Waiting for Boundaries
The restaurant was mostly empty on a recent weeknight as my two guests and I contemplated the unfamiliar menu. It was 8 p.m., and...
Extra Mustard and Hold the Mayans
If you believe all the Mayan calendar hype, then you may suspect that we don’t have much more time on this planet. I don’t...
The Kids Are Right
The first time Chow, Baby ever dined on raw fish, it was already old enough to drive itself to Dallas and pay with its...
Finding its Nish!
It’s a safe bet that the roads in Fallujah are probably in better shape than the construction-ridden areas of River Oaks. Everywhere you drive,...
Maybe It Tastes Better at Closing Time
Puffed-up press releases are like a drunk in a bar telling you how hot you are - sure, the source is suspect, but you...
Yee-Hmmm
Amazing how little it takes to turn a room from upscale Mex to down-home Tex. A few five-pointed metal stars and pastel-tinted photos of...
Support Your Local Institutions
I have friends who have lived in New York City for almost a decade now but have never visited the Empire State Building. They...
And the Wiener Is …
Chow, Baby is a sucker for a silly joke, but until now it never got the name of Slavko Gromovic's last Chicago-style restaurant, Wieners...
Tony in the ’Hood
It was odd to see Fort Worth’s tiny gayborhood, the area around Pennsylvania and Jennings avenues on the Near Southside, without The Gallery Art...
Three Days of the Corn Soup
King Wok (817-492-0088, limited Eastside delivery area) opened in November in the former Rickshaw Chinese Restaurant space in the small shopping strip at Woodhaven...
