Eats Beat

Bud, Rick and Nick sit down and survey 2013: the good, the tasty and the unsavory. Listen up for the trends that heated up DFW dining and the ones to which we say 'good riddance.' Plus, some up-and-coming restaurants we're looking forward to in 2014. Producer: Nick Dean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Thanksgiving feast behind them and only weeks before families crowd the table for for Christmas, dining guru Bud Kennedy and social media editor Nick Dean sit down for a talk on Tex-Mex — the best option for appetites tired of turkey. Bud offers insights into the unknow gems hidden in Cowtown's Tex-Mex realm while Nick breaks down some of the best chains the DFW area offers up. Tired of t...

Bud and Rick talk about some of the best restaurants that are keeping their doors open this Thanksgiving. Plus, Rick gives a run down of how the DFW.com Craft Beer Battle is turning out. Listen up! Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While your grocery list expands as you prepare for making a feast this holiday season, you're going to want to make sure you decide where family from out of town dines while in Cowtown. Bud, Rick and Nick tells us their best suggestions for wining and dining family around town. Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad c...

DFW.com editor Rick Press and social media editor Nick Dean ask dining guru Bud Kennedy about all things Asian dining. Sushi, Thai, Indian, Vietnamese and more are all the center of this week's podcast. Listen up and find our where to dig in.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Nick and Bud have scoured the local area and come up with the best pumpking dishes, beer, desserts, recipes and products that are at the disposal of north Texans this fall. Listen up as Bud and Nick tell you the best ways to enjoy this fall favorite.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Dining guru Bud Kennedy helps DFW.com editor Rick Press and social media editor Nick Dean when the two come down with a cold. Where's the best comfort food? What about the best salsa and spicy food to clear the nostrils? The guys survey the best options in this week's podcast. Next week: all things pumpkin. Stay tuned.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questio...

Dining guru Bud Kennedy talks with DFW.com editor Rick Press and social media editor Nick Dean about the upcoming opening of the plaza in Sundance Square and what the re-opened West Seventh Street bridge means for Cowtown diners.  Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from Dallas, Bud Kennedy sits down with Il Cane Rosso owner Jay Jerrier in his new New York-style pizzeria Zoli's to talk about pies, a new Cane Rosso in Fort Worth and more. Listen in for Jerrier's first ever podcast appearance. Pizza fans won't want to miss this! Producers: Rick Press, Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about you...

Dining expert Bud Kennedy, DFW.com Rick Press and Star-Telegram social media editor Nick Dean begin this week's talk with a examination of DFW craft brews and their prevalence in restaurants. The conversation then segues to sushi and the best DFW places for the Asian cuisine.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad c...

Dining expert Bud Kennedy and DFW.com editor Rick Press see that the coming of fall means filled football stadiums and a filling restaurant scene for the Metroplex. Listen to the two talk about the newest restaurants on the dining landscape, plus where to find tailgating tips and recipes from our DFW.com crew. Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey...

Dining expert Bud Kennedy and DFW.com editor Rick Press talk about the buzzworthy restaurants that made the top ten 'hot list' in this year's DFW.com Hot Issue. Listen in to find out what restaurant should be next on your must-try list.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dining expert Bud Kennedy and podcast producer Nick Dean sit down to talk about the latest food news in the Metroplex, including the addition of a true Naples-inspired pizzeria and updates on a fire at Chef Tim Love's Lonesome Dove in the Fort Worth Stockyards.  DFW.com editor Rick Press is on vacation.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!...

Rick, Bud and Nick talk burger battle one last time, revealing the winner and the inside scoop on how the final battle worked out.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Results are in and the two burgers headed to the championship round are named. But Bud and Rick take the time to recap what happened in the final four when two titan burger joints collided in an historic match up. Bud also recaps new Cowtown eateries Bravo and Pacific Table.  Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad cho...

The Burger Battle is down to the Final Four so Rick and Bud analyze the possible outcomes of both the judges' and readers' brackets. Plus, producer Nick Dean talks with Bud about a new Magonlia Ave. pub, The Bearded Lady, and his experience at Salsa Limon's new shop on Univeristy.  Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your...

A strong showing for all the burger joints in the readers' bracket, plus flavorful burgers served up for the judges are part of Bud and Rick's burger talk this week. Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first round in this year's battle saw the fall of a beloved burger joint from Fort Worth. Rick and Bud digest what's happened this round and look onward to the match-ups to come.  Producer: Nick Dean Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With 32 viable contenders for this year's Burger Battle crown, Rick and Bud explain this year's bracket and size up the competition.  Producer: Nick Dean  Listen to this episode Subscribe on iTunes Submit questions to "Hey, Bud!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud Kennedy, who heralds in this episode with an accent from the Emerald Isle, talks St. Patrick's Day food and entertainment hotspots with DFW.com editor Rick Press. Also on the docket, the three-day food and wine festival "Savor Dallas" and a new "Twisted Root" in Bedford. Producer: Taylor Cammack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices