LA Gourmet Pizza/Diningin.com2709 McKinney Ave.214-981-9337Promised delivery time: 1:15Actual delivery time: 1:29The ScoreGetting the “L.A.” theme for Oscar night: 10Online ordering convenience: 9Promising pizza names like “Meat Land”: 20Boldness of a small-town Kentucky-based pizza chain with Hollywood aspirations: 9Putting the word “gourmet” in their name: -5Minutes between first bite and onset…
Bartenders will tell you that floor space in any of the city’s up-market lounges is tantamount to real estate.Well, they might not say “tantamount” and “real estate,” but they recognize the value of a prime bar spot, high-visibility table, dark corner or bit of ground in between–value that wavers according…
The days of vegetarian’s blah reputation is fading fast. No longer are veggie lovers limited to greens and sides when they eat at mainstream restaurants. And now chef Anthony Bombaci of Nana in the Hilton Anatole (2201 Stemmons Freeway) has done his part to stamp out those pitiful “rabbit food”…
Before he came to Dallas from San Francisco, Moschetti had never worked in a hotel restaurant.But he handled duties in the Crescent Court, opened Hotel ZaZa’s Dragonfly–and built it into an institution–and now keeps the Warwick Melrose’s Landmark Restaurant running at five star level. His resume also includes a stint…
“When you order a recall and don’t get a response, you’ve got to do something to protect the public.” (Doug McBride of the Texas Department of State Health Services, noting that the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Plainview had not responded to an order to recall all products shipped…
The Meyerson Symphony Center hosted the finest soup line in town this afternoon, at the 10th annual Empty Bowls event . More than 1,300 guests satisfied their appetites and helped raise $143,860 for the North Texas Food Bank’s hunger relief efforts. With 21 food vendors on hand, lunch options included…
Some wag in some diner some years ago posted a clever reminder for guests: “Tipping is not a city in China”–which may have seemed funny, oh, about once.Nowadays China owns a good chunk of American debt, as well as the power to let us topple into the economic dunking pool…if…
Organic is everywhere these days–and we don’t mean in restaurants. If you attend Organic Day at Northaven Gardens tomorrow (Feb.21,) you can find it in your own backyard. Literally. At the garden center, Patti Moreno, aka. the Garden Girl, sustainable living expert and host of Garden Girl TV, will fill…
He is, in every sense of the word, The Man.Well, that attribution is probably only true for those of us sharing far too much zeal for nightlife, but still…No one is better than this bleary-eyed Dallas Morning News icon at zeroing in on a scene, distilling it into words and making it all…
“There were no vegetarian restaurants in Akron. Plus I wanted to do something to help destroy the mall culture of downtown.” (Chrissie Hynde, who some of us–well, at least one–consider the most beautiful woman in the world, on the opening of her first restaurant. The VegiTerranean is, as you guessed,…
For this week’s Dish column, Dave makes a few visits to Fedora over at One Arts Plaza. For his take on the Italian offerings, be sure and check out his column.As has been the case in recent weeks, we’ve got a set of more photos from the restaurant in deep,…
It seems that the flu that Ms. Girl Drinker suffered last week was contagious. But just as her bout with the once-killer virus…or is it bacteria?…didn’t stop her from putting in a little quality time at her favorite watering hole, I would not be dissuaded from enjoying my beloved beer…
Nicola’s 5800 Legacy Drive, Plano 972-608-4455 Consistency is the sweeping corner at Monza known as the Parabolica–a deceptive right hand turn, it’s fastest line lurking somewhere just beyond each apex. Miss this line and the race car seems to teeter, as if fighting for balance on the edge of a…
With the proliferation of high-end cheese shops, not to mention the thriving local cheese and dairy scene, it’s pretty safe to say that Dallas has a taste for Stilton, cheddar, burrata–or any other variety, for that matter. Proof of that comes in the form of Scardello Artisan Cheese. When it…
Demonstrated by Jana Miller Jana Miller wants you to step away from the cheap sparking wine. A recent city wide epidemic of mimosa-centric brunch specials indicates a troublesome trend in post-party drinking preferences. Seemingly overnight, Dallasites have supplanted their traditional tonics with cloying nursery concoctions containing about as much hair…
For years, Dwight Harvey catered in his spare time…although the ever-increasing popularity of his barbecue didn’t leave him much room for rest.Along the way, he taught the trade to son Steven. Eight months ago, after Dwight retired from his day job, the pair opened Off the Bone Barbeque–which has very…
“Once the first freeze arrives in the fall, the supply of local produce in North Texas drops precipitously. We are left to survive until spring on pecans, Texas citrus, the occasional greens–and sweet potatoes.” (Kim Pierce in yesterday’s Dallas Morning News, sorta bringing up in her lead paragraph something I’ve…
Once upon a time, supper clubs ruled the American dining scene. These were fancy dress and cocktail destinations with cigarette girls roaming the aisles and big bands providing ambience. Now and again, someone will catch an old black and white film and be captivated enough by the elegance of such…
Firehouse Subs Fire pole count: 0 At Firehouse Subs, it’s clear that dudes decorated this place. They were like, “OK. Fireman theme. What says firehouse? Go!” and that’s when they came up with the Dalmatian-printed tables and hanging axes and multiple fire alarms on the walls because that totally goes…
In a windowless, climate-controlled chamber on the third floor of the Dedman Life Sciences building at Southern Methodist University, thousands of fruit flies are on a diet so someday you won’t have to be. The crumb-sized insects, weighing just 1 milligram each, live in slim glass and plastic tubes—100 flies…
This week’s Ground ‘Round features some leftovers on food freshness, the latest pet pampering trend and Michael Eisner’s new “porn” venture…After all our talk about stretching the life of expired foods, we’re afraid to find out just how overdue those eggs are in the back of the fridge. Well, we…
Perhaps I’m treading new and uncertain ground here. There’s nothing as American as hot dogs…except perhaps for baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet, although a couple of those are in the midst of death throes. And, of course, if we call them Frankfurters, they somehow become a German sausage.Otherwise, there’s nothing…
