Story archive for July 2008

About: Food and Drink

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Thursday, July 31

• Top Chef veteran Casey Thompson leaves Dallas’ Shinsei restaurant

• Baskin-Robbins hopes to open 50+ new stores in Fort Worth area

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 31 - Aug. 6

Wednesday, July 30

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Black Velvet apricots

Tuesday, July 29

• Olivella’s in Dallas’ Snider Plaza temporarily closed until August 7

• Sushi on McKinney in Dallas’ Knox-Henderson district will close August 15

• Milwaukee Joe’s at Inwood Village in Dallas closed on Saturday July 26

• Cremona Bistro to re-open on Worthington Street in Dallas in August

• Grimaldi’s Pizzeria opens in Allen at Watters Creek center

Monday, July 28

• UPDATED: Lakewood restaurant Kitchen 1924 closed

• Children’s Medical Center offers parents tips for healthy school lunches

• Fort Worth’s original Kincaid’s gets last minute reprieve

• Dallas contestant Liza Garza does not win The Next Food Network Star

Sunday, July 27

• Morton’s in downtown Dallas donating profits of Sunday burger consumption to charity

Saturday, July 26

• Collin Gouldin of Plano breaks the world record of most strawberries dipped in chocolate in one minute

• Body count rising as bars close on Lower Greenville

• New Market Street opening in Frisco on August 27 to hire 300 people

Thursday, July 24

• Sprouts opens store in Richardson, another coming to Murphy in fall 2008

• Advocate installs webcam to track construction of new Whole Foods Market in Dallas’ Lakewood district

• Gay List Daily’s “diverse” events: July 24-27

Wednesday, July 23

• Renovations underway on the Pyramid Restaurant & Bar at Fairmont Dallas

• Cavalli Pizza in Irving succumbs to obvious and opens on Saturdays after all

• UPDATED: Dallas-based Brinker gets favorable ruling from court on trial regarding meal breaks

• Charlie Palmer in Dallas offering cheap lunches

• Dallas County inmates to be denied ketchup and mayonnaise

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Sheer Bliss ice cream

Tuesday, July 22

• City of Rockwall to set up downtown farmers market

Monday, July 21

• Dali Wine Bar in Dallas’ new Arts Plaza building recycles wine corks

• Tomatoes off the hook, putting the heat on jalapenos

• Dallas’ Lisa Garza makes it to finale of Next Food Network Star, surprise surprise

Saturday, July 19

• Lewisville Western Day festival features Eli Young Band and fourth annual World Tamale Eating Championship

• Riccardi’s Italian restaurant in Quadrangle in Dallas closes

Friday, July 18

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth July 18

Thursday, July 17

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 17-21

• Restaurant Review: Creperie du Chateau

Wednesday, July 16

• Rick Stein’s Steakhouse on Tollway in Dallas closed on Tuesday July 15

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: Blue Bell summer flavors ice cream

Tuesday, July 15

• Branch of faux low-fat chain coming to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport

• Judge OKs trial charging Dallas-based Brinker with skimming tips from Chili’s servers

Monday, July 14

• Balls Hamburgers in University Park to be replaced by Dunkin Donuts

• Memorial for deceased Dallas photographer Tom Jenkins Monday July 14 at MAC

• New smoothie drinks coming to Dallas-area Starbucks on Tuesday July 15

• KRLD announces list for Dallas’ annual Restaurant Week August 11-17

• Two Dallas-area food operations, Market Street and Dessert Dreams of Irving, win national award

Sunday, July 13

• Restaurant Review: Sukhothai II in Denton

Saturday, July 12

• Colleyville restaurant 62 Main closing Saturday July 12

Friday, July 11

• Best Bites: Dining out in Dallas-Fort Worth July 11

• New San Dor, Cantonese restaurant in Plano, closed

Thursday, July 10

• Fort Worth-based Ben E. Keith now distributing Summit Beers in Texas

• Rumored locations of specific Starbucks closing in Dallas area are surfacing

• Gay List Daily’s must-do events: July 11-14

Wednesday, July 9

• Local Hooters franchise Texas Wings sells 45 restaurants for $106 million

• Dallas-based 7-Eleven to give away slurpees on 7-11

• Gay List Daily’s list of Dallas’ top BYOB restaurants

• Nodding Dog coffeehouse in Dallas’ Bishop Arts district appears to have shut down

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area stores: A&W Float

Tuesday, July 8

• Shula’s steakhouse chain opens branch in Fort Worth

• Colorado-based Sunflower Farmers Market opening branch on Henderson Avenue in East Dallas

• Oak Cliff institution still dishing out sno cones

• Spiceman’s F.M. 1410 in Dallas ruminates on chanterelles

Monday, July 7

• Peppers and cilantro now under investigation by the FDA in relation to salmonella outbreak

• Restaurant review: Cafe R&D

• Restaurant Review: L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

Saturday, July 5

• Restaurant review: Woodlands Grill

Friday, July 4

• Bonnell’s restaurant joins Cuisine for Healing

Thursday, July 3

• McKinney to host 13th Annual Killis Melton Ice Cream Crank-off

• Restaurant review: Screen Door in Dallas

Wednesday, July 2

• New product Wednesday, at Dallas-area liquor stores: patriotic Pommery Pop champagne

Tuesday, July 1

• Restaurant Review: Simon’s Sushi