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Parents are giving up green card fights to get their kids out of immigrant jail

As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.

Casa Pollastro's Brazilian-Italian Prix Fixe for $30 Is Massive

Casa Pollastro is a new prix fixe four course meal featuring an interesting merger of Brazilian and Italian cuisines.

First Look: The Coffee Side of Carte Blanche on Lowest Greenville

A new restaurant has opened where Mudsmith was previously on Lowest Greenville Avenue. This space, Carte Blanche, is a two-for-one number. There…

New Restaurant Round Up: Tap Out in Downtown and Bar All Day at Eataly

After a year in a holding pattern (mostly, anyway) five months into 2021 and the Dallas restaurant scene is busy with new openings. Which is gre…

Booty's Street Food Peddles Global Bites & Cocktails, Plus a Drag Show Brunch

Booty’s Street Food was created by Kent Roth and Collin Ballard, both avid travelers. They’ve traversed countries, often breaking camp at hostel…

Texas Flood Covered Stevie Ray Vaughan For a Decade. Now They're Really Feeling the Blues.

As a young bluesman, Tommy Katona journeyed to Dallas to learn more about the genre. Last year, things got a whole lot bluer. Katona, now 36, ha…

Once Considered the Shining Star in Trinity Groves, Casa Rubia Closes

Casa Rubia, one of the first restaurants to open in the West Dallas restaurant incubator Trinity Groves, closed its doors after dinner service S…

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?Dancing. Is. Important”: Netflix's EDM Movie XOXO Is a Transcendent Goof

Where were you when you learned that you'd be making your DJ debut at the biggest rave of the year? And that said rave was only eight hours away…