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The Wolfgang Puck restaurant in Reunion Tower began buzzing in late 2008. The hype escalated to a dull roar since then, as it announced its name (Five-Sixty by Wolfgang Puck, named for the phallus’ height), the menu (Asian-influenced) and the team, lead by Executive Chef Sara Johannes, formerly of Puck’s…
Eight or nine years ago, it was Louie’s or nothing for pizza aficionados. Then along came Fireside Pies and…And that inspired Jay Jerrier, a man with a taste for pizza and far too much time on his hands. He built an oven in his backyard, baked as a hobby for…
“I called it ‘lemon grass’ because it’s not yellow, it’s not green.” (Isabel Toledo on the kinda Granny Smith-colored dress she designed for Michelle Obama)…
Good pies and strong beer. –Poor Robin’s Almanack, 1695 (but don’t leave out good beef and strong beer, good fish and strong beer, good cheese and strong beer, good … well, you get the picture.)Maybe I’m just projecting, but it seems that beer is getting a bit more respect these…
Since it’s a restaurant inspired by rougher days, when ranch hands ate hearty, slow-cooked food served from chuck wagons (yep, mobile kitchens) by some guy inevitably called “Cookie,” it makes sense that Cowboy Chow would know how to be resourceful, even in trying times. For the time being, their menu…
Demonstrated by Ernest Belmore of BuzzBrews Kitchen You know they’re in there. Somewhere in the freezer, behind the beer mugs and the super-sized bottle of Tito’s, lies that plastic bag of frozen crinkle cuts, complete with sci-fi ingredient list and idiot-proof heating instructions. Those frost-bitten planks are a mealy mess,…
Perhaps because his first foray into the restaurant business was as a dishwasher, Luscher appreciates cooks who have paid their dues.That was at the age of 12, by the way, for a supper club in Wisconsin. He also spent time on a farm and his father’s butcher shop before running…
“A lot of people have left the category. Also a lot of young people have not entered the category, so these ads may help Coke both recruit new, young consumers and recruit some lapsed consumers.” (Beverage Digest editor John Sicher, clearly excited over the soft drink company’s new marketing campaign)…
Pieces of chicken I ordered but did not eat count: 0 Glass wall between the chicken and me count: 1 Recently, a chicken place opened on Abrams Road right next to my favorite doughnut shop. And since chicken and doughnuts is my dream meal, I’d been waiting for it to…
Neighborhood Services Temperatures had begun to settle from a tolerable peak of 50 degrees one evening when a man strolled intoNeighborhood Services decked out in fur. Pan-roastedmussels $8 Bacon andover-easy egg $9 Fennel sausageflatbread $10 Lobster fritters $14 Seared scallops $19 Berkshire ribsand rings $23 Yep, a guy—and not a…
No chef yet–not even a name. More from Robert Wilonsky here…
Forgive us if we’ve discussed this popular dish before–which we have. But the general does outrank Colonel Sanders and his non-spicy, unsticky, broccoli-less chicken. Although the spelling may vary, just about every Chinese restaurant with a delivery option cooks up some form of General Tsao’s. Typically it’s built around fried meat,…
A few weeks before the Christmas holiday, Bill Addison and I had lunch at Screen Door. At the end of the meal he said ‘no reason to hide’ and whipped out his real credit card to pay.Yes, we all carry at least one piece of plastic with a phony name…
Don’t call it McSushi, but finding a reasonably priced roll in the DFW area is about to get really, really easy. A restaurant with the convenience of fast food and low price points of grocery store sushi, Wylie-born Avocado California Roll & Sushi is already rolling for our neighbors in…
It’s no mystery that we’re a fan of sweet treats around these parts. And thanks to our last Best of Dallas issue, it’s also no mystery that we dig on the Natsumi gelato. We’ve given props to the organic partially-organic gelato purveyor for hand-cranking flavors that taste so much like…
The French Room’s executive chef is one of those ‘results-oriented’ types. Perhaps his habit of accomplishment stems from the four years he spent in the U.S. Marine Corps. Or maybe the 35 year-old Michigan native can just flat out cook.Although he came to Dallas from the Mandarin Oriental in New…
“Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it’s disgusting?” (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)…
Tillman’s Roadhouse324 W. Seventh St.214-942-0988Dude factor: 9, or “James Dalton,” on a scale of 1 (Brad Wesley) to 10 (Wade Garrett).Sometimes it can’t be avoided. Occasionally, dudes have to go upscale. But if you’re going to eat someplace that actually uses cloth napkins, you might as well pick one that…
Today, the words “political party” have double meaning. And, forget partying like its 1999. Ten years later, America is celebrating the here and now, and a few local restaurants are joining the fun. Lakewood’s Café Lago hosts an Obama Bash from 6 to 9 p.m., tonight with a buffet, live…
OK, OK–a gimmick for Inauguration day. Give us a break. The President gets a personal chef, state dinners and could probably walk out of any restaurant in the country without paying. Of course, there have been some notorious culinary moments: The competent Bush puking all over his Japanese counterpart, Andrew Jackson offering…
We here at City of Ate don’t consider celebrity chefs swoon-worthy. MotoGP riders yes, chefs–hell, line cooks do the work. And when they appoint one of their protoges to their name…..
