by Steven Doyle
Back in the 1980’s there was an epic food fight between Colorado and Texas in Twin Lakes, Colorado 140 miles southwest of Denver as a way to vent about Texans vacationing in Colorado. The weapons were truckloads of rotten tomatoes.
The battle grew each year, bringing tourists in much like the Spanish La Tomatina festival in Bunol. The fun was eventually stopped in the early 90’s when the insurance premium rocketed. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The staff and friends of craveDFW cordially invite you and your guests to Eddie V’s Prime Seafood in Dallas tonight for happy hour fun at 6pm tonight to celebrate last night’s victory and to enjoy the World Series with us tonight in the V Lounge. To make the celebration a bit more exciting, craveDFW will buy you a few rounds of specialty cocktails featuring the new Makers Mark 46. Continue reading
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by Crave Staff
Again & Again, a vintage and consignment furniture shop, has a new location in the Design District and they want people to know about it. In the spirit of Again & Again’s fun approach to furniture and decor, they are throwing a street party on Saturday, October 22, and inviting Dallas design buffs to join during the Annual Riverfront’s Fall Antiques Districts Streetwide Sale. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
It was just confirmed that Randall Copeland, Nathan Tate, Brooks and Bradley Anderson have signed a lease at 408 North Bishop, the old Decanter location in the Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff.
Together Copeland and Tate own Restaurant Ava in Rockwall, and the Anderson’s own Veritas Wine Room on Henderson in Dallas. Continue reading
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by Crave Staff
It’s a beautiful timef year to be out in the back yard, grilling for your friends and neighbors. The weather is mild and the sun is shining bright. Jon Alexis from TJ’s Seafood Market has these really cool cooking demos he does for his customers and we happened to grab one of his hand outs in advance so we could share the info with you. if you have a chance, check out the demo this weekend. He will be cooking up a mess of fish and sharing with all comers. More information on dates and time at the bottom of this page. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle photos by Joy Jangles
Alberto Lombardi seems to collect restaurants like a grandmother collects snow globes and Hummel’s. Bistro 31, the latest addition into the fold of the family of restaurants, quickly found its way to the prized spot on the mantel.
The menu hearkens Mediterranean cuisine deftly produced by former Mansion sous Eric Brandt who said the dishes have a flair of French and Italian. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
We absolutely love the change of seasons, and not for all the obvious reasons. We crave the new menus chefs roll out, and now in this fresh era of great cocktails we are now seeing barmen offering new cocktails to pair with the seasons. A few nights ago we caught wind of just such a new menu at Marquee, located in Highland Park Village, where we found manager Jason Kosmas affixing last minute adjustments to his new bar menu that quietly was installed just yesterday.
“Basically we re-worked our cocktail menu for the Fall season. We are switching up the format a bit and expanding the amount of cocktails we offer. The first page of the menu you will find pre-dinner or aperitif cocktails. You will find them a little bit more boozy, a little bit more layered and spirit-driven, explained Kosmas. Continue reading
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By Cheryl Ng Collett of IttyBittyFoodies
The name, “Toni Rivard” of Crème de la Cookie is synonymous with cakeballs in Dallas. Naturally when Rivard developed her new upscale bakery concept located just outside of Neiman Marcus at NorthPark Center, she used her namesake. The tiny outpost is as fashionable as the department store it sits in front of. Continue reading
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