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Shelby the car guy? Be interesting, wouldn't it?

Larry Lavine was the founder of Chili's.

You notice that the restaurant chains Larry Lavine has started that succeeded are all touted, but none on the would-be chains that failed? By my guesstimate, he's probably batting 50-50, pretty good in the restaurant biz.

How cool. Scene named itself after the old DMN Sunday magazine. I used to work on that rag and still have some business cards and personalized Scene stationery. Do you think they will get me a good table?

Parties must be popular in Grapevine, too.

Yawn. And do you guys ever think about giving addresses, hours with your review. Or is that too much fine print for you lawyer typesP

Come to think of it, there are a lot of big and little old guys out there, too.

I resent that little old lady comment. There are a lot of big old ladies out there. Why don't you pick on them/

tg: at the heart of this item is restaurants refusal to pay a living wage to servers and other employees. heck, half of our businesses today refuse to pay a living wage. down to bosses and owners and other greedy pigs.

I can.t believe TG is pushing something from *$$$!

I'm not an attorney after all, but think you were looking for "smoky" flavor in those ribs, not expecting essence of Smokey the Bear. But what do spelling, grammar, food smarts, and so on have to do with restaurant reviews? All you gotta do is be funny. ha ha.

Scott, My apologies. I just fell off a crawfish truck from Louisiana, so I guess I got the name wrong. Anyway, it was a mighty fine series you did on those chocolate people. If the N.O. Picky-une had done it, they would be nominating themselves for a Pulitzer. Have you thought of taking it further? Isn't it stuff for a New Yorker Piece? Or a Michael Moore movie? I can see either. Or a 60 Minutes segment. You did too much work, and it galls me that these people go on selling their overpriced, misleadingly described chocolate and opening new places.

Sorry if that last comment offended anyone, including Twisted Dog. But have any of you been following the Eats blog? They make it damn hard to get a word in -- although Kirk's great chocolate expose is getting got a nice plug this past week.

That spaghetti ice sounds like a fairy tale. Tell me how you could press ice cream thru any kind of a mold, grater, whatever, without it melting on you faster that twisted dog could spot on a fire plug. Besides, Dallasites don't have to go halfway to Oklahoma for eastern European food. Try the Euro Deli at Forest and Central.

How does Urban Taco compare in price and variety to La Paloma? You should be partial to the latter, by the way, because it started in your neghborhood.

Erin, The biscuits and gravy were free? You must of had them at a press party? Hasn't Teresa taught you that you can't judge a restaurant by how good the food and service is then? Or maybe you just wanted to pat yourself on the back for being among the in-crowd that got invited.

Someone said you also write for D Magazine, Teresa. Is Tim Rogers really as smarmy and sophomoric as he sounds on the FrontBurner blog?

This late-night interview with the sex authoress has to be a new low -- after sharing all his childhood snapshots! Gee, who cares what he looked like at 10 or 12 or 17?