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Sri Lankan: “Our curry is better than your curry”

My uber driver was an engineer from Sri Lanka.  After warming up to me, he told me to eat at SpicyZest, the only Sri Lankan restaurant in DFW, and perhaps Texas.  here is a good review from the Observer, and a general one on Sri […]

Yenat Guada – Recommended, but I have a marketing idea

I like Ethiopian food and happen to work quite close to several very good Ethiopian restaurants.  The ingredients are always fresh and the people couldn’t be nicer.  But, my challenge remains eating with the injera.  I’m just not very good at it.  And, even though this may […]

Arif for Ethiopian. Great food, but not the only reason you never see an overweight Ethiopian

Arif was one of our early adventures, and it hit all the criteria – 1) Ethiopian patrons (one who on my first visit had to explain to me how to eat the various selections, which resembled a collection of colorful stews, with injera (a spongy, slightly sour, […]

The restaurant business explained by the numbers. A great read

If you want to invest in a restaurant, open a restaurant, do business with a restaurant or have something interesting to talk about at a restaurant, read this.

Pizza statistics. Interesting, but no recommendations yet

Excerpt from an article about where Pizza is most expensive (and cheapest) in the US: Between 2007 – 2010, a USDA study estimated that 1 in 8 Americans ate some form of pizza on any given day. That number climbs to about 1 in 4 […]

Mexican Street Tacos – El Trompo and Mariachi

I don’t know that street tacos are a separate ethnic cuisine, and I don’t really care. They are unbelievably good, and Dallas has great ones all of a sudden, ranging from upscale to decidedly not. Our favorite, single best street taco in Dallas is the […]