Posts Tagged ‘egg’
Mighty Fine, Oliver’s
Market/restaurant Oliver’s Fine Foods is all good.LAURIE BARKER JAMES
Part mini-mart, part fine winery, part butcher and bakery, and part short-order restaurant, Oliver’s Fine Foods’ downtown location occupies valuable corner real estate between Throckmorton and 4th streets. The new place fea...
Good Day, Sleepyhead
This café proves that breakfast ain’t just for breakfast anymore.JIMMY FOWLER
I love all the old breakfast favorites: eggs, sausage, pancakes, French toast, bacon. I just never eat them for breakfast. Who wants to start the day weighed down by gravy and grease? Breakfast for lunch is much saner. The Sout...
Scampi’s Cove: A Lakeside Grill
Out on Eagle Mountain Lake is a comfort-food haven.STEVE STEWARD
I’ve gotta confess: I thought Scampi’s Cove was going to be an Italian restaurant. After all, Scampi’s (the erstwhile landlocked location) used to be a Near Southside staple until it became Shaw’s Burgers & Shakes a...
Find La Media Naranja
This taqueria/dessert shop specializes in scrumptious tortas, fresh-squeezed juices, and breakfast.JIMMY FOWLER
The Spanish phrase “la media naranja” has a couple of different meanings. It’s a slangy term of endearment for a romantic partner, as in “my better half.” But it also translates literally as “half of the orange,” ...
Eggsact Science Claims Chicken Predates Egg
Jeff PrinceIf you’ve ever wondered whether the chicken or the egg came first, now we know. (If you’re too lazy to click on the above link and read the story, I’ll give you a hint – it’s the chicken, according to British scientis...
Stupid Is
Chow, BabyWhenever Chow, Baby muses, as it often does, on how well-educated it is (Hook ‘Em Horns!), how widely traveled it is (Hail Colombia!), how just plain brilliant it is (… we’ll think of an example later), it als...
Tet (Not) Offensive
LAURIE BARKER JAMESLike many Asian cultures, the Vietnamese celebrate the lunar New Year. They call it Tet, and on Jan. 26, Vietnamese people welcomed in the Year of the Water Buffalo (slightly different than the Chinese’s Year of the Ox). ...
Buon Giorno, Jerry
Café di Roma has a new name but the same great Italian fare.JIMMY FOWLER
Two things have changed about the little Italian eatery in Richland Hills formerly known as Café di Roma: the name and the floor.
Double Chens
Though this classic Chinese buffet may argue otherwise, fill up at your waistline’s peril.Jimmy Fowler
With the current public health crusade against chubbiness, it’s only a matter of time before that quintessential American institution – the Chinese buffet – earns the same sordid reputation as a Prohibition-er...