2012 June Oak Cliff

JUNE 2012

Concerts at the Arboretum

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Concerts begin at 7:30 pm. Advanced tickets required. Enjoy magnificently illuminated sculptures and DFW’s best bands.

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Rolling Stones Tribute

Kessler Collins

4 Way Street

Crosby Stills Nash

Young Tribute Band

Petty Theft

Tom Petty Tribute Band

Sendero Business

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Moving Colors

Variety

Key West Jimmy Buffet Tribute

Junior Friends of the Arboretum

Frontiers

Journey Tribute

Professor D Variety

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The dreaded ques T ion

A wrong answer can bring a strong man to his knees

I’ve been married long enough to know that when my wife asks certain questions, I can’t answer her honestly.

I want to be truthful, of course, but there are times in every relationship when an incomplete answer is much better — much safer — than the truth.

You probably know what I’m talking about when I tell you that there is simply no correct answer for this question: “Does this outfit make me look fat?” There’s even a TV commercial on the subject. And while on TV it’s a make-believe situation between two actors, in truth, the question is straight out of one of those reality TV shows.

Though it seems logical that the get-outof-jail-free answer would be: “No, that outfit doesn’t make you look fat,” there’s more to this risky gambit than meets the eye.

The path of least resistance obviously is the one that generates the fewest followup questions, but if I deliver even a correct answer too quickly, I’m likely to hear: “You didn’t even look to see what I’m wearing!”

And if I deliver the correct answer with too much deliberation, I’ll hear: “Why did you take so long to decide? It DOES make me look fat, doesn’t it?” followed by a considerable amount of mirror-gazing and consternation.

Either way, the discussion continues, and as it does, the situation grows more and more perilous.

I can offer up the tried-and-true “Everything you wear makes you look beautiful,” but I’ve learned that’s a hard line to deliver sincerely under pressure, particularly if the dress or top or pants or shoes or jewelry or makeup in question don’t immedi-

ately conjure the word “beautiful.”

Or I can try the “turn around and let me take another look” approach, which makes me appear focused on the issue at hand while also generating precious additional seconds to consider my options.

The goal, I’ve found, is to maneuver things to the ultimate sweet spot comment from her: “You know, I’m only wearing this because I want to look good for you.”

At that point, the smart money says to grab her lovingly, hold her close and whisper sweet things into her ear. If done properly and convincingly, the situation will be disarmed, and it will be safe to return to watching sports on television.

But deliver it with even the slightest waver of authenticity, or be caught glancing at the game score while giving a consoling neck rub, and I’m likely back on the path to another series of questions, beginning with the more direct: “You haven’t been listening to anything I’ve been saying, have you?”

Which, if I actually have been listening, leads to an attempt to circle back around to how great the shoes or top or pants or jewelry or whatever looks on her.

And if the blank look in my eyes proves I actually haven’t been listening (and I am only supposing here because this scenario has never happened to me), and if I don’t answer quickly enough or with enough conviction about how lovely she and her accessories really are, all of this leads to the only thing more dreaded than the question.

That would be “The Look,” which will be accompanied by another series of questions between which there is no time provided to answer because, it would appear, I’ve already said and done enough.

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ZANG TRIANGLE

Zang triangle: Preservation or discount beer and wine store?

When a 1929 Humble Service Station at Zang and Beckley was about to be bulldozed, Michael Amonett — a third-generation Oak Cliff resident, past president of the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League and dedicated preservationist — took to oakcliff.advocatemag.com to give all kinds of reasons why the building should be left standing.

one of only two in the state of

is ridden with asbestos and must come down. Asbestos became prominent in construction in the ’60s through the ’80s; it was not used in construction in the 1920s.

and Jonathon’s have created yet another popular space to allow others to see a different view of Oak Cliff and all the things we are proud of. Why then would we want to infect one of these successful nodes with a cheap beerand-wine store?

the Lee Harvey Oswald rooming house. In 2013, we will commemorate the businesses in 1920s structures across Beckley, or the Payless Beer and Wine store?

because most other areas of town no longer have any. We should hold out for real economic development, whether it comes in the form of new quality construction or the historic repurposing we are known for.

At press time, the fate of the Humble service station was still uncertain. oakcliff.advocatemag.com and search Humble

The Humble service station, at Zang and Beckley, could become a beer store.

Robotic precision gave Billy a new reason to celebrate.

Billy’s friends and family wouldn’t dream of missing one of his legendary craw sh boils. ey’ve become a neighborhood legacy. So when prostate cancer threatened to put the 66-year-old’s cookouts on the back burner, Billy con dently turned to Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Using sophisticated robotic technology, his expertly trained surgeon was able to remove the cancer. e minimally invasive procedure provided more precision, less discomfort, and a faster recovery – a recipe Billy could appreciate. e craw sh king resumed his role in short order and has been heating things up ever since.

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community | events | food

Danny Fulgencio

Q&A: Manny Rodriguez

Many of the pretty pictures in advertising for Sam’s, Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney are made in a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in the design district. This is the headquarters for Manny Rodriguez, who is one of the top commercial photographers in Dallas. Rodriguez was born in Cuba, raised in Miami and moved to Dallas in ’94. He and his wife, Vanessa Semifero, have lived near Kidd Springs Park for 10 years. Rodriguez, who turned pro as a teenager, specializes in food photography and home fashions. He recently sat down with us to talk about life, photography and his plans for an Oak Cliff studio.

How did you get into photography?

I bought my first camera, a Canon FTB, for $379. It was a 50-mm with F/1.2 lens, case and three rolls of Kodak film with processing. I was 18, and I had literally never taken a picture before. I read the manual and just fell in love with the idea of processing and printing and all that. Then I got my first assistant job at 19. They called me in on a Saturday, after waiting for three months. My first day on the job was Sunday, and I worked for 21 days straight. I knew that’s what I wanted to do right out of high school. I remember a Sunday morning taking a picture of downtown Miami, and I said to myself, “I have to make this a career.”

So you’re self-taught?

Well, I took a lot of workshops. I took a workshop in Winona, Ind., on commercial photography. And reading the entire 21-volume Kodak encyclopedia people ignore the manual, but they’re a course in photography. If you buy a camera and read the manual, you will learn a lot about photography.

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Tell us a little about what you do. You’re a food photographer?

In the last five or six years, I’ve been getting tons of food. I haven’t always been a food shooter. I’ve always been a home fashions type of shooter. We’ve been doing the Neiman Marcus holiday book, all food-oriented, since ’98. That was one of my biggest food clients. But I shoot a lot of food for Sam’s Club. We do the in-store signs for the meat and produce departments. It’s kind of cool to see that in the stores.

Are there a lot of tricks to food photography?

Fifteen years ago, yes. Today, the trend for a long time has been to make it look as real as possible. You have to have very skilled food stylists who know how food should look. They have to know how to cook and prepare it well and make it look pretty.

How did you get into shooting home fashions?

I had a mom who was very much into decorating and doing things around the house. She taught me from a very young age to hang drapes, move the furniture around, find the right artwork. She always had me involved. It wasn’t that my mom had great taste, but she always had me involved. She was also a seamstress.

Do you have any advice for young photographers?

Shoot a lot. I don’t think they shoot enough. They go to school and do the assignments. Nowadays, you have to have a passion for photography because if you don’t, you’re not going to make it. There are too many good photographers out there. You have to shoot, shoot, shoot and discover what you’re good at. Clients want someone who can bring something to the table. If you don’t have an opinion, and you don’t have a passion, they’ll never call you again.

This seems like a fun place to work.

I think we give our clients very high-quality pictures. They like to be here. It’s a drama-free environment where we come to have fun. It’s not like they’re coming to work. It’s like being at home. In Cuba, we say, ‘Love enters through the kitchen.’ It’s kind of the same way in the studio. Feed people, give them something to drink, have some good music for your soundtrack, and life is good.

I heard you have plans for a new studio in Oak Cliff. We moved here in 2004, and we went from about 2,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet. That has allowed us to attract bigger clients, but we don’t use most of this space. So we are working on buying the yellow brick house behind the Belmont, and we want to build a modern barn-style studio behind it, attached by a corridor. We are working on that.

—Rachel Stone

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Small ways that you can make a big difference for nonprofits

Support the arts

The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts celebrates the 100th anniversary of Turner House this year. Become a fine arts society member and enjoy discounts and invitations to exclusive events. Individual memberships start at $35. 401 N. Rosemont, 214.946.1670, turnerhouse.org

Support women’s health

Methodist hospital and pastor Sheron Patterson are working together to provide free mammograms to women in certain Dallas zip codes. Patterson, who is a breast cancer survivor, launched her “Year of Living and Giving” campaign last month. She estimates it will cost about $200,000 to provide the free medical exams. To donate, visit drsheron. com or methodisthealthsystem.org.

Support the performing arts

The nonprofit Bishop Arts Theater Center presents a lecture from “dance divas” Silvia Lozano and Peggy Baker at 7 p.m. June 28. Baker teaches dance at schools including Juilliard and the School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Lozano founded Ballet Folclorico Nacional de Mexico Aztlan in 1966. Bishop Arts Theater Center, 215 S. Tyler, 214.948.0716, tecotheater.org, $15

Know of ways that neighbors can spend time, attend an event, or purchase or donate something to benefit a neighborhood nonprofit? Email your suggestion to launch@advocatemag.com.

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The Pet Granny Way is to listen and respect the rhythms of your furry family members.We are like a member of the family. We offer the following services: Vacations or daily visits, including morning, afternoon and evening times; play time, electronic journals, medication administering, overnight options, waste removal, hospice care and much more. All done with the spirit of family.

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In home pet sitting is customized care for your pets. Why should I use an in-home pet sitter, rather than a professional kennel?

With visits from The Pet Granny, your pets are able to maintain their normal comfortable routines.

I work long hours and feel guilty about leaving my dog alone all day. Can you help?

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The people I work with don’t just own a pet, their pets are their kids; and I understand that. So to keep pet parents involved, I use my iPhone to send pictures, videos, and texts each time I visit.

farming as art

Most restaurants get their produce from delivery trucks that back up to their kitchen doors. A few procure veggies from a 1985 Mercedes sedan packed to the windows with lettuce. That would be one of Cynthia Mulcahy’s delivery methods. The Oak Cliff resident owns Mulcahy Farms with her husband, Robert Hamilton, and they sell organic produce and plants to neighborhood restaurants, including Bolsa and Smoke. They have a family farm near Glenrose, where they grow greens, beets, beans and other veggies. And their backyard gardens on Haines Avenue produce figs, sunflowers and succulents. Mulcahy, a curator and art dealer, is one of a few local growers in Oak Cliff, and last month, she and Hamilton brought farming as art to our neighborhood. Seventeen Hundred Seeds is an art installation on West Davis at Van Buren. Mulcahy, Hamilton and crew tilled the field and planted 1,760 sunflower seeds in rows. The art of it is in bringing the community together, sparking ideas and conversations. Some of the neighborhood kids, for example, had never seen a tractor at work before, Mulcahy says. She likens work on the installation — weeding, watering, tilling — to theater, and people are always curious about it. They ask questions, or they tell stories about their grandpa’s farm. “I had a gallery for 14 years,” she says. “People do not walk into your gallery and ask you these questions. Ever. If you put something in the community like that, people are more likely to get it.” Mulcahy and Oak Cliff neighbor Leila Grothe are the ones who received a Warhol grant to put on a free public square dance at the Trinity River Audubon Center last year. That was community building as art, and it shares concepts with Seventeen Hundred Seeds. “This is going to create a space where the community can get together,” she says. “Before, it was just an empty space.” Aside from that, it turns out that sunflowers can cleanse soil. They’re often planted near the sites of nuclear disasters, such as Chernobyl. Seventeen Hundred Seeds is on the site of a former plating company, and after that closed, the Environmental Protection Agency had to clean up the site. Sunflower season runs through November. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Out & About

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JUNE 7 AND 21

Barefoot at the Belmont

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June 14–17

Oak Cliff Film Festival

The inaugural Oak Cliff Film Festival will showcase “brave and independent filmmaking of all stripes.” Held throughout the community in the historic Texas Theatre, the Kessler Theater, the Bishop Arts “TeCo” Theater and the Belmont Hotel, the festival will also highlight neighborhood restaurants and bars. A sampling of the festival includes a screening of“Love and a .45” with the cast and crew, an outdoor screening of Wes Anderson’s“Fantastic Mr. Fox” at the Dallas Zoo, and a filmmaking workshop at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center with Bradley Beesley. $5 from each badge sold goes to the North Texas Food Bank. filmoakcliff.com, $10 individual at the door, $95 film pass badge, $175 VIP producers badge

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Architecture at risk

Diego Garcia performs June 7, and Tim Delaughter of the Polyphonic Spree performs June 21. Doors open at 7 p.m. Belmont Hotel, 901 Fort Worth, 214.393.2300, belmontdallas.com, $25

JUNE 9

Prom gala with Brave Combo

Promise House presents the “Prom Squared” fundraiser benefitting homeless, runaway and at-risk teens. No date or fancy dress required; this one is all fun. The event features a performance from Brave Combo.

The Kessler, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $35–$100

The Old Oak Cliff Conservation League reveals its 2012 architecture at-risk list at the June general meeting. This year’s list includes the Humble Oil service station at Zang and Beckley. The league also will award its 2012 neighborhood grants at this meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. Turner House, 401 N. Rosemont, ooccl.org, free

JUNE 23

Marbling paper and fabric

From 11 a.m.–2 p.m., students will learn the ancient technique of marbling. Used to embellish paper and fabric, marbling creates swirls of color. Each student will receive a marbling kit as well as instruction and an opportunity to create marbled papers and patterns.

Oil and Cotton, 837 W. 7th, 214.988.9189, oilandcotton.com, $75

June 2

Monkey see, monkey do

The inaugural “Kid To Do” at the Dallas Zoo will feature an evening of kidfriendly food and fun from 6–9 p.m. Award-winning children’s singer Eddie Coker performs, while children jump from giraffe feedings to bounce houses, bird shows, face painting and more. Dallas Zoo, 650 S. R.L. Thornton, 469.554.7500, dallaszoo.com, $60 (2 and younger free)

June 29

Billy Joe Shaver

Outlaw country artist Billy Joe Shaver describes his music as “just little poems about my life.” This Texas Music Hall of Fame inductee is known for his heartfelt performances. Doors open 7:30 p.m. The Kessler, 1230 W. Davis, 214.272.8346, thekessler.org, $17–$37.50

Baylor University Medical Center

Thanks to the quality care we provide to our patients, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas has been named one of the top 100 hospitals in the United States by Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses. The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals ® study evaluates the performance of almost 3,000 hospitals in 10 areas, including patient satisfaction, patient safety and dedication to following quality standards of care. We are proud of this award, and very grateful for the opportunity to provide quality health care to our community.

For a physician referral or for more information, call 1.800.4BAYLOR or visit us online at BaylorHealth.com/Dallas

Delicious Cocktails

For one of the best views of Downtown, it’s hard to find anything better than Bar Belmont at the historic Belmont Hotel — and the cocktails make it that much better. The flowery Liz Taylor is a crowd favorite, mixing champagne and crème de violette. The house specialty is the Belmontini, which combines vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and champagne. Try to grab the seat at the far north end of the patio for an unobstructed view of the skyline. —emily toman

Bar Belmont

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The house cocktail list has several summery treats, including the ginger lemon drop with citrus vodka, fresh fruit and ginger puree.

324 W. seventh

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2 Texas Theatre bar

The lounge area of the historic Texas Theatre is open even to those not on their way into a movie screening. Try one of the movie-themed cocktails like the Charlie Chaplin Gold Rush with Buffalo Trace bourbon, lemon juice and Texas honey.

231 W. Jefferson

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Known for its crafty cocktails with surprising flavor combinations, the expansive menu includes the fizzy Weekend in Rio with Veev acai spirit, basil, honey, grapefruit and champagne.

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the pink stuff

Cline Mouvèdre rosé ($12) California

Welcome to the 10th annual Advocate rosé column, where — despite the changes in the wine business over the past decade and even though the wine wise guys insist that rising prices are just around the corner — you can still buy a pretty good rosé for $10.

In this, rosé is close to the perfect cheap wine. It’s fresh and easy to drink, pairs with almost any kind of food, and its style means that it’s easier to make well than cheap red wines. What else do you need to know about rosé?

pink wines made with red grapes, and they they pink? Because the red grape skins left in the fermenting grape juice just long enough to color wine (which is how all wine gets its color, actually).

Rosés be served chilled, and if you put an ice cube in, no one

Look for 2011, and be careful with anydated before 2010. Rosés are not made to age, and go bad should you drink? The Yalumba ($10) is an Ausrosé with flavors of mango and lemon, believe it not, and just 11.5 percent alcohol. It’s as close to a World rosé as you’re going to find. The Mouvèdre ($12) is one of the best California I’ve tasted in years, bone dry and not much (maybe some cranberry) and a longish mineral more French in style than Californian. The ($10) is one of my all-time favorites, made one of Italy’s great producers, with strawberry soft elegance.

—Jeff

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Why don’t Americans drink more rosé?

Siegel

o reasons: The y con f use it with t e zinfandel , and think it’s sweet. th e y d on’t t h in k it’s rea l wine, m ethin g inferior to a red wine. It iff erent, o f course, but it’s su pe d to be — bri g ht fruit and no ni n s.

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with your wine mushroom and ham soufflé

Soufflés befuddle most of us, even though they’re just a fancy version of a baked omelet. This is made without fancy equipment. But if the directions still seem intimidating, just sauté the vegetables, mix with the eggs, and bake in a 375° oven for 20-30 minutes until the eggs set. Any rosé is a wonderful match with this.

GROCERY LIST

3 egg yolks, 5 egg whites

4 oz chopped ham

1 c sliced mushrooms

1/2 c fresh bread crumbs

1/2 c grated parmesan cheese

3 Tbsp all-purpose flour

2 Tbsp canola oil

1 1/2 c chicken or vegetable stock

salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. Sauté the mushrooms in olive oil. When soft, remove from pan and set aside.

2. Use butter to grease the sides of a 6-cup gratin dish that is about 1 1/2 inches deep. Mix the bread crumbs and 3 tablespoons of the parmesan, and use half of the mixture to coat the sides and bottom of the gratin dish. Shake out the excess.

3. Heat the canola oil in the sauté pan and then add the flour. Mix with a whisk over medium to high heat for a minute or so, and then add the stock and salt and pepper. Keep whisking until the mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat and add the egg yolks, whisking well. Mix in the mushrooms and ham.

4. In a mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until they are firm but still soft. Fold the egg whites into the sauce mixture, along with the remaining 5 tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Pour this mixture into the prepared gratin dish, and sprinkle the top with the remaining bread crumb mixture,

5. Bake in a 375° oven for 30-35 minutes, until the soufflé is puffy and brown. It should be set inside, but still a little moist. Spoon onto plates, and serve immediately. Serves four, takes about 45 minutes

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These dishes from neighborhood restaurants aren’t on the menu. You just have to know.

story by rachel stone

photos by Danny Fulgencio, elliott Muñoz anD can türkyilMaz

Only so much ink will fit in print. Ask any graphic designer. That’s one reason almost every restaurant serves a dish or two that is not on the menu. Some are famous. Others are the result of cravings, hangovers and happy accidents. Even though one or two might annoy the cook or waiter, these off-the-menu dishes keep customers smiling.

chicken & waFFles at Hattie’s

Hattie’s

418 N. Bishop, 214.942.7400, hatties.com

A Southern-style brunch at Hattie’s is a good way to set the mood for a happy Sunday. One dish that’s always available at brunch but is never on the menu: chicken & waffles.

415 W. 12th

214.941.4304

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Whole grilled catfish is on the menu, but mojarra entera a la parilla, whole grilled tilapia, is not. Another off-the-menu gem is ostiones preparados, oysters on the half shell with pico de gallo and avocado atop each.

610 W. Jefferson

214.946.4238

Milanesa, the Tex-Mex version of chicken-fried steak, is on the menu at El Ranchito as an entrée. But if you ever meet the hangover genius who first ordered milanesa tacos, which are not, buy him or her a corona-rita (grande frozen margarita with a wee Corona upended in it).

Eno’s

407 N. Bishop

214.943.9200

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The meatball sub is so popular it doesn’t need to be on the menu.

Inforzato’s

244 W. Davis

214.943.2233

This little Italian restaurant, the former Hula Hotties, is known for its friendly atmosphere and co-owner Jill Inforzato’s imaginative recipes. She says a regular customer loved the fourcheese sauce she uses in macaroni and cheese so much that he asked her to put it on a pizza. Et voila, mac-and-cheese pizza. It runs as a special now and then, but it’s available any time. Another offthe-menu gem: shrimp Lombardo with peas, artichokes and sundried tomatoes in a lemon-cream sauce.

Gonzalez

367 W. Jefferson

214.946.5333

gonzalezrestaurant.com

This Tex-Mex institution is famous for its big, fluffy flour tortillas, and they always have the Rangers game on. Chips come with a warm salsa that is tasty, but Gonzalez also serves a cold salsa upon request.

Veracruz Café

408 N. Bishop 214.948.4746

veracruzcafedallas.com

Veracruz also has an off-the-menu salsa: chipotle, jalapeño, black pepper and mayonnaise.

El Padrino

330 W. Davis

214.943.8888

On certain dry-throat, fuzzy-head, queasy mornings, a body needs more carbs than a mere taco can provide. If that happens to you, try ordering the Mexican biscuit at this Bishop Arts taco stand. It comes with any egg combination (we like egg and chorizo or huevos rancheros) with cheese and green tomatillo salsa. “It’s very delicious and sure will cure a hangover,” says coowner Juan Contreras.

Former WNBA great Nancy Lieberman visited the North Texas Food Bank in Oak Cliff in April to promote Serving U, a corporate teambuilding program that challenges participants to work together, solve problems and build communication skills by volunteering at the food bank. Representatives from American Airlines and Neiman Marcus volunteered on the warehouse floor.

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Neighborhood resident Joel Ferrell has been promoted to associate artistic director of the Dallas Theater Center. He will be the lead producer of DTC’s main stage productions, working closely with crews throughout the process. Ferrell began as a freelancer for the theater center in the late ’90s and joined the full-time staff in 2009. He lives near Kidd Springs Park.

volunteer

The Dallas Zoo accepts adult and youth volunteers throughout the summer. The work includes behind-the-scenes tasks such as animal care along with helping spread the message of conservation. Contact Amy Glover at 469.554.7450 or amy.glover@dallaszoo.com.

The Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, which runs arts events at the historic Turner House, needs volunteers to help with various jobs involving fundraising, restoration and general operations such as event schedulers, website maintenance, grant writing, landscape design and more. Call 214.946.1670 or email info@ turnerhouse.org.

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Bolsa Mercado

634 W. Davis

214.942.0451

bolsadallas.com

Bolsa Mercado serves several delicious sandwiches, but only one is vegetarian: the pimento cheese on sourdough. Not every veggie head wants that, so the staff came up with a concoction for their healthconscious friends. It’s a sandwich with sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, layered with cheese, micro greens and pickles. Although they can make it any time, if you order it, be patient. Most likely, the busy staff will have to stop and lovingly slice that cuke just for you.

Campo Modern Country Bistro

1115 N. Beckley

214.946.1308

campodallas.com

The menu at this foodie hotspot changes with the seasons and ingredients available, but chorizo with a poached egg and roasted potatoes is an off-the-menu staple.

Jonathon’s

1111 N. Beckley

214.946.2221

jonathonsoakcliff.com

“The nooner” is a sometime special that is available all the time. Food critics love it, and we can see why. It’s a burger with ham, Swiss cheese, tomato, bacon, American cheese, a fried egg and mayo.

FOOD

DONUT BACON

Ever since the legendary Voodoo Donuts of Portland, Ore., mushed a crisp slice of BACON into the thick maple frosting of a warm DONUT, BACON DONUTS have been part of food culture. And why didn’t we think of this sooner? It is a tad shameful the McGriddle was invented so many years before the BACON DONUT became a thing. In a half-serious effort to determine whose deliciousness reigns supreme, we pitted the DONUT against BACON, in a virtual battle of dough and pork.

Lone Star Donuts Smoke

Donut: Lone Star Donuts is an Oak Cliff institution, but it doesn’t back away from a trend. At this little throwback donut factory on Beckley, you can order a bacon donut. 1727 N. Beckley, 214.946.2185

Bacon: Smoke put Oak Cliff on the map, in a way. Smoke and chef Tim Byres are media darlings. Food critics love them, and it’s in no small part due to the thickcut pork belly bacon, lovingly smoked and cured onsite. 901 Fort Worth Ave, 214.393.4141, smokerestaurant.com

Oddfellows Dude Sweet Chocolate

Donut: Among its many drool-worthy offerings, Oddfellows serves those big beignets that get powdered sugar everywhere, like in New Orleans. Hooray for fancy donuts! 316 W. Seventh, 214.944.5958, oddfellowsdallas.com

Vera’s

Matador

Donut: Vera’s doesn’t sell donuts, exactly, but they do have probably the best churros in the Western Hemisphere. And that’s fried dough, so we’re counting it. 932 W. Davis, 214.943.2167

Southern Maid Norma’s

Donut: The owners of Southern Maid renovated a former tire shop and transformed it into a retro diner. Not only did they improve their Kings Highway corner, they also brought hot donuts to the ’hood. Oh, and they also have bacon. 937 W. Davis, 214.941.4046

Bacon: Norma’s is an oldschool diner known for its milehigh meringue pies and serving hundreds of free meals on Thanksgiving. The meat-lovers omelet comes with bacon, ham, sausage and cheddar cheese.

1123 West Davis, 214.946.4711, normascafe.com

Bacon: Two words: bacon chocolate. 408 W. Eighth, 214.943.5943, dudesweetchocolate.com

Bacon: The alluringly named Matador Meat & Wine has signed on as a tenant at the planned Sylvan | Thirty development. The family-owned company cures and smokes its own bacon. matadormeat.com

Oak Cliff Donuts Oak Cliff Pizza

Donut: Oak Cliff Donuts has been turning out hot donuts for several decades. It’s an oldschool donut shop with cheap coffee and melt-in-yourmouth, sugary fried dough. 2402 S. Hampton, 214.330.8583

Bacon: This pizza shop is under new ownership, but the menu is much the same, including the extreme Hawaiian pizza. That’s pineapple, Canadian bacon (whatever) and bacon. 1315 W. Davis, 214.941.8080, oakcliffpizza.com

Compiled by Rachel Stone · Photo illustration by CanTürkyilmaz

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Ten Bells Tavern now open in Bishop Arts

The new tavern concept, created by owner Meri Dahlke and partners Michael Hickey and Greg Matthews, is now open on West Seventh. Hickey describes Ten Bells as an “Austin beer garden with an English pub interior.” Dahlke and Hickey had been searching for a place for years when they found this gem on Bishop. “It immediately resonated with us. The location is in an area we both love and the property itself is perfect for what we have in mind,” Hickey says . “Aside from the great parking lot, we have a unique space that will allow us to create a large open patio area, which we believe is lacking in the area.” The menu is simple, seasonal and fresh, and there is a rotating beer and scotch menu as well. Ten Bells Tavern also will have live music.

Emporium Pies to open store in Bishop Arts

The talented ladies of EmporiumPies, Megan Wilkes and Mary Gauntt have signed a lease on a house at 314 (Pi) N. Bishop in the Bishop Arts District. “We are very excited about the Bishop Arts neighborhood, and we have felt so welcomed by the local businesses as well as the neighbors,” Wilkes says. “The house could not be more perfect, and we can’t wait for everyone to come and sit on the porch with a big slice of pie.” The plan is to renovate the house to include a full bakery kitchen and dining area, with an expected opening of September. In the meantime, they are currently only accepting orders for large events and will resume taking online orders when the storefront opens.

We Are 1976 opens location in Bishop Arts

The East Dallas-based design shop, gallery and gift store We Are 1976 has leased a Bishop Arts District storefront. The shop is taking the former Make & Made space at 313 N. Bishop. We Are 1976 will keep its shop on North Henderson at McMillan, and the new location will include a dedicated workroom for printmaking and creative collaboration. The owners expect to open the second shop in July or August.

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1 The Shop in Oak Cliff has closed and is moving locations. The skateboards and accessories shop opened in 2010.

2 Southern Maid Donuts on West Davis opened a new patio dining area.

Home run

The Greiner Middle School Yellow Jackets won the city softball championship in a 16-6 win over Seagoville. Umpires evoked the 10-run mercy rule after the fifth inning. Selicia Olivarez scored two runs on two hits with four runs batted in. Eighth-grade pitcher Mia Ramos threw seven strike-outs, allowed only one earned run and scored three runs on four hits with four RBIs. The softball team is: Coach Grafford, Coach Vent, Miranda Tellez, Klarissa Pena, Sofia Liendo, Mia Ramos, Alexa Sanchez, Selicia Olivarez, Alyssa Reyes, Amber Hernandez, Belicia Rojas, Zaira Martinez, Pamela Alvarado, Janet Villegas, Alexis Gomez, Carla Sepulveda, Desiree Sanchez, Lilly Romero, Rebecca Romero and Lisa Torres

Living local at Machu Picchu

Kessler Plaza resident Bubba Collins traveled to Machu Picchu, Peru, but was never far from his Oak Cliff roots. He took his copy of the Advocate to the ancient Incan site. Collins and Juan Aguirre traveled to Cusco, Peru, in April.

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Someone ripped off the licen Se plate.

Something did not look right as Lorene Brown watched her daughter wheel into their driveway. Her daughter lives in an apartment behind Brown’s house. She had just returned home, and Brown noticed immediately that her daughter’s front license plate was missing.

“She doesn’t know if it was stolen here or at the store,” she says. “The police said you’ve got to watch your license plate.”

The Victim: Lorene Brown

The Crime: Auto accessory theft

Date: Monday, April 9

Time: Between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Location: 2500 block of emmett

Police told Brown that three or four others had called in the thefts in the area in previous days. Her daughter previously had a DVD and television stolen from her car. She and her daughter were afraid the

license plate might be used in a bank robbery or some other crime, so immediately called police, who gave them paperwork to have it replaced.

Dallas Police Lt. Gil Garza of the Southwest Patrol Division says this stolen car accessories are reported occasionally to his department, but are more rare than crimes such as breaking into a vehicle to steal something. Brown made the right choice in alerting police, he says.

“Should someone’s license plate become stolen, a police report should be made immediately. This report should then be taken to your nearby county vehicle registration office where new plates will be issued,” Garza says.

License plates are stolen for a variety of reasons, but most often by criminals who need them to provide a clean record should law enforcement need to run the vehicle’s registration, Garza says.

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Block of South Tyler where Jesus Martinez was fatally shot by unknown suspects during a robbery May 7

11 p.m.

Time of night May 10 a man’s brown Chevy was stolen while parked in front of his house in the 1000 block of North Madison

$30,500

Value of property stolen or damaged May 5 at Oak Cliff Lutheran Church, including six air conditioners worth $25,000

Sean Chaffin is a freelance writer and author of “Raising the Stakes”, obtainable at raisingthestakesbook.com. If you have been a recent crime victim, email crime@advocatemag.com.

IconIc oak clIff

A ‘tour’ of our neighborhood’s landmarks

All communities have landmarks, icons. London has Big Ben, Greece has the Parthenon, Rome has the Coliseum. And New York? The Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Broadway!

Although Oak Cliff isn’t as prominent worldwide — depending on whose point of view one has — it does have its icons. For instance …

If there’s a specific place around that outsiders might recognize, it would probably be the 1 Texas Theatre — the granddaddy of Oak Cliff icons. For old-time Cliffites, it was a place for ’30s and ’40s dating, and later a prime all-day-Saturday kiddie destination with serials, B movies and the always popular feature films. Aside from Howard Hughes being one of the original owners, the theater is most frequently noted as the place were Lee Harvey Oswald was captured after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The building does have a history.

Probably the oldest standing icon in Oak Cliff is the Houston Street Viaduct, opened in 1912 and touted (probably erroneously) as the longest reinforced concrete structure in the world. Although its original, ornate lighting has been replaced, the old bridge still retains a bit of its earlier romance. And its top-notch view of the downtown skyline never gets old — especially spectacular at late evening, when the setting sun reflects off the Hyatt Regency, and at nighttime, with the illuminated Omni Hotel and the ever-recognizable Reunion Tower “ball.” A trip into town via the viaduct remains a short but impressive trek — definitely a well-established Cliffite tradition.

Off the Oak Cliff end of the viaduct sits the vintage 2 Cliff Towers building, a former “apartment hotel” that opened in 1929 and the original home of KLIF radio. The 14-story structure of southern European architecture is now a condominium complex with a perfect view of Lake Cliff Park and an even better view of Dallas’ southwestern skyline. After closing in the 1950s, it served as a nursing home facility before remaining vacant for

a number of years — until the new owners began renovations. The edifice is, most certainly, Oak Cliff’s first official “skyscraper.”

Definitely “old-school” are Oak Cliff’s actual old high schools: W. H. Adamson High School and 3 Sunset High School. Located 2-and-a-half miles apart at opposite ends of Jefferson Boulevard, the three-story brick structures with their steep outside frontentry steps could double as buildings from many of Hollywood’s period movies. And Adamson certainly fills the icon criteria format now with its city, state and national landmark designations (listed with the National

Register of Historic Places) — a big battle for the alumni association and one that saved the old building from the wrecking ball.

The former Schell Grill Eatery (where my dating parents used to share a 15-cent burger and a 10-cent Coke), at 1207 N. Zang Boulevard, has, in the past, probably served quality ice cream to more Cliffites than any other place around. As home base for Polar Bear Ice Cream from 1946 to 1985, the “ice castle” architecture is recognizable to almost anyone who lived in Oak Cliff from the ’30s on. I’m not sure how successful it would be to re-open the place

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as an ice cream parlor, but I know I’d be in line. And so would a slew of others. Never a fan of its Hawaiian delight flavor or plain vanilla, but oh, for a triple-dip lemon custard cone! And (in the ’50s) at 5 cents a dip. Yes!

4 Lone Star Donuts on North Beckley, 5 TopTen Records on Jefferson, 6 Austin’s and RedBryan’s barbecue restaurants, KiestPark, and the well-recognized neon-lit 7 Wynnewood sign have all been mentioned in previous columns, as has the bygone Wee St. Andrew’s mini golf course. But they all should be included on the “vintage” Oak Cliff icon list. Drop in the old 8 Rocket Skating Palace on North Cockrell Hill Road, LakeCliff Park, WynnewoodLake (in the heart of the Wynnewood North sub-division), the 9 RavensPharmacy “raven” signs, and the ever-popular 10 Sonnythe Steer atop the Charco Broiler on Jefferson, well, you’ve just gotta love the list.

I can just see sterling silver charms representing all these places attached to one of those then-popular 1960s charm bracelets. A hit, for sure.

Enjoying the Oak Cliff icon tour? Stay tuned. Next month it’ll continue, and who knows? Your personal favorite just might show up.

YOUR STORIES

Longtime Cliffites recount memories and reconnect on oakcliff.advocatemag. com/backstory Last month, Kokel sparked conversation with her article on the rediscovered Sanger Trophy, which for years was awarded to the Dallas high school with the highest achievement in athletics.

I had forgotten about the Sanger Trophy, but it is great to see Jerry Rhome and the other guys from Dallas past. The article took me back when days were some of the best in old Oak Cliff.

—Benny Kirtley

Did you know that there was also a Sanger Trophy for the junior highs?We won it for several years at Boude Storey, and Ihave a very fadedpicture of the captainsof each sportaround the trophy we wonin 1962.

—Lonnie Speck

Gayla Brooks Kokel can date her neighborhood heritage back to 1918, when her father was born in what was then called Eagle Ford. She was born at Methodist Hospital and graduated from Kimball High School. Kokel is one of three co-authors of the recently published book, “Images of America: Oak Cliff”, and writes a monthly history column for the Oak Cliff Advocate Send her feedback and ideas to gkokel@advocatemag.com.

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