WHERE TO CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND HOW TO DO IT
by Andrew Chalk Chinese New Year is the largest food festival in the world. This Saturday, January 25th, is the first day of the 15 day...
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Jan 16, 20203 min read
RESTAURANT UPDATE: SAINT ROCCO’S NEW YORK ITALIAN
by Andrew Chalk Saint Rocco’s may be the second most noticeable thing at Trinity Groves after only Santiago Calatrava’s magnificent...
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Jan 16, 20203 min read
The French Room, Dallas. Peerless Food Preparation In A Dingy, Denuded Room
by Andrew Chalk I went to the The French Room recently. My first visit since the post-restoration opening in October 2017, and the first...
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Jan 11, 20201 min read
Smash the Chicken Barrier This Weekend!
by Andrew Chalk Smashburger is now another contender in the crowded chicken category with its 70% bigger, cracker crusted Crispy Chicken...
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Dec 2, 20198 min read
San Antonio Update
by Andrew Chalk (reprinted due to lack of popular demand from 2015, when it appeared in Cocktails and Joints (RIP)) Just back from a trip...
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Nov 20, 20191 min read
THIS THANKSGIVING LOOK TO BIG AL’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ FOR THE MEAL
by Andrew Chalk Tired of all the work to make Thanksgiving dinner? Look no further than Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ, the feisty, independent,...
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Nov 7, 20191 min read
JIA - MODERN CHINESE OPENS THIS WEEKEND IN PRESTON CENTER
by Andrew Chalk Jia - Modern Chinese opens this weekend in Preston Center. It is described as “upscale food, upscale service, and...
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Nov 6, 201910 min read
NOT YOUR FATHER’S LUBBOCK
by Andrew Chalk I have visited Lubbock over a dozen times over the course of the last decade, knowing it mainly as the center of the...
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Nov 5, 20194 min read
MEET THE FARMERS
by Andrew Chalk Every year attendees at Dallas Fort Worth's Chefs for Farmers meet a lot of chefs. But who are the farmers behind the...
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Oct 29, 20192 min read
EATALY’S BABY ARRIVES IN DALLAS BEFORE ITS PARENTS
by Andrew Chalk Last May Dallas Italophiles were positively salivating at the news that Italian marketplace Eataly was coming to Dallas...
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Oct 21, 20191 min read
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Oct 16, 20192 min read
FOGO DE CHÃO SHOWS NEW BAR AND LOUNGE AT PLANO LOCATION
by Andrew Chalk Popular Brazilian churrascaria Fogo de Chão has been at work on the bar and lounge of their Plano location. They have...
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Oct 9, 20191 min read
Get Your Cheese Right From The Farm
by Andrew Chalk Come enjoy fall at the farm! Saturday October 26th, 10am-4pm Now that we are enjoying some cooler temperatures it's a...
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Oct 1, 20191 min read
HEAD TO GRIMALDI’S FOR NATIONAL PIZZA MONTH
by Andrew Chalk Yes, October is National Pizza Month and Grimaldi’s, with six Dallas-area locations. is the place to celebrate. Each...
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Sep 22, 20192 min read
BURGERFI EXPANDS IN DALLAS WITH THE NEXT GENERATION BURGER
by Andrew Chalk BurgerFi is coming to town, and they are shouting a very clear message: If you want the highest quality, environmentally...
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Aug 21, 20194 min read
Asador: Still Local, Still On-Message, Still Underrated
by Andrew Chalk Asador is the flagship restaurant in the Dallas Renaissance Hotel (the distinctive lipstick building on I-35 next to...
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Jul 31, 20191 min read
THERE IS NO AUTHENTIC CHINESE FOOD IN DALLAS -- PAPERCITY
by Andrew Chalk PaperCity informs us that “Dallas has been missing authentic Chinese cuisine for quite some time.” Really! Author Megan...
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Jul 28, 20192 min read
DỨC CHỰỢNG MIDNITE - VIETNAMESE CUISINE IN THREE DISHES
by Andrew Chalk Talking about Vietnamese, if you find the multi page menus with their orgies of diacritics daunting then this restaurant...
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Jul 16, 20195 min read
TWENTY FOUR HOURS IN THE CITY OF GUANAJUATO
by Andrew Chalk The lay of the land: Guanajuato is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. I was there recently as the guest...
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Jul 7, 20193 min read
PHO 21 NOODLES AND GRILLS
by Andrew Chalk No word has less place in food description than “playful”. Food is not playful. It cannot even talk. Among non-talking...
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Jul 5, 20192 min read
HU TIEU MY THO
by Andrew Chalk I can’t pronounce the name of this place, although I know that it rhymes with “who chewed my toe?”. I will also not hire...
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Jun 13, 20192 min read
LUPE TORTILLA TARGETS DALLAS FOR BIG EXPANSION
by Andrew Chalk There is a new Tex-Mex chain in town. No, wait, don’t switch off because you have heard this so many times before. This...
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