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    Burger News

    New York burger joint Black Tap makes Texas debut in Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 19, 2022 | 9:54 am
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    Black Tap

    Dallas is getting a new burger joint, this one from New York. Called Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, it's a global burger chain owned by husband-and-wife Chris Barish and Julie Mulligan, expanding within the United States.

    That includes Dallas' Victory Park, at 2475 Victory Park Ln. #120, on the ground floor of the new Victor Dallas residential building, serving burgers and so-called world famous CrazyShake milkshakes. It'll be a debut not only for Dallas, but Texas, as well.

    UPDATE 8-10-2023: Black Tap has opened its location in Victory Park.

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    "With the city booming and continual demand from our fans for a Texas location, it’s the perfect time for us to open," Barish says in a release.

    Barish is more than familiar with the Dallas area: In 2006, he opened Martini Park, one of his very first concepts, in Plano at the Shops at Legacy, and says he's excited to be returning.

    Black Tap is their take on a classic burger joint, with a downtown New York vibe. The menu offers something for everyone, from signature burgers like the All-American with American cheese, to chicken sandwiches, salads, wings, and snacks.

    Food
    Their burgers have won awards and include:

    • Greg Norman with Wagyu beef, blue cheese, and arugula
    • Texan Burger, with bacon, cheddar, BBQ sauce, and an onion ring
    • Italian-American inspired Mulberry Street burger, with provolone, hot cherry peppers, prosciutto, soppressata, roasted garlic aioli, and grated parmigiano-reggiano
    • Wagyu Steakhouse Burger, with pepper jack cheese, bacon, crispy onions, and A1 sauce

    They have a specific method for cooking their burgers, which they postulate keeps them juicy: They cook it on a griddle — never a grill!, they say — and flip it only once. "Then, we layer on two slices of cheese and serve it up on a perfect potato roll with lettuce, tomato, and a pickle on the side," they say. Whatever the results, you have to admire having a method.

    There are also two salads, wings, fries with a dozen sauces, and starters that include chips & queso, fried pickles, teriyaki broccoli, and crispy Brussels sprouts with sesame-tahini.

    Milkshakes
    Their CrazyShake milkshakes are trademarked, and that's smart because there's probably a lot of restaurants that would want to be calling their milkshakes CrazyShake, too. By "Crazy," they mean crazy in the way that is useful for Instagram, such as a milkshake topped with a slice of birthday cake, a cloud of cotton candy, or Cookies "glued" to the side of the glass.

    Whimsical and over-the-top flavors include:

    • The CakeShake, featuring rainbow sprinkles, a funfetti cake slice, whipped cream, rainbow sprinkles, and a cherry, which they have in limited quantity per day, just to ramp up the fervor
    • Cookies ‘N Cream Supreme, with crushed Oreos, a cookies 'n cream sandwich, whipped cream, and chocolate drizzle
    • Bam Bam Shake, with Fruity Pebbles rice krispie treat, strawberry pop tart, laffy taffy, whipped cream & a cherry

    Beer
    Craft beer is also a big part of their DNA. The name Black Tap refers to the black tap handles found at craft beer bars.

    They pour mainstay classics, limited-edition Black Tap brews, rotating seasonal beers, and collaborations with local microbrewers.

    Decor
    Each location is unique, with its own cool style. Co-owner Julie Mulligan oversees the design, which she says in a statement will be infused a little Texas hospitality, original artwork and murals, and New York vibes.

    The first Black Tap opened as a small 15-seat joint in New York's Soho neighborhood, but has since expanded to the West Coast with locations in Las Vegas and Anaheim at the Downtown Disney District at Disneyland Resort, and also internationally to Dubai, Geneva, Zurich, Verbier, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain.

    Black Tap Dallas will be followed by Black Tap openings in Nashville in late 2022, and Miami in early 2023. Great great, but who cares about them, they're not in Texas.

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    Additives News

    Texas must put warning labels on some foods, but new law has errors

    Associated Press
    Jun 24, 2025 | 12:03 pm
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    A new Texas law promoting the Trump administration's “Make America Healthy Again” agenda requires first-ever warning labels on foods like chips and candies that contain dyes and additives not allowed in other countries.

    It could have far-reaching effects on the nation's food supply, but a review of the legislation shows it also misrepresents the status of some ingredients that would trigger the action.

    The law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on June 22 requires foods made with any of more than 40 dyes or additives to have labels starting in 2027 saying they contain ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” in Australia, Canada, the European Union or the U.K. But a review shows that nearly a dozen of the targeted additives are either authorized in the cited regions — or already restricted in the U.S.

    The law, which will send the food industry scrambling to respond, is laudable in its intent, but could lead to incorrect citations and potential legal challenges, a consumer advocacy group said.

    “I don’t know how the list of chemicals was constructed,” said Thomas Galligan, a scientist with the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “Warnings have to be accurate in order to be legal.”

    The law, approved with wide bipartisan support, is part of a flurry of similar legislation this year by GOP-led statehouses as lawmakers align themselves with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Texas would be the first in the U.S. to use warning labels to target additives, rather than nutrients like sugar or saturated fat, to change American diets.

    It will force food companies to decide whether to reformulate products to avoid the labels, add the newly required language, pull certain products from Texas shelves or oppose the measure in court.

    It's unclear how the list of additives was created. Inquiries to the office of the bill's author, Republican state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, were not immediately returned.

    Some of the targeted ingredients are allowed in all the named regions
    Regulators in Australia, Canada, the EU, and the U.K. take a cautious approach to food additives: If a product's safety is uncertain, it can be banned or restricted until it is determined to be safe. By contrast, the U.S. generally allows products on the market unless there is clear risk of harm.

    Three additives targeted by Texas — partially hydrogenated oils, Red Dye No. 4, and Red Dye No. 3 — are not approved or have been banned in food by U.S. regulators. Several of the other listed ingredients are allowed in all four of those regions, noted Galligan and representatives from the Consumer Brands Association, a food industry trade group.

    Examples of those include:

    • Blue Dye No. 1
    • Blue Dye No. 2
    • butylated hydroxyanisole, or BHA
    • butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT
    • diacetyl
    • interesterified soybean oil
    • lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propylene glycol
    • potassium aluminum sulfate

    In addition, the legislation contains regulatory loopholes that could prevent certain ingredients from being labeled at all, said Melanie Benesh, an analyst with the Environmental Working Group, an activist organization that focuses on toxic chemicals.

    For example, the food additive azodicarbonamide, known as ADA and used as a bleaching agent in cereal flours, is included on the Texas list. But under the Federal Code of Regulations, it may safely be used in food under certain conditions. That federal regulation likely exempts ADA from the state labeling law, Benesh said.

    “The law, as passed, may not end up having the impact that legislators intended,” Benesh said.

    Nutrition experts welcome a look at food additives
    Nutrition experts have long worried about the potential health effects of food additives, even as it remains unclear how much of a role processed foods have in driving chronic health disease.

    Research has shown that requiring food label warnings can help steer consumers toward healthier choices and prompt industry to remove concerning ingredients. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed front-of-package labels that would flag levels of saturated fat, sugar and sodium.

    “This represents a big win for Texas consumers and consumers overall,” said Brian Ronholm, director of food policy for Consumer Reports. “It’s a reflection of states not wanting to wait for the federal government to act.”

    The law also creates a state nutrition advisory committee, boosts physical education and nutrition curriculum requirements in public and charter schools, and requires nutrition courses for college students and medical professionals doing continuing education.

    States take on additives
    Several states have been taking action to restrict dyes and additives in foods.

    In 2023, California became the first state to ban some chemicals and dyes used in candies, drinks and other foods because of health concerns. The state expanded on that last year by barring several additional dyes from food served in public schools.
    Other laws passed this year include one in Arkansas banning two particular additives from food sold or manufactured in the state and a West Virginia law includes a statewide ban on seven dyes.

    Lawmakers in several states have passed measures this year banning certain additives from food served or sold at public schools, according to an Associated Press analysis using the bill-tracking software Plural. That includes Texas, where the governor last month signed a bill banning foods with certain ingredients from being served in school lunches.

    “It’s a pretty dizzying time to be watching what’s happening, because usually policies that are not very industry friendly are opposed, particularly in red states," said Christina Roberto, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, “With RFK and the MAHA movement, it’s really turned things upside-down in some ways.”

    At the federal level, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary have pledged to remove artificial dyes from foods and have pressured industry to take voluntary action. Some large food manufacturers have complied.

    Health advocates have long called for the removal of artificial dyes from foods, citing mixed studies indicating they can cause neurobehavioral problems, including hyperactivity and attention issues, in some children.

    The FDA previously has said that the approved dyes are safe and that “the totality of scientific evidence shows that most children have no adverse effects when consuming foods containing color additives.”

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