March 2010
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Great info via Dallas Observer →
Coming Soon Rusty Taco: The new taco joint off Greenville Avenue is rumored to be opening in early April. Hello, $2 tacos. Meddlesome Moth: - The gastro-pub debuts in late April on lower Oak Lawn near the Dallas Observer headquarters. With more than 40 beers on draught and more than 75 bottled beers, this could be dangerous. Brownstone: Chef Casey Thompson is making a return to Texas to be the...
Best of Big D →
Vote for some of our favorites to be D Magazine’s Best of Big D
SDD favorites in contention: Veritas Wine Bar, The Grape, Primo’s, Coal Vines, Molto Formaggio, etc.!
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“Between the 101 proof breath and the occasional drool, some interesting words...”
– Sera, “Leaving Las Vegas”
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my main squeeze
The Grape has gotten a lot of attention for its burgers … but it’s sooooo much more than an amazing burger that is so good that it is only sold two days a week and caused the restaurant to hire an extra hand in the kitchen to prepare.
Their happy hour is brilliant; you can get cheap drinks while paying next to nothing for the amazing food they serve (especially compared to their...
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milo butterfingers
Milo’s is a famous place in Dallas … it’s been open for almost 40 years and has garnered quite a following. The regulars can be seen most nights hanging out eating cheese fries and nursing beers. The waiters and waitresses like to give everyone a hard time but only to sweeten the experience that is Milo Butterfingers. Also, most people who have been here more than twice have...
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“Oh, well, of course, everything looks bad if you remember it.”
– Homer Simpson
-I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend! :)
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campisi's
The Campisi name is well known in Dallas (and across the US thanks to Courtney’s work with Playboy and Corky’s reality show) and for a good reason … they make a damn good pizza.
The Downtown location’s happy hour is quite a deal: drastically discounted drinks and free pizza. Who would turn this deal down? We decided to take a nice walk from my friend’s place...
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“Give an Irishman lager for a month and he’s a dead man. An...”
– Mark Twain
(HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!)
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You down with O.E.P.?
Let’s just start with this: they have a penguin mascot costume that anyone can wear. Does this bar not already sound like the best place ever?
Hidden a couple doors down from City Tavern and above Dr. Bell’s, all you can see from the street is the door and a sign that reads, “NO COVER, PENGUIN FREE”. Simply navigate the needless ropes that govern the nonexistent line,...
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oui oui, lee harvey!
This is one place that I would happily drive through a rough neighborhood to get to. Smack dab in the middle of nowhere south of Dallas, Lee Harvey’s is a neighborhood bar that everyone wants to call his own. You can smell the fires blazing from three blocks away - it’s definitely one of my favorite smells so I let the wafting scent beam me in.
Picnic tables are spread all over...
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kudos!
If you read my review of Vickery Park last week, you undoubtably can tell that customer service is incredibly important to me when reviewing a bar. That being said, I have to give props to the owner of Vickery Park for his stellar follow-up.
He contacted me soon after I posted my review to see what he could do to “make up for” my experience. Not only did he offer to take care of...
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“I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.”
– WC Fields
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vickery park
Alas, the time has come to write another less-than-positive review - but this one is still nowhere close to as bad as Elbow Room. I will try to be fair.
Each and every time I drive down Henderson, the patio of Vickery Park calls my name; it’s spacious and usually boasts a decent crowd. The patio has to be one of the best in Dallas. While I’ve had drinks here on weekends, this is...
Owner to Rebuild on Greenville Ave., While City... →
Hallelujah!
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research this
Incredibly hungover, I slung myself out of bed to vacate my house for a showing that was to arrive within the hour (p.s. shameless plug: if you’re looking for a townhouse in University Park - I have one for sale!). Luckily, I had a brunch at R+D Cafe to occupy my mind and motivate me to get dressed despite my pounding headache (I had forgotten to take The Hangover Cure again …...
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barcadia
I thought it was about time to write up one of my most frequented spots in Dallas… I’ve been afraid I wouldn’t do it justice - but here it goes.
Barcadia is a formerly-hipster hangout that has been invaded by the usual Dallasites. You can still find some tattooed, plaid-clad, bearded/pink-haired people, but I am afraid to say most of them have moved on … except for on a...
Tragedy for Lower Greenville →
As if Dallas’s bar and restaurant scene hadn’t seen enough heartbreak so far this year with the closing (in some cases “reinvention”) of La Cubanita, Fuse, Urbino, Cuba Libre, and Trader Vic’s, at 5:45 a.m. four bars on Lower Greenville joined the ranks of the restaurants being bid adieu.
Greenville Bar and Grill, Terilli’s, Hurricane’s, and Mick’s...