Mariachi Tacos: Great Things in Store
The convenience store at the cross-section of 4th Street and South Sylvania Avenue may appear to the layperson to be just another ragtag bodega...
Barking Mad for Hot Dogs
Chow, Baby has fond memories of being taken by Chow, Daddy to Rangers’ games as a kid. Looking back, my father should have won...
Cutting the Tension with a Fork
Chow, Baby adores its friends Smiley and Mr. B., but they do have one flaw. Feature, sorry, Chow, Baby meant to say "feature": They're...
Panther City BBQ: Its Own Animal
It would be too easy, not to mention unfair, to compare Panther City BBQ to Heim Barbecue & Catering. The former truck/trailer has set...
Park Yourself at Chalio’s
Maybe my inner Larry David is too caught up in various first-world malaise, but I can’t be the only one who resents restaurants that...
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...
T for Trying
Ooh, Chow, Baby got served! The challenge came via Jason, a former co-worker who is now a rocket scientist at Lockheed Martin. This is...
Chow, Lion in the Chow Line
If Chow, Baby had its way, it would dine out almost every night of the week, instead of mostly for lunch and on weekends....
Rising from the Ashes
Here's the thing about Donna Albanese of Piola (3700 Mattison Av.): Every time you see her, she's gotten more beautiful. Yeah, nice for her...
Not Pho Frogs
TCU students are a strange demographic. A restaurant owner who didn’t know any better might think that opening a place near campus would draw...













