Business
An Oak Cliff original is making strides up north. Norma’s Cafe owner Ed Murph is planning a third Norma’s in Frisco. The second Norma’s opened in Far North Dallas[...]
20 May 2013
Oak Cliff lost a beloved neighborhood taquería with a 20-year history in the neighborhood last year in favor of an undercooked idea from the scion of a Dallas restaurateur. Now, it[...]
10 May 2013
What do you want, Oak Cliff? Target, JC Penney, Kroger, Whole Foods, Spec’s? There are holes in our neighborhood’s retail options, and a developer with plans at Interst[...]
09 May 2013
About 200 Southwest Airlines employees volunteered down at the Santa Fe Trestle Trail Park Friday to kick off the carrier’s three-year, $150,000 commitment to improve the Tri[...]
29 Apr 2013
Here’s an opportunity to learn how national healthcare reform affects us locally. The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce hosts “Healthcare Reform: The Local Impact,” f[...]
23 Apr 2013
New restaurant and retail spaces are coming to Jefferson Boulevard, and they could be open as soon as a year from now. Jim Lake Cos. unveiled animated renderings of the companyR[...]
23 Apr 2013
In the 20-plus years Advocate has been in print and 10 or so online, I believe we have published the word “breastaurant” once (before now, that is). Rick Wamre, Advocate founder, u[...]
22 Apr 2013
The two guys behind Pata Negra, the monthly película y paella party at the Texas Theatre, have plans to open a bookstore in Bishop Arts. The Wild Detectives would be a bookstore, r[...]
04 Apr 2013
Our city’s new tag line is “Big Things Happen Here.” And as part of the “big things” campaign, the Dallas visitors bureau has placed the giant letters[...]
02 Apr 2013
See that wad of plastic? That is the result of buying around $25 of groceries in the ‘hood and neglecting to bring reusable bags. I do it all the time. Two years ago, I made [...]
21 Mar 2013
The long-awaited mixed-use development on Fort Worth Avenue at Sylvan is really happening. Oak Cliff-based developer Brent Jackson has the city’s approval to build. He’[...]
20 Mar 2013
