by Steven Doyle
The Lewisville outpost for the Dallas Tortilla and Tamale Factory has shuttered, leaving the Oak Cliff location still open. Continue reading
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Dallas Tortilla and Tamale Factory in Lewisville Closed
Filed under Oak Cliff, restaurant news, Steven Doyle, tamales
Going Local at Bolsa Mercado
by Steven Doyle
This weekend we took a stroll into the fairly new Bolsa Mercado top check out some of the local products they are moving at break-neck speeds. We ran into on of the owners, Chris Zielke and he showed us around a bit. You will recognize the name from his other Bolsa, the restaurant, just a few doors down the street.
“This is so much different than running the restaurant. I come in on a Monday morning and the shelves are bare, and I have to start all over again,” said Zielke. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Bake Sale, beer, Brazos Valley Cheese, Cheese, chefs, Chocolate, Crave, Food, Local, Local Produce, Oak Cliff, Pastry Chef, Sandwiches, Steven Doyle, tamales, Wine
Ft Worth Coffee Shop Dons Daisy Dukes
by Crave Staff
Coffee Dreamers of Texas, a relatively new coffee shop located on the west side of Fort Worth at 750 Alta Mere Dr. just north of Ridgmar Mall, which opened its doors in November 2011, brewed not only coffee, but also a lot of controversy by having their baristas wear a “Daisy Duke” type of uniform which exposed the employees midriffs.
Coffee Dreamers owners, husband and wife team Kim and John Holland, say they wanted a Texas themed outfit for the baristas to wear, but it appears some of the female patrons don’t care for the uniform. John said “We never intended to offend anyone with the uniform”. Continue reading
Filed under Coffee, Crave Girl, Fashion, Party!, tamales
Home-Made Tamales for Christmas
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
In the past weeks leading up to Christmas we have been visiting various tamale makers in the Dallas area including La Popular and Abraham Salum at Komali where we got a primer in the art of tamales. This week we visited a very special woman who lives in the Oak Cliff area very near her son, co-owner of Coevál Studio and the new restaurant Campo Modern Country Bistro, John Paul Valverde.
We had asked John Paul if he had any leads on a good tamale maker and he sat back for a moment then smiled, “my mother makes the best tamales.” Continue reading
Filed under Crave, fun with food, Mexico, Oak Cliff, Robert Bostick, Steven Doyle, tamales
Abraham Salum on Tamales
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
We are knee deep into the holiday season. For restaurateurs this is the busiest time of year as they cater parties and enjoy increased traffic. This is also the height of tamale season, so we set out to find some of the city’s best tamales and share our findings with you over the next few weeks.
Our first visit was to Komali where we found chef Abraham Salum gearing up with his own delicious brand of tamales. Below we have a special holiday Q&A with Salum and discuss tamales. Continue reading
Filed under chefs, fun with food, Holiday Fun, Party!, restaurant news, Robert Bostick, Steven Doyle, tamales
Dallas Tortilla and Tamale Factory Says Goodbye to Competitive Eaters in 2011 Event
by Steven Doyle
Six years ago on a sun parched field at Lake Lewisville the inaugural World Tamale Eating Championship was held. Sponsored by Dallas Tortilla and Tamale Factory and the Old Town Lewisville Association, the event soon began to garner national media attention. The contest was moved to the Western Days Festival in Old Town Lewisville the following year.
Dallas Tortilla & Tamale Factory has organized and donated all of the tamales and labor for the last six years, working with the City of Lewisville and local media outlets to promote the event. Continue reading
People’s Choice Award: Best Restaurant
by Steven Doyle
We appreciate everyone’s love and attention this summer, and we feel the awards have gone over very well. We have the plaques ready to pass out and have given away dozens of gift cards from a whole host of restaurants in DFW to the people that make this work, specifically you. There is one more week after this award, and we appreciate you sticking with us through the voting process. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, BBQ, beer, Breakfast, Brunch, Burgers, Ceviche, Cheese, chefs, Chicken Fried Steak, Crave Girl, Food Trucks, Hatch Chiles, Hot Dogs, Peoples Choice, pizza, Steven Doyle, tamales, tapas, Wine
The Ultimate Pop-Up Dinner Serving People
by Steven Doyle
We get our share of interesting mail at craveDFW but today a reader shared an website that we found irresistible. When the site popped up we were introduced to the world of cannibalism. You heard correctly, there are seemingly normal citizens of Los Angeles that are eating other seemingly normal citizens for the ultimate in Soylent Green.
Maneuvering through the website we found a few interesting points. Foremost on our minds was how do they procure their meat. The site explains that they acquire their cadavers through legal and discrete means saying “On the individual level, bodies are often bequeathed to us. For some, this is a way to supplement life insurance and offset funerary expenses,” leading us to believe this is not fresh meat, but rather corpses that they are able to harvest to meet their needs. Continue reading
Filed under BBQ, beer, Ceviche, chefs, fun with food, Hatch Chiles, In-N-Out, People Who Eat People, PETA, Steven Doyle, tamales, Wine
