andychalk Sep 15 1 min Church's Chicken New Go Box Takes Your Meals Anywhere by Andrew Chalk From the Newswires: With COVID-19 significantly shifting consumer habits and increase demand for off-premise dining, Chur...
andychalk Sep 11 4 min Movie Review: A CHEF'S VOYAGE What happens when a three Michelin star chef from California visits France? by Andrew Chalk Set the controls for Virtual Cinema on Septem...
andychalk Sep 7 2 min Barbecue Stop: Danny’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, Athens, TX by Andrew Chalk I once did a cooking program at a junior college at which the class discussed what should be on the customer table at ser...
andychalk Sep 7 1 min Veldhuizan Cheese Making Class by Andrew Chalk From media services: Cheese Making Class Aged Cow Milk Cheese September 10th, 9am-3:30pm Learn how to make cheese! In t...
andychalk Aug 27 1 min Barbecue Stop: Smoke Shack, Hamilton, TX by Andrew Chalk I have an abiding dislike for Hamilton County, having received a revenue-raising speeding ticket there a few years ago. H...
andychalk Aug 8 1 min How 4 Austin Restaurants Pivoted In Response to COVID-19 by Andrew Chalk Chefs, amateur cooks, hospitality professionals: How 4 Austin restaurants pivoted to respond to COVID-19. Great stuff fro...
andychalk Jul 16 1 min NOW IS THE TIME FOR GREAT COFFEE AT HOME by Andrew Chalk With a lot of us spending more time at home great coffee need not be something we have to give up. Gloria Jean’s Coffees,...
andychalk Jul 13 1 min IS IT TIME TO GO CRACKERS? by Andrew Chalk Mary's Gone Crackers, Original are a crisp delicious cracker with a rich nutty flavor, wheat-free, gluten-free and organi...
andychalk Jun 29 1 min BEJAS: FREDERICKSBURG TEX-MEX AND MORE by Andrew Chalk Sometimes you want some let-your-hair-down casual food in a let-your-hair-down casual atmosphere. In historic Fredericksb...
andychalk Apr 13 2 min MUST STOP: TRAILBLAZER GRILLE, BURNET by Andrew Chalk I can’t count the number of times I have driven through the bustling County Town of Burnet on my way south to San Antonio...
andychalk Apr 8 4 min TAKEOUT REVIEW: Sum Dang Good Chinese by Andrew Chalk [We can’t do restaurant reviews right now, so we will do ‘takeout reviews’] New spot at Trinity Groves replaces Chino Chi...
andychalk Apr 3 3 min Canyon Of The Eagles Best Place to Stay in Texas' Highland Lakes Region by Andrew Chalk The Texas Hill Country is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country. However, most visitors think of F...
andychalk Apr 1 2 min MUST STOP: OPIE’S BBQ, SPICEWOOD by Andrew Chalk “Life is Good in Spicewood, TX” it reads on the home page of Opie’s BBQ. Doubtless Opie’s sees itself as a major reason f...
andychalk Mar 12 1 min Fine China quietly closes at The Statler Hotel 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...
andychalk Mar 9 1 min GARRISON Shows That Fine Dining Can Thrive In This New Decade by Andrew Chalk Visitors to Austin already know about the Texas capital’s vibrant food scene, but a relatively new entrant may have flown...
andychalk Feb 25 3 min OLIVE OIL VERSUS OLIVE OIL 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 ...
andychalk Jan 20 1 min WHERE TO CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR AND HOW TO DO IT 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 f...
andychalk Jan 17 3 min RESTAURANT UPDATE: SAINT ROCCO’S NEW YORK ITALIAN by Andrew Chalk Saint Rocco’s may be the second most noticeable thing at Trinity Groves after only Santiago Calatrava’s magnificent bridg...
andychalk Jan 16 3 min The French Room, Dallas. Peerless Food Preparation In A Dingy, Denuded Room 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 ...
andychalk Jan 11 1 min Smash the Chicken Barrier This Weekend! by Andrew Chalk Smashburger is now another contender in the crowded chicken category with its 70% bigger, cracker crusted Crispy Chicken ...
andychalk Dec 2, 2019 8 min San Antonio Update 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...
andychalk Nov 20, 2019 1 min THIS THANKSGIVING LOOK TO BIG AL’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ FOR THE MEAL by Andrew Chalk Tired of all the work to make Thanksgiving dinner? Look no further than Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ, the feisty, independent,...
andychalk Nov 8, 2019 1 min JIA - MODERN CHINESE OPENS THIS WEEKEND IN PRESTON CENTER by Andrew Chalk Jia - Modern Chinese opens this weekend in Preston Center. It is described as “upscale food, upscale service, and authent...
andychalk Nov 7, 2019 10 min NOT YOUR FATHER’S LUBBOCK 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 Texa...
