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Viet-Adventure
Given that many aficionados of Vietnamese food love the cuisine’s caffeine-spiky iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk, it was only a matter of time...
Research in Motion
Oh, the places Chow, Baby has been! And the foodstuffs it devoured! Chow, Baby's summer research tour - 49 eateries in 10 days, a...
Keg Stand-Out
The Covey Restaurant & Brewery is exactly what its name suggests: a place that brews its own beer and serves food. But don’t think...
Eurotazza Coffeehouse
As one famous episode of South Park pointed out, it’s easy to bash Starbucks, and sipping an independent competitor’s brew does not necessarily equal...
Bull’s Eye
The guy behind the cash register at Il Toro Café — the same guy who tells you the specials, takes your order, fetches the...
Taverna on the Square
Here's how a good manager-type does it: First of all, she's constantly scanning the room, so she notices when seated-long-ago customers start getting fidgety....
Lost in Translation
Chow, Baby's command of other languages is pretty much restricted to meal ordering, and that only if the dish names don't have verbs.
So...
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...
Say Ahhh
Dr. Sugar Police has gotten much crankier over the years that Chow, Baby's been seeing him for annual-or-so physicals. Old motto: "If you keep...
Flower of the South
Chow, Baby's master plan for the Austin-ification of Magnolia Avenue is coming along nicely. This is the plan whereby Chow, Baby does no actual...
