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Montlake Cut is Dreamy

Ashli Michelle April 10, 2016 0 Comments
People who hear about chef Nick Badovinus opening a restaurant where John Tesar's Spoon was located, um, probably have massive thoughts of irony smashing through their brains for at least six seconds. No one has the ability to let go of the beef these two chefs have with each other. It was probably super depressing to loads of Dallas food-lovers when Spoon closed...

Zack Saves Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen’s Shady Service

Ashli Michelle March 15, 2016 0 Comments
We always-- I mean always have the worst service during lunch or dinner at this restaurant of complete and total service industry failure. Ironically, the Pappas restaurant group has a reputation of putting their employees through a rigorous training program, which means service standards are there, so what is up with the service soap opera in Dallas? Before last night, the most...

Lakewood Smokehouse

Ashli Michelle March 4, 2016 0 Comments
Lakewood Smokehouse's recently opened restaurant on Abrams Road seems to make tons of people happy or else it wouldn't have been so busy on a Wednesday. We were invited to check out the menu this past week, which meant conquering the quest to find food for Almost Veggie people at none other than a BBQ place. The first area of a menu that almost always wins has a list of sides. This section is...

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Book Will Control Your Life

Ashli Michelle March 1, 2016 0 Comments
After buying The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo, I've been locked in a slow motion tidying trance since January 2nd, 2016. This book is the bomb of all books. Lazy readers can listen to this book of Guinness Book worthiness if actual reading hurts their feelings. Writing about food has been on hold because tidying is controlling my life morning, noon, and night. In the nicest...

The Skellig is a Pub

Ashli Michelle January 23, 2016 0 Comments
After being told we were meeting loads of people at The Skellig for brunch, I quickly asked Google what to expect. Google promised skellig is some kind of rock from the sea. Three extra minutes of deeper detective work uncovered that skelligs are actually a group of rocks near Ireland. Pubs and Ireland go together, so The Skellig is a sensible pub name. This is how I feel, so it must be true....