by Steven Doyle
From Grant Achatz comes a fantastic offer that will surely be snatched up immediately. Now you may rent out one of his Chicago laboratories for New Years Eve. The entire restaurant or bar will be at your whim for the right price. Read on from the wizard himself and gather your buddies. Continue reading
Filed under Bubbles, Chicago, New Years Eve, Travel
by Danielle Leahy photos by Jacque Manaugh
If Dallas street taco lover’s had a Mecca, Fuel City would be it. Even for all the naysayer’s at trip, at the least, is a requirement to judge the state of taco affairs in our City. Fuel City has long been called Dallas Best Street Tacos and, for the most part, started the gas station taco trend in Dallas as we know it. But what’s beyond the hype? Are the tacos really that good? Well with the all new covered patio in place that seats 70 the Tacobots decided to invade the parking-lot and find out the truth for themselves.
First, you should know about Fuel City is it is cash only so don’t get in line (and yes there is ALWAYS a line) before you visit the ATM located just a few feet down from the outside window. Continue reading
Filed under Dallas, Danielle Leahy, Downtown, Jacque Manaugh, Mexican Food, restaurant news, TacoBots, Tacos
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
It has been four months since we first discovered the new Coffee House Café located at 6150 Frankford off Preston in Dallas. Since then the coffee house has experienced some growth and major success in their outpost in far North Dallas. Single mom and first time restaurant owner Carrie Kelleher stays very busy attending to the daily operations to keep the successful momentum rolling.
When Kelleher first opened she was determined to stay a breakfast and lunch spot. This worked fairly successfully and she was pleased with the hours since she has two young ones to tend to in the evenings. But her customers were a bit more demanding. They wanted dinner service. They wanted a place to hang out and do their work, converse with friends and generally relax. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Coffee, Crave, restaurant news, Steven Doyle
by Crave Staff
Jon over at TJ’s Seafood Market sent word that he is doing another BBQ demo featuring oysters this weekend. An easy warm treat when the weather turns cold. Continue reading
Filed under Cooking Classes, Seafood, TJ's Fresh Seafood Market
by Steven Doyle
There seems to be a dispute as to when National Pie Day is celebrated. We try to follow the food holidays as best and accurately as possible. One very reliable list marks today as pie day, and the Pie Council (I guess there is a Pie Council) states that it is in January. We say why chance it and go with both. You can never be too handsome or have too much pie.
Let there be no doubt, we like pie.
We have known our fair share of great pies. We are not sure we can limit our pie fever to just five, and we are not quite sure we can do that, so we plan on name dropping a lot of pies out of our pie-hole. Continue reading
Filed under Bake Sale, Dallas, Food Porn Alert, fun with food, Pastry Chef, Pie, Steven Doyle
by Steven Doyle
Last evening we were invited guests at a very special white truffle dinner hosted by the Make-a-Wish Foundation at La Fiorentina. The night promised a magical meal prepared by the chefs at the Lombardi family restaurant, but the evening was more about children that could not be with us that evening.
You are no doubt familiar with the legendary organization, Make-a-Wish. Over the years they have fulfilled thousands of dreams (215,139 to date) of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Each wish costs an average of $7,000 and last night they raised at least that much in a live auction, proceeds from the dinner, and a very generous donation by the Lombardi family. Continue reading
Filed under Bubbles, chefs, Dallas, Events, fun with food, Steven Doyle, White Truffles, Wine
by Crave Staff
Here’s your chance to get that special someone something special and support your local culture at the same time. Kettle Art celebrating 7 years of the Deepest in Ellum Art!
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 7:00pm until Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 10:00pm Continue reading
Filed under Arts, Deep Ellum, Holiday Fun, Holiday Plans, Kettle Art Gallery
by Steven Doyle photos by Joy Jangles
Checking out La Fiorentina Tuscan Steakhouse this week we noticed a bit of a change. First, Alberto Lombardi has altered the name a bit to La Fiorentina Tuscan Grill. This seemed a bit curious until we spied the menu which has also undergone a few changes. Most notably prices. Continue reading
Filed under Crave, Dallas, restaurant news, Steven Doyle
