On this day a couple years ago I was with some friends at the Christmas market in Nuremberg.Actually, me and another guy spent Saturday afternoon in a sports bar watching Bundesliga action with some German…
Call this the tale of The Two Phos. A few days ago, I arrived back in Dallas from my month long sojourn in Asia. As my poor neglected boyfriend picked me up from DFW’s international terminal, his first sentiment was how much he missed me. His second was that he…
Bob’s has always been a haven for big boys who like to watch female servers, spend big wads of cash and don’t really care if their steak is up to par. According to Wilonsky, it will probably stay that way. Read all about it here…
A recent survey conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), ranked Spiral Diner’s Sketti & Meatballs among the nation’s top ten faux meatball dishes. You’d think the Spiral crew would be doing somersaults and touchdown dances over the news, but these guys are quite used to national…
The ‘Boys travel to the New Jersey dumping ground on Sunday. Another fact about the rotten apple…The Giants are named after large cockroaches found in every New York deli. Because of their number and size, the federal government allows a much greater percentage of insect parts in food sold in…
Consequences are near impossible to predict and rather difficult to judge, even in hindsight. For example, the Baby Boom generation, so interested in besting their elders in freedom of thought, turned into the kind of wimp-ass parents who dumb down education so every kid could pass. And you could argue…
Wow, the end of November crept up on us.Things generally seem to slow down as we approach the end of a year. And while the days have ticked by with surprising speed, restaurant business lagged as the economy continued to wallow.Still, the month wasn’t all that bad. Sure, there were…
‘Tis the season when restaurants host those big office holiday shindigs…although, come to think of it, they probably involve fewer guests this year. I only glanced at the invite to our party, but I think it mentioned something about “pay for your own.”There are benefits to these events, of course…
Ringo’s Pub5865 Kincaid, Plano469-229-9103After awhile, all local British and Irish style pubs start to look the same, even when they call themselves “European” (as in The Old Monk) or “American,” as some publicity about this new Legacy installation has it. There’s always dreary wood, Guinness kitsch and a spot of…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Greenz 2808 McKinney Avenue214-720-7788Promised Delivery Time: “between 12:00 and 12:40” Actual Delivery Time: 12:25 Scoring summary: Easy online ordering: 20 Estimated delivery time that rivals that of cable guy: -5 Build-your-own salads…
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and you’re back at work, how are you going to get those essential holiday calories? After you’ve exhausted the possibilities for those Thanksgiving leftovers, you could convince your boss to order catering. Cobb Switch BBQ recently expanded its catering menu to offer box lunches…
The ‘Boys travel to the meadowless Meadowlands on Sunday. Our first “fact” about the city that never sleeps because of the noise…Giants Stadium is built on a landfill (as is 90 percent of New Jersey). Tailgating fans have discovered that by digging up local “charcoal” they give burgers a little…
Craft is the Forrest Gump of Dallas restaurants. Not that the sophisticated space on the W Hotel’s ground floor is in any way slow or befuddled by events, just undeterred by economic reality over the past few years, moving steadily through the chaos as if with blinders on. Think of…
So, we’re off for Thanksgiving. Hope to see you back here on Monday.Have a great holiday…
If barley be wanting to make into maltWe must be content and think it no fault For we can make liquor to sweeten our lipsOf pumpkins and parsnips and walnut-tree chips. –Anonymous colonist, 1630Though some dispute the story, many beer lovers cling to the legend that the Pilgrims landed at…
>Each week, Pairing Off attempts to find just the right bottle of wine to go with ordinary food.Until recent years, when words like ‘fresh,’ ‘local’ and ‘slow foods’ crept into our vocabularies, we were all pretty well satisfied with canned cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. The real stuff is just too…
Tomorrow we celebrate the time a bunch of dour workaholics with buckled shoes sat down to eat a quiet dinner of thanksgiving with the native peoples. We all know we’d really rather party with that other famous group of European settlers down in Jamestown.Yeah, they teach the exploits of Captain…
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every…
The ‘Boys host the silver and black on Thanksgiving. A final “fact” about the city that keeps Detroit off the bottom of the ‘best places to live’ list before we turn our attention to New York…Raiders owner Al Davis stays alive by eating a bizarre diet of puppies, spotted owls…
J J Fish & Chicken2332 W. Ledbetter Dr.214-337-1111Dude Factor: 10, or Muddy the Mudskipper, on a scale of 1 (the vegetarian shark in Shark Tale) to 10Until I got my receipt, I didn’t know what this place was called. But the name–typeset as one J-shaped fish, a smaller straight fish…
In Pho From Home we seek out the variety of pho–authentic, Texified, good and bad–available in restaurants, starting in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and winding all the way around the Dallas area. This time, we wrap up our excursion through Vietnam. Next week, we begin our tour…
