Monthly Archives: January 2012

by Steven Doyle | January 30, 2012 · 7:26 am

Greyt Gala Dinner

by Crave Staff

The Greyhound Adoption League of Texas (GALT) celebrates over a decade of saving greyhound lives March 3 (6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) with the 11^th annual Greyt Gala Dinner and Auction to be held at the Hilton Dallas in Southlake Town Square.

This year’s theme Faith, Hope, and Charity, honors three of the many abused injured greyhounds cared for by GALT over the past several years; Faith, a female missing her right ear, was removed from a hoarder (along with her 8 puppies); Hope, a stray discovered cowering under a house near a busy highway on a freezing morning after suffering for months in the open without adequate food; and, Charity, found severely underweight at only 45 pounds due to starvation. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | January 29, 2012 · 7:56 am

Half Price Velvet Taco Chicken

by Steven Doyle

Each Monday you can slide past the front door at Velvet Taco On Henderson in Dallas and grab a hot deal on their rotisserie chicken which includes a whole rotisserie locally sourced chicken, a side of elotes, gremolata potatoes, six handmade corn tortillas, a large side of rotisserie corn pico de gallo, and two sides of Korean BBQ Sauce all for ten dollars. This is half the regular price.

To get the deal go to the back door, knock as loud as you can, and one of the line cooks will open the door. Hand him ten in cash and he will pass off the hot food for you. Pretty cool thing. Think of it as a speakeasy for lunch.

The deal is for the entire day from open to close.

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by Steven Doyle | January 27, 2012 · 4:52 pm

Whachu Tacobot Willis? Mextopia

by Danielle Leahy photos by Jacque Manaugh

Mextopia has long held a special spot in the hearts of the Tacobots. The site of our first ever Meetup, and the only place we have returned to multiple times Mextopia’s hospitable and the fun we had there is what morphed Tacobots from an online group page dedicated to taco talk into an actual taco eating club. Mextopia is also home of one of the best brisket tacos in Dallas Mextopia’s $2 Tacos and Tecate Tuesday’s are one of our favorite days of the week. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | January 27, 2012 · 11:14 am

Beer Salmagundi

by Steven Doyle

I ran into the new Deep Ellum Brewing Company sales guru and occasional contributor to craveDFW, Tait Lifto, last evening while hoisting a pint at Common Table. Lifto shared this photo of what appears to be a Dallas beer summit meeting with local heads of state. This is Drew Huerter (DEBC), Charlie Papazian (beer guru), Dennis Wehrmann (Franconia), Wim Bens (Lakewood Brewing Company) and Michael Peticolas (Peticolas) all from left to right. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | January 27, 2012 · 10:36 am

Urban Epicurious Top 10 Food Porn Moments: Scardello

by Bev Garvin

Bev Garvin is a friend of craveDFW, a local social media buff and photographer who maintains a pretty cool local site called Urban Epicurious. Bev joins us to celebrate her top 10 favorite food porn moments of the recent past. We will run these over successive days so you may savor each bite.

Another equally seductive sandwich, but for totally different reasons, is the Sweet Italian from Scardello Artisan Cheese near the corner of Lemmon and Oak Lawn in Dallas. I stopped in for a quickie and grabbed this to go one day while out running errands at lunch. It’s lusciousness swept off my feet as I indulged in it’s niceties. Continue reading →

Park Tavern to Open in April

: Bacon Donuts at Townhouse Kitchen + Bar

by Steven Doyle

Restaurant America, the company that has imported Prime Bar and more recently Townhouse Kitchen + Bar, are nearing completion of yet another Dallas restaurant called Park Tavern that will be located next to Gordon Biersch in the Shops at Park Lane. The projected date for opening is late April.

The same company is also building yet another restaurant in the same shopping center that will feature Spanish tapas. No name has been released as of yet. They are also working on a build out in Sundance Square.

Win a Cuisineart Ice Cream Maker

by Crave Staff

This fully automatic Cuisinart Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker lets you make your favorites in 20 minutes or less, with no fuss and no mess. Just add ingredients to the bowl, press ON and the machine does the rest. The large capacity makes up to 1½ quarts. The double-insulated freezer bowl eliminates the need for ice.

The handy kitchen gadget retails for $110.00. We will select one winner from those that make a comment below and announce the lucky person Friday January 27, 2012 around 5pm.

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by Steven Doyle | January 26, 2012 · 11:46 am

Urban Epicurious Top 10 Food Porn Moments: Cane Rosso

by Bev Garvin

Since breakfast is quite possibly the most important meal of the day, I had to mention the Breakfast Panini at Il Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum. But this is no ordinary breakfast sandwich, it is very well endowed. You probably won’t be able to eat it all at once, even if you bring a friend along and share. Continue reading →