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Showing 9439 - 9460 of 19082Hypnotic Donuts’ James St. Peter: We Will Not Have Cronuts and We Will Not Have Prick Customers
James St. Peter is the hippie and creator behind Dallas’ very own Hypnotic Donuts. His dream of making doughnuts started out with Spanish-based baking lessons in the wee hours of the morning, then grew to selling doughnuts from the back of a Ford Expedition, and eventually led to a retail…
GMO OMG, a Documentary That Ponders the End of Real Food, Comes to the Texas Theater
If you’re ready to be hardcore convinced that our food system is going to pot, you’ll want to head over to the Texas Theater this weekend to enjoy the new feature-length documentary GMO OMG. The film is based on director Jeremy Seifert’s search for real food. When he can’t find…
Dallas-Fort Worth’s 10 Best Barbecue Joints
Texas barbecue: You and I know it’s the best. More importantly, it’s a food where, if you leave the state, you’ll notice other states do barbecue in strange and terrifying ways that make you feel wrong. Once I went to Oklahoma (this is how all great stories start, I know),…
There Are Lots of Non-Pumpkin Reasons to Get Excited About Dallas’ Farmers Markets This Fall
Certainly you’ve noticed. Every Twitter handle within a three-hour radius of Dallas has published no less than 17 tweets referring to the weather in the last few days. Suddenly, stepping outside is somehow enjoyable — a foreign concept considering the past three months have felt as hot as the sauna…
Dallas-based Sweet Ballz Took its Cake Balls on Shark Tank, and Mark Cuban Bit
Back in January I got a press release that a Dallas-based company called Sweet Ballz was raising money for the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. I was obviously hesitant to take the bait. Who wants to have their byline associated with an article about a company that turns out to be…
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Dallas’ 50 Most Interesting Restaurants, No. 2: Cuquita’s
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
The Muddled Path of Eddie Campbell, Dallas’ Wandering Barkeep
It’s a hot Friday night at Abacus, and Eddie “Lucky” Campbell is lovingly describing a gin cocktail, finished with lime and garnished with a copse of fresh herbs, to an older woman at the bar. Kent Rathbun’s flagship restaurant is fine dining tailor-made for its Uptown neighborhood, and the woman’s…
Malai Kitchen’s Owners Keep Traveling the World and Bringing Home Flavors for You
Braden and Yasmin Wages of Malai Kitchen are two of my favorite people in the Dallas restaurant business. Maybe it’s Yasmin’s warm smile. Maybe it was the time Braden teared up a bit when talking about her. Or maybe it’s because they take these amazing culinary excursion to far corners…
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Drink Great Beer and Eat Great Food Tomorrow at Community Beer Co., All for a Great Cause
1400 Miles is a campaign created by Texas brewers who are cycling from Austin to Denver to raise money and awareness for the Pints for Prostrate organization. The ride started in Austin on Wednesday and will stop at Community Beer Co. on Thursday for a little music, beer and dinner…
Meat Fight Tickets Go On Sale October 3; Here’s What You Need to Know
It’s once again time for Meat Fight, brought to you by our very own James Beard winner Alice Laussade, who just can’t seem to settle her score with smoked meat. This November 17, the best meat in the state will throw down at Four Corners Brewery, all to benefit the…
Dallas’ 50 Most Interesting Restaurants, No. 3: Lalibela
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
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How Vegans and Omnivores Can Coexist in Dallas: A Guide to Eating Together
Contrary to popular belief, being a vegan in Dallas is not a wholly miserable experience. We don’t get spit on while walking down the street, nor do we have to wear big red Vs pinned to our clothing. These days, most people in the restaurant industry know that vegans don’t…
Oishii, an Oak Lawn Sushi Standby, Is Almost Back After Last Year’s Fire
Could this be the year the signs hoisted in front of Asian restaurants are measured by the size of their chopsticks? On Fitzhugh Avenue, Dalat’s recently installed pho-beacon reaches up into the clouds with bright red utensils. Now Oishii is set to build on the trend with another sign outfitted…
Texas-based Ranger Creek “Brewstillery” Has a Craft Beer-Whiskey Combo
Ranger Creek in San Antonio is an interesting operation. The founders, who met through the UFO club at The Flying Saucer, couldn’t decide between distilling whiskey or beer, so they did both. They call their shop a “brewstillery” because they make both whiskey and beer one batch at a time…
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Forgive Me Sandwich Gods, for I Have Sinned in Neglecting Dino’s Subs in Arlington
I owe an apology for each and every compilation article I’ve ever written about Arlington. Like this one and this one and this one. Seriously. So embarrassing. For some reason, I’d never been to Dino’s Deliat 2221 S. Collins Street. I beg for forgiveness and extra mustard. Dino’s is an…
Dallas’ 50 Most Interesting Restaurants, No. 4: Bolsa
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
Tanoshii Ramen, Deep Ellum’s New Late-Night Ramen Shop, Opens Tomorrow (Photos)
Editor’s Note: Late last evening Tanoshii Ramen used their Facebook page to announce they’d gotten cold feet. The place still looks pretty inside, as all of these pictures depict, but you’ll have to wait till tomorrow if you want to try the ramen. Tanoshii Ramen and Bar (2724 Commerce St.)…
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Ten Bells Tavern Got a Bad Yelp Review, so its Owner Shamed the Yelper
While some restaurateurs may feel held hostage by bad Yelp reviews, others are pulling out the big guns. Meri Dahlke, who owns and operates Ten Bells Tavern in Oak Cliff, noticed a nasty one-star review that seemed excessively spiteful. From Yelper Mark G.: I live in Oak Cliff and really…
Here’s What You Need to Be Butterball’s New Turkey Talk-Line Spokesman
If you don’t have plans for Thanksgiving, you might consider this job posting from Butterball. They are now taking entries for their first male Turkey Talk-Line spokesman. We’re not sure exactly why the candidates have to be male, since plenty of men man the lines for all sorts of issues…
If You’re Too Cool for Addison Oktoberfest, We Didn’t Want You There Anyway
You kids these days and your super-trendy downtown Dallas beer festivals. Untapped. North Texas Beer Festival. Dallas BrewFest. Big Texas Beer Fest. Oh, there isn’t one this weekend? No problem, because you can just stroll in to one of your 187 microbreweries around town on any given Saturday, expecting (EXPECTING?!)…
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After a Trip to Burning Man, a Dallas Pizza Shop Ditches Unnatural Sodas and GMOs
Recently we reported that after 50 years in business in Dallas, Pizza by Marco had to change its name to My Family’s Pizza due to a trademark infringement. Frank Nuccio, son of the original owner, explained that his father never trademarked the name and instead of spending a lot of…