by Steven Doyle
We really appreciate all the entries in our Taste Addison contest. We try to have a contest like this each week, so please com by often. The winners today will receive four tickets plus extra restaurant swag worth about $150. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The 2012 Taste Addison (May 18-20) is drawing nearer and we have the hook up on the 20th anniversary event. We will be giving away several prize packages that not only include four free entry tickets, but several gift cards to Addison area restaurants just to sweeten the pot. Each pack is worth around $150. Tell us anything about Addison that you enjoy and we will enter you into the drawing that will be held this week. Continue reading
Filed under Addison, beer, chefs, Competition, Crave, Steven Doyle, Tacos, Taste of Addison
by Judy Chamberlain
We’re an odd pair, The Social House and I.
I’m a jazz singer who prefers soft music – or none at all – when I dine. The Social House is LOUD and favors a mix of rock music that sometimes veers into hip hop.
A twenty-five year veteran food critic and food snob from both the East and West Coasts, I’m usually not drawn to happy hour and party-style hangouts. Not anymore, anyway – although I will confess to having been at the opening night of the notorious nightclub Arthur in the 1970’s, the one in Manhattan that was co-owned by Beatle George Harrison, not to be confused with quaint antiquity Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse on Quorum Drive. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Allow me to set the scene. It is 1966 and Sinatra just wailed the last notes of My Kind of Town. Count Basie and his Orchestra is playing clean up as the Chairman jogs off the stage at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel in Vegas. More than likely Sinatra stumbles to the bar and slugs back a shot of Jack Daniels and lights a cigarette. The crowd disperses.
Chances are one of your distant relatives was there to witness the historic moment, and they follow the crowd out the door. Some head to the casino to spend your inheritance, while others filter through the buffet to take advantage of the 99-cent all-you-can-eat prime rib bar. Continue reading
Filed under Addison, Beef, chefs, Crave, restaurant news, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
I have checked Wild Chutney out a few times, and one the first visits was fairly disappointing. The service and flavors were not exactly spot on. However, that was when the restaurant first opened. On subsequent visits, I have been nothing less than thrilled — although the service could still use a spike of energy .
The flavors at Wild Chutney’s are fresh and strong. There are plenty of choices for those not wishing to carry around that curry permeation all evening, and there are a few new takes on dishes by way of the appetizers. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
One more pizza top add to the long line up in the DFW area. Johnny’s Pizza, known through out the southeast, has set up shop in Addison. The smallish chain boasts a strong following from transplants from states like Louisiana and Georgia, originating in Monroe, LA. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle photo by Robert Bostick
Mark your calendars for January 24, 2011 at 7pm for a fantastic wine dinner at Chamberlain’s Steak and Chop House in Addison. Chef Chamberlain has prepared a fantastic menu paired with Lewis Cellars. We have a primer for the wine listed below with each course listed below. Find these wines before the dinner at Sigel’s. Continue reading
Filed under Addison, chefs, Crave, restaurant news, Robert Bostick, Steven Doyle, Wine
by Steven Doyle
The building in Addison that was originally home to Sakowitz, and more recently a Bed, Bath and Beyond, will be the newest location for Whole Foods. This store will replace the aging location at Coit and Belt Line in Richardson.
“We signed a lease on a property in The Village on the Parkway Shopping Center, located at the Southeast corner of Belt Line Road and Dallas North Tollway, approximately three miles west of our Richardson store.,” said Marleen Maxie, the Richardson store manager. Continue reading
Filed under Addison, beer, Cheese, Crave, fun with food, Steven Doyle, Whole Foods
