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Friday, March 6, 2026

Ciao, New Orleans

Belly up to Billy’s Oak Acres’ goodies. Lee Chastain

Billy’s Oak Acres: Open Wide

It Was a Very Good Year

Next Stop? Cancun

Moon Over Mash’d

Eats

Eats

Snap to It

I’m not sure why I assumed Snappy Salads (6115 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ste 120, 817-616-6016) was a ladies-who-lunch spot. After all, the Dallas-based chain’s...

Walk the Plank

Plank Seafood Provisions, 5289 Marathon Av, The Shops at Clearfork, FW. 817-989-2373. Noon-9pm Sun, 11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat. With locations in Austin and Omaha, Nebraska,...

Not-so-Earthly Delights

Like superheroes and cheesy music, Halloween is another kid thing that we adults have co-opted for our own enjoyment and entertainment. “Screw dem kids!”...
Enchiladas Olé is a contemporary take on traditional Tex-Mex. Adrien P. Maroney

Say Olé!

It takes a lot of courage to open a restaurant. It takes courage plus confidence to open an enchilada joint in a neighborhood east...

Once or Twice Is Good for the Soul

Chow, Baby had an honorable childhood nickname, a tribute to its courageous mutiny against the social and personal-grooming mandates of the time: "Rat's Nest."...

Do you Even Tortaco, Bro?

I’m starting to feel that a swath of the bars and restaurants in the West 7th district are filled with the kind of dudes...
Chow, Baby

A Fire of Many Flavors

It’s located on a busy corner in a former fast-food joint. The name means “fire sauce,” the chef is named Rodriguez, and chicken enchiladas...

Off the Track

Chow, Baby couldn't quite make sense of Jack's Off the Wall, the new casual-hangout bar slash gourmet restaurant slash live-music venue that took over...

Quality ’Cue in the ’Burbs

Lil JJ’s Smoke House, 9321 N Fwy, Fort Worth. 817-615-9460. Noon-7pm Sun, closed Mon, 11am-8pm Tue-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri-Sat.   Not sure why — maybe my chronic misanthropy...
The steaks are cut on-site — and then cooked to order, like this bone-in rib-eye. Lee Chastain

Chop House Delights

Chef Kenny Mills made himself at home in Arlington with Chop House Burgers, which started as a hole-in-the-wall near University of Texas at Arlington...