100 Favorite Dishes: Lomo Norteño
At Veracruz Cafe

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

100 Favorite Dishes: Sliced Brisket
At Pecan Lodge

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

Zaxby’s: Taking Flight on Chicken Wings.

After watching Food, Inc. I did what anyone would do: I went out for some fast food. My first thought upon entering Zaxby’s? It has to be good if there’s an old man that’s so desperate to eat some of these wings that he’s wheelin’ his oxygen tank into this…

100 Favorite Dishes: Cioppino
At Chef Point Cafe

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

Three Good Reasons to Visit Houston.
No, Really.

According to my handy Frommer’s statewide guidebook, Houston is “not usually considered a tourist destination.” Sounds like the folks doing the considering don’t let their guts lead, since — as I discovered on my first trip there this weekend — Houston is an incredibly exciting town for eaters. I’m sure…

100 Favorite Dishes: Lengua Taco at Taco King

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

100 Favorite Dishes: Chicken-Fried Steak
At AllGood Cafe

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

100 Favorite Dishes: Vegetable Platter
At Roti Grill

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

Convenience Food: Can’t Decide Between Pizza or Pasta? Why Bother?

When Joe Campisi taught Gary Farina’s father to make pizza, he didn’t mention that some toppings were considered off-limits. So Farina didn’t hesitate to put spaghetti on the first pies he tossed at his Irving restaurant, which opened in 1951. The Irving restaurant and a Dallas spin-off closed years ago,…

Turn Jade With Jealousy For Our First Look
At The Green Room

Green Room manager Taylor Allday’s been a regular fixture at the Black Swan Saloon on Elm Street for the past few months while readying the storied Deep Ellum restaurant for reopening this week. It was nice, taking the Swan’s signature Jameson and pickle shots with Allday and a loose cohort…

Scalini’s Pizza and Pasta: A Perfect Pesto Pie

Ask 20 people in Dallas, “Where’s the best pizza in town?” and you’ll get at least 20 different answers. And most of those places charge ridiculously outrageous prices for a slice. Apparently, people think that in order to make good pizza in D-Town they have to charge hooker blow jay…

Gold Class Cinemas Takes Dinner-and-Movie to New Heights.

Back when dinner meant a tough cut of meat and a plain starchy vegetable, nobody expected their entrées to entertain them. For amusement, centuries of high-style eaters looked to jugglers, jousters, fiddling minstrels, brassy big bands and swanky torch singers—not their plates. But in this age of farmstead chevre, it’s…

100 Favorite Dishes: Chocolate Cake at Al Biernat

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…

100 Favorite Dishes: Mussels
At Neighborhood Services

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer’s “Best of Dallas” 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little known, others celebrated. Some are pricey, others can…