“A Cab and a Slab” No More: Dallas Steps Up Its Wine Reputation Yes, Dallas loves steak. Yes, Dallas loves bold red wines. But lately the city's opened itself to more diverse wine lists and pairings, and these fourteen bars and restaurants are proof. ...
“What a grande dame has,” says Ruthe Winegarten, an Austin writer who specializes in Texas women’s history, “is such a visibility and charisma that when people gather around her, they feel like they’re in the presence of someone majestic.” It is not always easy to decide who is...
For something in between, this tucked-away, subterranean spot off Alberta is both an ultra-cool wine bar with rare bottles and the tasting room of Ovum, an Oregon label with a strong lineup of critically acclaimed white wines. In the warmer months, the upstairs patio becomes Big Salt Bar,...
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wine spritzers, White and Black Russians, and of course, strawberry daquiris. These drinks in turn have propagated an equally disturbing species of bar food known as munchies. I am firmly of the belief that food has no place in a real bar, with the exception of the time-honored peanuts ...
“You can just walk up to people who are driving by and say, ‘So who are you?’ A couple of months ago a couple were driving by looking at a home they’d just bought, and one of the other neighbors and I flagged them down. We had them in for wine, somebody went out and got...
he rarely had a job that lasted longer than three months. He worked as a designer for a company that built airplanes. He worked as an illustrator for a patent company. He was a well-regarded carpenter. He collected wine bottles from the famous Il Sorrento restaurant in Dallas, hoping to ...
the Shamrock’s most-exclusive restaurant. Two violinists had paused to play at their table. Jacques, in a dark suit, was holding a glass of red wine. Candace was wearing a white fur wrap over a dark dress, and her hair was pulled back into a chignon. Etched across her face was a ...
Texas Rose Bar, near La Feria.Photograph by Nick Simonite La Feria Texas Rose Bar Established:1982 Basics:Credit accepted ($10 minimum). Smoking permitted. Drink:Coors Light (draft) and Lone Star (longneck). Sells setups. Some kind of frozen wine concoction. ...
The Chronicle’s grande dame, Maxine Mesinger, deemed the whole story “overdone” even as she reported on Marshall sightings (at Anthony’s, with his nurse and driver) as well as his drinking habits (watered-down wine) and his apparent change of heart over some end-of-summer vacation ...