There are these triggers that set off imagery of a holiday season past. These can vary from delicious scents such as your favorite Christmas pie, the wafting trail of a roasting pheasant or the blast of fragrance from the tiny pine cone found on your tree as you begin dressing it for the season. There are musical triggers as well. Hearing the first Christmas tune when it becomes seasonal proper that lifts you with the spirit of the season can be powerful, as are the visualizations such as seeing the jolly man engaging a wide-eyed child filled with hope, and for us… a large platter of cocktail shrimp from TJ’s Seafood Market. There is also nothing more divine than a New Year’s platter or to from our favorite fishmonger. Continue reading
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Kai Plano Ready to Ring in 2020

by Steven Doyle
Trying to decide where to go and what is suede for the New Year? There are a few bashes you may not wish to miss! Kai in Plano has a very special evening planned and there is not a fee for entry. Deal. Continue reading
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Tesar Cooks Up DIFFAs Burgers and Burgundy Oct 11th

DIFFA/Dallas (The Dallas Chapter of Design Industry Foundation Fighting AIDS) announces that their signature culinary event, Burgers & Burgundy, presented by Celebrity Chef John Tesar and Terri Provencal, will take place at Klyde Warren Park on October 11, 2019. Twelve renowned chefs will convene at the event’s new venue to serve unique slider and wine pairings to patrons and guests. Continue reading
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Experience Greenville April 27

On Saturday, April 27, head for Lowest Greenville, because that’s where you’ll find a full day’s worth of food, drinks and activities. The Lowest Greenville Collective is hosting the celebration, which will showcase everything the bustling street has to offer, including the area’s restaurants, bars and shops. Continue reading
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Countdown to the Biggest NYE Party in Texas – at Texas Live! in Arlington

When it comes to New Year’s Eve, the hottest and coolest party in the state is at Texas Live!, the new, world-class dining and entertainment venue in the Arlington Entertainment District. As the largest New Year’s Eve event in Texas, guests of Lone Star NYE Live! at Texas Live! will experience VIP seating options, live music and all-star DJs, specialty drink packages, NYE party favors, cash cannon blasts, champagne toast with a midnight ball drop, and other surprises for a memory-making experience as big as the Lone Star State. Additionally, Texas Live!, has unveiled plans for a Party in The Plaza, as part of Lone Star NYE Live! event on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Guests can enjoy free music and midnight fireworks, presented by the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau to countdown to 2019. Continue reading
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Bolsa Blows Out Special 10th Anniversary Fete

Bolsa – Dallas’ pioneer of the city’s farm-to-table food and craft cocktail movement marks the occasion of its 10th anniversary with a party that welcomes back former chefs and bartenders on Sunday, September 23 at 6pm to “when the booze run out”.
Looking back through the Crave Wayback Machine we have written dozens of articles on Bolsa through the years. Our Editor Steven Doyle even worked with then barman “Lucky” Eddie Campbell and Jason Kosmas for an entire day, walking through the process of setting up the bar, purchasing special ingredients which required driving across half the city, and even visited with a young Matt McCallister to learn how to make molecular pearls that would garnish the cocktails for that evening. We even recall Mr. Doyle wearing the signature Lucky hat and vest.
To commemorate this very special milestone, current executive chef Matt Balke will be joined in the kitchen by former chefs Graham Dodds, Jeffrey Harris, Andrew Bell, Eric Wolf, Joel Harrington and “Chuy” (long-time line cook who worked with every Bolsa exec chef) to create the evening’s food. Behind the bar, previous head bartenders Jason Kosmas, Eddie “Lucky” Campbell, “Dub” Davis, Kyle Hilla, Jones and Spencer Shelton will craft a collection of special cocktails. Continue reading
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Inaugural Asian Night Market at Bomb Factory July 22nd
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Dallas Night Markets presents the inaugural Asian Night Market, showcasing up and coming Asian restaurateurs and chefs, Asian street foods, music and some art on Sunday, July 22, 2018, from 5 pm to midnight, at The Bomb Factory.
DJ Lucky Lou, a resident DJ in Vegas will fly in for the occasion and celebrate the inaugural Asian Night Market with music from 10 pm to 1 am so come to eat and stay for the dancing. Continue reading
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Memorial Daze at Shoals Sound and Service
by Steven Doyle
So many choices for fun events this weekend and we have one perfectly terrific one that will leave you scratching your head as you belly laugh throughout the day. Shoals Sound and Service is this cheeky little bar run by many of Dallas’ elite bartenders and owned by Omar Yeefoon and Michael Martensen. You will find Yeefoon there most hours but Martensen is running a beach resort at the moment in Mexico. Such the life, right?
The event, if you can even call it that, is called Memorial Daze ’18 and the big draw will be the domino tourney with a $25 buy-in ($50 per team) where there will be amazing prizes and giveaways. This alone is reason enough to forgo the beach. (What beach?) Continue reading
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