Once or Twice Is Good for the Soul
Chow, Baby had an honorable childhood nickname, a tribute to its courageous mutiny against the social and personal-grooming mandates of the time: "Rat's Nest."...
Los H’s Worth Finding
Ever wonder what places like Fuzzy’s or Torchy’s would be like if instead of purveying gimmicky, so-so Tex-Mex they served authentic Mex-Mex/taqueria cuisine? Los...
Pakse Bounces Back
There’s nothing like a great comeback story to cleanse the psychic palate, especially after that rotted animal corpse of a year we all just...
Fat on Fat
If I were 20 years old and perpetually stoned, Fat Shack (2858 W Berry St, 817-367-9951) would be my favorite place to gorge. The...
All Chow, Baby Wants
Snuggled in sushi-print flannel jammies (Xmas 2003), chopping up goodies for the fondue pot (Xmas 2002), mixing up a vat of Robert Earl Keen's...
The Eating Is Easy
Chow, Baby has figured out many of the important seasonal changes - Christmas (and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, yeah yeah) decorations go up before Thanksgiving,...
No Monkey Ward Prices Here
Chow, Baby retroactively apologizes to Ronin, long gone from Montgomery Plaza, for complaining two years ago about its sky-high sushi prices — $2 for...
Yatai Food Kart: Haute Ramen
“How spicy, sir?” Kevin Martinez asks the guy standing in line in front of me. “Sniffles? Crying? Or ‘I don’t like you’?”
The customer opts...
Selling Fresh
I was looking around the interwebs for car deals and was struck by some of the basic, vague descriptions, like “2013 Nissan Sentra. Clean....
Cracking Open a Mystery
Every year around this time, Lucile’s Stateside Bistro (4700 Camp Bowie Blvd.) celebrates the fanciest member of the crustacean family with a month-long event...
