Category Archives: Dallas

by | August 20, 2012 · 12:37 pm

Fearing Celebrates Five Years

by Steven Doyle

Guests swarmed the Dallas Ritz-Carlton Hotel to help celebrate Chef Dean Fearing’s fifth anniversary of the move from his legendary stint at the Mansion to open his own namesake restaurant Fearing’s.

One very important guest was barbecue chef Chris Lilly from Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama who was on hand to ply the hungry crowd with his special brand of smoke. The pair of chefs met at the South Beach Food and Wine Festival two years ago and hit it off immediately.       Continue reading →

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by | August 20, 2012 · 10:19 am

Chefs Rally To Support One Of Their Own

by Steven Doyle

When Lisa Moore and Gary Jackson, both of FLUENT announced a fundraiser for long time restaurant GM Camilo Calderon who has been in the industry for many years, the community gathered. Camilo has worked at many restaurants in the Dallas area since he was a very young man, including Stephen Pyles, Samar, Dish and now at the Adolphus Hotel.

Recently Calderon’s sister passed away leaving four young children in his care and last evening a show of love was extended at DUO located at Inwood and Lovers Lane, where a capacity crowd enjoyed food presented by many area chefs that Calderon has worked with in the past.          Continue reading →

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by | August 17, 2012 · 12:39 pm

Friday’s Five Fabulous Food Finds

by Steven Doyle

Each week we scour the city in search of the very best Dallas has to offer. We check into restaurants both old and new looking for interesting food to discuss with you so you can make handy decision when dining out.

We do not necessarily write up each item we enjoy, and often have photos that we will save for another week. However, we will share some of the most awe-inspiring dishes on Friday in what we like to call Friday’s Five Fabulous Food Finds.    Continue reading →

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by | August 14, 2012 · 11:00 am

Alamo Drafthouse Is Coming To Dallas And We Have Details

by Steven Doyle

We have been duly warned that the Austin based movie theater chain, Alamo Drafthouse, is coming to the Dallas area soon. Soon is more like April or May of 2013, but we have plenty to celebrate as we count down the months to its arrival.

Look for plenty of locations in and around Dallas with the first site to be in Richardson on the southwest corner of Belt Line Road in the old Pep Boys location in the Richardson Heights Shopping Center.  The shopping center is predominately occupied by Indian restaurants, grocers, clothing and gift shops, but that is how Alamo rolls. They prefer a very indigenous location that might need a boost of economic juju.     Continue reading →

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by | August 13, 2012 · 10:50 am

Celebrate Julia’s 100th At Neiman’s

by Steven Doyle

This week DFW area Neiman Marcus stores will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Julia Child’s birth with special dishes inspired by the culinary icon and offered by the Dallas chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international organization of women in the culinary profession.      Continue reading →

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by | August 9, 2012 · 11:11 am

Beat The Heat With Flavor

by Steven Doyle

If you are like us you might be looking for more ways to cool off during the searing heat wave this summer. We mentioned a new ice cream purveyor, Carnival Barker’s, yesterday but they do not have their own stand to scoop just yet. We have a few creamy ideas you may not have thought of and we want to share those with you today.      Continue reading →

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by | August 8, 2012 · 9:18 am

Following The Taco Trail With José Ralat-Maldonado

by Steven Doyle

There is a man roaming the streets of Dallas with a mission. He is the undisputed king of tacos and is the editor of the Dallas Taco Trail. José Ralat-Maldonado is a fun loving aficionado of tacos and loves good craft beer and life in general. His positive outlook on life is infectious as his love for tacos.

I caught up with Jose just off the heels of a taco inspection at a local taqueria in Oak Cliff. The restaurant swore they had puffy tacos and were well worth inspection. Jose differs with their assessment and you are sure to read about the restaurant soon on his Taco Trail website.   Continue reading →

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by | August 6, 2012 · 12:47 pm

Quakecon 2012

By Nicholas Bostick

This was my first experience with Quakecon (a convention based around Richardson based id Software’s “Quake” franchise), and as someone wisely pointed out, it probably won’t be my last. Quakecon, known for being “The largest LAN party in North America”, has been Continue reading →

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