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Norma’s Cafe is Giving Away Free Grilled Cheese Sandwiches on April 12

posted by Carol Shih | April 3rd, 2013 1:55pm | filed under Food for simple Americans, Free Stuff!, freebies | 1 Comment »

Both Norma locations are giving away free sandwiches in honor of National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day on Thursday, April 12, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to dine-in customers only. While supplies last.

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Food TV Review: No Reservations With BBQ Snob, Daniel Vaughn, and Anthony Bourdain

posted by Nancy Nichols | September 4th, 2012 1:07pm | filed under 'Burbalicious, BBQ, Celebrity Diners, Delusional behavior, Food for simple Americans, Food On TV | 21 Comments »

Lunch at Franklin BBQ in Austin. Left to right: R. Nicholas McWhirter (Vaughn's photographer), David Hale Smith (Vaughn's agent), Tony Bourdain, Daniel Vaugh (self).

Any of you watch our local barbecue expert Daniel Vaughn of Full Custom Gospel Barbecue fame on the season premier of No Reservations last night? I did and I have about five minutes to give you my five cents worth:

I’ve watched a zillion episodes of No Reservations and I’ve learned a lot about food and foreign cultures from Tony. He made the right decision to make this the last tour of the show. Bourdain looks tired and his energy level in the show last night was down. He looked like a grandfather hanging out with all of those hip Austin bands. I would too. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but his questions were uninspired and when he tried to be cool by tossing in old druggie stories and Lou Reed references, it stung my brain. I’ve heard myself do the same thing in our office. Everyone around me is much younger and watching Bourdain last night made me feel like I was looking into a mirror. Except I would not attempt to be as cool and hip as Tim or Zac by getting a sun tattooed on my arm. That was just dumb.

However, he brought me back to some form of reality when he quipped “Only Jews and Texans understand brisket.” Zinger. Geezer humor at its finest. Continue reading "Food TV Review: No Reservations With BBQ Snob, Daniel Vaughn, and Anthony Bourdain"

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Coming Soon: Bolsa Food Market in Arlington?

posted by Nancy Nichols | July 12th, 2012 1:52pm | filed under Bad Names For Restaurants List, Best Gay Hangout Restaurant Evah!, Boxing Day, Bureaucratic red tape, C.J. Wilson Shops Here, Chef-driven gas stations, Cubicle Cuisine, Delusional behavior, Easy Mark, Expensive cheap eats, Food for simple Americans, GoTexan, Hippie revolutions, I want to be just like Michelle Obama, I Went to College for This?, I'm a rumor monger, I'm a sucker for a man in flannel, Nutjobs, oak cliff | 3 Comments »

Both Christophers, Zielke and Jeffers, of Bolsa Mercado confirm the shop opening up in Arlington has nothing to do with Bolsa Mercado in Bishop Arts. So, there you have it. Call anyway and ask them if it is true:  214-367-9367.

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Trader Joe’s Opens Friday in Fort Worth. Do You Care?

posted by Nancy Nichols | June 13th, 2012 12:58pm | filed under Bring it!, Celebrity Diners, Delusional behavior, Food for simple Americans, Groceries, Health Food, Hippie revolutions, hostess gifts, Hot Links!, Merguez Sausage Hunt, mob scenes, Politics of Food, restaurant business news, SideDish Bump! | 17 Comments »

Listen to Bud Kennedy. He knows all the back roads to Trader Joe's.

The landscape of grocery shopping in DFW may or not transform on Friday when Trader Joe’s, the Jimmy-Buffet-Meets-The-Beach-Boys-Before-Brian-Wilson’s-Melt-Down-esque food store born in Pasadena, California in 1967, opens its doors at 2701 S.Hulen St. in Fort Worth. (The Trader Joe’s Lowest Greenville Dallas is now scheduled to open in Spring 2013). Like their In-N-Out Burgers’ brethren, California transplants are psyched out of their Two-Buck-Chuck-wasted minds that this Hawaiian version of Aldi is finally a reality.

Will you don a Hawaiian shirt and make the 72-mile (from downtown Dallas) round-trip drive to load up on cheap wine, pistachios, and Trader Joe’s Coconut Water Fruit Floes? Not me. Especially since Mr. Fort Worth, Bud “Propagandist” Kennedy sends this notice:

Please warn everybody that half of Fort Worth is under construction. The back way to Trader Joe’s is to exit I-30 at University and wind around the Colonial golf course. If you can’t find that, use I-20 and come north.Do not try to go over the Hulen bridge south of Central Market, and do not try to take Berry through TCU.

Whatevs, Bud. I’ll await reports from the good folks of Fort Worth and the dedicated food coconuts in Dallas who make the trip. Me, I’m headed for some real fun.

UPPITY DATE: Teresa Gubbins compares Trader Joe’s with other local grocery stores.

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Chef Tracy Miller of Local to Open Rosemont in Dallas

posted by Nancy Nichols | April 25th, 2012 8:08am | filed under cheap eats, Food for simple Americans, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News | 3 Comments »

A quick email exchange with chef Tracy Miller of Local confirms she is opening Restaurant Rosemont at 2912 Elm Street (@Malcom X). The kitchen will serve breakfast, lunch, and brunch. The fare is “simple American.”  She hopes to be open in mid-May. “I’m working on the menu now,” Miller says.  “There will be nothing over the top – very simple.  And hopefully refreshing in every way!”  She also says there is a huge parking lot adjacent to building that is for Rosemont’s guests only. No parking meters! Outdoor seating! Beer, wine, and Champagne!

Hours, etc. below.

UPDATE: Sorry, the name is Rosemont not Restaurant Rosemont. Continue reading "Chef Tracy Miller of Local to Open Rosemont in Dallas"

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