Al's Steakhouse has a temporary banner out front. It's between Ruggieri's and Citrus, on the southwest corner of Preston-Royal. No word yet on who's behind it or what the menu will look like, except for the obvious: steaks and a...
Driving through Preston Center, I noticed that Cedars Mediterranean Mezza has opened across from Starbucks. The menu at www.cedarsmezza.com looks intriguing. It effectively covers the Mediterranean from Spain and Morocco to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt. You can get combination...
Interested in free chicken-fried steak for a year? That's the prize for 100 raffle winners at Norma's Cafe's grand opening party on Thursday. The celebration starts at 5 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by a pie-eating contest between the...
The Telegraph in London reports today from Paris that "Lovers of France's two great symbols of cultural exception - its haute cuisine and fine art - are aghast at plans to open a McDonald's restaurant and McCafé in the Louvre...
Yes, now it can be told. I e-mailed my old friend, Tim Hanni, a master of wine and early authority on umami, the so-called fifth taste that Leslie Brenner wrote about in The Back Story: Geisha House post. She was...
Michael Hiller reported over on his new blog, Escape Hatch Dallas, that executive chef Chris Meier is out at the new Bailey's Prime Plus across from NorthPark Center. A Bailey's spokesman confirms it: Meier resigned, and now Izzy Voirin will...
You may have read somewhere that Cafe italia on Lovers Lane was closing on Aug. 29. I just got an e-mail that says, no, it didn't. "Due to patron requests, holiday parties and the busy fall season," owner Scott Jones...
Check out the video below for a look at one of the three Lower Greenville spaces Rene Peeters (of Watel's fame) is putting together. This is a view of the antique store/art gallery called A Few of My Favorite Things...
First there was Park. Now comes Hacienda on Henderson, in the old Cuquita's space across the street. The restaurant-bar will have its soft opening July 31, followed by a grand opening sometime in August. The press release touts a big...
Texas de Brazil Express opened Monday in Preston Center. I don't have the street address, but it's on Luther Lane across from the parking garage, just around the corner from Tramontana. I got a menu, and this is my kind...
A chance conversation after a stop in Denison led the owner of Tacos Hondumex to invite me, the Sig-O, the son and the son's sweetie to see his taco bus, even though it was closed for the night. He explained...
I swung by the epic project at 1921 Henderson near Ross to see just how close PARK is to opening. What I found was definitely a work in progress. The exterior landscaping's just going in (this is the mundane stuff,...
Longtime restaurateurs Phil and Janet Cobb, their son, Blair Black and barbeque expert Chris Andrews have launched a new venture: Cobb Switch Barbeque in Carrollton. Former Dallas Morning News restaurant critic Dotty Griffith will serve as a consultant and investor,...
Just noticed that one of the new tenants in Preston Center is Texas de Brazil Express. I don't know what that means, but I can guess it doesn't mean servers slicing off meaty bits at your table. This could be...
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