Dining
The display at the store did its job: “Sangiovese from Sicily!” How could I pass that up? That’s because Italian sangiovese usually comes from just one place, Tus[...]
19 Sep 2012
We have a better idea now of what is happening at the former Bicycle Café at Northwest and Lawther. East Dallas guys John Schmitz and Eric Paulsen, along with help from consultant [...]
18 Sep 2012
This place seems to have a lot of bad luck. This is the second big fire at Big Mama’s Chicken and Waffles, a Forest-Audelia soul-food favorite. The flames broke out mid-morni[...]
17 Sep 2012
In the better-late-than-never category of news, the original Chili’s restaurant at Greenville and Meadow was demolished last week. My wife and I drove by Saturday afternoon, [...]
16 Sep 2012
The wild success of Goodfriend and Good 2 Go Taco has proved that the area surrounding the Peavy-Garland intersection, near Old Lake Highlands, is ripe for food and beverage busine[...]
12 Sep 2012
What makes this French white blend interesting is that there doesn’t seem to be anything interesting about it. It doesn’t have a cute label, no one wrote glowing prose [...]
12 Sep 2012
Someone is preparing to open the defunct Bicycle Cafe. We heard a rumor that the owners of the Katy Trail Ice House were purchasing the old bike cafe and opening something more sim[...]
10 Sep 2012
The Lake Highlands Town Center site will be abuzz with activity Sunday afternoon as Lake Highlands United Methodist Church hosts a community-wide event: Back to School Splash. The [...]
07 Sep 2012
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the EVERYTHING market at White Rock Local Market on Buckner, in front of Green Spot. That means that in addition to produce and locally farmed foods, arts, c[...]
07 Sep 2012
How does one improve on this wine, which was one of the best cheap wines I tasted lasted year? Do the same thing the same way, which is mostly what this vintage does. The La Fiera [...]
05 Sep 2012
Tracy Fancher lives in Los Angeles, writing songs and pursuing a career as a recording artist, but she’ll be in Dallas Friday night for the launch party of her new single, Blind Sp[...]
30 Aug 2012
Kirk Johnson is at it again, making online commercials for Big Red and keeping us in stitches. In this second installment of “Don’t Tell Mom We’re Doing Experiments in the Garage,”[...]
29 Aug 2012
