If there’s one thing you could use to convince an out-of-towner that Dallas is a city worth visiting, the first-class city its leaders want so badly for it to be, it would likely be the Arts District. It’s the largest in the country, according to people who know such things,…
Urban Vines Wine Bistro opened last week at 9219 Garland Road in the old Café Lago space. Jennifer Rodriguez and Jon Sparks both have a strong affinity for wine and wanted to bring a quaint and personal wine experience to East Dallas. “We’ve been waiting for the right place, and…
It pains me to drive past an old man selling watermelons on the side of the road. Some nostalgic force makes me whip a U-turn on most occasions — also because a ripe watermelon in the summer time is simply amazing. Over the years, I’ve learned that these farmers always…
A tipster emailed me over the weekend to let me know that Mockingbird Taproom has closed. Their website is currently down, and a call to the restaurant went unanswered. The mailbox for the number is full. A spokesperson for Mockingbird Station, which leases the space, confirmed that the restaurant was…
Marc Cassel, owner of 20 Feet Seafood Joint in East Dallas, threw an interesting post up on his Facebook page this week. Holy Flying Decapod Crustaceans Batman! A few dozen soft-shell crabs (can I get a Hallelujah?) will be boarding a red-eye flight from the Chesapeake to Big D this…
Late last night, after a tense end-of-session standoff on the Senate floor, the beefed-up Cottage Food Bill, HB 970, passed and is now on the way to the Governor’s desk. As we reported last week, there was some fear the bill wouldn’t make it on the final calendar for a…
Downtown Dallas was starved for natural beauty. Not that a five-acre deck park built atop a busy freeway is natural, really, but there are large swaths of grass that are sometimes green alongside the plastic turf dogs seem to love. The grass would be greener if a large part of…
Regular readers may remember that I found it amusing to review cream teas and high teas around Dallas, comparing them to their British counterparts. While many of you didn’t agree that this was in fact amusing, that’s never stopped me before. For the third in a highly infrequent series, I…
Luck Ducky Dogs, the “silly truck with serious food,” will be at the Dallas Arts District (2403 Flora) todayuntil 2 p.m. giving out 100 free “Hangover Part III” dogs, as an ode to the film that will be released Friday. Make haste! That spreadsheet can wait. Next is the character-based…
Three rectangles of semifreddo in pistachio, mint and strawberry sat in a row like fat dominoes at Belly and Trumpet in Uptown. The chilled desserts looked good, with shards of green pistachio and two carefully placed strawberries, but they tasted rather dull and they were tiny. A longer rectangle of…
If you’re a careful diner, you might have noticed the term “compression” attached to a fruit that’s featured in your dish or dessert. John Tesar added compressed heirloom tomato slices to a “burger” he fashioned for Eater a few weeks ago, and at Belly and Trumpet, compressed mango is featured…
Justin Anderson, founder of WOATS, is one of those granola kind of guys. Here’s a fact about granola: It can be like eating tiny bricks sometimes. And if you have braces, the snack can be a downright menacing. Anderson knows all about that. When he was 16 he bit into…
Long-time readers of this blog will remember the irrepressible mischief of my wife, Richard (not her real name). Well, one of the greatest regrets of our marriage is that I took her to Pecan Lodge one time on an off-day. It was good, but not great. She was unimpressed. I…
It was a gloomy day, so when a friend offered to deliver me lunch I jumped on the opportunity. “Bring me two banh mi sandwiches from Mot Hai Ba, and make sure one of them has pork pâté,” I asked. I was curious how the restaurant would package the sandwiches,…
Yesterday I was back at La Banqueta for lunch. While I was waiting for my plate of suadero tacos, I chatted with a few guys who’d stopped in to give the place a try. One of the gentlemen had obviously fallen in love with La Banqueta’s delicious street tacos previously,…
NOSH Euro Bistro in Plano has closed. The restaurant confirmed on its Facebook page on Wednesday with a message, “Thank you for all of your support!” along with a picture of owner Avner Samuel sort of smiling. He looks dapper in bright sweater. I suppose the message is, “I’m good,…
Hopefully you made it to Iron Fork last night. Hopefully you dressed lightly. While massive blowers at the front of the venue did their best, the back of the Dallas Contemporary was quite warm. I’m half convinced that Matt McCallister’s sweat was the magical ingredient that propelled the young chef…
The recipe for Craft and Growler’s existence was simple. Husband and wife owners Kevin Afghani and Catherine Kinslow fell in love with the recently exploding local craft beer movement in Dallas — so much so that they personally invested in the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. as it got off the…
The East Hampton Sandwich Co. is sailing its upscale nautical-themed sandwich shop northward to the Shops at Legacy in Plano. The first spot, in University Park’s Snider Plaza, opened last fall. Founder Hunter Pond wanted to bring the sandwiches he found while vacationing in northeast to the Dallas area. Pond,…
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,” wrote Herrick. Or eat. We sort of like eating more than gardening to celebrate the beginning, or ending, of any season. And, if you’ve made it out to the Ballpark in Arlington for some springtime baseball, you’ve certainly had plenty to keep you busy…
Here’s something — I am a very big fan of baseball. I can’t explain why. I guess it’s like really fast cricket. Anyway, I used to watch it late at night on TV back in the U.K. quite obsessively. It’s the only American sport I’ve ever managed to get on…
Remember the Klondike Choco Taco that Taco Bueno offered back in the day? It held all the same ingredients as a Drumstick with the fun of being taco shaped. Ice cream plus taco equaled good. But then somewhere around 2009, according to the Internet, Choco Tacos suddenly became hard to…
