Downtown Dallas brewery Peticolas Brewing Co. is making a name for itself, not only for its beer but for its beer names. Like “Sit Down or I’ll Sit You Down” (an Imperial IPA), which, while a mouthful, is certainly the start to a few good jokes. This week Peticolas is…
Chef Norman Grimm’s work was highly praised at Kitchen LTO, but all good things must come to an end, and at LTO it happens fast. After a four-month stint at the newly-opened pop-up spot in Trinity Groves, the 23-year restaurant industry veteran accepted the executive chef position at Hotel St…
The ice has thawed, Opening Day is weeks away, Pete Delkus’ sleeves are no longer controlling the weather (I’m a Finfrock Fangirl anyway), and my allergist just bought a new car. That must mean spring is approaching. In an effort to be a better Texan and rouse a little envy…
If these two bottles were featured in a match game on the touch screen at your local bar, you could have a field day. For starters, the labels are different sizes, and the Heinz version features a ripe tomato, desperately begging to be plucked from its vine, while Melinda’s features…
That up there is Chad Sour. He’s from Louisiana, but he lives in Dallas, and every year he throws a crawfish boil in his backyard. Because I want to eat more crawfish off of more folding tables, I asked him to walk us through How to Throw a Backyard Crawfish…
Story by Beth Erickson Do you want to hear a really sad story? It’s all about the time when about four days before Christmas I ended up in the hospital and my doctor told me I couldn’t have gluten (and a bunch of other really nice things like ice cream…
Looking back, I think I had been scared to try smoking a brisket. Having never seen chunks of meat that size back home, it’s a scary commitment for two reasons. One, you can’t eat a brisket by yourself. That means you have to invite people round for brisket. This has…
This Saturday at Untapped in Fort Worth, indie music and craft beer will collide for one lovely day. Last year’s event was great: Sara Jaffe headlined and lots of beer, in small amounts, helped set the mood. There are also Untapped Festivals in Houston and Atlanta, so the kinks are…
Henderson Tap House, located in a strip center at 2323 N. Henderson Ave., opens its doors to the public this weekend. The restaurant and bar, which was created by the people behind McFadden’s and Mason Bar, took over the space that once housed Snack Global Kitchen and a portion of…
Lakewood residents better get their best growler-drinking pants out. Appealing to not only craft beer lovers but also throwback drinking vessels, Lakewood Growler (6448 E. Mockingbird Lane) opens today. Stacie and Dale Czech are the proprietors of this, the second growler-only stop in Dallas, after Craft and Growler near Fair…
Nearly every bit of news about Eddy Thretipthuangsin makes me a little sadder these days. When it was first announced that Eddy would be leaving Pakpao, the white hot Thai restaurant in the Design District, my disappointment was tempered by my hopes for his next destination. I fantasized about the…
I wasn’t surprised when Trompo Loco closed last year, after a brief tenure in the Highland Mart on Carroll Street in East Dallas. I knew the place had some fans, but I was always underwhelmed with the tiny trompo that sat inside. It never spun. When you ordered a pastor…
OK, sure. Business analysts and stoners everywhere are freaking out about Taco Bell’s new morning menu. The Bell’s corporate overseers, Yum! Brands, is turning waffles into tacos and hash browns into crunch wrap supremes in a brazen attempt to take the eggs and bacon on a run for the border…
It seems like a new place for the area’s dozens of food trucks to park and serve their delicious wares pops up somewhere across the Dallas-Fort Worth area at least once a month. A bar owner in Denton just announced yesterday that he’s planning a new “unofficial” food truck park…
Dear Conan, I get it. If Angie Harmon told me to eat at Fuel City I’d sprint there and order 17 picadillo tacos on corn — especially if she was wearing a low-cut blouse like the one she wore on your show. So, when Harmon, a Highland Park native who…
There are a few things you should know about Fritz Rahr. First of all, his great-great grandfather started brewing in Wisconsin after immigrating from Rhineland, Germany, to sate not only his own thirsty palate, but also fellow Europeans in the area. What basically started as a hobby grew to a…
Katherine Clapner wanted to hire her No. 2 chocolate maker, Ulysses Galvan, the second she opened Dude, Sweet Chocolate in 2009, but she couldn’t afford him. Starting any business is tough, but making money from food sales is nearly impossible during the first weeks and months, so Galvan had to…
Step into Origin Kitchen and Bar and you’ll be clutched by anticipation. It shines down from the metal shop-light fixtures and oozes from the black grout that sets the subway tile behind not one but two bars. Origin used to be a coffee shop and take-away for customers craving quick,…
There’s a good chance you’ll be roving Deep Ellum soon, hunting for food. If you’re a City of Ate regular, it’s a safe bet you’ll be on the brain-eating-zombie-like hunt for a cheeseburger that doesn’t suck. So here’s some great news: The Green Room, which shed its fancy skeleton last…
Mark this as the week Jay Jerrier blew up the Internet. Again. The owner of three Cane Rosso pizzerias has long made known his disapproval for ranch dressing as a condiment for Neapolitan pies, going so far as to offer customers a bottle of Hidden Valley for the low price…
In the United States, Fat Tuesday largely means going to eat a bunch of rich delicious food and getting really, really drunk. In other parts of the world, though, the holiday stays much closer to its humble Medieval origins. Since the 15th century, Shrove Tuesday has been a way for…
Thanks to Mother Nature and her complete inability to make up her mind about which freakin’ season it is, Dallas is experiencing some really disgusting winter weather this week. It was below 20 degrees. The highways iced over, causing some people to get stuck on I-45 for hours. Schools closed…
