Articles for August 17th, 2011

Voting Opens for the CBS Most Valuable Blogger Awards 2011

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 2:09pm | filed under Awards, Bring it!, Keep Dallas Douchey!, Not-so-skinny bitches, Overprivileged chimps, questionable judgment, Shamless self promotion | 1 Comment »

We can’t promise you world peace or affordable health care, but we can promise to continue doing what we do best: reporting on the food, fun, facts, fantasies, and frolics taking place in the Dallas food scene. All you have to do is go to the Dining/Entertainment tab on this site, scroll to SideDish, and click on the tab to the right. You can vote once a day in each category. FrontBurner and Park Cities People are pitted against each other under Local Affairs.

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Hot Links: Mike Hiller Sez Julian Barsotti is Opening Another Restaurant

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 10:30am | filed under Hot Links!, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News | 10 Comments »

Christopher “Grant Achatz” Wynn reports that Mike Hiller reports that Julian Barsotti is opening a new restaurant called Carbone’s Fine Food and Wine in the former Talbot’s spot at the corner of Wycliff and Oak Lawn. There will be roasting and grilling of meats and artisinal Italian-inspired treats. Sounds like the concept behind SimonBarsotti the place Julian once planned with Tristan Simon. Hiller sez Carbone’s is scheduled to open in January 2012.

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Eat This Now: Pork Love at Dough Pizzeria in Dallas

posted by Daniel Walker | August 17th, 2011 10:00am | filed under Bacon, Eat This Now!, pizza | 15 Comments »

It’s been open for less than 24 hours and this already feels like old news, but allow me to add my two cents.  Unless you have been living under a rock, you don’t need to be told that some place called Dough opened yesterday.  In fact, I’m pretty sure there were some people there last night that do live under rocks, but they still managed to make it.

And in case you haven’t heard them yet, here are two words you better get used to, as I am sure within the next week they will be smattered across every food blog within a 50 mile radius of Dallas:

PORK. LOVE. Continue reading "Eat This Now: Pork Love at Dough Pizzeria in Dallas"

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Garden Cafe Reopens Today

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 9:51am | filed under ChirpyChirpy, Gardening, Musical Press Releases, Restaurant News | 1 Comment »

Mark Wootton, the cook as he prefers to be called, at Garden Café says Garden Café is back up and running. Last night he emailed this note.

We have been struck by lightning twice in the last couple of years. What are the odds? So, we have been instructed to buy lottery tickets… and we will!

Mark was the cook before and after the lightning. OH NO. That song.

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Campo Modern Country Bistro to Open in Oak Cliff

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 9:40am | filed under Bring it!, ChirpyChirpy, Cult Cuisine, hostess gifts, Hot Links!, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News | 1 Comment »

Miguel Vicéns and John Paul Valverde owners of Coevál Studio, a firm that recently designed and built two Mexican restaurants in Fort Worth, is taking over the former La Carreta Argentine space on North Beckley in Oak Cliff. They will rework the space and open it as Campo Modern Country Bistro. This news comes from Steven Doyle of CraveDFW. He sends a hot link and a note:

I interviewed a design group that does restaurants and found out that Matt is their consulting chef and opening soon in Oak Cliff.  This isn’t his main restaurant that will open most likely first quarter 2012, but one he will consult on and have a presence indefinitely.

Matt is Matt McCallister. You know Matt. The execuchef at Stephan Pyles left his high profile gig to “Play” in kitchens around the world. Currently he is popping up in restaurants around town, like Café Momentum. He’s got  a chef’s fantasy job. If you’re not his Facebook friend, you are one uninformed Dallas diner.

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2011 KRLD Restaurant Week Reader Reviews

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 9:00am | filed under Restaurant Week 2011 | 3 Comments »

Okay Dishers, 2011 KRLD Restaurant Week is open for business. Each day at 9AM we will be ready and waiting for your comments! GO, EAT, REPORT! Take pictures of great servers!

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Meso Maya in Dallas is Open

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 17th, 2011 8:30am | filed under Ethnic Food, Mexican Revolution, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

Meso Maya opened tonight. The “simple modern Mexican food” restaurant is located in the former Chic from Barcelona space in Preston Forest Shopping Center a couple of doors down from Dough. The 4,800-square foot space is owned by Mike Karns, president of El Fenix. The chef is Nico Sanchez, formerly of Consilient Restaurants (The Porch, Hibiscus). The house specialty will be Budin Azteca, sort of a Mexican lasagna or tortilla pie if you will, along with sopas such as sopa de lima and posole de puerco.

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