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The South Rises Again Screen Door bills itself—in the parlance of some of the finest whiskeys—as a blend, a melding of modern culinary wisdom with decades... More>>
Published: August 14, 2008
Mi Corazón A scene in 2003’s Lost in Translation depicts Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) ordering shabu shabu from a menu that is... More>>
Published: August 07, 2008
Faking It Ponder the paradox. The more we flee the grit of the city, the more we crave its talismans. We crave them so much we recreate them in the... More>>
Published: July 31, 2008
Woodshed Trip Years ago, well before cigarette smokers were forced to take their leprosy to the gutter, the American grill was an unpretentious place of hearty... More>>
Published: July 24, 2008
Pirate of the Caribbean Ah, Dallas, the town with no history. Think about it: We tear down centuries-old buildings so we can erect temples built of fake bricks and... More>>
Published: July 17, 2008
Ticket to Paradise I planned out a vacation. It was an ambitious world tour touching down in various European, Mediterranean and South American countries. I would... More>>
Published: July 10, 2008
Bull Ring Bolla is Italian for bull. Bolla is headed by Bull—chef David Bull, fresh from the Driskill Hotel in Austin, youngest sous chef ever to... More>>
Published: July 03, 2008
What's in a Name Think, for a moment, on these known establishments: Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles, Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs, Katz's Delicatessen,... More>>
Published: June 26, 2008
Bengal Tiger Brass balls. The first time I heard restaurateur Mark Brezinski, a founding partner of Tin Star and Pei Wei Asian Diner chains, was banking on... More>>
Published: June 19, 2008
Spooked Grill Gui rests on history. This cubed structure on McKinney Avenue has slowly morphed, traversing cultures with global hybrids—some eventually... More>>
Published: June 12, 2008
Review: Cafe R&D The prettiest dishes at Café R&D aren't coming out of the busy open kitchen; they're posing around the oval stretch of bar, or curled into... More>>
Published: June 05, 2008
Gregory's Restaurant Brings Seasoned Urban Couture to Plano Gregory's Restaurant is a loft-like establishment in an uppish urban two-story building of brick construction in a historic downtown—a... More>>
Published: May 29, 2008
Review: Moroccan Lounge Medina Oven & Wine Bar Medina Oven & Wine Bar is in Victory Park, so of course it is a restaurant with lounge-like accents. Nevertheless, there are no hookah pipes... More>>
Published: May 22, 2008
Review: Neighborhood Diner John's Cafe a Not-So-Greasy Spoon From early breakfast to late lunch, John's Café doesn't pretend to be anything but a neighborhood diner serving basic, filling meals with... More>>
Published: May 15, 2008
Review: The Food, Not the Setting, Impresses at Scene Restaurant & Lounge Scene, blessedly, is not much of one. Sure, it goes through a few strenuously correct motions, mingling beatnik inflections with aspirant... More>>
Published: May 08, 2008
Review: Villa-O It's dedicated to the yearned for but often elusive O, subliminally, at least, judging by the comely scene coagulating around the sinuous... More>>
Published: May 01, 2008
Review: Ounce Prime Steakhouse in Addison It's Sunday, the only day of the week other than Monday to test-drive this particular Ounce Prime Steakhouse signature. A full dinner: prime rib,... More>>
Published: April 24, 2008
Review: Spiral Diner & Bakery Dining out with a vegan is like a date with Mr. Bean, the Rowan Atkinson character for whom things rarely go right. In our group of friends, it's... More>>
Published: April 17, 2008
Review: Nonna In music you run headlong into cruelty when composing with an economy of notes, positioning single tones or sparse phrases in stark nakedness,... More>>
Published: April 10, 2008
Review: Blue Canyon Kitchen, Tavern & Wine Bar Blue Canyon Kitchen is one great wail of kitschy vigor, so loud your ears ring. Aspen logs, fully barked, hang from the ceiling. Tables are... More>>
Published: April 03, 2008
Review: Charlie Palmer at The Joule Embedded in the ceiling, high above the dining room, is a series of lighted, saucer-like depressions. Huge silvery propellers are fixed within,... More>>
Published: March 27, 2008
Review: The Fillmore Pub in Plano It's all about being green. Oprah gives tips on going green. TIME.com has a weekly green column. NBC has hosted a green week. Continental... More>>
Published: March 20, 2008
Review: Cliff Cafe Aft the Cliff Café's gravel parking lot is a brick house—an ancestral McMansion with subtle ornate strokes that predate soaring... More>>
Published: March 13, 2008
Review: Afghan Grill There's magic to the kebab, properly prepped, fired with finesse over glowing coals. There's a hairsplitting technique to properly trimming and... More>>
Published: March 06, 2008
Review: BayGrill in Frisco Takes some nerve to open a restaurant in the westernmost flatlands of Frisco and call it BayGrill. It doesn't even have a bay window, this... More>>
Published: February 28, 2008
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