Yesterday I waited 90 minutes for some Chinese restaurant to delivery a single order of General Tsao’s chicken. When the driver finally showed up, cold food in hand, he offered one of those difficult to refute not-my-fault excuses: “we’re really busy,” he said. “And we only have two drivers.”Think I…
Dallas Gourmet Grill16601 Addison Rd., Addison972-381-9896Promised delivery time: 55 minutesActual delivery time: 52 minutesThe ScoreThey’re giving the orders (at least that’s what it feels like): 0Precision of ordering process because they’re giving the orders: 20Precision of delivery: 9Not having to make small talk with driver: 16Beef cooked to level orange…
You’ve dreamed for years of taking off work, jetting to Wilmington and spending a few days downing the great beers of Delaware. Well, Flying Saucer Draught Emporium saves you the trouble.On April 1–yes, April 1, a day when everyone suspects some sort of double-cross–Flying Saucer’s Montfort location hosts Claus Hagelman…
Chances are you’ve tried and loved his cooking, even if you haven’t been to his Oak Cliff restaurant, Kavala Mediterranean Grill, You see, HIghtower has perhaps the perfect Dallas resume–at least as far as chefs are concerned. He spent a few years cooking for Stephan Pyles at AquaKnox, did a stint at…
“They gave PCA glowing reviews. The company was selected by PCA, paid by PCA and realized that if they didn’t give PCA a glowing review, they were not going to get hired again.” (Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat and chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the value of…
This week’s print edition of the Observer includes Dave’s take on Citrus Bistro, along with a few photos from the restaurant.Of course we know you, our discerning blog readers, demand more visual stimulation than can be found in the black ink and limited space of our paper. Special for you…
Ah, the first day of spring. How better to celebrate than a look back a those long, dreary days of last week–you know, when some holiday kept you away from the computer. Well, here’s some of what you missed. And if these are the highlights, the rest must be total…The…
Someone posted a comment under our new Veggie Girl segment this week wanting some kind of alert when the column pops up–RSS, we think they called it.The Burning Question crew, of course, knows nothing about technology…which is probably for the best. If we could figure out our mobile phone camera,…
He got his start at the age of 16, helping out at a floral shop owned by a family friend. He ended up a television star.Brown is one of the planners featured on Whose Wedding is it, Anyway?, Style network’s top-rated show–season nine begins in April. He also just put…
“Dunkin’ Donuts has always appealed to the ‘Everyday Joe.’ We really appeal to a broader psychographic and not so much a demographic–everyone from a company CEO to a construction worker.” (Casey Corrigan, spokeswoman for the doughnut chain, on the continued popularity of their coffee. While Starbucks trims their store numbers,…
Andiamo4151 Belt LineAddison972-233-1515Andiamo is the dining equivalent of television’s Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes–an unexpected and momentarily confusing step back in time. The decor probably hasn’t changed at all since the place opened in 1990. The menu includes staid, old-school dishes like minestrone, lemon sole, chicken Parmegiana and…
Never pretend to a friend. –From the underside of the bottle cap of a Magic Hat #9 sample.In a sign of both the growth of Vermont’s Magic Hat Brewing Company and that of the market for craft beers in the area, Magic Hat’s flagship #9 is now available in Texas…
Demonstrated by Jeffrey Kowitz of Taco Joint The name of Jeffrey Kowitz and Corey McCauley’s restaurant pretty much says it all–Taco Joint. This low-maintenance East Dallas spot isn’t about twisting, spinning or otherwise tricking up what was probably a good thing in the first place. Kowitz, the man behind Taco…
Rock stars plus alcohol can add up to a lot of things. But when you add organic grocery stores to the rock and booze equation, the sum must certainly change, right? Guess we’ll find out when Maynard James Keenan makes an appearance at the Whole Foods Market in Plano from…
When Go Fish moved–and moved up market as Go Fish Ocean Club–the owners picked Derry to run the kitchen.She may look fresh-faced, but Derry’s been in food service for some time. Before she finished high school, the Houston native became the youngest person to manage an IHOP. She then attended…
“I think some of the retail down there was just a bad idea. I don’t think those were the right concepts for there. How many people spend $100 on a steak before a basketball game?” (Charlie Green, who plans to open an Olivella’s Neo Pizza Napoletana in Victory Park on…
Remember the old saying “never trust a skinny chef”? Well, our waiter—the one with gunmetal hair—nods toward the back room where Didier Viriot ambles back and forth, carrying his bulk confidently. The implication is clear: Have faith in the chef and his restaurant, Citrus Bistro. But should you trust a…
Minutes it took me to decide what I wanted because there was so much good-lookin’ stuff on the menu count: 5 Minutes I waited for my food once I’d ordered it count: 3 You ever have one of those moments when you just feel like you’ve been living a lie?…
Nothing like a bottle of wine for breakfast. And nothing so satisfying as when the wisdom of ages stands up to scrutiny.In our less rigid era, we’ve dispensed with the old ‘red wine with beef, white wine with fish’ rule. Screw top bottles are coming into vogue. Aficionados now mention…
Most of us–well, most non-Hispanics, anyway–have been eating nachos for many years without a clue as to where the term originated. You see, in Tejano culture, “Nacho” is merely the nickname for Ignacio, a rather common name in Spanish-speaking households. And according to Robb Walsh and his Tex-Mex Cookbook, this…
Something new is blooming in Dallas. And it’s unlikely to cause an allergic reaction. Newflower Farmers Market opened its newest Texas location at 1800 N. Henderson Ave. The store offers all-natural and organic products, including local produce, meats, seafood, and bulk foods. The first 200 customers this morning received a…
As if opening one highly acclaimed restaurant wasn’t enough, Espartaco (“Taco”) Borga and his wife, Dunia, now run four–three versions of La Duni and the new Mexican-Peruvian place on Central Expressway called Alo.La Duni, named one of the nation’s best new restaurants of 2001, brought Borga into the limelight–and not…
