I’m stumped. I realized looking for a true Philadelphia hoagie in a town so far from Pennsylvania might be tough, but surely my favorite taco filling would be prolific in Dallas. Where are the real-deal carnitas? So far, piquant picadillo and and sweet pastor dominate the porcine taco fillings I’ve…
Official word just came from Bravo: The next season of Top Chef will be set in Texas. You already knew that if you’ve been following any number of blogs, including City of Ate, where we broke the story that the state will shell out an estimated $400,000 to see its…
Dallas has a new beer store that’s worth a look. Clay Hartmann expanded his World Beer Company brand in May by opening the Bottle Shop, a bricks-and-mortar beer store in Lowest Greenville that lets customers consume their purchases on premise. The small store front has a large bar, a few…
That’s right, folks: Another In-N-Out lands in Dallas proper this week — another place for you to drive by and think, Even I don’t love burgers that much. That’s just weird. This one lands Thursday at 7909 LBJ Freeway, just near the 635-Coit interchange. So that won’t cause any traffic…
I was at Fireside Pies up north, trying to slow-play a pizza dinner to make it feel like an Actual Saturday Night. I’d perused the very attractive menu and settled on my pizza: the Pork Pie. I chose this because it is called the Pork Pie, and because as a…
Oh Dallas. I’m about ready to admit defeat. In a story I did calling for hoagie suggestions to satisfy my East Coast carpetbagging cravings, many chimed in citing Jimmy’s, The Great Outdoors, Biladelphia, Great American Hero and more. I asked for shredded lettuce, a sturdy roll and high-quality meat. Commenter…
What an idea it was: Take a handful of top-tier chefs fresh from Dallas’ top restaurants, give them access to the best ingredients and turn them loose on pub fare. RedFork Tavern was one of the most anticipated recent openings in the scene. Local food blogs ran preview stories in…
Between double brunches I thumbed through the Sunday papers, hunting for relevant food news so you don’t have to. Most papers are slathered with stories about the heat, but there were a few food gems … The Morning News re-printed a Chicago Tribune story that continues an ongoing dialogue about…
Kill a man? Would you kill a man for an entire year’s worth of free Whataburger? Well, that’s understandable, but there’s a less time-consuming and more ethical way to go about getting free Whataburger. All you have to do is get to the new Dallas location today. The new store,…
Saturday night’s third annual Food for Thought charity event at the Tower Club brought out a slew of celebrity chefs, a few local celebrities and me, in my fancy pants. Put on by the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Food for Thought centered around small bites of celebrity and the…
This week in food blogs, a Dallas chef milked cows and wielded a hack saw to win $10,000; El Bulli closed; and we gave you an arsenal of excuses to eat and drink. Read on. City of Ate If you’re looking for Ethiopian food that is as nonthreatening as it…
This burger’s been my albatross. I had it just a few nights after arriving in Dallas, and I’ve been searching for a better burger ever since. I’m not finding one. I’m not saying NHS serves the best burger in the metroplex (yes, there’s an app for that), but it’s definitely…
There are people who will tell you that when it’s more than 100 degrees out, you need to drink water because alcohol will dehydrate you. Ignore those buzzkills — especially today, it being International Beer Day, making for two international beer holidays in a row. Here are some of our…
The FDA is under scrutiny in The New York Times this week. Looks like the serving sizes listed on nutrition labels may be getting a new look and Observer Editor Joe Tone will have a new and legitimate excuse to Hoover down ice cream by the pint. I wonder how…
The Colbert Report has some of the funniest writers on TV, but the interviews tend to make me uncomfortable. That may be the point, part of Colbert’s send up of American punditry, but I still feel a little bad for the guests, whose tours of self-promotion always run smack into…
Let Happy Eating guide you to some cheap eats as we highlight local restaurant happy-hour menus. This week we’re in Oak Cliff nibbling on some wafer-thin pizzas at Eno’s. Where: Eno’s Pizza Tavern, 407 N. Bishop Ave. When: 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: Served throughout the restaurant, happy hour…
Elotes. My new friend. I loved the street food, but it left me thirsty. Thankfully, aguas frescas were available just inside the Oak Lawn grocery store. El Rio Grande Supermercado offered at least 10 versions while I was visiting, ranging from the simple and refreshing lime and cucumber, to a…
The hatch chiles are coming! Although a little late this year, and possibly at a higher price. The heat and drought that continue to plague the region have significantly affected the crop of chiles so popular in Tex-Mex cooking and at festivals around Dallas. The lack of rain has caused…
If you haven’t checked your 2011 Calendar of Made-Up Food Holidays, today is International IPA Day. (It’s also National Catfish Month, National Peach Month, National Water Quality Month and National Picnic Month, so consider that when deciding on food pairings with your IPAs.) We’re on the fence about this. Just…
My Fit Foods is what would happen if Eatzi’s ate Jenny Craig. It’s a wall of refrigerators filled with premade, preportioned, ready-to-wave, better-for-you-than-horking-down-a-stuffed-crust-pizza meals. The goal of My Fit Foods is to help us buncha lazy tubtowns learn how to not eat triple cheeseburgers with bacon every damned day. You…
As if you needed another reason to have a beer besides “It’s Hump Daaaaay!” and “It’s daytime!” and “I like beer!,” here are five “facts” drunks will throw at you to convince you that getting hammered is actually good for you. “Wine is nature’s sunblock!” — your mom and these…
A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers’ Picks Categories. Your suggestions didn’t disappoint. After throwing your advice in the hopper and giving them a test run, we now have chemically tested, FDA-approved poll for you. A…
