Articles for March 2nd, 2011

New Foodie Website: Crave by Steven Doyle

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 2nd, 2011 11:11am | filed under Blogroll, Celebrity Diners, Foodie People, Hot Links!, Silly Reasons to Celebrate, Skinny bitches, Steven Doyle | 6 Comments »

According to Teresa “Dallas Dudette” Gubbins, Steven Doyle,the man formerly known as Dallas Dude,  has launched a new foodie website. Crave is a “life-sized Etch-A-Sketch that we’ll shake up for you on occasion.” Doyle has a big staff of reporters and vows to cover “food and cocktails we will also explore the art scene which we view as totally under-served in DFW.” Congrats to Doyle, he’s one hard working dude.

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How the Southwest Was Won: Tim Byres Received More Votes than Casey Thompson

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 2nd, 2011 10:30am | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Contests, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Leslie Brenner reports the results of Food and Wine magazine’s “The People’s Best New Chefs” voting.  Chef Tim Byres from Smoke won the Southwest. Byres will be profiled in the magazine’s July issue. Congrats to Chef Byres. And thanks for doing your part to put Dallas on the international culinary scene.

Rest of the winners go below. Continue reading "How the Southwest Was Won: Tim Byres Received More Votes than Casey Thompson"

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Dean and Lynae Fearing Announce Divorce

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 2nd, 2011 10:06am | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Restaurant News | 11 Comments »

The restaurant rumor mill was churning last night. Word on the street: Dean and Lynae Fearing are getting divorced. At the risk of sounding corny, when I heard the gossip a sharp pang pierced my heart.

“Yes, it’s true,” says Lynae. “It’s sad, but it’s time to move on. We are not angry and neither one of us have one minute of regret. We are going to show how to do divorce the right way.”

The Fearing’s have been married for 20 years and have two children. They are also business partners with Tracy and Kent Rathbun in the restarant Shinsei and the newly opened culinary shop Duo.

Dean just texted me a statement.

“After 20 years of marriage, Dean and Lynae Fearing have made the difficult decision to file for divorce. “We are deeply committed to remaining friends and loving parents to our two sons, and we are grateful for the support of friends and family at this time.”

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Restaurants for Sale in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 2nd, 2011 9:00am | filed under hold on to your effin hat, Restaurant News, Slow News Day | 16 Comments »

Occasionally I peruse real estate websites to find restaurants for sale. This morning I found lots of juicy deals.

Contemporary Indian Restaurant located in far North Dallas. Partnership break-up forces sale.  $395,000

Sports Bar with award-winning pizza. $875,000

Classy nightclub downtown. $4,500,000

Big lime green building on Northwest Highway. $1,200,000

Popular bar on Greenville Ave.  $250,000

Two Tex-Mex restaurants with “all kinds of synergies.”  $729,000

Sports bar with Asian Cuisine located in “the hub of where is called restaurant capital” $295,000

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