Posts Tagged ‘restaurant’
Veinticuatro!
Laurie Barker JamesRestaurants come and go, and in Southwest Arlington, the turnover is especially pronounced.
V for Victory
Laurie Barker JamesThe Vault Mediterranean restaurant has been “coming soon” to the Tower Building in downtown Fort Worth for months. When I learned that the owner was French restaurateur Jean Michel Sakouhi and that the chef was Gabr...
Red Tex-Mex
Jorge’s may play to conservative palates, but if it ain’t broke …Peter Gorman
I’m not a big fan of Tex-Mex the way it’s commonly prepared in the chains or in the more high-traffic ma-and-pa restaurants here.
Mature, Not Old
No Frills Grill & Sports Bar in Arlington has aged quite gracefully.Laurie Barker James
Back in the 1990s, No Frills Grill & Sports Bar was a tiny, smoky bar in the southwest Arlington shopping center anchored by an AMC Loews movie theater.
Starry Eyed
Zodiac is a gem of a place inside Neiman Marcus in Ridgmar Mall, for lunching ladies and foodies alike.Laurie Barker James
I always assumed that only “ladies who lunch” frequented Zodiac, the café inside Neiman Marcus at Ridgmar Mall.
Feeling the Pinch
Don’t expect higher food prices to affect the quality of fare at three of your local faves, just maybe portion sizes.DAN MCGRAW
We’ve all experienced the rise in food prices during the past year: 50 cents more for a gallon of milk, eggs up by about 30 percent, another extra quarter for that loaf of bread. Chicken and beef, according to the feds, a...
That’s-a Mediterranean!
Chadra has moved into bigger digs but is still your place for Italian-Lebanese fare.Jimmy Fowler
For almost six years, Café Chadra near John Peter Smith Hospital offered lunch crowds and evening diners a split-down-the-middle menu of Italian standards (lasagna, stromboli, pasta, ravioli) and Middle Eastern specialties tha...
The Way of the Sashimi
The newly opened Sushi Tao can’t miss.JIMMY FOWLER
The word “tao” is often translated into English as “the right way.” This word has suggested a personal code of behavior, even an entire worldview, within some Asian spiritual disciplines for thousands of...
Pies in the Sky
Chad’s Pizza and Burgers in Weatherford is trying to bring fresh food to the fast-food-loving masses.Peter Gorman
Anybody who grew up in New York, Philly, Chi-Town, or Jersey will tell you that once you move anywhere else, you’ve got to give up your appreciation for pizza.
Simple Shogun
The newly opened Ronin Sushi and Sake isn’t fancy, just fabulous.Jimmy Fowler
A fearsome black bust of a horn-helmeted samurai glares out from an alcove near the sushi bar of the recently opened Ronin Sushi and Sake in Montgomery Plaza.