Posts Tagged ‘burgers’
Chop House Delights
Despite its kitschiness, this steakhouse is decidedly au courant.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Chef Kenny Mills made himself at home in Arlington with Chop House Burgers, which started as a hole-in-the-wall near University of Texas at Arlington only a couple of years ago. Now Chop House has taken over half of the strip m...
Beyond the Burger Basics
CHOW, BABYFirst let me say that I worship at the counters of cafés like Fred’s and Kincaid’s. Fort Worth has great burger joints, most of which seem to have been here since the Eisenhower administration. Basic burgers are great, and...
Pretzel Logic
Twisted Root serves up scrumptious burgers with a silly smile.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Twisted Root Burger Company was started by Jason Boso after he did what most service industry folk fantasize about doing to a hard-to-please customer. Boso spouted off, apparently in a big way, and got fired. But that led Boso,...
In-N-Out Burger Is Really, Really…
Jeff PrinceThree months after the In-N-Out Burger opened on 7th Street, I finally got around to seeing what all the fuss was about. More than a dozen people camped out overnight to be among the first in line when the hamburger joint first...
Attack Patty Shack
Toppings mixed into the meat? Head out to Patty Shack Burgers.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Patty Shack Burgers might best be described as a hole-in-the-wall with ample attitude. Unfortunately, the place suffers from a distinct lack of external signage. Once you turn off Highway 360 and onto Avenue K in Grand Prairie,...
Shaw’s Burgers, Shakes, and More
This new BYOB eatery is another strong entry in Near Southside’s restaurant row.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
It’s been no secret that David Shaw and Ann Diakas-Shaw, co-owners of Shaw’s Burgers and Shakes on the Near South Side, have had a little difficulty opening their new joint (see: “Bar Fight,” May 26, 2010). Shaw’s ope...
Bite into Chop House Burgers
This little Arlington burger joint specializes in juicy, sloppy delights, including a gut-busting cheeseburger.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
The web site for Chop House Burgers describes an idealized place, where a burger is so juicily, sloppily good that it takes “four or five napkins” to get through. And that’s pretty much what’s offered by the new restaur...
Playing the Food Card
Chow, BabyNot to compare Chow, Baby’s beloved East Side of Fort Worth to the beleaguered South Side of Los Angeles, but one neighborhood similarity is striking: the dominance of fast-food chains over yummy mom & pops. Sensibly agre...
Round Ones
KEN SHIMAMOTOWas it really seven years ago — an eon in restaurant years — that my oldest daughter had her wedding reception in the very same room as Chubby’s Burger Shack? (It was called something else back then.) One cons...
Shining
JIMMY FOWLEREverybody loves a story about unlikely dreams fulfilled, and Tom Jones’ is a doozy. As explained on the Tom’s Burgers & Grill web site, Jones graduated at the top of his class with an engineering degree from Uni...
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