Suze "Suze. No, S-U-Z-E—it's at Northwest Highway and Midway, right next to the Albertson's."
This singular restaurant should need no...
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By Dave Faries
Published: November 27, 2008
Victor Tango The waitress attending my table one evening applied the ominous phrase "to die for" to almost every dish. Really, when I think about it, I'm not...
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By Dave Faries
Published: November 13, 2008
Tei An is a Soba Success I've been told that men are simple creatures—assuming "my eyes are up here" means something along the lines of "simple." And a pig is,...
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By Dave Faries
Published: November 06, 2008
Pescabar's Identity Crisis Just why do the folks at Pescabar set a pair of metal chopsticks on each table?
Yes, raw fish—I get it. The kitchen lauds its presentation...
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By Dave Faries
Published: October 30, 2008
Go Fish Ocean Club If one of the waitstaff at Go Fish Ocean Club offers to "explain" some of the menu items, waive him off, say "no, we're good" or pretend you hear...
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By Dave Faries
Published: October 23, 2008
RA Sushi in Plano Sometime around second grade, with kiddie fat starting to fade into just awkward kid, I got my first taste of the Orient. My dad worked for a...
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By Merritt Martin
Published: September 25, 2008
Blackjack Pizza Toilets in the women's restroom that are on a platform that makes you feel like your peeing onstage count: 1
Credit cards accepted count:...
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By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 25, 2008
Bland on Bland Parking in front of Naan Korean Grill & Sushi Bar isn't free unless you drive a hybrid. They actually have meters in front of every primo spot in...
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By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 18, 2008
Hello, Dali At first glance, Dali Wine Bar & Cellar is a 7-Eleven. You drive down Routh Street, take a left at the 7-Eleven corporate offices sign and after...
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By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: September 11, 2008
Cheap Hookah Upon hearing I had been assigned the duty of reviewing Al Amir, a Lebanese restaurant way up on Belt Line, I decided to study the restaurant's...
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By Jonanna Widner
Published: September 04, 2008
Crêpe Expectations I've never made a crêpe. Well, I'd never made a crêpe until recently, that is. Often, I go into restaurants to review them and I can...
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By Merritt Martin
Published: August 28, 2008
Still I Rise There's a wonderful scene in an episode of Mad Men, AMC's drama about early-1960s New York ad execs, in which a character orders some sort of...
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By Jonanna Widner
Published: August 21, 2008
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...
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By Mark Stuertz
Published: August 14, 2008
Mi Corazón A scene in 2003s Lost in Translation depicts Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) ordering shabu shabu from a menu that is...
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By Merritt Martin
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...
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By Mark Stuertz
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...
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By Mark Stuertz
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...
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By Jonanna Widner
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...
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By Merritt Martin
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...
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By Mark Stuertz
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,...
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By Merritt Martin
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...
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By Mark Stuertz
Published: June 19, 2008