Eats
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No Use Crying over Old Grits
Why I volunteered to cook this Thanksgiving is beyond me.
Maybe it was the tacos. Last month, a friend from Boston was in town, and...
Newly Brewed
Brewed opened last month on the Near Southside on a stretch of West Magnolia Avenue between Hot Damn, Tamales! and Yucatan Taco Stand, and...
Take My Dad. Please.
Consider this a public service announcement for all the waitstaffers in the 817: Beware of dads bearing bad, lame, tired old jokes. Or maybe...
A Whole New World
Flying Carpet Café is an extension of a Turkish rug shop, located in a small, renovated log cabin-looking house just off Magnolia Avenue on...
Get Stuffed at Buffalo West
Is anyone else obsessed with those restaurant fix-it shows, like Restaurant Impossible and Kitchen Nightmares? I can’t get enough of British chefs yelling at...
New Digs, Same Pop’s
As most regulars already know, Pop’s Burgers & Grill moved earlier this year from Benbrook Highway to Trail Lake Drive near I-20. Rest assured,...
Forking It Old School
Chow, Baby isn’t a slave to the old school, but I do think it’s important to pay homage to the restaurants that have been...
Mariposa’s Simple Grace
Mariposa’s Latin Kitchen may be relatively new to the West Side’s Locke Block, but co-owners Irma Gamez and daughter Crystal Padilla have run catering...
Bold Blossoms on the Ave
Chow, Baby recently played the lottery for the first time. I didn’t win, so I’ll have to delay the opening of my karate-themed soul...
Brown and Purple
Ever notice how Texas Christian University seems to go through athletic conferences the way linebackers go through socks? Now, as TCU’s teams proudly (and...
