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The Victorious Burgers of Burger Week

I can't believe burger week is coming to a close, but it had to end sometime. One can only eat so many burgers before enjoyment is lost and the cheese from one burger experience melts into another. We had six smackdowns that each pit two popular Dallas burgers against one...
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Her Corsage Has Seen Better Days

Grapevine’s Runway Theatre picked an unconventional opening for its 30th season. Zombie Prom isn’t your typical off-Broadway, boy-meets-girl musical, unless your definition of “typical stage romance” involves a nuclear power plant suicide mixed with zombie song and dance numbers. Based on a story by John Dempsey and Hugh Murphy, Zombie...
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Best Jerk Chicken

Island SpotWhile Dallas celebrates its recent barbecue renaissance with newcomers Lockhart Smokehouse and Pecan Lodge, a sleeper has been quietly smoking away in Carrollton. Island Spot’s jerk chicken may not be as prized as a perfectly smoked brisket, but it’s the best Jamaican ‘cue in Dallas, for sure. Most spots use gas grills to cook their […]
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The Rock Royalty Behind Denton’s Bars

As I walk into Dan's Silverleaf fresh off a particularly difficult serving shift at a pan-Asian joint just across town in Denton, the roughly 150 people in attendance are scattered throughout the bar. It's cold this Thursday evening, but many still huddle outside, smoking, drinking and sharing fellowship, their steamy...
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Fuxa

Getting to see Fuxa, the longtime electronic project of Detroit's Randall Nieman, in an intimate space like Good Records should be enough to get the synth-heads out. The group's latest release, Electric Sound of Summer, features vocal contributions from Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips and a cover of Fun Boy...
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Qariah’s Stand

More than a year has passed since City Council's specific use permit policies went into effect on Lower Greenville Avenue, shuttering many bars and crippling small businesses that depend on late-night alcohol sales as an important part of their revenues. The ordinance was sold as a means to clean up...
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A Dozen of Our Favorite Posts and Stories of 2012

As the sands in the hourglass run out here at DC9 HQ, and making year-end lists feels more like penance than pleasurable mental exercise, we thought we'd take a break from quantifying albums and concerts, and instead qualify some of our favorite posts from the last year with an, "Oh...