Author Archives: Steven Doyle

by Steven Doyle | December 22, 2011 · 10:57 am

Lunches at Private Social Are Serene

by Steven Doyle

I stopped in to have lunch with a few friends at Private Social, the beautiful restaurant on McKinney in Uptown run by chef-owner Tiffany Derry. She is going three months into her grand opening and exudes excitement, and for good reason. The restaurant is successful and she has met with rave reviews (Dallas Morning News gave it the four star treatment).

I have been to the restaurant many times since the opening, once for a press luncheon, a few dinners on my own, and often make this a stop when out cocktailing for an evening. Bar manager Rocco always has a few concoctions to share, and it is good to pop in for a light bite and a sip or two of whatever he dreams up that night. Now is a fantastic time while he is making his house-made egg nog for the holidays. Continue reading →

Salvadoran Food Truck Coming to Dallas in March

by Steven Doyle

Last night we spoke to Javier Bernal who is the next entry into the world of Food Trucks in Dallas. Dos Paisanos will be the city’s first Salvadorian and Mexican food truck and he was eager to share his background that brought him to Dallas and eventually owning his own business. He is quite inspirational.

Bernal was born and raised in the Washington D.C. area which has a large population of Salvadoran nationals. In 2004 he moved to Dallas and was working in the restaurant industry. First as a fry cook at KFC at age 15, and eventually a variety of restaurants in the area including Abuelo’s as lead caterer and as a kitchen manager Prince Bistro in Plano. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | December 21, 2011 · 10:20 am

Texas Chef Association Bake Sale

by Katie Minchew

It was a sweet sight to see the ladies and gentlemen of the Texas Chefs Association, young and old, join together for the most delicious bake sale ever held. For the 25^th year in a row, TCA members from Collin College, Wylie high school, Art Institute of Dallas, Le Cordon Bleu, Remmington College, and a variety of Dallas’ gem venues provided the best products from their hotels, restaurants, and schools for this extraordinary event. Let’s just say this wasn’t your child’s typical elementary school bake sale. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | December 21, 2011 · 10:06 am

Feast of the Seven Fishes at Urban Crust

by Steven Doyle

Urban Crust will be serving an amazing three course dinner this Christmas Eve. The Feast of the Seven Fishes originates from the Medieval Roman Catholic Italians who refrained from eating red meat during the sacred holidays and instead enjoyed a feast of seven types of fish on Christmas Eve. Urban Crust will compose a dinner of several types of fish including mussels, calamari, octopus, shrimp, scallops, crab meat, sea bass, tuna, salmon and flounder. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | December 20, 2011 · 9:57 pm

2011 Dallas NYE Suggestions

by Crave Staff

Holiday time is here when we think about ribbons and packages, good friends and wine. Well, more about wine than anything else. Best make your plans for New Year’s Eve as soon as possible and we have a few suggestions. The list appears in the order we received the information. When making your plans you might also wish to check out proper transportation or lodging.

We started with dining options and ended with clubs and parties. If we missed your party or dinner, let us know and we will include you on the big list. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | December 20, 2011 · 3:15 pm

Dodds Named New Central 214 Chef

by Steven Doyle

Graham Dodds formerly of Bolsa in Oak Cliff has accepted the executive chef position at Central 214 replacing naughty chef Blythe Beck.

EDIT: Two hours after we made this announcement we were sent a press release, but it had all that press releasy jazz to say. Graham will pop up with something cool to say soon. Stay tuned.

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by Steven Doyle | December 20, 2011 · 2:23 pm

Happy Hanukkah From craveDFW

by Steven Doyle

This is the time of year when families are celebrating their respective holidays. Today marks the beginning of Hanukkah and we have been asking our Jewish friends for special ideas to celebrate.

We spoke to Jon Alexis, a regular contributor to craveDFW and owner of TJ’s Seafood Market for ideas and he said, “Your average Jew doesn’t go out for Hanukkah. It’s a gift giving holiday, but not a food holiday. Chinese food for Christmas is a bigger Jewish tradition in Dallas than anything for Hanukkah, but the culinary part of is potato latkes.” Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | December 20, 2011 · 12:40 pm

More on Deep Ellum Brew

by Tait Lifto

On a simply wonderful December 17th with suprisingly warm weather and sunshine, DEBC opened it’s doors to the public. Yelp’s community manager was on-hand to allow visitors that checked into Yelp go in 30 minutes early. And it’s a good thing for those Yelpers out there as there were a few surprises in the beer offering department that were small batches and disappeared quickly.

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