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Review: Bliss Raw Cafe and Elixir Bar

By Teresa Gubbins | 11 years ago You don’t have to be a vegetarian to love Bliss Raw Cafe, where they transform nuts, bananas, avocado, and the like into “pizza,” “sushi,” or “cream pie.”

4 Great Texas Escapes

By Geraldine Campbell | 11 years ago Not a lot of money to travel? No problem. Get in the car and go to one of these four terrific Texas towns. Your wallet will thank you.

The Little Dallas Museum That Could

By Joan Arbery | 11 years ago How the intersection of business and art—and the Crow’s family collection of jade—led to the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art.

Review: The Chocolate Angel

By Nancy Nichols | 11 years ago Look out, Celebrity Bakery. Here comes The Chocolate Angel, a bakery, cafe, and tearoom where you won’t faint from sticker shock.

Willard Spiegelman and a Red Balloon Burst the Nasher’s Bubble

By Willard Spiegelman | 11 years ago A condo developer and an art museum wrestle over a prime piece of real estate: the wide blue yonder.

A Grape Escape in East Texas

By Nancy Nichols | 11 years ago Who needs Napa Valley? Just two short hours from Dallas lies Kiepersol Estates, a vineyard, winery, bed-and-breakfast, and restaurant, where true Texas wine and Southern hospitality converge for the ultimate weekend getaway.

How a City Boy Learned to Love the Suburbs

By Mike Orren | 11 years ago Pegasus News publisher Mike Orren got himself a sailboat and realized that Lake Ray Hubbard has become the coolest part of Dallas.

Review: Cadot Restaurant

By Nancy Nichols | 11 years ago Veteran chefs Gaspar Stantic and Jean-Marie Cadot try to bring French food back into favor in Dallas.

Eat This Now: Cold Poached Lobster Tail

By D Magazine | 11 years ago

Tim Rogers’ Science Experiment Over Dallas

By Tim Rogers | 11 years ago How a girl named Spider Monkey, an English professor, and D Magazine’s executive editor performed a valuable service to art lovers the world over.

Despite Angst in the Art Community, the Center for the Performing Arts Is Good for Dallas

By Wick Allison | 11 years ago The opening of the performing arts center occurs as the Great Recession hits local art the hardest. I have a suggestion for how to think about it.

Fossil Turns 25 and Celebrates—With Shoes?

By Stephanie Quadri | 11 years ago The watch company that started in a Richardson warehouse adds footwear to its repertoire, completing it as a head-to-toe brand.

How the Defining Buildings of Dallas Were Inspired

By David Hopkins and Paul Milligan | 11 years ago

Q&A With Jason Roberts

By Zac Crain | 11 years ago He started Art Conspiracy, he rebuilt the Texas Theatre, and he fronts the band Happy Bullets. Now he’s trying to bring streetcars back to Oak Cliff

Review: Thai2Go

By Teresa Gubbins | 11 years ago

Review: Urbino Pizza e Pasta

By Teresa Gubbins | 11 years ago Ingredient-wise, this Henderson Avenue newcomer has it nailed: cured meats, wild baby arugula, fresh basil, good-quality cheeses. The shortcoming lies in the crust.

Why Did That Constable Issue a Speeding Ticket?

By Trey Garrison | 11 years ago They’re supposed to serve legal papers, but Dallas County constables can—and, more than ever, do—act just like cops.
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