Food and Beer Pairing 101
The craft beer craze has eluded me for years, and I’m not sure why. I’m usually first in line for any reason to behave...
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...
Don’t Blanche over Bread Winners
It’s pop quiz time! A co-worker who is new to Fort Worth suggested I try this great “new” restaurant that just opened in the...
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Here's a question (notice Chow, Baby didn't say it was a good question): When you were a little kid, what did you imagine lunchtime...
Grady’s New Restaurant
Last fall, or maybe it was fall the year before, Chow, Baby secretly vowed that it wouldn't utter the words "Grady's new restaurant" again...
Frog Privilege
Sometimes food exploring backfires. Here was my big idea: Find the next Salsa Limón. Long before the authentic taqueria started its rapid expansion, it...
Hot Fried Foodies
Last week I braved the July sun and checked out the Go Texan food truck competition at the Cowtown Chow Down food truck park...
Off the Track
Chow, Baby couldn't quite make sense of Jack's Off the Wall, the new casual-hangout bar slash gourmet restaurant slash live-music venue that took over...
Live at the Grocery
I remember the first time I walked through the hedge maze that is Central Market (4651 W. Fwy.). It was also the first time...
Stupid Is
Whenever Chow, Baby muses, as it often does, on how well-educated it is (Hook 'Em Horns!), how widely traveled it is (Hail Colombia!), how...
