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City of Ate: Food News
11/04/2014 By Scott Reitz
In a week or so, you'll be able to order a pig's foot that's been stuffed with ground pork parts at the Meddlesome Moth. Trotters, as they're called, can be found on a few menus across the...
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City of Ate: 100 Favorite Dishes
09/12/2014 By Scott Reitz
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the...
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City of Ate: Lists
12/30/2013 By Luke Darby
New Year's Eve can be a pain if you're stuck with the wrong crowd. No one can figure out where to go, everyone is whiny about staying in, that one guy gets too drunk again this year and...
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City of Ate: Best Of Dallas
08/16/2013 By Scott Reitz
Beer: It's why we were created. Our parents made us after having too much beer, and they nurtured us so that we could one day grow to love beer as well.
And it's a great time to be a beer...
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Calendar: Highlights
Design District gastropub The Meddlesome Moth (1621 Oak Lawn Ave.) is kicking off spring in an indulgent fashion with Art, Small Bites & Brews: A Night of Pairings. Beer is the star of the...
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City of Ate: Best Of Dallas
12/11/2012 By Scott Reitz
We love to drink here at the Observer. We take no shame in our excessively inebriated stories, and actually work hard to pack as much beer and liquor into every post possible. But as much as...
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City of Ate: Food News
10/09/2012 By Scott Reitz
Shannon Wynne finally got his way. The owner of the Meddlesome Moth wanted Dave McMillan to run his kitchen when he opened the Design District gastro pub in 2010. McMillan was seduced by the...
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City of Ate: Food News
10/08/2012 By Scott Reitz
When Chad Kelley left The Oceanaire Seafood Room in 2009 to open the Meddlesome Moth he was quickly met by a stiff review from Hanna Raskin here at The Observer. I've dined at the restaurant...
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City of Ate: 100 Favorite Dishes
05/04/2012 By Scott Reitz
To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we should try, leave it in the...
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City of Ate: Beer
03/28/2012 By Jesse Hughey
Lots of big beer news happening since I last wrote a post. Sorry for the time away. It's not you, it's me. So rather than inundate you with a bunch of short posts, here are a few quick sips...
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City of Ate: Lists
02/14/2012 By Catherine Downes
Dallas' restaurants will buzz with Valentine's diners tonight, but not every dish is built for impressing a date. As a public service, we've compiled a list of some food items to avoid at...
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City of Ate: Off the Menu
01/24/2012 By Catherine Downes
Over the weekend, Meddlesome Moth featured the above dish, an off-the-menu heap of mouthwatering comfort on a plate: three biscuits smothered with sweet potato mash, topped with fried...
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City of Ate: Beer
01/24/2012 By Jesse Hughey
Beginning with a 5 p.m. tapping today at the Meddlesome Moth, the recently launched Peticolas Brewing Company is off to a strong start, or at least starting out with a strong beer. ...
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City of Ate: Eat This
12/05/2011 By Lauren Drewes Daniels
There's so much goodness happening on this plate it's painful to recount. This brunch item from The Meddlesome Moth has gravy made with a jalapeño puree over creamy peppered grits, while two...
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City of Ate: Beer
11/16/2011 By Jesse Hughey
Midway through the first official Dallas Beer Week, you could say things aren't quite going according to plan. But considering how loosely organized and sporadically publicized the week has...
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City of Ate: Beer
11/10/2011 By Jesse Hughey
Considering that I don't get paid by the word here on City of Ate, there is simply too much going on during Dallas Beer Week to list every event taking place this Saturday through the...
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City of Ate: Best Of Dallas
11/09/2011 By Scott Reitz
Everyone's got the right to make their own decisions when it comes to food choices, so why not take the opportunity to show all your vegetarian friends that you made the right one by eating...
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City of Ate: Beer
11/04/2011 By Jesse Hughey
After the first Houston Beer Week last year, Houstonians Cathy Clark Rascoe and husband Jay Rascoe (aka Guns and Tacos) decided Dallas needed its own week to celebrate craft beer as well, as...
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The Mixmaster: Film and TV
10/25/2011 By Hunter Hauk
Tags: Gay Video & Lesbian Movies, Logo: Fierce TVScene 1: We join last week's Footloose pool party in progress. Stylist/future cartoon character Phillip continues to rage uncontrollably...
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The Mixmaster: Street Style
10/07/2011 By Catherine Downes
Name: Heather Clark, 25
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Location: Meddlesome Moth
Style breakdown: "My shirt is from Anthropologie, tank top is from Target, pants and shoes are from Urban...
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City of Ate: Interviews
05/20/2011 By Jenny Block
In parts one and two of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Chad Kelley, executive chef at Meddlesome Moth, and his thoughts on the national food scene and the Dallas dining...
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City of Ate: Interviews
05/19/2011 By Jenny Block
In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we gave you a look at Chad Kelley, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, who shared his thoughts on the national food scene. In today's second...
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City of Ate: Interviews
05/18/2011 By Jenny Block
The problem with bars with food is bar food. But Chad Kelley, 34, executive chef at the Meddlesome Moth, has fixed that problem with choices like meat pies, mothballs, venison tartare,...
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City of Ate: Beer
04/09/2011 By Jesse Hughey
Good news if you missed the Strong Ale Festival at the Meddlesome Moth on Saturday -- you weren't alone. Which was good news for those of us who actually did go: no lines and no...
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City of Ate: Beer
04/06/2011 By Jesse Hughey
Playing up his audience's Lone Star state of mind, Stone Brewing Co. founder Greg Koch conjured a fire-and-brimstone Baptist evangelizer while doing what can only be described as preaching...
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City of Ate: Beer
04/04/2011 By Jesse Hughey
A peek inside the Meddlesome Moth's formidable walk-in cooler reveals kegs carefully piled on top of each other, carefully placed to maximize efficiency like some oversized game of beer...
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City of Ate: Beer
10/21/2010 By Jesse Hughey
Last night, as part of the three-pub cooperative Avery push we mentioned Monday, the Meddlesome Moth cracked open three kegs from Avery's Demons of Ale series. The three beers in the series...
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City of Ate: Beer
08/11/2010 By Jesse Hughey
India Pale Ales, or IPAs, have become a favorite beer style for craft brewers looking to experiment with flavors. The beers, which originated in Great Britain in the late 18th century for...
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Dining: Reviews
The impeccable design decisions at Meddlesome Moth, the crisp new Oak Lawn beer lounge from Flying Saucer co-founder Shannon Wynne, extend to the restrooms, which are equipped with...
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City of Ate: Beer
06/18/2010 By Jesse Hughey
Speaking of Shannon Wynne and the Meddlesome Moth...Fifteen years and 14 locations after the June 5, 1995, opening of the original Flying Saucer on Sundance Square in Fort Worth, the...
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City of Ate: Beer
06/03/2010 By Jesse Hughey
Thanks to my generous in-laws, Lady Hophead and I headed to the Meddlesome Moth Monday night to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. Her mother and stepdad offered to take us to a much...
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City of Ate: Beer
05/06/2010 By Jesse Hughey
One recent trend in the culinary world, the concept of the "gastro-pub," is a boon for beer lovers. Pubs that focus their efforts on good food tend to serve higher quality beers and wines...
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City of Ate: Openings and Closings
04/30/2010 By Sarah Johnson
Tacos, tacos, tacos. That should be the theme of this month's Revolving Doors. With Rusty Taco finally opening their doors, the Austin-based Torchy's Taco making a move to Dallas this...