Friday, September 17, 2010

Trinity Railway Express, Kenny's Burgers, FC Dallas.

Last night, I attended my first professional soccer game, I took the TRE for the first time since returning from Philly, and I tried Kenny's Burgers.

FC Dallas played the New York Red Bulls. About 20,000 were in attendance and I have to say that it was very enjoyable. My son-in-law, Brinton, had good seats and knows the game well, which for me was great because I learned the meaning of "offsides" in soccer and got a run down of the better players. If you were at the game last night, our seats were right in front of the Shea red-card offense. Bad call.

The soccer stadium is in Frisco, Brinton was in Irving, so instead of driving from Fort Worth I took the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) to the South Irving station and he picked me up. I am happy to say the TRE is busier than it was a few years ago. I still believe that it is the best way for Fort Worth residents to travel to a Mavericks game or anything else at the AAC, and it's not a bad way to go shopping in Dallas. It is not a good way to get to the airport, but I have done that, as well.

I heard about Kenny's Burgers through Twitter and since it too is in Frisco, we tried it before the game. I hate to say it but I was disappointed. Nothing personal here. I prefer juicy burgers. My cheeseburger was dry, overcooked (medium), and not altogether hot. The fries were good and fresh and I liked the Ciabatta bun. The burger was just too dry.

So there you have it. Go FC Dallas, TRE is much better than driving, and Kenny's was a shot on goal that missed.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Il Cane Rosso at Times Ten Cellars. Try it. Trust me.

After the one week rain delay, Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso, rolled his wood-burning pizza oven from Dallas to Fort Worth, parked it at Times Ten Cellars off 7th Street, and made some authentic and delicious Neapolitan-style pizza.

Man was it ever good.

If you like Neapolitan style pizza make sure you get out to Times Ten Cellars some Tuesday night. This is good-good pizza. 

Marian and I ordered the mixed greens salad, delicious, even if the greens could have been more chilled, foccaccio bread, which is his pizza dough cooked with some olive oil, seasonings, and sea salt. Delicious, as well. And the margherita pizza. A perfect dinner for me.

I can't speak to the wines, no adult beverages for me these days, but I love the Times Ten Cellar building and location, which is part wine-production, part restaurant and bar. And I like that they make their wines with some of the grapes coming from their vineyards in Alpine, Texas.

Wine prices are what you pay at any restaurant, about $8 a glass. Bottle prices are in the $17 - $35 range, cheaper if buying to go.

The pizzas are between $10 and $15 and serve two. Unless one of the two is my twenty year old son, then it serves one.

I hope it works out for the Il Cane Rosso folks and Times Ten because they are both great additions to 7th Street.


The Details:
Times Ten Cellars
1100 Foch Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Tuesday night. Starts around 5 pm.
Il Cane Rosso

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