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SideDish on TV Audition: From The Shores Of The Trinity by Jon Alexis

posted by Nancy Nichols | February 13th, 2013 12:13pm | filed under BJ for TJ, Food, Put SideDish on TV! |

You didn’t think Jon Alexis of TJ’s Seafood Market would ignore this challenge did you? Gotta hand it to him, he’s the hardest working man is the fish biz. Here’s his idea for a local show:

This is clearly demo-quality only,all first takes, and the video editing is mediocre at best. Audio gets out of whack for a few minutes and I have no idea how to fix it. Having said that, the concept for From The Shores Of The Trinity is to showcase great seafood in Dallas. We can get the freshest seafood in the world served to us in Dallas and the show will feature a great restaurant seafood dish each episode, then take the mystery out of cooking that same seafood at home. Dallas is not just a steak and potatoes town (anymore), we look forward to highlighting that! From the Shores of the Trinity would not be about TJ’s anymore than No Reservations is about Les Halles.

Put your fins together for Jon Alexis.

Fresh Stonecrabs at TJs Seafood Market

posted by Nancy Nichols | October 19th, 2012 6:42pm | filed under BJ for TJ, seafood, Second coming | 1 Comment »

Jon Alexis, the shameless self-promoter of TJs Seafood Market, is standing behind my desk holding a jumbo-sized stone crab claw to my head. ‘”Listen to me,” he says. “We now that we have two stores, we have serious buying power.” He pokes the claw deep into the back of my neck. “Now I’m able to leap over a vendor and get them FedExed directly from the boats. Now put that up on SideDish.”  Jeezy Pete, this guy is turning into the mahi-mahi mafia.

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Chalk Talk: Pairing Red Fish With Cheese at Scardello Artisan Cheese

posted by Andrew Chalk | August 24th, 2012 11:07am | filed under Andrew Chalk, BJ for TJ, Cheese, seafood | 2 Comments »

Lobster & crab enchilada made with Quadrello di Bufala from Italy, and smoked salmon with Big Rock Blue from California. (photos by Melisa Oporto)

That was one of the combinations I tried the other night at an unusual Seafood and Cheese tasting at Scardello Artisan Cheese on Oak Lawn. The class was hosted by Scardello and TJ’s Seafood Market. The protagonist’s point of view, which they promoted with the finest techniques of crack marketing, was that seafood and cheese go together like cheese and seafood. The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Surf n’ turf can take forms never envisaged in a steakhouse.

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Tonight Only: Snapper Throats at Urbano Café in East Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | July 26th, 2012 11:03am | filed under 'Burbalicious, BJ for TJ, Bring it!, Food Porn, Hipness Factor: East Dallas v Oak Cliff, Holidays, Hot Links!, seafood, Second coming | 3 Comments »

No tongues, no cheeks, just throats. Snapper throats.

Wow, what a day for East Dallas in the race to be the hippest section of Dallas. The Kaufman’s of Urbano Café have teamed up with Captain Jon Alexis of TJ’s Seafood Market and together they have scored a batch of snapper throats. “Some say it’s the best white meat on the planet!, says chef Mitch Kaufman. “TJ’s Seafood helped us find this delicacy and we’re cooking it up tonight, lightly dusted with flour and sauteed with lemon, garlic, salt and pepper.”

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