by Steven Doyle
For those adventuresome food enthusiasts who may wish to celebrate Groundhog’s Day by doing a bit more than avoiding your shadow, we have a few ideas that you may wish to enjoy today in celebration and hopes of a quick Spring (as if it isn’t Spring enough for you this Winter).
Here is where we suggest you dine on authentic Ground Hog. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, beer, Dallas, fun with food, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
Yesterday we checked out the Union Bear which swings open its doors today in the West Village on McKinney Avenue in Uptown Dallas. We spoke with both owner Matt Spiller and chef John Kleifgen on our visit and sat down to try some of the food being offered up to their eager patrons.
When walking into Union Bear you will notice that like all of the Spiller operations it fits beautifully with the existing neighborhood architecture. They were not trying to recreate a previous motif like you might find at Eno’s or Oddfellows. Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Bacon, beer, Burgers, chefs, Cocktails, Crave, Dallas, First Look, Local Produce, restaurant news, Restaurant Opening, Steven Doyle
by Crave Staff
The AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that individual tickets for Pink Martini coming to Annette Strauss Square on Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. will go on sale Friday, February 3 at 10 a.m.
“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure… if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.” – Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader/pianist. Continue reading
Filed under Arts District, Concert, Crave, Dallas
by Steven Doyle
Linda Fitzerman is gluten intolerant and missed her bread. For any person on a gluten-free or low-carb diet you can understand how you might miss something as simple as a slice of bread at dinner, or perhaps that really great sandwich.
Nearly three years ago Fitzerman decided that she would open her own bakery and change the way she would eat forever. Recently she opened Local Oven, an entirely gluten-free operation that markets to restaurants, hotels and grocers locally. Continue reading
Filed under Bake Sale, chefs, Dallas, Gluten-Free, Steven Doyle
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.
Chef John Tesar’s farm-to-table menu at The Commissary in One Arts Plaza, features an array of imaginative dishes and a unique gourmet burgers in a casual upscale setting. There are about a dozen delectable burgers to choose from, each accentuating unique local and exotic ingredients. Continue reading
Filed under Bev Garvin, Dallas, Food Photos, Food Porn Alert
by Steven Doyle
One of the big things we are starting to see on menus are the unconventional sandwiches and tacos. The trend holds true with the taco-makers at La Grange in Deep Ellum. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, Crave, Dallas, Deep Ellum, Steven Doyle, Tacos
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.
It’s exciting when a talented chef reinvents a dish and you get to experience it in a whole new way, like the very first time — only even better. Continue reading
Filed under Bev Garvin, chefs, Food Porn Alert
by Steven Doyle
The wrangling chef Tim Love opens his latest incarnation The Woodshed Smokehouse tomorrow today! You probably know Love from such luminaries as his Lonesome Dove Western Bistro and his crazy good burger joint Love Shack. Love has the uncanny ability to make any meat taste pretty swell, including rattlesnake and kangaroo. Continue reading
Filed under beer, chefs, restaurant news, Steven Doyle
