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Overflowing Up North

North Fort Worth is a boomtown. Seemingly every other week, another new restaurant, pizza joint, fro-yo, or smoothie place pops up. Surprisingly, a majority...

Going Up the Country

It gives you one of those Twilight Zone feelings, driving through architecturally undistinguished Benbrook and then through a bunch of nothing to wind up...

Rock Bottom’s Up

On Bluebonnet Circle in the space formerly occupied by Ocean Rock, a popular seafood restaurant, comes Rock Bottom Bar and Grill. The menu is...

Grumpole at the Bailey

According to the USDA, the food price index for “food away from home” (that is, dining at restaurants) increased 6.4 percent in 2008 and...

Boo-Ray’s Ragin’ Cajun

Louisiana cooking isn’t completely foreign to Fort Worth, but restaurants specializing in Cajun cuisine here can probably be counted on one hand. All of...

Crazy for Taco Loco

You know, Chow, Baby goes to all this trouble creating mania-inspired color-coded lists and sub-lists, and yet not once has anyone written in to...

Hidden Treats at Salsa Limón

Just up the escalator from the main entrance of La Gran Plaza is what has to be the most unusual food court of any...

Trompe de Shrimp

Chow, Baby’s not clear exactly how, but surely butterflied shrimp are part of the global marketing conspiracy, the one that brought us Certified Angus...

Finger-lickin’ Texas Style Chicken and Seafood

In the shadow of the Hospital District, Rosedale Street just east of I-35 offers a veritable coop of fried chicken places. Clearly the hospitals...

(Another) New Leaf

The newest neat-o, cheap ethnic restaurant near UTA — well, it’s been a week now since Chow, Baby was in the area, so this...