Critic's Guide

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02/24/2011

I may have run into the greatest little diner in America: room for 12, faded and grease stained menu behind counter, guests walk into kitchen to pour their own coffee and bus their own tables, owner hassles each and every regular. Don't know how they evade the health inspector. After five minutes, everybody knows your name. Too bad it's in Rhode Island.

02/19/2011

If you don't have kids or don't like decibel levels that would drown out a 747 never--and I mean never--drop by Elevation Burger for a Saturday lunch.

02/18/2011

Today's Andrew Zimmern gem: "the aroma of burning elephant p**p is fantastic." It would certainly add a distinct element to brisket.

02/17/2011

Fried clams at Sea Breeze Fish Market & Grill in Plano. I'm a very happy man right now.

02/15/2011

Stopped by Il Cane Rosso. Obviously they have service kinks to work out, but the pizza guys are already clicking. The only disappointment: burrata on the menu, but not in the building (yet).

02/12/2011

Just off the phone with Jay Jerrier. His much anticipated Deep Ellum pizza joint opens Monday. Trying to decide which was my favorite comment. It's between "when we announced we were opening in Deep Ellum, I read comments like 'I'm not going down there.' I live way up in Collin County. It's a 30 minute drive" and "The way we make pizza is a pain in the ass."

02/11/2011

The topic of pick up lines came up this evening. Years ago I surveyed women about the worst they'd heard. This one stands out (and be prepared to cringe): "If you are what you eat, I could be you by morning." Can't imagine a more pathetic pick up line.

02/09/2011

This thought occurred while at Mextopia: you can often buiy the same chips and similar salsas, so why do chips and salsa taste better in a restaurant than at home? The same reason cheap pate tastes better in Paris or a pint of Guinness better in Ireland?

02/08/2011

Yeah, The Libertine holds beer dinners every month. But February's is special--the fourth course involves ribeye and poutine. That's right, Canada's contribution to the culinary world...well, besides Tim Horton's. The dinner is scheduled for Feb. 23.

02/06/2011

For those interested in hacking several years off their lives, I ran across perhaps the best fried cheese in the area. Rugby House Pub in Plano slices hunks from whichever cheeses they have in house and batters them like fish in fish and chips. Fantastic and deadly.

02/04/2011

Several people have told me they haven't seen the inside of a restaurant in almost a week (and are also running out of food at home). Wonder if the Super Bowl windfall froze up with the weather...

02/02/2011

I find it both disturbing and amusing when Andrew Zimmern says "those are some tasty looking balls" (about bull testicles--of which he adds "I've never had a pair so fresh"). His "oh how cute! Goat testicles" was equally odd.

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