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May 2016

May 15

Brew Riot

More than 50 home brewers are expected to compete in the eighth-annual competition, from 4-8 p.m. In order to sample their suds and vote for the people’s choice award, you must first join the Texas Homebrew Society (which costs $25), but the festival is free to attend. Bishop Arts District, Brewriot.com, free-$25

MAY 8

Keep the beat

Labyrinth Walk Coffee House, inside Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, hosts its monthly jazz jam and drum circle at 5 p.m. Bring your own instruments and beer.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff, 3839 W. Kiest, labyrinthwalkcoffeehouse.com, 214.337.2429, free

MAY 14

‘Valley Girl’

“Valley Girl” is, like, totally playing at The Texas Theatre this month. All jokes aside, the show starts at 9 p.m.

The Texas Theatre, 231 West Jefferson, thetexastheatre.com, 214.948.1546

MAY 14

Burlesque

Donna Hood began her career as a burlesque dancer touring with the queen of the art, Dita Von Teese. She’ll take the stage in our neighborhood at 7 p.m. Several other ladies who have garnered burlesque accolades from international festivals will also perform.

The Kessler, 1230 W. Davis, thekessler.org, 214.272.8346, $25-$33

MAY 23

Golf for homeless kids

Spend a day on the golf course, and help homeless youth throughout Dallas. The 18thannual four-person scramble Promise House golf tournament is from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. The day includes 18 holes of golf, lunch and a reception with an awards dinner and a silent auction. Oak Cliff-based Promise House supports homeless and runaway youth.

Bent Tree Country Club, 5201 Westgrove, 214.941.8578, promisehouse.org, $375-$1,500

MAY 28

Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop

Iron & Wine put Sam Beam on the map. Lately the crooner has been pursing a new project. See the fruits of his collaboration with singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop when the duo takes the stage at 8 p.m.

The Kessler, 1230 W. Davis, thekessler.org, 214.272.8346, $30

MAY 30

Bonnie and Clyde

Learn more about our neighborhood’s famous outlaws on this tour of their favorite haunts. Meet up with your guide, author John Neal Phillips, at 9 a.m.

The Hall of State in Fair Park, 3939 Grand, dallashistory.org, 214.421.4500, $45-$55

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May 12

Las Cafeterias

This East Los Angeles-based band brings their Afro-Mexican, Vera Cruz-style dance music to the Kessler for an 8 p.m. show with special guest Gio Chamba and Trippy Cholo.

The Kessler Theater, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $15$25

Cibo Divino

1868 Sylvan

214.653.2426 cibodivinomkt.com

AMBIANCE: MARKET/CAFE

PRICE RANGE: $8-$35

HOURS: 8 A.M.-10 P.M. MONDAY-SUNDAY

Daniele

and Christina Puleo live in Kessler Park. They’ve had other restaurant ventures, but this one is the most personal.

“We have to make it,” Christina says. “We live here.”

The market, restaurant and bar opened a year ago and since then, the Puleos and executive chef/managing partner Ryan Olmos have been tweaking things regularly.

Pizza, baked in a gold-tiled brick oven ordered from Napoli, is the mainstay. There are five pizzas on the menu, including some with rotating seasonal ingredients, and they come out crispy crusted and irresistible. There’s also Daniele’s homemade pasta dishes and, recently added, panini made to order with fresh ingredients. Cibo Divino also now serves Pacciugo gelato.

Perhaps more important though, is the wine. The market carries some 350 labels, from $8-$200. Cibo is one of the few places where customers can buy a bottle of wine at retail price and drink it on site, saving themselves the 50-percent restaurant markup.

That becomes even more significant when one considers that the meat counter sells 44 Farms beef, which typically can be found only in high-end steakhouses. But here, you can buy a steak at retail price, and the chefs at Cibo Divino will cook your steak for free. That’s a $50 restaurant steak for $30.

Charcuterie plates, salads and desserts also are on the menu. And there are imported groceries, including some delightful Italian sauces and dried pasta.

Cibo Divino is family friendly in fair weather as the grassy lawn allows kids to cut loose while grownups hangout nearby.

—Rachel Stone

Cindi’s N.Y. Delicatessen Restaurant & Bakery

Southern style comfort food and New York style deli favorites ready for you every day.

Open 7 days.

One90 Smoked Meats

Offering bbq combo plates, sandwiches, tacos, sides, desserts & a wide variety of locally smoked meats, including Brisket, Bison, Turkey, Chicken, Pork, Salmon, Duck, Lamb & Tenderloins.

Hours: Mon. Closed , Tues.-Sat. 11am-8pm Sun. 11am-5pm

Forgotten recipe: York Street Salad

Some of Dallas’ favorite restaurant recipes can no longer be tasted — their doors have closed and their menus are all but forgotten. Take York Street, a staple of Old East Dallas until 2010 when owner Sharon Hage shuttered the shop for personal reasons after buying it in 2001 (it originally was opened by Mike Shaw in the mid-1980s). The closure was a blow to the local foodie scene; Hage was nominated for five consecutive James Beard Foundation awards for Best Chef Southwest during her time at York Street, when the restaurant was also named by Gourmet magazine as one of the 50 best in the country. So take a bite back in time and try the famed York Street salad, which was so popular that when the restaurant tried to pull it off the menu, people demanded they bring it back.

Dijon

4 egg yolks

1-1/2 cups soy oil

2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

4 tablespoons whole grain mustard

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

Dash garlic powder

Dash onion powder

Dash salt & pepper

In a mixing bowl, separate the egg yolks and add the two mustards. Slowly whisk the soy oil into the egg/mustard mixture until the consistency is creamy (about a minute). Then whisk in half the vinegar, adding the rest according to your taste preference. (Some prefer a tangy vinaigrette, others like it milder.) Then whisk in the other spice, again to taste.

Salad

4 to 5 bunches Frisee (or curly endive)

3 tomatoes, chopped

6 to 8 mushrooms, fresh and thinly sliced

1 cup crumbled blue cheese

12 slices of apple smoked bacon, cooked and crumbled

Red onion sliced in rings

Toss the first five ingredients gently, coating evenly with the vinaigrette. Garnish the top with overlapping onion rings.