Posts Tagged ‘hour’
Midori Sushi Experiments
Out by the airport is a plain restaurant that’s full of hits — and misses.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Does sushi have to be served in a fabulous, fancy, downtown restaurant to be good? Midori Sushi’s second location, this one near DFW International Airport (the original is in Irving), can be described as utilitarian. At best....
Che C’è? The Double Hour
You don’t know where this cool Italian thriller is going.KRISTIAN LIN
The Italian film The Double Hour finally secured its release in American movie theaters last year. That’s when the buzz started building among cinephiles in this country about this exceptionally twisty thriller that often lef...
Potiche Power
Even the mighty Catherine Deneuve can’t charm her way out of this French farce.COLIN BOYD
Between them, Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu, the stars of Potiche, have a whopping four wins and 27 nominations for the César Awards, France’s version of the Oscars. In fact, Deneuve’s 11th nomination was for her...
BoomerJack’s Arlington Thrives
Last CallOn the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, I found an Arlington sports bar that offers the alcoholic equivalent of the lost treasure of El Dorado: happy hour … all day … every day. We went to BoomerJack’s Grill and Bar for a l...
Happy St. Stephen’s Day!
Last CallLast year, my favorite boozy companion, Emily, led a group of women in revelry celebrating St. Stephen’s Day. Em, who has more than a bit of Irish in her, told us that in the British isles, Dec. 26 is a day of drinking at eve...
Girls’ Night Gets the O
Last CallMy South Arlington neighborhood is a little short on happy places for happy hour. That’s why I usually end up somewhere in Fort Worth. But on a tip from a buddy, I recently wandered into Little O’s Patio Grill. She lives ne...
T&P Tavern Delivers
Last CallThe last time I went drinking at the T&P Tavern downtown in the historic T&P Railway Station was a little more than a year ago. While the bar was cool, so was the night air –– the tavern sat in an open-air lobby, pr...
All’s Jake at Jake’s
Last CallI was a little amused a month or so ago when In-N-Out Burger announced that they would be opening a location in Fort Worth. I started reading and hearing little bits about an impending burger war, and this kind of cracked me up...
Club Sandwiches
Chow, BabyBeing more interested in the differences among people than the similarities, Chow, Baby is not much into activities that require a membership card — how boring to spend two hours talking about one small thing we have in commo...
Parking Wars
StaticWhen Fort Worth officials ordered up an 1,100-space parking garage near the Will Rogers Memorial Center, they decided it would be paid for via a $5 fee on all the parking lots surrounding the center, year-round. The city negoti...
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