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Medium Rare to close, taking one of Dallas’ best steak deals with it
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (251+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 And now, Medium Rare Dallas is officially closing on Sunday, Sept. 13. Medium Rare came to Dallas only two years ago, but the concept has been well-established since 2011 when it first opened…...
Win 2 tickets to The State Fair of Texas!
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (46+ words) Win 2 tickets to the The State Fair of Texas! Dallas Observer Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 Enter below to win 2 tickets to the The State Fair of Texas! Check back often - our contests change weekly; sometimes…...
Sand Branch near Dallas has no clean drinking water
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (1747+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 This story was originally reported by Lauren Nutall of The 19th. Days after a large grassfire ripped through four acres of land in Sand Branch, Christina Parks is exhausted. “I’m drained physically…...
Take a weekend trip to Missouri's Silver Dollar City for an old-school theme park
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (887+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 North Texas families have more entertainment options than they’ve had in years, so figuring out whether any of them will deliver a day your kids will remember has become more difficult....
'It's a whole new environment': How restaurants can survive the great cutback
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (524+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 Alison McLean for the Dallas Observer If you were ticked off at the small portions and high prices for your last restaurant dinner, or if your most recent takeout meal was…...
'Every camera I can get': Dallas City Council overwhelmingly backs Flock funding
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1111+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 Dallas City Council members overwhelmingly supported maintaining funding for Dallas police Flock cameras at a Wednesday briefing. The council strongly opposed the proposed measure. Only Mayor Pro Tem Jaime Resendez,…...
Cafe camping: How to kill the mood one latte at a time
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1388+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 It’s about 5 p.m., and customers in the new Starbucks on North Hampton Road were unwinding. This cafe, just a few miles west of downtown and adjacent to a new…...
Demolishing City Hall would continue the city's erasure of its civil rights history
1+ week, 4+ day ago (959+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 Historian and author Dr. Michael Phillips, SMU Professor Dr. Rick Halperin and Hadi Jawad, co-founder and president of Human Rights Dallas, submitted the op-ed below on Dallas City Hall’s position…...
August restaurant closures: Deep Ellum, Uptown and Richardson lose longtime staples
1+ week, 5+ day ago (394+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 Courtesy of Lombardi Family Concepts Dallas is going through another growth spurt — or are they growing pains? This month, we lost close to two centuries of our city’s dining history…...
Pizza Testa Space to reopen: Corsaire brings Lake Como vibes
1+ week, 5+ day ago (758+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 The Corsaire buzz has been building for a year. Ever since Jeff Bekavac and Austin Rodgers acquired the old Pizzeria Testa space at 3525 Greenville Avenue, the city’s been chomping at…...