Category: Texas (Page 4 of 4)
LAF in the A.M. November 19th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Norma’s Cafe Serving Free Thanksgiving Dinner
Grand Central Holiday Fair
Moody’s Diner of Maine Loses Religious Discrimination Ruling
Oklahoma Joe’s Now Officially Joe’s Kansas City
LAF in the A.M. November 17th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
24 Hours of Lockhart (Texas) BBQ
40th Anniversary of Original Moosewood Cookbook
Revello’s Named Best Old Forge Pizza in NEPA
Tamale Prices Heading Up
LAF in the A.M. November 16th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
David’s Country Kitchen in NYC?
How to Get By at a BBQ Chain
Top 101 American Breakfasts, Says Playboy
Tony Luke’s Watch
Helen’s Casa Alde, Buda TX
REVIEW
Migas, a savory amalgam of eggs scrambled with torn bits of corn tortillas and perhaps some combination of chiles, onions, tomatoes, cheese, and/or meat, is the breakfast dish of Austin. Its fame is justified, and no visitor to Austin should neglect it, but even more popular, if less glamorous, is the breakfast taco. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 13th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Behind the Scenes at VT’s Simon Pearce Restaurant
Brian Gazda became the Executive Chef at the restaurant at Simon Pearce Glass in Quechee, Vermont in June 2013. The local newspaper Valley News spends time with Chef Gazda as he works with the restaurant’s staff to prepare for a day’s service. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 11th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship
St. Elmo Steak House, an Indianapolis landmark since 1902, is famed for their jumbo shrimp cocktail with explosive cocktail sauce. We’ve had it and, yes, it’s everything they say it is. But nine pounds of it in eight minutes? That’s what Joey Chestnut did last year to set a world record and win the World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Championship. This year’s event takes place on December 6th, and Joey Chestnut will be on hand to defend his title. Read the details here. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 10th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
New Braunfels Smokehouse and the Wurstfest
One of our favorite all-time festivals is going on right now. The Wurstfest, in New Braunfels, Texas, is a German/Texan celebration of beer, sausage, and music. The eating, for carnivores, is spectacular, much of it supplied by the New Braunfels Smokehouse, which produces those sausage kabobs you see pictured at the top of this post. In all, the NB Smokehouse expects to sell over 40,000 pounds of sausage at the Wurstfest. Read more about the New Braunfels Smokehouse and the Wurstfest in The Herald-Zeithung. The festival continues through Sunday the 16th. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 2nd, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
The Cherry Hut’s Pies Available for the Holidays
The Cherry Hut has been known for things cherry in northern Michigan since 1922. The restaurant in Beulah has closed for the season but, as is the usual practice, they keep a storefront open in nearby Bensonia where folks can purchase jams, jellies, candies, dried cherries, and anything else that they can stick cherries into. They’ll also ship those products. Unfortunately, up until this year, they never offered their famous cherry pies for sale once the restaurant closed in October. This year, for the first time, the Bensonia store will offer The Cherry Hut’s cherry pies! Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. October 31st, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Maybe Billy Butler Shoulda Had the Brisket
Professional baseball players, on the whole, are a pretty superstitious bunch. If they called their mother and didn’t shave the morning of a win, you can bet Mom will be receiving wake-up calls and that beard will continue to grow as long as the team keeps winning. KC Royals DH Billy Butler had lunch at Joe’s Kansas City Tuesday and the Royals that night proceeded to win game six of the World Series 10-0. Butler had a double and an RBI. So there he was at Joe’s Kansas City again Wednesday, dining on ribs, beans, and Mountain Dew. Unfortunately for Butler and Kansas City fans, Butler singled in four at bats and the Royals lost the final World Series game to the Giants, 3-2. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. October 28th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Less Than $10 in NYC: 7 Finds
New York City is notorious for finding ways to separate you from your money, especially when it comes to dining out. But it is possible to find bargains, if you look hard enough, or start with a crib sheet. And that’s where this story from Wall St. Cheat Sheet comes in. They’ve found seven spots to dine well for under $10, from Chinese dumplings to falafel to tacos to the burgers at The Burger Joint in Le Parker Meridien. Check it out. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. October 21st, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Good Eats in Revere MA
CNN Ranks the 12 Best Meat-Eating Cities in the U.S.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan Loves Eating, Especially in Chicago
A Visit with the Owner of Geno’s Steaks
Difficult Times for the Owners of Mr. Mac’s Canteen
Shake Shack Watch
Texas-Size Donuts
Round Rock Donuts, north of Austin, has been frying ’em up since 1926. They have as cultish a following around here as Krispy Kreme has in other parts of the country. One member of the cult, apparently, is Mary G. Ramos, who writes fondly of Round Rock donuts for The Dallas Morning News: “[T]hey . . . make wonderful, yeasty, glazed doughnuts that have a rich yellow color from the fresh eggs that are used in them, as they were used in the original recipe.” By the way, we’ve actually shared one of those Texas-sized donuts. We’d estimate that it contains about 8-10 donuts worth of dough. But how do they make them? Continue reading
Is Texas’ Small-Town Eats Variety Disappearing?
John Burnett, writing for NPR’s Foodways blog, presents his thesis that the variety and authenticity of Texas’ small town eats is getting swamped by barbecue, Tex-Mex cuisine, convenience store fast food, and Sysco. We don’t know that we’d restrict the phenomenon to Texas. Hasn’t this been happening across the country for decades? Continue reading
Gino’s East Bringing Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza to Texas
So what is it with Texas’ infatuation with Chicago edibles? Not only is Al’s #1 Italian Beef coming to Dallas but Gino’s East, Windy City deep-dish pizza specialist, is opening their first branches outside of the Chicago region this year, in the Lone Star State. The four pizzerias will be located in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and the Houston suburbs. Like the Al’s restaurants, they will be franchises. Word is the pizzerias will add Texas barbecue pizza to the menu. Can Garrett’s be far behind? Continue reading
Al’s #1 Italian Beef Coming to Texas
There are many signature Chicago street foods but our favorite, hands down, is the Italian beef. Thinly shaved beef is plucked from a trough of garlicky jus and laid in a fresh Italian roll. Hot? That’s spicy giardiniera, a chopped vegetable condiment. Sweet? Sweet red peppers. Dipped? They  immerse the entire sandwich in the juice! We’ll take a beef, hot, sweet, and dipped. Continue reading
Top Cheap Eats in US and Canada
Urbanspoon just released their list of Top Cheap Eats in major cities across the U.S. and Canada. Hut’s Hamburgers and Round Rock Donuts were named in Austin, TX, while Gene & Jude’s and their hot dogs were chosen for Chicago. Some other favorites of ours: Shake Shack and Burger Joint in NYC, Peters’ Drive-In in Calgary, and the two noted Montreal bagelries, Fairmount and St-Viateur. Check out the full list here. Continue reading
14 Great Tacos in San Antonio
San Antonio, TX loves tacos. A lot. And the taco competition is fierce. The San Antonio Current asked their readers for suggestions on where to find the best tacos in town, and the Current culled 14 of the finest from the long list of favorites. Taco Taco, whose puffy tacos are pictured above, is one of the 14. Check out the full list. It’ll come in handy during your next visit to the Alamo. Continue reading
Will The Mecca of Dallas Ever Reopen?
The Mecca was a Dallas institution, a much-beloved diner that opened in 1938 and became famous for its cinnamon roll. It spent 44 years on Harry Hines Boulevard when, two years ago, they moved to newer and larger digs in East Dallas. With the move they also expanded their serving hours and menu. Then on April 27th of this year they shuttered the place, announcing plans to find a new location that wasn’t quite so big. On the other hand, owner Michael Sealy, who purchased The Mecca in 2007, auctioned off the restaurant’s furniture and kitchen equipment and declared bankruptcy. So, while The Mecca’s website is still live, and the home page continues to declare an intent to reopen, we wonder if we’ll ever see that cinnamon roll again. Continue reading
