by Steven Doyle
A pandemic is a fantastic time to show you friends you have great taste in food and in reading. Consider the following for you and your friends any time, and for any occasion. You will enjoy the North Texas chefs and their writing. Here’s a sample: Continue reading
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Flying Fish, the fast-casual seafood eatery with multiple Dallas locations is celebrating National Crawfish Day (Saturday, April 17), with a free t-shirt giveaway with the purchase of 5 lbs of crawfish. Additionally, guest can enjoy 1/2 priced José Cuervo margaritas and Big Beers all day.
Harvested from Louisiana, the spicy crustaceans are boiled to order in Flying Fish’ signature seafood seasonings and served ready to “pinch, twist and suck” along with smoked andouille sausage, corn and potatoes ($8.95 per lb., add $2 for sausage).
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After closing their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the iconic subterranean restaurant in downtown Dallas, Dakota’s Steakhouse, is reopening under new ownership. This July, Meredith McEneny is resurrecting the restaurant’s three-decade-long history and legacy.
Dakota’s Steakhouse, the storied underground staple of Downtown dining, is revived by Meredith McEneny, the new sole owner who recently assumed controlling interest. Many Dallasites are familiar with the McEneny name due to her husband, Tim McEneny, a local restauranteur with years of hospitality experience under his belt.
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Take your senses on a trip to Italy during an evening filled with music, wine and more.
On Friday, April 30 from 6:30-9 p.m., satiate your palate while learning the ins and outs of how to choose the perfect Italian wine during Michele DeWitt’s “It’s The Wine Talking – Italian Pairing.” Hosted at the beautiful Hickory Street Annex, DeWitt, co-founder of FB Society and Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 3 advanced sommelier, will guide guests through a five-course food and wine pairing that’ll feature dishes that you’d enjoy during a spring trip to Italy. The special prix-fixe menu, catered by Vestals Catering, will include:
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la Madeleine French Bakery & Café announced today that it will be sharing its joie de vivre with more North Texans through its innovative new Express prototype and partnership with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer.
“We’re very excited about Walmart’s curated food service experience for customers,” said la Madeleine CEO Lionel Ladouceur. “We look forward to making it even more convenient for the DFW community to enjoy the la Madeleine experience, while also introducing our French comfort food to Walmart shoppers that are looking for more diverse dining choices.”
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Dallas home-style cooking institution Norma’s Cafe is offering the ultimate freebie for National Grilled Cheese Day on Monday, April 12. All day long, dine-in guests at any of the five Norma’s Cafe locations in Oak Cliff, Dallas, North Dallas, Plano, and Frisco can receive a free grilled cheese sandwich, no purchase necessary.
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by Steven Doyle
So I’m writing this stuff and some of you are reading. I know because when I am out waiting on a cocktail you will ask me if I am going to order a Manhattan. Or on a Saturday you will ask me where I am heading to brunch the next morning. Busted. I am an avid brunch-a-holic.
It’s not so much the food. Yes, I have a not-so-secret love affair with the egg, securing breakfast or brunch as a top favorite meal. But the conversations that take place at brunch are so much more livelier than at dinner. Perhaps inhibitions drop after a night of revelry. Whatever the case may be, brunch is king. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
We have discussed Tortas Insurgentes before, it is a little Mexican restaurant with the Mexican green VW cab as its mascot located on Northwest Highway and Webbs Chapel in the shopping center anchored by WalMart. They bill themselves as a Mexico City taqueria and I find myself enamoured with this place, dining here at least once a week for breakfast.
The breakfast is cheap and hearty. I usually do not eat until much later in the evening after an early morning repast. Think scrambled egg loaded with chorizo and potatoes served with house-made corn tortillas. These corn tortillas seem to be served only with breakfast as I have been here numerous times for lunch and never see these. But have ordered breakfast for lunch and boom, there they are. Continue reading
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