Articles for August 15th, 2011

Free Pizza Mondays at Cru

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 15th, 2011 2:34pm | filed under Uncategorized |

Sorry for the late notice, but they just told me:

You Buy The Wine, We’ll Get Dinner Every Monday through August,
select any bottle of Wine & any Pizza from our menu and the Pizza is on us!

Week of August 15: Dallas Food Truck Schedule Update

posted by George Lewis | August 15th, 2011 12:53pm | filed under Food Trucks |

It’s too hot for breakfast this week, so none of the trucks reporting their weekly schedule are getting out.  This week, we have Gandolfo’s NY Deli, Nammi, Cane Rosso’s mobile pizzeria, Jack’s Chowhound, enticed, Crazy Sisters, Ruthie’s, and Green House.  Yes, Green House is making a public appearance this week (like, right now in the Arts District)!!  Go.Eat.Watermelon.Gazpacho.Soup!

The usual disclaimer: Be sure to check their Facebook or Twitter feeds.  The websites, Facebook pages, and Twitter feeds are listed at the bottom of the schedule.  And don’t blame us if they’re not at the specified location.  Our info is only as good as what they give us. Having made those disclaimers, here you go.

Update already: Green House will be in the Arts District on Tuesday for lunch.

Update Wednesday: Green House rolls again on Wednesday lunch.

Jump. Continue reading "Week of August 15: Dallas Food Truck Schedule Update"

Cakebread Celebrates 25 Years of The American Harvest Workshop

posted by Hayley Hamilton | August 15th, 2011 12:41pm | filed under Celebrity Chefs, cookbooks, Wine & Spirits |

August 18 – 21 dozens of chefs, journalists and food and wine lovers escape to picturesque Napa Valley for a few days of learning about and celebrating local products, great wine and incredible company at the Cakebread Wineries American Harvest Workshop, a multi-day event designed to teach participants the glory of using seasonal, fresh ingredients paired with stellar wine.  This year celebrates 25 years of bringing some of the best chefs from around the country, and world, together to experience the farm to table way of cooking, with the Cakebread team taking guest chefs out to local farms to personally make cheese at Point Reyes, or harvest oysters with the Hog Island Oyster Company, and dig in the garden of Cakebread matriarch, Delores Cakebread, whose 3/4 acre garden, planted in prime Rutherford soil, provides veggies and fruits year round. Continue reading "Cakebread Celebrates 25 Years of The American Harvest Workshop"

Private Social Tweets for Servers

posted by Sarah Reiss | August 15th, 2011 11:09am | filed under Social-this; social-that |

Just seconds ago, Tiffany Derry announced on the Private Social Twitter feed that the restaurant is now officially interviewing servers:

@PrivateSocial, Dallas, TX
Partners Tiffany Derry, Patrick Halbert, and Andy Austin will be opening Private Social restaurant in the fall of 2011 in the uptown area of Dallas. http://www.privatesocial.com
PSA: We are hiring for all positions at the restaurant. Send resumes to info@PrivateSocial.com

Consider us in countdown mode.

Who Says There’s No Free Lunch? Not Cafe Brazil in Bishop Arts

posted by Sarah Reiss | August 15th, 2011 10:57am | filed under Breakfast, Bring it!, Brunch, freebies, It's just lunch, lunch | 1 Comment »

In honor of the third anniversary of their Bishop Arts location, Cafe Brazil‘s filling bellies fo’ free. Just stop by this Wednesday (17th) between 6:30 am and 6:30 pm for a free order of chicken crepes, pasta de tigre (rowwwrrr), pumpkin pancakes, or the wine country salad. Save room for the free slice of red velvet cake or banana cheesecake. Extend your good fortune by wearing a Cafe Brazil t-shirt; do so and your drink will be on the house as well.

1 Comment »

2011 KRLD Restaurant Week Reader Reviews: Preview Weekend

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 15th, 2011 10:00am | filed under KRLD RESTAURANT WEEK 2011 | 4 Comments »

Preview dinners for the upcoming 2011 KRLD Restaurant Week were going on all over town this weekend. Did you try one? Let us know. Comments are open.

4 Comments »

Success Story: Shannon Stone Fundraiser at Pecan Lodge Catering in Dallas Farmers Market

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 15th, 2011 9:43am | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Diners, Cult Cuisine, Events, Farmers Markets, fundraiser, Local/Slow Food, pizza, Restaurant News, youthful spontaneous restaurants | 6 Comments »

Burnt ends, caramelized onions, and Hatch chile pizza by Jay Jerrier of Cane Rosso.

I received several texts and tweets from peeps who attended last nights barbecue bonanza fundraiser at Pecan Lodge Catering at the Dallas Farmers Market. According to one of the organizers, the event raised close to $10,000 for the family of Lt. Shannon Stone, the fireman who died in July after falling head first from the stands at the Ballpark in Arlington.

The twEAT of the night came from the Pope of Pizza, Jay Jerrier who apparently made a pie covered with burnt ends, caramelized onions, and roasted hatch green chiles. Holy crow I could eat that right now.Jerrier says he made at least 50 pies and he plans to make them at his restaurant until the chiles run out.

How lovely to see Pecan Lodge Catering, Lockhart Smokehouse, and Cane Rosso work together to create such a spirited evening. If last night revealed the character of our next generation of restaurateurs, then we have a bright future.

6 Comments »

First Take—The Nearly Invisible Social House Supper Pub in Addison

posted by Sarah Reiss | August 15th, 2011 9:00am | filed under Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, Social-this; social-that | 5 Comments »

Social House's new home in Addison.

The set-up: When The Social House Supper Pub relocated from Uptown to Addison this summer, they did so with the stated mission of serving regular food to regular people. Sentences such as this fill me with apprehension. While I, too, find foodie elitism tedious, the mission to eradicate it often ends up playing to a lower common denominator with items that are easily identified and palate-friendly but not especially well-executed.

Still, I like to be surprised.

After three weeks in business, online reviews were all over the map, some commenters raved about the shrimp Florentine pizza, while others had a more mediocre experience with the drinks and entrees. Our GPS was of little help to us in actually finding the place. Located inside the same plaza as Dream Cafe and Mercy Wine Bar, The Social House is oddly invisible, even with its corner location. The wood sign blends in to the wood frontage; we only caught it on the third lap.

jump for more… Continue reading "First Take—The Nearly Invisible Social House Supper Pub in Addison"

5 Comments »

Pasand in Richardson to Close, Owners to Open Vindu in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 15th, 2011 8:52am | filed under Closings, Ethnic Food, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News | 2 Comments »

Teresa Gandhi Gubbins reports owner Udipe Reddy will close the once wildly popular Indian restaurant, Pasand, on August 31. She called and has quotes but the cliff notes are as follows. The Reddy family, which opened the restaurant in 1996 in Richardson and a second location in Irving in 1997, has already taken over a “defunct Sonny Bryan’s” at the northeast corner of Frankford and the Tollway and they are up and running.

2 Comments »