On Any Given Sunday
The drawbacks to all-you-can-eat buffets are legion: the near-obligation to overeat, because after the first bite it’s all “free”; too often the food is...
Parting is Such Sweet Marrow
Maybe it’s because I’m the child of divorced parents, but I always get a little teary when great duos breakup. It happens all of...
Gia 35
When I-35 was erected in the ’60s, it created a class and race barrier that still exists. While the Near Southside is among the...
A Tale of Two Tacos
I must have passed by Taqueria El Ranchito (414 University Dr, 817-495-1478) hundreds of times. The little taco-truck-turned-tiny-walk-up-window connected to a convenience store is...
Gleefully Free of Gluten
Another year, another diet craze that restaurants rush to accommodate. A few years ago the Atkins diet was all the rage. Menus all over...
Good Luck (Getting a Table)
I’m done (for a little while) writing about these pinky-out, over-priced restaurants that most people can afford only on special occasions. I’m ready to...
Come Back Strong
Chow, Baby fell in with a bad crowd the other night, a group of so-called friends who forced it to use a lampshade as...
In Plain Sight
Chow, Baby’s boss here –– you know, the one who took her to lunch occasionally. (I can say “her” now that the identity of...
Twilite’s “Authentic” Po-Boys
As much as I like Boo-Ray’s of New Orleans and can fondly recall several decent-to-good meals at Razzoo’s (the downtown location, chiefly), I have...
That Ol’ Cheese Magic
No need to get into who's been too busy and hardly ever home, and who's been a boring dud just sitting on the couch...
