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Thursday, May 2, 2024

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Pork ribs and brisket liven up this two-meat plate at Woody Creek. Tony Robles

Q at the Creek

Woody Creek Bar-B-Q has roots in Parker County. The original restaurant in Springtown started on the banks of the creek that gave the restaurant...
A little bit of everything goes into Muang LAO’s Veggie Delight. Vishal Malhotra

Get LAO

For many restaurants, the downside of serving pan-Asian fare is that the different ethnicities can become a mediocre blur. The family-owned strip-mall eatery known...
Crawdaddy’s menu features such inventive items as a redfish couvillion over dirty rice with crawfish etoufée sauce. Vishal Malhotra

Shackin’ Up

Crawdaddy’s Shack is inexplicably located in southwest Arlington, in a fairly hard-to-access strip mall. I say inexplicably because I don’t think there’s a large...
There’s a Tex-Mex feast to be had at Mexico Real. Lee Chastain

Real Mexican

When people think of comfort food, they often think of deep-fried or slow-roasted favorites, from donuts to pot roasts. Whether you call this cuisine...
Toni’s fried catfish is heaven on a plate. Tony Robles

Soul Kitchen

Some joints you just root for. You walk in whistling, thinking that either this place offers lip-licking tasties or, dang, it’s just another reminder...
The Winnebago bar provides a quirky backdrop for some of Twisted Root’s signature items, including the Dirk Diggler Dog (front). Lee Chastain

Pretzel Logic

Twisted Root Burger Company was started by Jason Boso after he did what most service industry folk fantasize about doing to a hard-to-please customer....
Beneath this unassuming marquee is a gateway to some successful Thai fare. Chase Martinez

Thai in Bloom

The atmosphere inside Thai Orchid in a small Haltom City strip mall is a little rough around the edges. On a recent weekday dinner...
Expect a lot of Midwestern charm at Maid-Rite in Arlington. Tony Robles

Aeee, Maid-Rite

The Maid-Rite Diner chain originated in 1926, when an Iowa butcher invented a super-secret spice recipe and applied it to ground beef to create...
The Tower is elegant, its fare full of flair. Lee Chastain

Down to The Tower

The Tower Restaurant and Speakeasy occupies the same location on the corner of 4th and Taylor streets downtown where The Vault Mediterranean Restaurant flamed...
Pretty much everything is authentic and scrumptious at Thailicious. Chase Martinez

Now that’s Thailicious

Although the new Thailicious restaurant sits, theoretically, at the southwest corner of Hulen Street and I-30, it’s barely visible from either busy thoroughfare: The...