by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
This past Monday the alpha team of Stephan Pyles and Matt McCallister were back in the kitchen, knife-to-knife, cooking for a special dinner to benefit 5,000 families in the community of Chizavane, Mozambique. All the proceeds raised will bring water to the village and save lives by building a well that will bring life-giving water to these families.
Filed under chefs, Robert Bostick
by Steven Doyle
A new restaurant just opened in the former Opa Grille location at 12827 Preston Road in north Dallas. We stopped in for a bite of lunch pizza recently to check out the new digs and speak to the owner Luigi Nicci and his family. The restaurant has been open for two weeks and served up what might be considered typical Italian fare. You have your pizza, pastas and the ever loving eggplant parm. Continue reading
Filed under pizza, Restaurant Opening, Steven Doyle
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
Filed under Crave, Dallas, Ice Cream, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
August 12, 2012 is the last day for the long standing Dallas institution, the Mecca, located on Harry Hines when they shutter and move across town to the Lakewood area of Dallas. If you would like to own a piece of that history you can join them at the restaurant at 2:30pm Sunday when they auction off their bar-stools.
Do you have a great memory of the Mecca you wish to share?
Filed under restaurant news
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
Filed under Craft Beer, Crave, Dallas, Oak Cliff, Steven Doyle, Tacos
by Steven Doyle
Almost a year ago local musician Aaron Barker was sitting back enjoying a little Food Network action when he spotted a piece on something called Ice Cream College. This is a place where you go to learn the fine art of making ice cream, both the right way, and the wrong way. Continue reading
Filed under Deep Ellum, Ice Cream, Steven Doyle
by Nicholas Bostick
Leonard Volk was born in 1928 and over the next 84 years he amassed numerous awards in the fields of architecture and photography. This multi-talented Dallasite is now making the rounds with his book everyday, a collection of photographs and essays compiled by Volk. The sentimentally casual nature of the photographs brings the emotion of the individual experience to the forefront, but capturing the majesty of the mundane. Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Crave, Nicholas Bostick
by Dr. Spin
On the plane ride to aikido summer camp in New Jersey, I spent some time with a compilation called Those Shaking, Shocking Days. This is a collection of Indonesian progressive and psychedelic rock that I have struggled with since January. The existence of the scene that produced this music is a fascinating example of musical resistance in an oppressive regime. As it exists out of context, however…find the context over at The Pharmacy
Filed under Arts, Crave, the pharmacy of dr spin
