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Black Swan Saloon; the Birth of Cool

[dropcap color=”color-default” font=”arial” style=”normal” size=”scmgc-5em”]S[/dropcap]porting jeans, a baseball cap, and a black and white[dropcap color=”color-default” font=”arial” style=”normal” size=”scmgc-5em”][/dropcap] t-shirt reading FUCK WITH ME and inked arms, Gabriel Sanchez makes brisk movements through his establishment. He whacks away at pineapples, shedding the hulls and cubing chunks with such rhythmic swiftness it’s mesmerizing. “Honestly, people have done it before me and will continue to do it after me. It’s not something that I made up at all. But if you do it right, it’s difficult. You have to cut the fresh fruit every single week and drain it. There’s a lot of steps involved, but it’s good. ” Gabe explained. Once he’s…
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Making it Work at Work

Work. – 4 Stars Work has never been a word that makes me beam. It often puts me in a frenzy of phrases such as: Let’s just listen to Stevie Wonder and smile instead. Do I have too? That’s the worst idea there ever was. I don’t want to do that. Eventually, after a mental shake up, and acceptance I begin to work. Thankfully, none of what you just read applies to this story. Standing out like something that stands out, Work. caught my eye immediately. I think it was the backwards “R” in the title that made me wonder. Traipsing about Deep Ellum one fun filled buzzed weekend I…
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Five Reasons To Eat Soup Dumplings From Monkey King Noodle Co. All The Time

Monkey King Noodle Company- 4.5 stars  No doubt everything at Monkey King Noodle Co. is wonderful. They have amazing and richly flavored, hand pulled noodle soup, and wontons with chili sauce that make your belly feel like happy, happy, joy, joy. And that’s just a tad of the delectable doosies. But even in all of that delicious glory, nothing compares to the SOUP DUMPLINGS. Shall we begin:   They are literal envelopes of heaven- Dough is remarkable in any form. But this dough, is soft beyond belief and just downright pleasant. Inside this dough is a magnificent feast waiting to enrapture your tongue and tummy.   They are technically a…
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