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Can’t Make it to Le Cirque in New York? Well, Le Cirque is Coming to Dallas

Hold on to your Baccarat flutes, it’s only for one night. Actually, Le Cirque is popping up on April  20 at The Tower Club. ClubCorp and the legendary Manhattan restaurant have teamed up and are going on the road to “play” An Evening with Le Cirque at 10 of ClubCorp’s family of private clubs around the nation. They are bringing Le Cirque’s new chef, Olivier Reginensi, and members of the Maccioni family, which opened the original Le Cirque in New York and now owns nine restaurants throughout the world. Marchesi Antinori and Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Brut picked the wines. I’ve printed the menu and wine list below. Reservations are limited and start at 6 P.M. The cost $150 per person, which includes meal and wine pairings. Call 888.402.3933 or email ClubLine to RSVP. All here.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | April 12th, 2012 3:18pm | filed under pop-up restaurant |

Emporium Pies “popped up” in the Bishop Arts District last weekend

The Smooth Operator: French Silk chocolate with pretzel crust

This past weekend may have been rainy and overcast, but a beacon of sunshine poured down upon the Bishop Arts District, resting on a quaint little renovated house painted brightly with hues of violet and blue.  Within these walls rested Dallas’ first “pop-up” pie shop, brought to us by the wonderful women at Emporium Pies, partners and co-owners, Mary Gauntt and Megan Wilkes. Wanting to test the waters a bit and see what kind of response the Dallas diners would have to a dedicated pie shop, they moved into the space at 314 N. Bishop Ave. over the weekend to provide this city with some of the finest pies it will ever see.

Walking inside, the space is small but cozy, with no more than a few chairs, a sales counter, a couple tiny tables with three stands displaying the day’s pie options.  On one rests a French silk chocolate pie with a crunchy pretzel crust, another holds a bourbon pecan pie with shortbread crust, the last displaying a streusel topped banana pie.  I ordered a slice of each, which were then all neatly packaged in small wicker baskets with a wooden fork and tied up with string (these are a few of my favorite things).  The entire presentation is so insanely cute, it makes fluffy baby bunnies look like swamp trolls.  I took a seat on the porch and dug in.

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posted by Daniel Walker | February 20th, 2012 9:30am | filed under Baking, Breaking News, Chocolate, Diets are stupid, Eat This Now!, Events, Food Invasion, dessert, oak cliff, pop-up restaurant | 9 Comments »

The Emporium Pop-Up Pie Shop Opens Saturday in Oak Cliff

Megan Wilkes and Mary Gauntt have a wish. They want to make Dallas a pie-friendly city. They have been testing pies, selling pies online, and creating a business plan for a real pie store called The Emporium. To get the feel for how their pies and plans will work, they to pop-up up this weekend in a century-old cottage at 314 N. Bishop. On Saturday (9AM-2PM) and Sunday (2PM-7PM), they will be selling pies: Drunken Nut (bourbon pecan with shortbread crust), Smooth Operator (French silk chocolate in a crispy pretzel crust), and a secret-ingredient Mardi Gras concoction. You can buy a whole pie or a slice and pair it with Cultivar Coffee.

Go. Eat. Report. You can find them across from Hunkys Hamburgers on Bishop Ave. at 8th St.)

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posted by Nancy Nichols | February 14th, 2012 9:30am | filed under Food Invasion, Local/Slow Food, Pie, Valentines Day, hostess gifts, oak cliff, pop-up restaurant |

This Little Piggy Went Downtown

Oh yeah, it's for real.

We’re suckers for any press release that contains the following sentences:

  • Yes, this is really real.
  • Don’t you judge us; we all knew it would end up here someday.
  • And yeah, your right we probably did go too far this time.
  • Sorry, Mom.

It seems a couple well-intentioned entrepreneurs have teamed up with J&D’s Foods to create a little something they’re calling baconlube—the world’s first bacon-flavored, water-based, American-made, personal lubricant.

Billing itself as the “gold standard of meat-flavored massage oils” (natch) baconlube, they say, is like the McRib of sex: it’s delicious, makes men crazy, is here for a limited time, and is in short supply.

If you’re thinking “stocking stuffer!” (let’s stay on track here), we’re right behind you. But the boys only made 3,000 bottles of this pork-flavored nectar. It hit the interwebs yesterday at www.baconlube.com. How much, you ask, for a product that promises such a satisfying holiday season? Only $11.99.

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posted by Sarah Reiss | November 15th, 2011 12:34pm | filed under BBQ, Bacon, Bring it!, Cheap trick for comments, Chef's tasting, Cult Cuisine, Daniel Walker, Diets are stupid, Eat This Now!, Food Porn, Good Morning, Good Service, I Hate it When That Happens, I Went to College for This?, I'm a sucker for a man in flannel, I'm about to get fired, It's just lunch, Keep Dallas Douchey!, Meat, Merguez Sausage Hunt, Musical Press Releases, Newfangled condiments, Nostalgia, Procrastination is part of the creative process, Really stupid joke, Really?, Rewritten Press Releases, Scoops, Second coming, Sexy food, Sing Along Press Releases, Slow News Day, Snacks, Things To Do, cheap eats, classes, hold on to your effin hat, make mine a double, party, pop-up restaurant, questionable behavior, questionable judgment, sassy pants, somebody help this poor girl out, who'd a thought? | 13 Comments »

Bar 828–A Fleeting Speakeasy in Oak Cliff

Changing the mural at Bar 828.

Arti Sharma, D Magazine intern and a grant writer for Promise House  the nonprofit that receives a portion of the proceeds from Bar 828, visited the popular pop-up bar last weekend and files this report.

Feel free to play some theme music.

Driving along the 800 block on the west side Davis Street, you may notice something particularly peculiar about the venue that sits on lot 828.  At first glance, you will see a tattered building that shells what may have been a forgotten afterthought, abandoned in the midst of what perhaps was meant to be an idea. You may not further heed its quaintness, and will write it off as an empty nest.  But you see, inside an oyster, sometimes there is a pearl.  And inside 828, is something just as precious and rare: Bar 828.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | October 26th, 2011 9:55am | filed under Celebrity Diners, Charity events, Go Rangers!, Hippie revolutions, Hot Links!, Michael Martensen for President, Mixology is fancy for bartender, Silly Reasons to Celebrate, Wine & Spirits, make mine a double, oak cliff, pop-up restaurant | 11 Comments »

Artizone Dinner at Spiceman’s Fm 1410 Benefits The Family Place

Tom Spicer.

This dinner event may be too groovy for words, but I’ll give it a shot. Our favorite forager Tom “Spiceman” Spicer is teaming up with Chef David Anthony Temple (aka underground chefDAT) and Artizone.com to present “Dinner in the Garden.” The event, benefitting the Family Place, takes place on Sunday, October 30 at 5PM. The food, paired with wine, will come from Artizone supported local farms and vendors or, if you speak DATspice: “Chef DAT will compose a one of a kind dinner concerto in 5 movements, to be performed in Spiceman’s urban garden with an orchestra of wines to match.” Oh, yeah. Get down on it for $100 per person. Tickets here . Phone answered here: 214-325-4642.

BYOA

posted by Nancy Nichols | October 18th, 2011 11:37am | filed under Charity events, Chef's tasting, Cult Cuisine, GO TEXAN, Go Rangers!, Hippie revolutions, Local/Slow Food, Nutjobs, SideDish Bump!, party, pop-up restaurant |

Chef Richard Chamberlain Plans to Pop Up a Restaurant Called Element in Addison

Okay folks, I have a serious question. This pop-up restaurant stuff is getting out of hand. What is the difference between catering a two-night event and a pop-up restaurant? I suppose I should ask Richard Chamberlain. He is “opening” Element, a “two-night only pop-up restaurant” to celebrate the opening of Addison’s Vitruvian Park. It’s an outdoor “restaurant” with a theme. (Catering job!) Here’s Chef Chamberlain:

“The theme of the restaurant is based around elements: water, earth, iron and fire. Live music, theatrical lighting, fine wines and four courses of delicious food prepared in an open kitchen will make for a once in a life time experience.”

Live music? Oh, no! That song! I am sure this will be a lovely celebration. The Elements menu is below along with all the details you need to know.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | October 13th, 2011 9:43am | filed under Buzz Killer!, Celebrity Chefs, Food is art. Art is Food., Restaurant News, catering, pop-up restaurant | 13 Comments »

First Dallas, er Oak Cliff, Guerrilla Bar to Open on Thursday

The highly motivate mixologist team of Michael Martensen and Ed “Lucky” Campbell are spearheading Bar 828, a guerrilla bar that will open at 828 Davis this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (6PM) and continue on the same days for the next three weeks. The final evening will be October 29.  Yes, these guys are busy putting together their new bar, High and Rye, in downtown Dallas but they just can’t seem to stop themselves from doing more projects. “Yeah, that’s just kinda how we work,” Martensen said via phone from the patio at Manny’s in Uptown where he is watching the Rangers game. “We can’t believe nobody has ever done this. We are going to be the first guerrilla bar.”

Bartenders from all over Dallas will participate on a rotating basis. There will also be beer, wine, food trucks, and live music coordinated by JT Donaldson. A Portion of the proceeds will go to the Promise House who has been helping teens in North Texas since 1984. So head out to The OC, home of the secret-keeping restaurateurs, and catch Brian (Sfuzzi, Standard Pour ) McCullough on Thursday.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | October 10th, 2011 5:51pm | filed under Cult Cuisine, Drinking, Food Trucks, Hippie revolutions, How to Open a Restaurant 101, Mixology is fancy for bartender, beer, cocktails, party, pop-up restaurant | 29 Comments »

Get Ready for New Groovy Swag at the State Fair of Texas

Get it? Corn dog. Hah!

Here is a preview of some of the hip new t-shirts carnival workers will be wearing when the Texas State Fair opens on Friday. They were designed by the Belmont Icehouse in Deep Ellum. They will be available for purchase.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | September 27th, 2011 1:02pm | filed under AgriBusiness, Cult Cuisine, Food is art. Art is Food., I Went to College for This?, I'm about to get fired, Pre World Series Depression, Procrastination is part of the creative process, Slow News Day, State Fair of Texas, food art, pop-up restaurant | 4 Comments »

JonfromTJs Visits Total Catch Market in Houston

Part of the Total Catch.(photo by Jon Alexis.)

Jon Alexis, know on every blog in the United States of America as jonfromtjs, handles the marketing for TJ’s Seafood Market, the successful fish market in Preston Forest. He is a conscientious student of seafood. Recently he learned about Total Catch Market, a project (and blog) run by PJ Stoops and Billy Tellez of Louisiana Foods. Their niche is selling by-catch fish, the innocent fishes caught by fishermen actually fishing for a higher profile fish. JonfromTJs was so moved when he heard about these guys, he jumped in his car and drove to Houston.  He sends a brief story about his experience along with cell phone pictures. I am going to run it below. Grammar police be warned: the copy is unedited only because I am low on time at the moment. Take it away jonfromtjs:

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posted by Nancy Nichols | September 1st, 2011 2:32pm | filed under Bureaucratic red tape, Foodie People, Free Stuff!, Groceries, I Went to College for This?, I'm a sucker for a man in flannel, catering, hostess gifts, make mine a double, pop-up restaurant, seafood | 11 Comments »

Tesar Teaser: The Most Hated Chef in Dallas to Throw Hater’s Party

The man who loves to be hated. (Photography by Maxine Helfman)

Okay Haters, don’t blame me. I’m playing Phidippides in this decision-making process. The physical September issue of D Magazine will be in the mailboxes of subscribers today and on newsstands tomorrow. Most of the content is now online. Here is a link to a portion of  “The Most Hated Chef in Dallas” story about John Tesar, but if you want to read the full story you have to get your hands on a magazine. (Perhaps you can schedule that doctor’s appointment you’ve put off.)

I hear through the TextVine that chef Tesar is organizing a Hater’s Party next Monday night outside of The Commissary at One Arts Plaza. He promised to send details but so far he texts that he will be giving away free tacos and wine to anyone who shows up with a copy of the September issue of D Magazine. (This is his promotion, not ours.) Latest text: “The Camarena taco truck with a special menu and free tap wine and some beer. It’s official. Monday 7-9PM. Haters Party.”

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 25th, 2011 10:13am | filed under Bring it!, Celebrity Chefs, Drinking, Food Trucks, Hot Links!, Nutjobs, Overprivileged chimps, Peripatetic chefs, Really?, RudeDudes, Silly Reasons to Celebrate, pop-up restaurant, questionable judgment | 3 Comments »

Taco Taco Opens in Preston Royal in Dallas

I just stuck my head inside the just-opened Taco Taco restaurant in the southwest quadrant of Preston Royal Shopping Center. It’s located in the jinxed spot that runs along the side of Sushi Star. Most recently it was the Chicken Coop. The nice man at the door gave me a menu and a free sample of their chips and salsa. He claims everything is made fresh and they don’t use any lard. Short menu includes quesadillas, tacos, burritos, and “fresh smashed” guacamole. 5954 Royal Ln. 214-750-4420.

UPDATE: I was just contacted by a representative from Taco Taco in San Antonio who says the name is trademarked.

“Can you please edit your article. The name Taco Taco is copyrighted and trademarked by the famous restaurant in San Antonio. Permission was not given to whomever opened this store and are not affiliated whatsoever with the one in San Antonio. A lawsuit will be filed Monday for trademark infringement .”

I spoke with owner Eddie Hija. He was unaware of the San Antonio restaurant. “I went to the city and registered my DBA and nothing came up under that name,” Hija said. “They may be registered in San Antonio but I didn’t see it in Dallas.”

posted by Nancy Nichols | August 22nd, 2011 2:21pm | filed under Openings, Restaurant News, Tacos, pop-up restaurant | 16 Comments »

Kitchen Fire Breaks out During Hell’s Kitchen Watching Party at Nosh in Dallas

Who needs Gordon Ramsay? Carrie Keep is hardly in hell.

We told you chef Carrie Keep was hot. Last night her bosses at Nosh Euro Bistro, Avner and Celeste Samuel, hosted a season-premier watching party for Hell’s Kitchen. Carrie, a line cook at Nosh, is one of the contestants. The restaurant was full of loyal patrons and friends when–POOF- a knob on one of the gas valves fell off and a small fire flared in the open kitchen. Always the problem solver, Celeste Samuel picked up the phone and calmly called the Highland Park Fire Department and moved the guests outside. When the firemen arrived, they were greeted by a glamorous crowd having cocktails in parking lot. With the fire out When the danger was gone, the TV-watching party turned into a photo op. The show? Who knows what happened. The reality of the parking lot was much more fun. Jump for photos taken by Lindsey Miller.

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posted by Nancy Nichols | July 19th, 2011 9:43am | filed under Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Diners, Hot Links!, Really?, Restaurant News, Skinny bitches, party, pop-up restaurant | 13 Comments »

John Tesar Closes The Table at One Arts Plaza in Dallas

John Tesar has decided to close The Table, the 12-seat tasting room inside The Commissary.The Table will close on August 1 but is scheduled to reopen around September 15 with a new concept. The press release says Tesar will retool The Table menu and  “spend the necessary time focusing on The Commissary and getting the service and other restaurant issues up to the standards that he has was known for at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek.” I hope so. According to two of my friends who dined at last Sunday’s the lobster bake, the service “was the worst I’ve ever had.” And that person has had a lot of bad service. Go, John. Fix it and they will come.

posted by Nancy Nichols | July 7th, 2011 12:45pm | filed under Buzz Killer!, Celebrity Chefs, Chef's tasting, Closings, Cult Cuisine, Hippie revolutions, Long table dinners, Openings, Overprivileged chimps, Restaurant News, hold on to your effin hat, pop-up restaurant, youthful spontaneous restaurants | 13 Comments »

Next Cafe Momentum Dinner Announced

Last month's Momentum dinner was a whopping success.

UPDATE: As of July 5, this dinner has SOLD OUT.

In early June we reported on the first of Cafe Momentum’s pop-up dinners. This morning, we have the scoop on the next dinner in the series. As we foretold, the guest chef at the next dinner will be none other than Randall Copeland, chef-owner at Restaurant AVA in Rockwall. (Busy guy. Didn’t we just see him last Sunday?)

For those of you too lazy to click the link above, Café Momentum is the nonprofit restaurant concept conceived by Parigi co-owners Janice Provost and Chad Houser. Its mission: to change lives by empowering at-risk youth who are interested in a culinary career.

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posted by Sarah Reiss | June 28th, 2011 10:10am | filed under pop-up restaurant |

Tweet Where You Eat: TwEAT Your Mav’s Celebration!

Okay @DSideDish TwEATers, are you lining up for the parade. Tweet details of food and drink, or any other details, to @DSideDish and we will retweet. Have fun.

posted by Nancy Nichols | June 16th, 2011 9:56am | filed under Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, GO MAVS!, Hanukkah, Holidays, Mother's Day, New Year's Eve, Overprivileged chimps, Restaurant News, Thanksgiving, Twitter, Valentines Day, mob scenes, party, pop-up restaurant | 1 Comment »

Café Momentum’s Inaugural Pop-Up Dinner at Milestone Culinary Features Chef Jeffery Hobbs and a Cast of Aspiring Chefs

Table settings (left) and prepped shrimp and veggies (right). Photos by Sarah Reiss.

File this one under the heading: good people doing a pretty great thing. Last night, Chefs Chad Houser (you may remember him from his recent adventures in Eating Lebanon) and Janice Provost of Parigi, supported by an armada of well-intentioned chefs, foodies, and community organizers, opened doors on the first pop-up incarnation of Café Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant concept that will serve as a culinary training facility for disadvantaged young men from Dallas County Youth Village (DCYV is a facility dedicated to helping juvenile offenders, ages 10 to 17, reach their law-abiding potential and divert them from further involvement with the juvenile justice system or progression to greater offenses by putting positive outcomes within their reach).

The aspiring chefs will train alongside some of Dallas finest chefs, who will rotate for monthly stints as chef-in-residence. Last night’s inaugural guest chef, Jeffery Hobbs (Celebration, Riviera, Toscana, Hotel St. Germain, Il Sole, and, oh yeah, Suze) presided over a menu that utilized fresh-off-the-farm ingredients. We’re hoping that July’s guest chef, Randall Copeland of Ava, will feature his own awesome biscuits somewhere in the menu.

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posted by Sarah Reiss | June 6th, 2011 1:17pm | filed under Restaurant 101, Restaurant News, pop-up restaurant | 2 Comments »