by Steven Doyle
How would you like Halloween without candy? In this clever commercial from Crest, the test children were not amused and made their opinions well known. According to the kids the healthy cupcakes tasted like “poopy pinata”, and the nori lollipops, which were touted to get their colons going in the morning, were “disgusting”. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
A friend of ours, Aaron Hirsch-Perry, who just rolled his his new sauce line Bostonian BBQ is a pretty clever guy. And for a rather svelte gentleman he enjoys dining with a passion. His daily Facebook posts are rifled with incredible food shots, many cooked by himself, and others where he finds great dining around the country. Needless to say when Aaron is in or around Dallas we attempt to ply him with a bit of our local cuisine such as the chicken fried lobster from YO Ranch Steakhouse. He will deny it forever, but the Bostonian ravished the plate clean. Continue reading
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This Halloween, put the kids to bed, grab your broomstick, and celebrate All Hallows’ Eve with Stampede 66 and Lakewood Brewing Co. at Fiesta de la Vida. As the official kickoff event for North Texas Beer Week, Fiesta de la Vida begins the 10-day local celebration of craft beer.
Admission includes a souvenir glass as well as five beer and food pairings with special, limited release beers. At midnight there will be a cask tapping of Lakewood Brewing Co.’s popular, seasonal Temptress Mole. Stampede 66’s modern ranch house in the heart of Uptown will be transformed into a neighborhood for trick or treating with a twist. Each pairing will be located at a different “house” in the neighborhood along with a dessert room with unlimited candy. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
This past week everyone was celebrating Halloween. The parties have actually been blasting for the past three weeks in anticipation. Possibly the best event we attended was Dia de los Puercos, celebrating Four Corners Brewing Company’s first anniversary at their Trinity Groves location in West Dallas. Four Corners are the people who brew such illustrious beers such as the El Chingon, a hefty IPA, and the ever popular Local Buzz, a wheat beer made with local honey.
The event took place on a cool and sunny afternoon with chef Kent Rathbun as host. Any party with Kent will include plenty of smoke pig. He brought his crew out to assemble two homemade smokers made up of cinder blocks and home-made cages consisting of bed frames and wheelbarrow handles. Genius. There a duo of pigs smoked for a dozen hours while the staf started in on ribs and other tasty meats. Plates were sold to the crowd for just a few dollars, and beer was dispensed at the bar housed inside the brewery. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Ever wanted to party like a monkey? Now is your chance to chill with Gas Monkey Garage and Fast and Loud star Richard Rawlings who is hosting the Haunted Monkey Halloween Bash on Saturday, October 26th. There are a few packages, but entry starts at ten bucks until 10pm, then it spikes to $20 for general admission.
This should be a fun party and we have our eyeballs set on the Open Bar Package which is $50 starting at 8pm and includes admission, all well liquor mixed drinks, beer, champagne, wine and non alcoholic beverages. Continue reading
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By Jeanine Stevens
Warning: some of the finest specialty food shops in Dallas are using scare tactics to get you to buy their treats! Well, okay, it IS Halloween and we have found enough sweet concoctions to lift your spirits…be they dead or alive. Our creepy list includes everything from potions to potables. Continue reading
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