Andrew Lostetter has been a bartender in Dallas for almost 15 years, serving at Fireside Pies, Neighborhood Services Tavern and Marquee Grill. Recently he was snowboarding in Breckenridge, Colorado, when he was hit by a wayward skier and propelled into a tree. The impact caused four fractures to his pelvis,…
It’s been a long time coming for Driftwood (642 W. Davis). The seafood spot in Oak Cliff was supposed to open months ago, but electrical and plumbing issues kept setting them back. Finally, last week, Chef Omar Flores and owner/operator John Baudoin planned a soft opening for family and friends…
When Paul Quinn College decided to transform its old football field into a massive garden, a bona fide food desert was transformed. In just two years since the field was tilled, thousands of pounds of vegetables have made their way to the campus cafeteria, neighborhood charities and a few local…
Downtown Dallas, Inc., announced this afternoon that Rusty Taco will take over the Main Street Garden Café space. Robert Wilonsky reported on the space’s need for a tenant over on Unfair Park back in February. Today’s release announces Rusty’s as the chosen vendor. The taco shack beat out a dozen…
The weekend is here, and it promises to be a good one with the Big Texas Beer Fest offering craft brews for the masses. I’m sure you guys want to get it started as much as I do, but first there’s a week to wrap. This week I reviewed Company…
You may have seen this week’s cover story, which is Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Being a Cheap Bastard in Dallas. If you read it, or are familiar with CB in anyway, you know that she has a black belt in Boobeuphemismskata. In honor of Bastard-y phrases like “your freezer will…
Since January of last year, chef Brady Williams has been manning the ship at the Spillers Group, the folks behind Union Bear, Oddfellows and Eno’s. But Williams told me today that he’s got a new gig: chef de cuisine for FT-33, the new Design District restaurant from Matt McCallister. “It’s…
Twisted Root has gone and made everyone in the metroplex over the age of 12 giggle by adding beaver burgers to its menu. In addition to beaver, the Root also serves beef, buffalo, turkey, venison, elk, lamb, ostrich, kangaroo, emu, boar and alligator burgers topped with all kinds of melty…
Don’t forget: Big Texas Beer Fest is 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow, and noon for the VIPs who paid $25 more for the opportunity to be first at the taps and close down the event at the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. after-party. But if you haven’t gotten around to obtaining a…
Confession: I love cucumber drinks. Muddled with vodka, soaked in gin, even just sliced and floating in a glass of water, the addition of cucumber gives an unparalleled refreshing note, perfect for summertime patio sipping. Obviously I’m not alone in this — every cocktail bar in town has at least…
The Deep Ellum Outdoor Market is hosting its first food truck rally tonight on Main Street between Malcolm X and Crowdus, which will be shut down for the event. The party lasts from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m., and a few bands will provide tunes, including My Wooden Leg and Hares…
Poor, poor Sēr. The restaurant that befuddles html code for bloggers everywhere and requires pronunciation notes (it’s sear, get it?) has left a bad taste in Dallas’ mouth before it’s even served up its first plate. When the folks behind Nana announced the restaurant would shutter to reopen as a…
I don’t know a ton about wine, nor do I know much about “real” housewives in New York City (shout out to Oak Cliff Housewives, who truly keep it real). But word on the street, according to Jasper Russo at Sigel’s, is that Skinnygirl wine “HAS ARRIVED!” I pass along…
If you saw the story we published yesterday (after we published it the day before), you know Twisted Root is currently selling beaver burgers. The company announced that it had purchased 60 pounds of river rodent to be offered up as burgers for $7.99 each. I dropped in to order…
When Nick Badovinus announced that he was opening up Off-Site Kitchen, the addition marked his Neighborhood Services group’s fourth restaurant. The new place had a lot of buzz. Badovinus’ original location was banging out four-star cooking, and his Tavern was noted as having some of the best bar food in…
Fact*: Fifteen million people are getting burger wasted in Dallas right now. And every day, that number grows higher and higher**. If you or someone you know is burger wasted, please call the number at the bottom of this helpful guide. Pretty, pretty please. Get more facts*** in this week’s…
It was Easter Sunday, and I wanted to eat breakfast like I would if I were with family. So I trekked out to Kirin Court in Richardson for dim sum. There’s a lot going on during dim sum, carts racing around the dining room with waiters hawking their goods (usually…
Fred Messick never intended to be a chef — at least not at first. He’d thought about cooking, sure, but culinary school seemed like a waste of money and time. So for five years he kept doing what he’d been doing since his high-school graduation: working construction with his old…
The American Meat Institute has stepped up its support for Lean Finely Textured Beef, aka Pink Slime, and yesterday the group announced a summit on the subject at its annual expo. Which, it just so happens, will be held in Dallas. After Beef Products Inc, the largest supplier of LFTB,…
For this week’s cover story, Alice “The Cheap Bastard” Laussade provides an extensive and profane guide to, as she puts it, her “favorite restaurants in Dallas where cheap meets delicious (without meeting diarrhea).” It follows. Also, now you can Cheap Bastardize freakin’ anything. Drive-Through Deals White Rock Coffee 4216 Abrams…
There was some social media gossip about a Yu Dog at the Rangers Ballpark on Monday night, so I contacted Casey Rapp, the Operations Manager with Metroplex Sportservice, which coordinates most of the food for the stadium. (Rapp has a pretty cool, yet tiring, job and keeps in touch throughout…
Garden Café is one of several little neighborhood jewels tucked away in East Dallas. The breakfast and lunch spot’s most distinguishing feature is the large garden behind the quaint white brick building in which it sits. Plots of herbs and rows of veggies keep the butterflies and bees busy, and…
