by Andrew Chalk This is the non-surprise of the week. When Fine China opened I said it was a flawed concept and gave it a year. Including a mid-life pivoting...

by Andrew Chalk Visitors to Austin already know about the Texas capital’s vibrant food scene, but a relatively new entrant may have flown under their radar. ...

by Andrew Chalk Olive oil prices vary from $2.50 for 17 fl. oz. of Walmart own-brand “Great Value” brand, up to brands that cost as much per fluid ounce that...

by Andrew Chalk Chinese New Year is the largest food festival in the world. This Saturday, January 25th, is the first day of the 15 day festival to commence ...

by Andrew Chalk Saint Rocco’s may be the second most noticeable thing at Trinity Groves after only Santiago Calatrava’s magnificent bridge. Its massive marqu...

by Andrew Chalk I went to the The French Room recently. My first visit since the post-restoration opening in October 2017, and the first under current chef D...

by Andrew Chalk Smashburger is now another contender in the crowded chicken category with its 70% bigger, cracker crusted Crispy Chicken Smash. On Jan. 12, g...

by Andrew Chalk (reprinted due to lack of popular demand from 2015, when it appeared in Cocktails and Joints (RIP)) Just back from a trip to San Antonio, the...

by Andrew Chalk Tired of all the work to make Thanksgiving dinner? Look no further than Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ, the feisty, independent, 45-year young veter...

by Andrew Chalk Jia - Modern Chinese opens this weekend in Preston Center. It is described as “upscale food, upscale service, and authentic flavorful Chinese...

by Andrew Chalk I have visited Lubbock over a dozen times over the course of the last decade, knowing it mainly as the center of the Texas wine grape growing...

by Andrew Chalk Every year attendees at Dallas Fort Worth's Chefs for Farmers meet a lot of chefs. But who are the farmers behind the ingredients they serve...

by Andrew Chalk Last May Dallas Italophiles were positively salivating at the news that Italian marketplace Eataly was coming to Dallas in 2020. They can wip...

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by Andrew Chalk Popular Brazilian churrascaria Fogo de Chão has been at work on the bar and lounge of their Plano location. They have given it a total renova...

by Andrew Chalk Come enjoy fall at the farm! Saturday October 26th, 10am-4pm Now that we are enjoying some cooler temperatures it's a great time to visit th...

by Andrew Chalk Yes, October is National Pizza Month and Grimaldi’s, with six Dallas-area locations. is the place to celebrate. Each Monday in October, celeb...

by Andrew Chalk BurgerFi is coming to town, and they are shouting a very clear message: If you want the highest quality, environmentally conscious burgers, t...

by Andrew Chalk Asador is the flagship restaurant in the Dallas Renaissance Hotel (the distinctive lipstick building on I-35 next to Market Center). I was im...

by Andrew Chalk PaperCity informs us that “Dallas has been missing authentic Chinese cuisine for quite some time.” Really! Author Megan Ziots apparently spe...

by Andrew Chalk Talking about Vietnamese, if you find the multi page menus with their orgies of diacritics daunting then this restaurant in Dallas’s forgotto...

by Andrew Chalk The lay of the land: Guanajuato is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. I was there recently as the guest of Tequila Corralejo,...

by Andrew Chalk No word has less place in food description than “playful”. Food is not playful. It cannot even talk. Among non-talking things the best dish h...