by Steven Doyle
The Gene and Julie Gates restaurant, Battuto Italian Kitchen, is days away from opening and last night we were invited guests to check out the menu and to soak up the ambiance of the new North Dallas restaurant, and what we found you are going to fall in love with.
We were offered a small variety from the menu which includes house-made pastas, stone-fired pizzas, a variety of interesting salads and one particular entree that you will not care to miss. Continue reading
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by David Indorf photos by Robert Bostick
How do you sell out one of the country’s hottest restaurants with a prix fixe menu at $100 per plate? Secure in the knowledge that you will have 100% attendance with dozens more clamoring for tickets. Oh, and did I forget to mention that this little miracle occurs in the span of 20 seconds? It’s actually rather simple. You open your restaurant to Café Momentum, the concept developed to train young men detained in the Dallas County Youth Village in the culinary arts from the ground up. Continue reading
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by Erica Guajardo
Each week our Arts Editor, Erica Guajardo, creates an arts calendar that includes area showings for all tastes and interests. To have your event included in her calendar drop Erica a note at erica@cravedfw.com. Erica is also fielding ideas for feature art stories on craveDFW. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The Londoner Pub, a traditional British pub with several locations around the metroplex, will celebrate this year’s annual Greenville Avenue St. Paddy’s Day Parade with a huge bash featuring tents, live music, and an exclusive VIP Rooftop Party for serious partygoers. The Londoner’s VIP Rooftop Party – sponsored by Tullamore Dew, Guinness, and Miller and Coors – is offering a select number of guests an exclusive experience high above the debauchery with a party of their own. Continue reading
by Steven Doyle
What an exciting time to enjoy to be living in Dallas. There are so many cultural advances and unique restaurants popping up across Dallas and Fort Worth. Bowl and Barrel is certainly one of the more unique restaurants to hit Dallas running. While the food is not exactly haute cuisine, it is fun, brave and unique due mainly to the chef who crafted the menu, Sharon Hage. We are fortunate to have her brilliant talent seeding these new restaurants with her very special touch.
Bowl and Barrel is the bowling alley with terrific food in a separate restaurant area and features the largest community dining table I have seen in Dallas. On a recent visit a guest explained that she was new to the Dallas area and came to Bowl and Barrel not knowing anyone, and left with a handful of friends that she met up with nights later. This is the power of dining with strangers. For those wanting a more private setting there are plenty of seats available in the more traditional sense. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
We are trying to keep you in tune with the various wine dinners around Dallas and Fort Worth. These are always special ways for guests to tune in to the chef’s special talents beyond the regular menu, and a fantastic way to be exposed to special wines and winemakers worth celebrating.
DISH Restaurant & Lounge, with Executive Chef Garreth Dickey, will begin a series of wine dinners to take place on the last Wednesday of each month for the rest of the year. The first dinner taking place on Wednesday, March 27th, will be a celebration of eclectic finds hosted by Travis James of Favorite Brands. The dinner with wine pairings is $135 per person, and we think you will find this menu especially full of intrigue. Jump for the full menu and pairings. Continue reading
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by Mary Szefcyk
Guests settled in for a fun filled evening enjoying food, wine and live music at the Westin Galleria for this year’s Bonne Sante, an event that raises funds for the National Kidney Foundation. Scott Gottich (his sister is a transplant recipient) of Bijoux and William Koval (his son was only born with one kidney) of Lakewood Country club were the host chefs of this exciting event. Love goes out to them and all they have brought together under one roof to help spread the awareness of kidney disease prevention and the need for organ donation. We’ve been spoiled sampling from some of the most outstanding chefs from Dallas, Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Augusta, Philadelphia, and Park Cities working side by side creating some of our favorite dishes sharing stories of there passion and culinary history. 
Dr. Goran Klintmalm Chairman and Chief of Baylor Regional Transplant Institute received a very special award “Gift of Life” Klintmalm has performed thousands of organ transplants during his career. Well deserved His Legacy and passion for advancing the field of transplantation is much appreciated. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Dallas Theater Center announced today the upcoming production of Neil Simon’s classic American comedy, The Odd Couple, directed by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty. When two men with struggling relationships, neat and particular Felix Ungar and disheveled and rough-edged Oscar Madison, decide to live together, the results are funny and poignant. The Odd Couple opens with previews on Friday, March 15 and runs through Sunday, April 14 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Continue reading
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