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Tuesday, October 25 @ 20:19:20 PDT by Scott |  
I remember passing a couple of barbecue joints back when I stumbled across Walker’s on Malcolm X Boulevard last year. When I finally returned to the area for further exploration, I saw that both (including the one above) were no longer in business. When I stepped into a barber shop nearby to confirm that one of them was closed for good (since there were still furnishings and fixtures inside), I was told that, yes, it was closed, but that Hardeman’s, nearby on Martin Luther King, was better anyway. So that’s where I headed. Also in the Fair Park area is Two Podners, to which I also paid a visit. On to the food...
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No Ifs Ands & Butts.
Saturday, October 22 @ 14:30:59 PDT by Scott | Teresa Gubbins sent an e-mail informing me that the "Temporarily Closed" sign at Ifs Ands & Butts has recently been replaced by a "Permanently Closed" sign. I drove by this morning to confirm the sad fact. The blinds were closed. The sign was as Teresa had described it. And in an envelope on the door were copies of the following letter from Mr. Rousseau...
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No Ifs Ands & Butts?
Friday, October 14 @ 19:53:22 PDT by Scott | 
I dropped by Ifs Ands & Butts recently to pick up a couple of bottles of Jackson Hole Soda Company’s “High Mountain Huckleberry” (highly recommended), and was saddened to see a sign in the window announcing the store’s temporary closure due to an unspecified medical emergency. Ifs Ands & Butts--purveying unique sodas and smokes--is one of Dallas’s more interesting specialty shops. And its owner, Hamilton Rousseau, is one of Dallas’s more interesting shopkeepers--a voluble arm-chair philosopher with a Carolina drawl, alternatively inviting and provoking. Whatever has befallen him, I wish him a speedy recovery. This report on bottled root beers--the majority of which are available nowhere in Dallas except Mr. Rousseau’s shop--is in his honor. On to the beverages...
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You Say It's Your Birthday...
Tuesday, October 04 @ 10:43:55 PDT by Scott | 
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DFW Quest for 'Cue (Part 13)
Thursday, September 29 @ 21:36:23 PDT by Scott | 
I had hoped that Singleton Boulevard would offer as many new barbecue opportunities as South Lancaster had. But a couple of the places that used to operate along there were no longer in business, leaving only Odom’s Barbeque. Since I found myself east of Dallas one afternoon, I’ve also included Mesquite Bar-B-Que, even though it breaks the southward focus. On to the food...
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DFW Quest for 'Cue (Part 12)
Thursday, September 22 @ 19:05:58 PDT by Scott | 
This week’s report takes us farther down South Lancaster to another pair of barbecue joints. The first of the two, TD’s BBQ, is similar in style to the ones described last week--all-wood and African-American owned and operated. The second, Big Bruce’s Bar-B-Que...isn’t. On to the food...
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DFW Quest for 'Cue (Part 11)
Thursday, September 15 @ 22:04:04 PDT by Scott | 
South Lancaster Road appeared to be a fertile stretch for barbecue based on some of my research. And while some of that information proved to be out of date, the conclusion wasn’t far off the mark. A trio of barbecue joints lies along the southbound lanes of Lancaster, with a fourth much farther down. The first two, heading south, were Record’s Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que and Hardeman’s Bar-B-Q. On to the food...
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A Good Weekend for Lemonade
Sunday, September 04 @ 14:17:40 PDT by Scott | 
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DFW Quest for 'Cue (Part 10)
Wednesday, August 31 @ 18:13:33 PDT by Scott | 
I’d heard about Smokey Joe’s from a reliable Chowhound many months ago. After a long (but industrious) delay, I finally headed south to give them a try. On the way, I happened across H&J BBQ. On to the food...
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DFW Quest for 'Cue (Part 9)
Thursday, August 25 @ 22:51:24 PDT by Scott | 
My vacation from Dallas barbecue stretched longer than I’d expected. But hope and duty call, so it’s back to the salt mines. I have limited hopes for great barbecue in the northern suburbs, where gas-pit chains appear to dominate the market. So, for the next little while, I’ll be working my way south. This report takes us to BW’s BBQ and Baby Back Shak. On to the food...
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