The Impossible Dream
Here’s a paraphrased version of a recent tirade I launched into the moment I decided to compare a vegan burger patty to a real-meat...
Yawn-N-Out
Some time ago, an out-of-town houseguest asked me about Whataburger. “It’s amazing,” I told her. “You will never be so satisfied by a burger...
Back to Happy
Happy hours don’t usually make me happy. They just make me want to crawl into bed and fall asleep to reruns of the Golden...
Far North by Northwest
Cruising weather has finally arrived, time to scope out and bitch about all the new housing developments with stupid "Something Woodsy at Something Zoological...
The Un-Haunting
In the mixed-blessings department, our local cursed addresses seem to have exorcised their demons. The Dr. Orpheus of the bunch is El Pollo Palenque,...
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...
Feats of Meats
There’s an art to eating the Jambo Texan at Jambo’s BBQ Shack (1724 W Division Rd, Arlington, 817-275-7881). The six-layered goliath is a sandwich...
The Noodle Throne
Remember when Game of Thrones was all the rage and every hack magazine writer did some silly riff on the show like Game of...
Papa’s Smokehouse: Old Haunt, New Restaurant
Wrap your head around this: I recently had a hamburger with an enchilada and a beef patty between the buns. This wasn’t for some...
Office Suite
Here's a fun thing to do next time you get maddeningly stuck in traffic on East Loop 820, which for Chow, Baby is every...
