Eats
Come, Hungary
Jimmy Fowlerhe Blue Danube first entered the popular consciousness as a river that runs from Germany through Eastern Europe. Then it became a Strauss waltz that shot off into space to accompany the doomed astronauts in Stanley Kubrick’s ...
Lord of the Wings
Brian AbramsHooters founder and former CEO Robert H. Brooks may have died last month, but his leg-acy lives on. As he told Fortune magazine a couple of years ago, “Good food, cold beer, and pretty girls never go out of style.” Since th...
Orange Crush
Jimmy FowlerA while back, Thanh Thanh Vietnamese Cuisine relocated across East Arkansas Lane from one strip mall to another. They carpeted the new, spacious locale (an old chain drug store), hung a chandelier from the low ceiling, and did ...
Classy Comfort
ANTHONY MARIANIRemember the old days, when walking into a fancy restaurant was like wrapping an angry boa constrictor around your neck? I mean, even in the best mood and the best clothes, the most unflappable non-rich guy was bound to feel a ...
Cuts Like a Knife
Brian AbramsThe area near the Village at 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd. has become a dining hot spot pretty much overnight. Recent openings include Paparotti’s Wine Room, a swanky lounge owned by David Rotman, who also owns Café Aspen, the 16-ye...
House of Common
Dan McGrawFor reasons beyond the reaches of mere mortal comprehension, the Houston-based restaurant chain Hospitality USA Management Group thinks there’s some demand in our country for British food. If you’ve ever heard anyone say, ...
Stir It Up
BRIAN ABRAMSNow that Beto’s American and Caribbean Cuisine is here in town, the craze over Red Stripe beer is finally starting to make sense. As a social lubricant, the Jamaican export is merely so-so. It has a skunky aftertaste, and a s...
Viet-Adventure
For such a tiny place, Lieu’s menu may be the biggest and most exotic in town.Jimmy Fowler
Given that many aficionados of Vietnamese food love the cuisine’s caffeine-spiky iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk, it was only a matter of time before someone opened a coffeehouse and pho shop — pho being the entic...
Keg Stand-Out
Cowtown’s first upscale brew pub offers exceptional American cuisine and unique beer in a comfy atmosphere.ANTHONY MARIANI
The Covey Restaurant & Brewery is exactly what its name suggests: a place that brews its own beer and serves food. But don’t think for a second that the cuisine is anything less than gourmet or that the ambiance is picni...
Eurotazza Coffeehouse
Not far fromone of the 800-lb. gorilla of caffeine’s new joints is a small, wonderful indie coffeehouseJIMMY FOWLER
As one famous episode of South Park pointed out, it’s easy to bash Starbucks, and sipping an independent competitor’s brew does not necessarily equal moral virtue. Starbucks is clearly doing something right — millions of ...