Rob Shearer

Can we have more posts with the phrase "loose meat ground beef sandwiches served on hot buns"? It creates a real mental picture!

You think pulling a temporary TABC permit is hard... try getting a temporary credit card terminal! :)

There were 7 bartenders behind the bar around 10pm, which helped the line quite a bit. We hope to have drinks flowing quickly tonight and we WILL have an ATM machine tonight as well. Plus - Il Cane Rosso, Jacks Chowhound and Nammi will be serving food.

Just FYI... Harris worked the lunch shift today and Dodds is no longer in the kitchen. No waiting until 2012...

Scott - you could sample all of the beers... although I'm not sure it would have been physically possible to sample all of the beers!

@emrgolden... it seems nothing in the restaurant world is ever 100%, but I would bet good money on OddFellows serving coffee and food Thursday. They were doing practice espressos this morning...

Lest we get caught up in a BBQ-gate type controversy... we've added a plug to the wonderful Peg News story on the coffee machine. And we fixed our errant apostrophe.

Thanks, Ms. Gubbins!

We haven't found one we won't embrace... and we've even started a few of our own nutty, crazy trends.

The dates are wrong on this article... should be 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25.

Teresa, I'm hearing from some REAL new urbanists in town that the supporters of this are not actually pushing for form based zoning. Sounds like this may be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

In an effort to 'protect' neighborhoods (which is often code for not allow any positive development or change) these groups are actually going to stand in the way of allowing Dallas to become more walkable, bikable, etc like Portland and other progressive cities.

Wow, dbridges... clearly been watching a little Borat to perfect your use of the 'not'.

The Dog is dead. A friend of mine got one of the overstuffed chairs as a parting gift.

In other news... I tried Bolsa last night and was very impressed. They open for dinner officially tonight (with a rumor of free alcohol all weekend!).

This may be my favorite restaurant review pic ever. Nice work.

Galerie La Vie Boheme will be closing in May as it's owner, Blue McElroy, will be graduating from Booker T. and heading off to college.

The owner of the property has indicated that the zoning will not support a restaurant, but they are actively seeking another retail establishment to take it's place.

Just wanted to let folks know that the new restaurant operator who is in the old Cosmo space has reopened the bar while they work on remodeling the dining room and kitchen.

The bartender from Cosmo has stayed on and the drinks are still excellent.

As for the earlier posts regarding the old Cosmo having been a financial supporter of the Bishop Arts District, it's simply not true. As a property owner in the District and a board member of the merchant association, I can tell you that Stephen didn't do much to foster good relationships with his neighbors.

Either way - we're excited for Matt Spillers and crew to get their new restaurant open and are happy to enjoy the cool vibe of the Cosmo bar in the meantime.

Ahhh, wikipedia to the rescue.

Adam Sandler seems to refer to hoagies and grinders interchangably in his classic 'Lunch Lady Land'.

Yes, the pizza restaurant is the official word. But I don't think it will at all compare with a Pizza Patron. The bar will stay and the menu will change. I trust they'll change those chairs too, but who knows.

Suddenly we're surrounded by a nice selection of Italian oriented eateries... the old standby of Vitto's, the new Cafe Italia and the brand new Oak Cliff Pizza and Pasta, and now the new restaurant filling Cosmo.

Should be interesting!

Can you be west of Bishop when you are actually located on Bishop? Maybe the fanciest dining room west of Hattie's, although I bet Kavala would like to be in that running.

A new family style pizza place will be filling the space that Cosmo's leaves empty. I would expect you to see activity there in less than a week.

I'm wondering if the Piggly Wiggly actually occupied the location prior to La Familia. I'll post again once I've done the research.

The last time I was at Lee Harvey's (Saturday, November 17), Adelman was with Chris Jones, and appeared to be assisting with the videotaping. Makes me question his objectivity in this matter.

I do think it's somewhat encouraging that in addition to the Trinity park project, construction starts on the Woodall Rogers park in Q1 of 2008. There's no question that Dallas is a center for commerce, but adding a little green space around that commerce will be nice.

Thanks Michael. I'll check it out.

Does anyone know if there is any Dallas county historical data on early voting numbers versus election day numbers? Do the early voting numbers usually provide a good indication of how the election will end up?

Solid bar food options (recommend the Toasted Natural, the brisket quesadilla, the hotdog with Zang chili, and the reuben). Great staff. Drink specials Sunday-Tuesday. Always a nice group of folks at The Quinn.

As an Oak Cliff resident, I will say that I see as many 'Vote Yes' signs that are illegally placed on public property as 'Vote No' signs. The one on the banks of the Trinity as you cross the river on Sylvan is the one that really makes me laugh.