by Steven Doyle
We were sent a copy of an inner office email that stated that Centennial Beverage Group has decided to spin off its wholesale division. The division will now operate under the Good Goody umbrella Continue reading
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Centennial Spins Off Wholesale Group
Meet Nick and Sam’s Somm Brian Knoy
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
On a visit to Nick and Sam’s Steakhouse this past holiday we had the pleasure to meet with manager and sommelier Brian Knoy. Brian is a young buck in the industry, but his passion for service and wines is obvious and shines through in his conversations. Originally from Yuma, Arizona, Knoy happened into the industry as he sought out interesting people as his Marine Corps family hopped around the country.
Knoy is subtle and super likable. He has an effortless charm about him that makes service simple and unpretentious. Let’s visit with Knoy at Nick and Sam’s Steakhouse in Dallas. Continue reading
Filed under Bubbles, Cavair, chefs, Crave, Dallas, restaurant news, Sommelier, Steven Doyle, Wine
2012 Dive Bar Tour Rolls Through Dallas
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
Planning the latest Dallas Bus Tour was a blast. Previous editions included tours that explored Tacos, Pizza, Burgers, and even vegan food in Dallas. The trick behind a successful tour I am finding is not to over think the process. Load up 25 adults onto a bus full of beer, wine and cocktails and point them in any direction and they will have fun.
Such is the case for the latest tour which explored dive bars of Dallas. Now here might be the rub for some, what exactly is a dive bar? I have my definition, you have yours. However, for the first tour exploring almost only alcohol I wanted to play it safe. No stabbings, no arrests, no crying. Continue reading
Filed under BBQ, beer, Bubbles, Cocktails, Corny Dog, Crave, Dallas, Deep Ellum, Drink Dallas, Events, Joy Jangles, Lakewood, Late Night Nosh, Lee Harvey's, Oak Cliff, Party!, Prohibition, Steven Doyle
Scardello Sources Local Charcuterie
by Steven Doyle
We often reel about the charcuterie program at The Grape and for good reason. Brian Luscher is a mad man and has an insane meat program going on at his Greenville Avenue restaurant. Today we heard about a new program at Scardello and it smacks of Luscher’s DNA. We just got off the phone with one of Scardello’s cheesemongers, Ali Morgan, and she gave us the skinny on the new charcuterie being offered at the cheese shop on Oak Lawn.
“We have been wanting to offer charcuterie for some time. We have a few nice things currently like a Prosciutto di Parma, but we wanted much more. I spoke with Brian and he had me stop in for this whole charcuterie lesson,” said Morgan. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Bubbles, Cheese, chefs, Crave, Dallas, restaurant news, Rich Rogers, Scardello, Steven Doyle
Four Lounge Celebrates With New Cocktail Menu
by Steven Doyle
We have been keeping a close eye on the work of Keith LaBonte, owner of Four Lounge located at State and Allen in Uptown. The barman has been making crazy good drinks at the tiny lounge and recently announced a new cocktail menu.
We featured LaBonte on craveDFW a few months ago and the man does a superb job, especially at the molecular cocktail thing which can be so fun to watch. Continue reading
Filed under Bubbles, Cocktails, Dallas, Drink Dallas, Spirits, Steven Doyle
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
Filed under beer, Bubbles, chefs, Cocktails, Crave, Dallas, Deep Ellum, henderson, Holiday Fun, Holiday Plans, Nightlife, restaurant news, Spirits, Uptown, Wine
We Crave Princi Italia
By Steven Doyle
There have been a few new Italian restaurants hit Dallas in the past few months, and they have changed the culinary landscape for the better. One is the very recent Zio Cecio, which is run by restaurant veteran Francesco Farris which we took a look at some weeks back. Then we have the new addition to the Preston Royal intersection in the old Popolos digs with another restaurant veteran Patrick Colombo at the helm with Princi Italia.
The space at Princi has been slivered a bit, and the Colombo 86’d the banquet room which was turned into an AT&T store. The large bar that was in the middle of Popolos was taken out leaving the wood oven in front of the kitchen. A new bar was placed by the front door giving the room a more open feel. Continue reading
Marquee’s New Burger Strikes Gold! (Literally)
by Steven Doyle
Highland Park’s personal top chef, Tre Wilcox sent a lovely missive via Facebook that displayed some of his experimentation efforts in the kitchen. There isn’t a whole lot to add to the burger that will be sold at Marquee Grill that he didn’t already think about.
Wilcox describes this as a Short Rib-Foie Gras Stuffed Burger with gold leaf aioli, house pickles and truffle parm fries. There is little we can say after reading this, but “damn”.
