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Beacon Café Takes off
For a lot of restaurants, establishing a theme means quirky staff uniforms or décor. Not for the Beacon Café & Country Store. This two-year-old...
Wasted Away Again?
I thought I was having an acid flashback when I wandered into 3 Parrots Taco Shop (8737 Benbrook Blvd.) in Benbrook, one of two...
Viet Star
Fort Worth is not short on places for Vietnamese cooking, but you have to go far afield to find the really good stuff. The...
I’d Like to Devour You — But Not at the Table
There I was, sitting in the tiny dining room of Benito’s Taqueria (1904 Hemphill St.) — not to be confused with Benito’s Mexican Cuisine...
Classy Dame
Remember when bars were just bars? These days, the industry’s lean toward higher-end offerings makes that seem like a quaint idea. Long gone is...
’Cue Courage
Opening a barbecue joint where two others had closed (Cotton Belt Bar-B-Que and Big Barn Bar-B-Que) takes some courage. But with a long menu,...
Pump Up the Pacific
As my mother often says, I was born early and that’s the last time that ever happened. I was meeting a friend for lunch...
Can Buy Me Love … at Dinner
As a child of divorced parents, Chow, Baby benefited from some unhealthy parental competition growing up. Apparently, the contest for favorite parent is still...
Improving Macaluso’s
It’s no secret that one food critic’s treasure is another’s trash. Chow, Baby unreservedly disliked Macaluso’s Italian Restaurant ("Crabby," April 24, 2013), though probably...
Fo’ the Love of Pho
A friend of mine made the outrageous assertion that all pho — the popular Vietnamese meat soup — pretty much tastes the same. That’s...
