Fish by Steak
Given its penchant for holding unfair grudges, Chow, Baby is a little surprised it doesn't heartily resent the D.C.-based steakhouse Sam & Harry's for...
Shiny Happy Eaters
Chow, Baby likes shiny things but hates Denny's, so it was glad to see a certain gleaming pre-fab building change ownership a few months...
No Faux Pho Here
Chow, Baby’s first misgiving about Pho Que Huong (4601 W. Fwy) was the restaurant’s location, in the upscale Chapel Hill shopping center. Admittedly, Chow,...
Bar Sinister
Cachonga's (4255 Camp Bowie Blvd.) reopened a couple of weeks ago after a few dark days of internal strife, and Chow, Baby is mostly...
Moon Over Mash’d
When I first heard the name Mash’d, I fantasized about a restaurant constructed entirely of mashed potatoes. I wanted to eat my way out...
What’s the Rush?
I’ve never seen a server act so hurried and frantic as I did on a recent lunch visit to Cantina Laredo Gourmet Mexican Food...
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...
Tasty Taste-N-See
When chic Dallas coffee house and late-night breakfast joint Café Brazil came to town a few years back, I was excited. There weren’t many...
Let’s Boot the Brits off the Island
TV announcer’s voice: “Two Fort Worth restaurants appeared on gimmicky fix-my-restaurant shows. One show promised to fix the place’s concept and menu, and the...
Ramen Re-Imagined. Again.
Remember when the ramen craze hit? Every writer in the world wrote some form of this sentence: “This isn’t your college dorm room ramen.”...
