Articles for June 12th, 2012

Dinner With Sharon Hage at Garden Cafe in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | June 12th, 2012 3:48pm | filed under Celebrity Chefs |

It’s billed as a pop-up York Street “of sorts” dinner. Garden Café is the place; Sharon Hage is the chef. Here’s the details:

What: Dinner with Sharon Hage. Menu to be announced.

When: Saturday, June 23rd, arrival 7:30

Who: Limited seating for 50 very lucky patrons that make reservations soon!

Cost: $75, BYO Alcohol

Call 214.887.8330 or come in to Garden Cafe to make a reservation.

Weekly Food Truck News and Schedule for June 11

posted by George Lewis | June 12th, 2012 12:17pm | filed under Food Truck Schedule, Food Trucks | 1 Comment »

A day late.  Lots of work.  Sorry!

I’ve often written how every food truck out there is looking for managers and cooks.  This week, in addition to the usual “everyone is hiring”, il cane rosso’s mobile team wants to hire “a catering lead who can drive a van with our new 30′ trailer who can park it in crazy spots”.

Wednesday brings us the competing pop-up food truck events: “The Food Truck Experience” at Sigel’s on Greenville and “Street Food Wednesdays” behind the Knox St. Crate & Barrel.

Thursdays now have competing pop-ups a well, with “Bite Nights” continuing at Vitruvian Park in Addison (3875 Ponte Ave Addison 75001).

Oak Lawn gets its first pop-up on Thursday, at the Walgreen’s at Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs, with Nammi,  Ssahm, Easy Slider, The Butcher’s Son, Three Lions, and Coolhaus.

Lake Highlands gets LH StrEATS on Saturday evening with Nammi, Coolhaus, Ssahm, The Butcher’s Son, Gandolfo’s, Easy Slider, and So-Cal Tacos.

Here is your somewhat delayed schedule for the week.  Remember to always check Facebook and Twitter feeds, especially when DFW thunderstorms spook the food truck owners. Continue reading "Weekly Food Truck News and Schedule for June 11"

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Gas Station Tacos: Leo & Churro Taqueria at Lombardy and Webb Chapel

posted by Chris Baccus | June 12th, 2012 11:18am | filed under Gas Station Tacos | 1 Comment »

There it was on the menu tempting me to order it: 25 tacos de trompo por $19.99. I could eat for a week for $20 bucks and eat very, very well.

Leo & Churro Taqueria has ousted my favorite al pastor gas station taco from Abierto.  The roasted pork spit behind the cash register deserves respect, and respect it I did by ordering a couple al pastor tacos. I added a couple additional options too, including a beef fajita and my first gas station lengua (tongue) taco.

The al pastor tacos are amazing. The meat is a long, thin cut of pork with caramelized fat giving it a rich almost bacon-like flavor that is incredibly flavorful with some squeezed lime juice, onions, and cilantro. The homemade salsa roja adds some additional flavor making it one of the best gas station tacos in Dallas.

This was only my second time trying lengua.  My first experience was at El Guero (renamed now to Tacos La Banqueta) where a couple lengua experts directed me. For lengua, El Guero is amazing. The tongue tastes like a slow roasted meat that is tender and flavorful.  The lengua at Leo & Churro Taqueria is sliced into chunks and doesn’t have the tenderness of El Guero’s. The lengua is flavorful and not overcooked. It’s definitely worth trying, and if you’re a lengua fan, please let me know what you think as I only have one reference point.

Finally the beef fajita taco was tender and flavorful, rounding out one of my best gas station taco experiences.  I look forward to trying the other choices: chicken, carnitas, barbacoa, chicharron (fried pork), tripitas (tripe) and desebrada (shredded beef).

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Somebody Help These Poor College Students: I-30 Dining

posted by Nancy Nichols | June 12th, 2012 10:17am | filed under Somebody Help | 10 Comments »

A very concerned sister is worried her younger sissy. She has a quandary. (No, it isn’t contagious.) Be nice:

I have a quandary I thought you might be able to ease.My sister is about to start college at TCU and is meeting her first roommate (well, besides her mom and dad) for the first time. They are looking for a place to meet for dinner that is in between Dallas and Fort Worth. She’s come to me for a recommendation but my usual arsenal of restaurants stay firmly at the bookends of both cities. I thought perhaps you, or a fellow Sidedisher, may have a recommendation for someplace in between. They are starting college, so price may be a constraint, but other than that there are really no restrictions.

Dequandrafy her.

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Where to Book Your Father’s Day Brunch and Dinner Reservations in Dallas

posted by Carol Shih | June 12th, 2012 9:36am | filed under Father's Day, Holidays | 2 Comments »

Hey kids, Father’s Day is Sunday, June 17. Have you booked your reservations yet? Have you even thought about what you’re getting your dad? No? Good. Neither have I. Here’s a list of dining options for all you procrastinating bandits out there. Take your pops out to eat, then let him take an afternoon nap in front of the telly, and I’m sure you’ll be giving him the best Father’s Day he could ever have. Easy as pie.

The list of places to eat.

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