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...
Any Way You Slice It
One of Chow, Baby’s valiant attempts to impose order on the food universe is its gyros classification system. It’s pretty straightforward: Class A is...
The Cool Get Cooler
Is anyone else getting bored with the positive energy radiating from the Near Southside? OK, West Magnolia Avenue, we get it. You have great...
Lamb for Break-Fast
People can debate the merits and minuses of major world religions all they want, but to Chow, Baby, at least one aspect is a...
Filling the Fuego Void
I’ve been missing Salsa Fuego a lot lately. Last year, the outstanding haute-ish Mexican eatery moved out of its tiny location on the Weatherford...
Holiday Greenery
Today's journalism-lingo term is evergreen, meaning a non-time-pegged article that an editor keeps on hand to fill space in case of emergency - say...
Mushrooms with a View
How often does this ever happen: Something that's absolutely perfect gets messed with and yet comes out better? For the most part, the new...
Penny Pinching at Taco Heads
I’ve never felt more like my grandpa than on my recent trip to the shiny, new brick-and-mortar location of Taco Heads (1812 Montgomery St.,...
Present Imperfect
There I was eating my chicken club salad ($13) at Charleston’s (3020 S. Hulen St.) when my teenage server asked a question that ruined...
Next Time, the 15-Piece Box
"We'll just let me be the judge of that," thought Chow, Baby self-importantly as it popped into Very Good Chicken (3996 Denton Hwy., Haltom...
