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KRLD Restaurant Week: Reservation Swap Emergency!

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 25th, 2009 5:02pm | filed under Reviews, Uncategorized |

Disher has a reso for 2 tonight at the French Room @ 7:00. If you want them, email me like right now.

Plattershooting: Dallas Restaurant News, Notes, and Pokin’ Fun

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 25th, 2009 1:51pm | filed under Beverages, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Diners, cheap eats, Chefs, Food Crime, Foodie People, Hippie revolutions, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, Silly Reasons to Celebrate, Travel, Wine & Spirits |

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt will open in Highland Park Village this Saturday, August 29th. Menchie’s “fro-yo” is a self-serve concept. I’ve heard unconfirmed reports that Menchie’s will offer “Teresa’s Topping,” a special mix of nuts, nibs, and blueberries. (KIDDING) Do expect “special promotions, coupons, and freebies on Saturday. 214-252-0003.

The XVIII Annual Caesar Salad Competition is around the corner: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, 400 North Olive Street to be more precise. “This is your opportunity for an evening of sensational salads, wonderful wine, tantalizing bites, and a chance to vote for the best Caesar salad.” Members: $65.00. Non-Members: $75.00. Tables of 10: $600.00. Deets here.

Sambuca Restaurant, “known for live music, eclectic cuisine and a rockin’ atmosphere,” will open its newest location Thursday, September 3, 2009 at the Shops at Legacy.

Bailey’s Prime Plus is “pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Rowberry as General Manager of their new 12,000 sq. ft. restaurant in the exciting new Park Lane development at North Central Expressway and Park Lane. Rowberry joins Bailey’s Prime Plus after nearly four years as General Manager of Chamberlain’s Steak and Chop House in Addison, Texas.”

Vin Classic Wines will present a complimentary wine tasting on both Friday and Saturday (September 4th and 5th) from Noon until 7:00 p.m. The featured wines are: Steele Pinot Blanc 2006 Santa Barbara County Selene Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Carneros Steele Cabernet Franc 2007 Lake County Snowden “The Ranch” Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Napa Valley. (5717 Legacy Drive #120. Plano. 469-467-4520)

“In celebration of the Dallas Cowboys upcoming season, RA Sushi Bar Restaurant has come up with the “Cowboys Roll,” which will be available from September 13 through the entire football season. Guests can also receive $2 off the roll if they present a same-day game day ticket stub.”

According to Eatsblog reporter, Kim Pearce, her Sig-O “likes his Bings to ping with crispness.”

What is the Worst Meal You Ever Ate in a Dallas Restaurant?

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 25th, 2009 11:10am | filed under Food Fight!, Foodie People, Mistakes I made, Murmur, Restaurant News, Reviews, SideDish Supper Club | 146 Comments »

I am asked this question many times. My taste memory is alive and not-so-well with memories of malicious meals that I not only ate, I paid good money to “eat.” So far, the worst meal I have ever experienced was served to me at gone-and-hopefully-forgotten Traci’s: scorched lobster shepherd’s pie and a spinach salad covered with old cheese and broiled. This year I’d have to say that the slices of dry pork fanned over a fistful of steamed cauliflower rolled in an ancho chile cream sauce I was served (twice) at Rathbun’s Blue Plate is now on my list along with a piece of wretchedly old bronzini at Bolla. Et tu, Disher?

(Sign and T-shirts by Ellen Gribbs of Austin.)

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KRLD Restaurant Week: Reservation Swap

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 25th, 2009 9:08am | filed under Restaurant News, Restaurant Week 2009, Reviews |

Here are the rules: if you have an existing reservation at a participating RW restaurant, leave the date, time, restaurant, and number of people along with a contact e-mail below in comments. I will monitor the post and Twitter (DSideDish) any requests. Be nice to each other.