The Holy Grail Pub in Plano is hosting a bourbon event this week that craft beer fans (or just straight bourbon fans) should note. Last year the Holy Grail had a day dedicated to all things bourbon, including both whiskey tasting flights and special tappings of limited release bourbon-aged beers…
Forget all the politics and policies of the Dallas Farmers Market, because a new neighborhood market launched Saturday in Uptown at the Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, and it offers a wonderful breath-of-fresh-air take on the “produce dealers market” model of the downtown Dallas Farmers Market. I’m not insulting those…
MODERN ART DESSERTS from Clay McLachlan on Vimeo.Ready to take your pastry cheffing to the next level? Caitlin Freeman’s new book, Modern Arts Desserts, inspired by modern-art-meets-sweets, will have you baking up cakes that look like Thiebaud paintings in no time. The self-taught baker is the resident pastry chef for…
Chiladas Fresh Mex Grill is poised for a local takeover. The restaurant opened its second location in University Park on Lovers Lane last week, and five additional locations are expected over the next two years in the DFW area. Chipotle fans will recognize the playbook. Ingredients are sourced responsibly, using…
As Monday slowly, and possibly painfully, settles in around you, take a look at this map The New Yorker released last week on the growth of craft breweries across the U.S. The interactive map shows exactly where and by how much the craft brewing industry has exploded, based on the…
The Katy Trail Ice House Outpost in Plano at 4700 W. Park Ave. has been dabbling with a soft opening the past week, however they’re now ready to go all in. This second KT Ice House location, in the old Bandito’s spot, is an off-shoot of the popular Uptown restaurant…
Dallas’ newest coffee spot, Weekend, might not officially be open to the public, but it has been quietly brewing cups of coffee for those in the know since May. The chic coffee shop is located inside the Joule Hotel (on the Commerce Street side), next to the recently opened, LA-based…
Workers today covered the windows of 2822 N. Henderson Ave. with the brown butcher paper that marks most build-outs, for what restaurateur Mico Rodriguez calls a complete renovation to make way for Mesero Miguel, an upscale version of the Mr Mesero he opened on McKinney Avenue in 2011. “We’re going…
Jake King-Gilbert wants to shave a few more miles off the local farm to table movement. He’s planning an indoor urban farm in Deep Ellum with a goal of producing fresh produce year-round. King-Gilbert has been experimenting with hydroponics in his apartment with synthetic lighting for the past year. Now…
Summer is a particularly rough time for food insecure families across North Texas. And the ripple affect is felt throughout the community. This morning the Vickery Meadow Food Pantry posted this message to its Facebook page: “Vickery Meadow Food Pantry desperately needs our help! They’re extremely low in food and…
Jeff Snoyer, owner of Highland Park Cafeteria and Monopoly Place, has donated land for the new White Rock Local Garden. This is collaboration between the White Rock Local Market (WRLM), Highland Park Cafeteria, USE Farms and DFW Truck Farm/Garden Inspirations. Located off Garland Road and Fuller, the ¾-acre plot will…
I’m an unapologetic Shipley’s fan. I don’t know of many things better than a plain glazed warm Shipley’s doughnut that melts in your mouth like angels singing atop a beautiful mountain overlooking … you get the scene. Most important: One free glazed doughnut today until noon! See Also: — Delicious…
News came out from Culture Map that Jo Jo will be closing in two weeks. You may remember the Uptown restaurant from our series of blog posts that tracked its design, build-out and opening. See also: – Chronicling a Restaurant’s Opening: Construction at JoJo Continues – JoJo Eating House &…
Good news for craft distilleries in Texas: Recently, the governor signed a law that allows distillers to sell a limited amount of liquor directly to consumers for off-site consumption. The legislation was authored by Senators John Carona, Leticia Van de Putte and Kevin Eltife, the same three who also worked…
If you follow the local music scene you might have known Guns N’ Roses visited Dallas last week for a show at the House of Blues. If you follow the local food scene really closely you might have seen the Texas Monthly article that noted two of the band members…
Here’s a fact that drives pageviews and purchases — everyone loves a list. They do. It’s easily digestible, it’s automatically controversial by dint of ordering and omitting things that people concerned enough by the subject to click on the list care deeply about, and it’s endlessly repostable. It’s the entire…
Because the food at Universal Studios wasn’t bad enough, Krusty Burgers will be available to visitors who check out the new Simpsons-themed strand of restaurants known as Fast Food Boulevard. This painfully long promotional video gives you a window into the junk food that’s available. In addition to Krusty Burgers…
We’re dangling on the precipice of full-on weather hatin’. It’s peeking at us from just around the corner. That means you have just a few days before we all hibernate under the constant buzz of our a/c units until late fall. Following is a list of nine places to consider…
If you live in Dallas and ever travel to Fort Worth, (which you should, the wings and art and music are all great there) you should stop at Tom’s Burgers and Grill. If you live in Fort Worth and ever travel to Dallas, you should stop at Tom’s Burger and…
From the outside, Tom’s Burgers and Grill looks a lot like most Middle America diners — the ones built during a time when car doors shut with a satisfying thud and the use of seat belts was just a suggestion. The exterior of the building is a mix of glass…
Cody Carlson had no way of preparing for this moment. He was a Manhattan kid, days removed from working as an analyst for a business-intelligence firm, where he scrutinized corporations and their executives. Now he was standing in a bleak barn at New York’s largest dairy farm. There was a…
Occasionally, I’ll get an email from a reader who mistakes me for a food expert and is willing to risk a meal out based on my recommendation. The worst question I’m asked is: “Where should I eat?” As if I could instantly divine what someone is in the mood for,…
