Dallas’ insane bulky trash pickup system to end soon
By Rachel Stone The luxury of Dallas’ bulk and brush collection practices will come to an end soon.Currently the city’s sanitation department will pick…
California grocery chain buys Fiesta Mart
Houston-based Fiesta Mart will become part of the largest Hispanic-focused grocery store chain in the United States after its acquisition by the California-based Bodega…
City to fill hundreds of potholes a day after heavy rains
All this rain bores potholes into the already poor Dallas streets. But as long as it’s not raining, the city of Dallas is filling…
Too much historic demolition in Old East Dallas?
Developers tear down old buildings all the time in neighborhoods where multistory condos are coming up like toadstools after a Gulf Coast rain. But…
Ride the 50-mile urban bike trail as soon as 2021
When Dallas voters approved a $1.05-billion bond issue last year, it green-lighted $20 million to help create a bike trail that connects the whole…
Free pie at Norma’s Cafe Tuesday
Jan. 23 is National Pie Day, and that means free pie from Norma’s Cafe. The restaurant offers free slices of chocolate, lemon, coconut, Oreo and…
Dallas Grilled Cheese Co. rolls into Mockingbird Station next month
It was so simple and so appealing that it just worked: A grilled-cheese restaurant. When Dallas Grilled Cheese Co. opened in the Bishop Arts…
Lakewood couple’s Garnish Kitchen offers cooking classes
Garnish Kitchen in Oak Cliff offers $8 gourmet sandwiches for lunch, and dinner is coming soon. But that’s only part of the story. Owners…
Made in East Dallas: Beer adds the backbone to T-Rex Pickles
Where there’s a dill, there’s a way Travis Bush lost his job at a local brewery a few years ago and decided he didn’t…
East Dallas’ Lotts are the patron saints of arts in Oak Cliff
From abandoned church to a game-changer in the Dallas theater world Lola and Todd Lott wanted to give something back to the Dallas arts…
100-year-old pecan tree dies, offers lesson in drought
Workers took down a 100-year-old pecan tree near Samuell Grand Park last week after it died from drought-related causes. Retired historian Alex Troup says…
Police: East Dallas shooter believed dead
The manhunt for a gunman who injured a paramedic and one other person is off. Mayor Mike Rawlings announced during a press conference today that the…