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Who Eats Alone Anymore?

posted by Carol Shih | February 17th, 2012 2:16pm | filed under Eating Alone is Sad, Needs Fine Tuning, Politics of Food, Slow News Day, Social-this; social-that, Tacos | 29 Comments »

Observer’s Scott Reitz named his five favorite places to eat alone in this week’s print edition. Local, Mesa, Bolsa, Yutaka, and Taco Stop made the Lonely List, but who actually ventures out to a restaurant by themselves these days? Anyone who does is either a sketchy guy picking up chicks or glued to their iPhone 4s screen and secretly talking dirty to Siri.

“Siri, how do you like the steak?”

“What do you think of the waiter, Siri?”

“Siri, your microphone icon is lookin’ sexy tonight.”

A better title for your column, Mr. Reitz, would be “Five Places to Take Your Phone Out on a Date.” That means you need a fifth restaurant, though, because it’s pretty impossible to eat tacos and touch your phone at the same time.

Editor’s Note: Please come back after you pick up your sense of humor from the dry cleaner’s! Have a nice weekend.

SideDish @scottreitz I question people who eat out alone and commenters are bashing me for it. bit.ly/y6COek #nobodycantakeajoke

Scott Reitz @DSideDish Siri is a shit date anyway. She doesn’t put out.

SideDish @scottreitz Sounds like you have some experience, eh?

Scott Reitz @DSideDish try. It’s funny. She’ll tell you “she’s not that kind of assistant.”

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Michelle Obama (and Some Top Chefs) Heading to Dallas

posted by Carol Shih | February 7th, 2012 4:33pm | filed under Breaking News, Celebrity Chefs, celebrity sightings, Chefs, cookoff, Goats!, Health Food, Social-this; social-that, Special Report, Top Chef: Texas | 4 Comments »

Hello. I am simultaneously chewing on almonds and silently going crazy because I might be standing in the same room as Michelle Obama this Friday. Bravo just announced that Top Cheftestants Richard Blais, Fabio Viviani, Jenn Carroll, Spike Mendelssohn, Grayson Schmitz and Ed Lee will be joining the First Lady on one of her national tour stops for her Let’s Move initiative. The chefs will be competing alongside students from a Dallas elementary school in a healthy cooking competition to promote healthy school meals and nutritious diets.

If anyone knows how I can plant myself on that coveted RSVP list, let’s talk. I’ll pay you in almonds.

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Private Social Tweets for Servers

posted by Sarah Reiss | August 15th, 2011 11:09am | filed under Social-this; social-that |

Just seconds ago, Tiffany Derry announced on the Private Social Twitter feed that the restaurant is now officially interviewing servers:

@PrivateSocial, Dallas, TX
Partners Tiffany Derry, Patrick Halbert, and Andy Austin will be opening Private Social restaurant in the fall of 2011 in the uptown area of Dallas. http://www.privatesocial.com
PSA: We are hiring for all positions at the restaurant. Send resumes to info@PrivateSocial.com

Consider us in countdown mode.

First Take—The Nearly Invisible Social House Supper Pub in Addison

posted by Sarah Reiss | August 15th, 2011 9:00am | filed under Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, Social-this; social-that | 5 Comments »

Social House's new home in Addison.

The set-up: When The Social House Supper Pub relocated from Uptown to Addison this summer, they did so with the stated mission of serving regular food to regular people. Sentences such as this fill me with apprehension. While I, too, find foodie elitism tedious, the mission to eradicate it often ends up playing to a lower common denominator with items that are easily identified and palate-friendly but not especially well-executed.

Still, I like to be surprised.

After three weeks in business, online reviews were all over the map, some commenters raved about the shrimp Florentine pizza, while others had a more mediocre experience with the drinks and entrees. Our GPS was of little help to us in actually finding the place. Located inside the same plaza as Dream Cafe and Mercy Wine Bar, The Social House is oddly invisible, even with its corner location. The wood sign blends in to the wood frontage; we only caught it on the third lap.

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Park Restaurant Sold and Gets a New Bad Name

posted by Nancy Nichols | July 8th, 2011 2:02pm | filed under Bad Names For Restaurants List, Closings, Murmur, Openings/Closings, party, Procrastination is part of the creative process, Pub Concepts, questionable judgment, Really?, Restaurant News, Skinny bitches, Social-this; social-that | 7 Comments »

A few weeks ago, I actually made a phone call and reported the closure of Park Restaurant. Short story shorter: Owner Donald Chick sold the place to Peter Kenny, owner of Capitol Pub. Today, Teresa Gubbins digs deep in the dirt and reveals Mr. Kenny has already come up with new names for both Park and its sibling, Bar Celine. Park will now be Swig. Really? “Hey gang, let’s go to Swig for brunch?” Doesn’t work for me.

Meanwhile, Bar Celine will be called The Gin Mill. I love gin so I won’t complain about that. However, Swig is going on my Bad Names for Restaurants List. Right beside our this place. Teresa has more important stuff here. (Asador, really chaps my sass.) Moving on.

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Social House Reopens in Addison

posted by Sarah Reiss | July 8th, 2011 12:35pm | filed under Bars, Beverages, Social-this; social-that | 1 Comment »

Yes, it’s true. The Social House has reopened—not in Uptown, but in Addison. So many “social”-themed names, we’re trying to keep it all straight. There’s The Social House, The Cedars Social, Social 121, and the soon-to-come Private Social.

Regardless, at least in terms of The Social House, their press release says it all:

The Social House, a new supper pub offering contemporary American cuisine, is now open at the Village on the Parkway in Addison.

Created to enhance all forms of social interaction, the Social House offers guests a comfortable, yet polished atmosphere featuring stone walls adorned with wooden framed televisions and a unique wooden ceiling. This casual setting features an indoor/outdoor patio perfect for late night dining. With 22 televisions, a fireplace and private meeting areas, the Social House can accommodate almost any social gathering like a guy’s night out, a fun date or corporate happy hours.

With three full bars, guests can easily order from the Social House’s drink menu which offers more than 50 beers on tap including craft, import and domestic beers along with a 60 bottle wine list and ten specialty cocktails. The 75 item menu offers an array of bar snacks, salads, burgers, sandwiches, tacos and entrees including a luscious Chicken Fried Steak crafted with 21 day aged  beef. Among the more adventurous dishes found on the menu include III Meat Meatloaf with ground beef, pork and buffalo, Chicken Fried Oysters with horseradish cream sauce,  The Sink Burger with white cheddar, Swiss cheese, Ancho pulled pork, and fried onion strings and the Social House Griddle Cheese with white cheddar cheese, Granny Smith apples and Wright’s apple wood smoked bacon.

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