At long last, Jimmy's Food Store has a Web site. It's bright, crisp and easy to navigate, complete with history and a picture of mother Marie, whose meatballs became legendary, along with the store. Check it out at www.jimmysfoodstore.com....
I've never been to the "german-born 'fresh-casual' chain" that's coming our way from Europe, but just got a release noting that Vapiano will open in Mockingbird Station in April. You can see the menu online here, and it looks pretty...
Paul DiCarlo, co-owner of Jimmy's Food Store, traded his professional apron for his entertaining apron (they look suspiciously similar to me) to ring in the new year with friends and wife Annette at their East Dallas home. Besides antipasti, lasagna,...
Gina Stipo is an American who followed her dream to Italy, where she studied cooking and eventually opened Ecco La Cucina cooking school near Siena (you can visit). It's owned and operated by Gina and her sister, Mary, who lives...
Arcodoro-Pomodoro tells Teresa Gubbins that it's leaving its Routh Street digs to take over the (snake-bit) Bice space at the Hotel Crescent Court. (Yeah, but how can they move the garden?) She says the Farris family, which owns the Routh...
When one restaurant closes, another one opens. Anna Lombardi Daigle, restaurant mogel Alberto's daughter, is opening a third branch of her family's casual concept Penne Pomodoro in the former Kitchen 1924 digs in Lakewood. This is in addition to the...
Special contributor Michael Hiller, out in the trenches ahead of the pack, reports on Fruia's Tre Amici, the Italian steakhouse open but a tender two days and already packed: "Of all the Italian-inspired dishes, the hands-down winner was a thick...
Just in case you haven't done all your Italian food shopping for Christmas, Jimmy's Food Store will be open Sunday, Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That's firm, good weather or bad. Panettone toast - Jimmy's has excellent...
Slow down on your holiday rounds long enough to stop by Flavors From Afar on Dec. 14 (that's a Sunday) at 1:30 p.m. Owners Nancy and Gary Krabill will be having a tasting of three 'nuovo' olive oils just in...
Special contributor Michael Hiller tipped me to this: Esquire asked "three of America's best young chefs to devise chili recipes exclusively for us, with no restrictions...and enlisted a master chef to be the judge." That judge was Daniel Boulud, who...
The Italian Club of Dallas has opened its doors for lunch Tuesdays through Fridays. Behind the stove and the menu, find former Grotto chef Tommaso Lestigni. He'll prepare a fixed menu each day that includes soup, salad, pasta and entree...
Cibus (pronounced chee-boos) opens within days at NorthPark, the latest offering from restaurant czar Alberto Lombardi. It's a two-fer: Cafe Cibus is basic casual dining - a place a grab some java and dessert, a bowl of pasta, a sandwich...
At a time like this (the bailout failed in the House, the Dow's descending), we could all use a little distraction, couldn't we? 'Seems like a good time to write about fun and finds on my recent trip to Italy,...
It's not ready to open yet, but the sign has gone up for Terra Urban Italian in the spot last occupied by Firehouse Restaurant and Bar at 1928 Greenville. Word has it the fare will be American-Italian with some twists....
For others like me who mourned the closure of Josephine's in Frisco, there comes word that it's reopening around Aug. 25 in a new location, complete with the upside-down map of Sicily. The new address is 8898 Coleman at Main,...
Confession is good for the soul, right? Well I must admit that when I was writing restaurant criticism back in the '80s, I missed the mark with Il Sorrento. Most of us critics at the time focused on its campy,...
If you're a regular at Jimmy's Food Store, you already know that brothers Mike and Paul DiCarlo have closed out their regular groceries, which the neighborhood depended on at one time, and gone all-Italian. I went by yesterday, and Paul...
It was the best of nights. It was the worst of nights. Thursday evening, the Sig-O and I went to check out a new restaurant, which shall remain nameless. I suppose the misspelling of "carpacio" should have been a clue...
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