- Please don’t sue me for using your cover art.
I’m stuck at home in my little glass house. I see a few pebbles on the floor and I think I will toss them.
I just scanned through the Dallas Observer’s 2009 Best of Dallas® Food list. It reminds me of that Who song. What is it, Kirk? Something about the new boss and the old boss? YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Bomp, bomp, bomp. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Dave Fairies, I have a quick question: Does the Observer repeat “Bests” if, when the next year rolls around, no one else fills the category as “Better®?” (That’s mine, dude.) This is a serious question and I ask it because I have to deal with the beast of ‘Bests” and understand the difficulty at uncovering them. So, Mr. Fairies, do you roll over “Bests” from year to year by moving them into different categories or because they are the “Best” of their original category? Let’s go through the list together and see. Jump with me. It’s not far.
Cindi’s New York Deli: 2008 Best Breakfast; 2009 Best Chicken and Dumplings
Fogo de Chao: 2008 Best Churrascaria; 2009 Best Meaty Experience
Yumi to Go: 2008 Best Home Delivery; 2009 Best Bird’s Eye View (seriously?)
Jimmy’s Food Store: 2008 Best Spicy Sausage Sandwich; 2009 Best Italian Grocery (me=guilty)
Royal Thai: 2008 Best Thai Restaurant; 2009 Best Thai Restaurant (Ding! Could answer my question)
Best Seafood: 2008 Fish City Grill; 2009 Dallas Seafood Market (seriously?)
Alligator Café: 2008 Best Cajun Restaurant; 2009 Best Cajun Restaurant (Ding! Ding! Could answer my question.)
Afghan Grill: 2008 Best Middle Eastern Restaurant; 2009 Best Middle Eastern Restaurant (Ding! Ding! Ding! That’s three which officially makes anything a Trend. One more match makes it Truth.)
Garden Café: 2008 Best Local Food Movement Restaurant; 2009 Best Homegrown Experience
Roti Grill: 2008 Best Fast-Casual Indian Restaurant; 2009 Best Indian Food (Yow. Zah.)
Mai’s Vietnamese Restaurant: 2008 Best Vietnamese Restaurant; 2009 Best Vietnamese Restaurant DING, DING, DING! Ding! TRUTH!
Fair enough, Fairies! I commend your consistency. I will now pick up my guitar and play.
(But Sprinkles? Really? That is sooo D Magazine.)
