Komodo Dallas permanently closed today, sending texts to guests with upcoming reservations and deleting its Instagram and website. It's a 22,500 sq ft clubstaurant with two floors (and my 2023 review anticipated this outcome). www.dmagazine.com/micropost/ko...

Bought a newly reissued novel, didn't realize it was going to contain perfectly snappy restaurant reviews.

Is there discourse anywhere on the internet about how Gmail's spam filtering ability has collapsed over the last three months?

I joined @reinhart.bsky.social for a couple of these and let me just tell you, as a public service: never eat at The Liam. Borderline unedible stuff www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

what happens when you never go to see Rangers games, but you always go to baseball games while traveling

the New York Times style guide's insistence on saying Mr. or Ms. in front of people's names has never been funnier than when they're doing investigations of "Mr. Epstein"

I can't believe we still call them "lazy Susans"

Some bullet points that I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could our journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs) Good tech. Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales) Bad tech.

I've recently noticed Substack is signing me up for new emails without my consent. It'll just send me stuff that, at the top, says, "Don't recognize this? [name] recently imported your email address." Two this week so far. Ugh.

The James Beard Awards goofed in North Texas, honoring one of two co-chefs at Smoke'N Ash BBQ and omitting an Outstanding Restaurateur candidate's Dallas restaurant. www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

this ISN’T a swingers club? @reinhart.bsky.social

Midnight premiere of Black Dynamite at the River Oaks in Houston. We were all rowdy, and we all fell in love with it at the same time.

what the heck?

"GOLDEE'S BAR-B-Q is a marvel of a book." Many thanks to @reinhart.bsky.social and @dmagazine.bsky.social for this mouth-watering piece, which gives a real glimpse into what makes everything about Goldee's so special, from the food itself to the people and processes behind it!

kinda wish I had a Spotify account so it could tell me that my "listening age" is 92

people have named 50+ worse complaints so far but: They highlighted the amazing "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek"...and GOT THE NAME OF THE MOVIE WRONG.

At the accidental urging of @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social I watched Big Night right before going to Lucia for dinner, and it's my favorite meal I've ever had at Lucia. 10/10 synergy

One of the ironic tragedies of the death of the traditional dining critic is that with restaurant prices what they are now, the public *needs* that kind of objective, informed service journalism more than ever.

From what I’m hearing, prepare for disappointment.

@reinhart.bsky.social Nailed it. Nailed Dallas diners! Nailed Michelin! Nailed El Califa de León! Nailed influencers! www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2...

Instead of ridiculous viral stunts with two-hour lines, why not visit fun new restaurants that are here to stay?

@dszymborski.fangraphs.com heads up, ZiPS thinks Seattle won last night

Aha! I didn't imagine it!

Is angel hair pasta still super uncool, or did someone publish a contrarian "actually, angel hair is great" thinkpiece yet? (not taking sides. real question.)

Pause your news intake to read a review of a very funny, very odd restaurant (one with free prosecco in the ladies' room).

Chicago bartender wisdom: "There's no such thing as a too chaotic breakfast."

Had a satisfying dream that I was in a bookstore with hyper specific section names like Novels With Uniquely Weird Plots, Crafting for Really Clueless Beginners, and British Celebrity Gossip

ChatGPT is taking out billboards suggesting that people use it for legal advice. Yikes!

@reinhart.bsky.social add Cane Rosso to the drink prep fees list, although they didn't do the same for the margaritas.

@gametheory.bsky.social inbox: "Dallas' first Korean Wagyu omakase dining experience, Jo'Seon Wagyu Omakase, will open its doors in fall 2025 at 1628 Oak Lawn Ave...blending Japanese A5 wagyu with Korean beef techniques...an immersive dining concept...large projection screens with AI enhancements"

Finally, I can censor the @fangraphs.com homepage!

Here’s a thread of cheese fries you can get at soccer stadiums in the U.K.

This excellent thread starts out being about food writing but I'm quoting my favorite part. I think this same insight is also true of a lot of other liberal-to-reactionary pipeline issues (e.g. transphobia).

Five favorite black and white movies: The Apartment Double Indemnity High and Low Sullivan's Travels Young Frankenstein next five?? Arsenic and Old Lace Citizen Kane In a Lonely Place Modern Times Philadelphia Story

@garrt.bsky.social dude have you streamed the new CPO album of orchestral music by Elsa Barraine? I might become obsessed

Classic fan-damage here, but this is a situation where even though I don't really care about the Orioles at all I legitimately can't stand Mike Elias. He's not upholding the basic terms of the Being A Baseball Team social contract, and it sure seems like a vanity/ideology thing. What a waste.

So the intrepid @reinhart.bsky.social got to wondering how much the Luka trade tanked the local bar scene in Victory Park, and his calculations arrived at a number: at least 15% of alcohol sales. Read his fine work, then shake your head sadly: www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/...

Keystone 3 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (does it count if 4 of the 5 musicians are new?)

The Stars weren't always Dallas' team. They once had to attract attention by giving away free manure, bootlegging Blockbuster tapes onto the Jumbotron, and bringing a bison onto the rink.

hey did you see this, @jamesbeardawards?

@crulge.urinal.club should I go see this at the Dallas film festival www.gallagherdoc.com

The true story of our favorite smoked meats, as told by the people who make them.

I know this sounds like Mad Libs, but it's a major change at one of Dallas' most beloved and important restaurants. The question is, how much change will it be?

Rental Car

Thoughts and prayers for @reinhart.bsky.social. He tried 38 pastrami sandwiches for this: www.dmagazine.com/guides/a-com...

Resy is calling me out for my mercenary food critic lifestyle

I just did something really stupid. I forgot what day it is and tried to drive down a street with a Total Wine on it

the best Dallas foods of 2024, as determined by the real expert: my cat.

Tie (Breakfast Burger, Alamo Club and White Clam Pizza, Fortunate Son)