Thursday, September 22, 2011

Catching Up With History

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 Al Badger (r) and Al Badger Jr. (l), owners of The Golden Pheasant from 1940 - 1962. Photo courtesy of Al Badger, III  Two more s...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Finding Ida

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Published yesterday on SideDish is the story of Ida Chitwood, a lady known to hundreds of thousands of women in the early 20th century, forg...

Extra Credit Where Due

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Yesterday the second installment of Dallas food history was published over on SideDish , it is about an amazing woman named Ida Chitwood, wh...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Lookee There!

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It's not that I've stopped writing, I've been working on a pretty big project over the last year actually, and the first story w...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Eating Reruns: How To Cook For Kids

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In todays Dallas Morning News there is an article about the little leaguers at Dave Andres Ballpark in Old East Dallas and their big leaguer...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Addison Loves Its Restaurants So Much

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They have an entire website so you can find them.   Brilliant.  Back to You, Dallas.
Monday, February 21, 2011

Best Cancellation By An Email Recipient Ever

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Somehow, this accountant has become the internet marketing chief of Sevy's Grill.  Whatever, I hate it.  Almost as much as I hate filing...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

What's Up With The New Old Terrilli's?

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Dunno, but snapped this shot of the reconstruction yesterday.  It's been almost a year since the fire closed down the popular Greenville...
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Mexico: Crop Freeze, Price Increases and Unemployment

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Word from produce powerhouse FreshPoint about the recent freeze in northwestern Mexico at the beginning of February when temperatures dippe...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Dallas Farmers Market Loses One Of It's Best Friends

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  Ida with Sevy 1996 Friends of the Farmers Market Hoedown   Ida Papert, great mother (Mombo), wonderful wife of the late Sam...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

It Was Just Like A Video Game

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Fellow Texans, credit one 19 year old with ending the life of  a 200 lb. scourge, scoring his first hunting kill.  The Boy, home from colleg...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Has Anyone Been To Bill Smith Cafe?

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McKinney, Texas?  Because it looks like they're serving up a healthy slice of humor.

First Taste - Crossroads Diner Has Officially Opened

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I was fortunate to be invited on Friday to a mock service meal at Chef Tom Fleming's new place, Crossroad's Diner on Walnut Hill Lan...
Friday, November 19, 2010

And Now, On With The Show

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Been quiet on here, I know.  Who knew ancient sewing skills, long buried, would be dusted off for help with costuming this year's musica...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Who Said Food Porn Is Dead?

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Don't think so .  Just take a look at the 2011 North Texas Food Bank/Kent Rathbun/Central Market calendar.  13 months of pictures and re...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

How To Cook For The Guest

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I read the same book twice this summer. Danny Meyer’s, “ Setting the Table, The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business ” (an autograp...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

An A & W Without Root Beer Is Kind Of Like A KFC Without Chicken

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The Freakonomics economists discussed this on Marketplace on KERA this morning.
Monday, October 11, 2010

Eat Pancakes For Hillcrest High School

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This has become such a fun community event for parents, teachers, alumni and students, we are very excited to announce the 6th Annual Panthe...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Cattle Baron's Report: More Success, Less Hangover

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Jeff Barker and Richard Chamberlain Last years Cattle Baron's Ball will go down in infamy , not for it's title, "Honor of C...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Alee Burger New To Northwest Dallas

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Everyone in the restaurant business knows where Acemart is, even a few folks not in the industry shop there.  It's a restaurant supply s...

Get Your Pie Baking

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Tomorrow, Saturday October 9th is North Haven Garden's annual pie contest.  While I've previously recommended a pie recipe , or two ...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Refilling The Cup

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Dear Readers, No, that last post (Getting the HTML out of here) was not another way of saying that I've stopped posting.   This blog w...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Getting The HTML Out Of Here

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We have a website, http://www.sevys.com/ , and a few years ago we hired a web designer who understood the mysterious language called HTML C...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

2010 Continues To Be Tough

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Independent restaurants took the hardest hit.  So sayeth Mark Brandeau on Nations Restaurant News . To which I reply, "I know". ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Security Reservations on OpenTable Checks

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UPDATE:  Friday, 8/20 - Upon checking the OTRestaurant.com website, the company has changed their pdf poster.  I have removed the copy of t...

Brothers II Grill Coming to North Dallas

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We were driving up north for an evening of Quiddler with friends, when at Frankford and Preston (northwest corner) I noticed a dumpster par...
Sunday, August 15, 2010

My Fondest Educational Dream Comes True

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No, not the one where the DMN gives Dr. Hinojosa unqualified credit for bringing up our schools.  The other dream , the one where DISD schoo...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Dallas Zoo Is Getting "Cheesy"

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They're having their annual photography contest at the Dallas Zoo, "Feathers Furs and Scales" entries may be submitted until ...

Wet, Wetter, Wettest

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I downloaded the lastest Mixed Beverage TABC tax report for the city of Dallas, it covered remittances received in July (mostly for June sal...

June Contest Winners Announced

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There were three "Memory Lane" contests in June. Name The Chefs Winner :  "Michael", who named 6 out of 12 correctly, ...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Diary Of A Daycation

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A few weeks ago Sevy mentioned he wanted to drive out to East Texas to pay a visit to Strube Ranch, producers of Wagyu beef, also known as A...
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Sevy's August Food And Wine Dinner

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Join us on Monday, August 23rd at 6:30 p.m. for our monthly four course food and wine dinner, featuring “A Night in Venice” Sevy and Buzzy ...

Subterranean Aviators "Who Cares" Album Release

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Cover art by Tommy Lewis The party is tonight at the Curtain Club, 2800 Main in Deep Ellum.  They take the stage at 8:30 pm SHARP and pla...

Meet Mack-Daddy, The Knife

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So we're in Naperville Illinois a few weeks back visiting my sister during a heat wave and 90+ percent humidity (lovely) when my brother...

Blogathon Friday

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Time to clear off my list of things waiting to be written about, don't know how many I'll be able to get in today - the record is 10...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Summer Is Almost Over

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It's time to get back to work.  Well, actually, work has been what has been keeping me from blogging.  But I have so many things to shar...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Glen Lakes Grill Opening Soon - But No Mention When

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We were driving 'cross town to pick up our Goody-Goody supplies (yes, we  buy retail just like everyone else), and I noticed that Glen L...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Amynomics 101 - The Silly Economics of Dry Dallas

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I took Economics 101 (at least twice) in college, and would like to talk about the economics of the wet vs. dry argument in Dallas.  Everyo...