Cocktails at Desert Racer

The times are changing, and Oak Cliff resident and restaurateur Nick Badovinus is charging right ahead. Badovinus opened Desert Racer on Lower Greenville in December but shut down in March due to the coronavirus. Now he has turned it into a pop-up outdoor restaurant called Vantina, featuring Baja-style food on the patio.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS is joining the Sooner Athletic Conference. The university created an athletics program in January and will begin competing in basketball, crosscountry and track next year. The school hired former Dallas Mavericks player Josh Howard as coach of the men’s basketball team. Former Plano Senior High School coach Rodney Belcher will helm the women’s team. Coach Kenneth Royal, formerly at Roosevelt and Madison high schools in Dallas, will coach the cross-country and track teams.

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Coming And Going

[–] CEVICHE OYSTER BAR closed its West Davis location after about a year and a half in business there, but the same menu is available at the Reyes family’s other restaurant, La Palapa del Sabor at 118 W. Jefferson Blvd. It’s in the location of Raul Reyes’ bygone restaurant, the upscale Mesa, which closed in August after eight years in business.

[+] A Miami-based gourmet donut shop opened its first location outside of Florida in Bishop Arts recently. THE SALTY DONUT, at 414 W. Davis, is open for takeout and delivery. Most of their donuts start with 24-hour brioche dough and come in flavors such as horchata,

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A Piece Of The Past

Nothing major going on at Bishop Avenue and Seventh Street in 1989. This photo shows what is now Bishop Street Market on the right, the old Hattie’s on the left, and the building where Eno’s is now in the middle of the block. Photo courtesy of the Texas Historical Commission.