Chicken Scratch

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OAK CLIFF—Chicken Scratch and neighbor The Foundry will host the first annual Salute to King Creole Crawfish Festival on Saturday, April 13 starting at 4:30 p.m. Expect food including a crawfish boil, oysters and gumbo, a cash bar with drinks provided by Stoli and Peticolas, a Zydeco band and even a tattoo artist. Tickets are $15 or $20 at the door; go here for more info or to purchase....

Frequent testicle eater and all-around culinary adventurer Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods was in DFW filming this weekend and liked what he found at Fort Worth's Revolver Taco Lounge. Do scope out his Twitter feed for more meaty highlights, which included meals at Lockhart Smokehouse, where he enjoyed the beef shoulder clod, Tim Byres' Smoke and Chicken Scratch, and a barbecue...

As the name suggests, Jack’s is a casual place. The restaurant itself is just one part of a larger complex tucked next to a trailer park off of Commerce Street, just down from the Belmont Hotel. The Jack’s spread includes a spacious bar, outdoor seating area, and covered concert stage. The menu is in keeping with the laid-back vibe, sticking mostly to standards that you would eat at a family...

Whoa: Morning News critic Leslie Brenner is reporting that "Tim Byres and his partners at Smoke, Christopher Jeffers and Christopher Zielke, have taken over the Outpost American Tavern in Oak Cliff" as of November 1.

Outpost, of course, is the casual gastropubby concept from Coeval Studio's John Paul Valverde and Miguel Vicens that replaced Campo, which got much love from critics but wasn't...

The name sneakily says it all: fried chicken from scratch. In addition to the perfectly cooked chicken, either skillet fried or rotisseried, Chicken Scratch is especially well known for its physical space. The restaurant is home to a huge, enclosed outdoor space making it perfect for nice days or for kids to run around in. Make sure you try some of their made-from-scratch sauces like the...