Eats
Fusion by Mijo’s
This new joint brightens up the Near South Side.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
To the ultra-trendy Near South Side and the space formerly occupied by Junsuree Thai House comes Mijo’s Fusion, the youngest, prettiest sister in the Mijo’s family of Tex-Mex restaurants. For 15 years, the original location...
Flashy Tokyo Samurai
Glimpse hibachi done right at this Colleyville standout.MATTHEW MCGOWAN
Let’s face it. Hibachi joints have become a cliché. These strip-mall fixtures, with their round-robin seating, lamely punning chefs, and overpriced fish dishes have really overstayed their welcome, right? Most of them? Maybe...
Bollywouldn’t
Except for India Café’s outstanding masala wraps, there’s not much here.ZACK SHLACHTER
Recently, on one of my customary library crawls, I passed an Indian restaurant on the corner of a strip mall in Watauga. Alternately intrigued and suspicious, I looked up India Café online from the safety of the nearest bookca...
Mojo’s Working
Tex-Mex and barbecue in Burleson? In one place? Yep.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Mojo’s Tex Mex Smokehouse is a pint-sized mom-and-pop place –– actually, it’s a cousin-and-cousin place. Cousins Barry and Terry Hodges own the restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard in Burleson where Bodacious Barbecue used ...
Aloha, Foni’s
Eating at this Hawaiian grill is no luau, but it offers some bang for the buck.MATTHEW MCGOWAN
Foni’s Island Grill, a year-old Hawaiian food joint tucked into a small suite at the end of a divey strip mall in Euless, should post a sign above its entrance: “Abandon all hope for greens, all vegetarians who enter here.â...
Neighborhood Hibachi
Quality Japanese fare isn’t all Takara’s selling.STEVE STEWARD
I had a bunch of errands to run the other day, and they all sort of fell in an order that led me north of Loop 820 into the hinterlands of North Richland Hills. That’s probably the best explanation of why I sat down to eat al...
Blu Waters
Sophistication and flavor are on tap at the new Blu Crab.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Victor Nguyen, Eric Nguyen, and Henry Pham, proprietors of The Blu Crab Seafood House & Bar, picked an interesting nest for their fledgling restaurant. The new joint occupies the space on Camp Bowie Boulevard where Café As...
Rocking the Grill
Keller’s Bronson Rock sets the standard for open-flame burgers and more.MATTHEW MCGOWAN
The most recent restaurant/bar to open along Keller’s Main Street, Bronson Rock Burgers and Beer fits right in among the drag’s string of locally owned burger, barbecue, and beer joints. The two-month-old standalone sits wi...
Fresh Cumino’s
This newish Arlington Mexican joint is fast but not fast-food.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Owned and operated by the husband-and-wife team of Art and Elisa Juarez, Cumino’s Tacos Frescos ys Mas is a welcome dose of freshness and authenticity in the Chainsville known as Arlington –– even though Chainsville has l...
Horne A-Plenty
A Dallas chef’s first Fort eatery, Monty’s Corner, is sinfully good.JIMMY FOWLER
Shawn Horne might just be the Paula Deen of North Texas chefs. Horne earned raves for his fat-and-carb-laced chow at Dallas restaurants such as Horne & Dekker and Kitchen 1924. Perusing the menu of Monty’s Corner, his fir...