100 Favorite Dishes: The Angry Dog at Angry Dog

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 Gizzards at Sushi Yama

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: Summer Platter For Two at Big Shucks

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…

Genroku Sushi Makes Our Taste Buds Very Happy

Eschewing sushi-dining etiquette (yes, it exists), my dining companions ordered a bonanza of nigiri and fancy rolls at the outset. I hung my head and went with the flow, for fear there would be none left once the ravenous birds I call my friends and family had had their fill…

Rusty Taco: Get Your Mex Fix With a Side of Posers

Rusty Taco. It’s not only what the neighborhood cat lady calls her womanly bits. Now it’s also a place you can eat! On Greenville at University, that old Just Brakes location is now a swank-ass taco stand with like 30 tables of shaded patio seating. And beer and margaritas. And…

City of Ate’s 100 Favorite Dishes: #93 Elotes at Fuel City

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…

Neighborhood Services Tavern brings good taste to social networking

A loosened tie. Rolled-up shirtsleeves. Ditching heels for flats. Friendly banter during the ballgame or an “I’ll get the next one.” Any beer commercial can extol the virtues of expressing your real self after a hard day working for someone else, but that’s all posturing…and the fake slaps on the…

Food Biz Is On The Uptick If Restaurant Openings Is Any Measure

Tacos, tacos, tacos. That should be the theme of this month’s Revolving Doors. With Rusty Taco finally opening their doors, the Austin-based Torchy’s Taco making a move to Dallas this summer, and Fuzzy Tacos and Urban Taco adding more locations, that’s all anyone can talk about lately. Well, we definitely…

Screen Door: If Mama Cooked This Good, We’d A-Stayed Home

Before you take the first bite of Screen Door’s tasso ham soup, pause a moment to listen. This soup talks to you. It’s a lady with a sweet Southern accent, speaking softly and gently into your ear. She says, “Come on, hon, eat up while it’s good ‘n’ hot, ’cause…

Arcodoro & Pomodoro Goes Fancy, but the Fundamental Remain Solid

Even the parsley at Arcodoro & Pomodoro is reason for excitement. Rather than garnish a dish with a sprig or a scattering of minced leaves, the kitchen places a few crispy cooked shoots of the herb atop certain dishes. It’s a novel touch—and the slightly salty, slightly oily taste is…

Good 2 Go Taco Is Revving It Up for the Road

Good 2 Go Taco at The Green Spot market and gas station in White Rock has been providing inventive takes on the south-of-the-border sandwich for more than seven months. But that hasn’t stopped owners Jeana Johnson and Colleen O’Hare from expanding their horizons. The pair is preparing to roll out…