Delvin’s Restaurant & Catering – Amarillo, Texas
Throughout its storied history, Amarillo’s culinary reputation has been based primarily on one kind of food: beef. That’s no surprise…
It’s A Punjabi Affair – Amarillo, Texas
During our last full year at Intel, my friend Bill Resnik and I had the distinct honor and privilege of…
The Big Texan Steak Ranch – Amarillo, Texas
If you’ve ever wondered about the meaning of the line “I’ll be lookin’ for eight when they pull that gate”…
GUS’S WORLD-FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN – Austin, Texas
When I told my friend Carlos my Kim and I would be enjoying Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken during our…
Via 313 – Austin, Texas
It’s oft been said that among males (we’re such children), insults are a form of intimacy. Perhaps because of societal…
Gourdough’s Public House – Austin, Texas
Donuts could have gone their entire existences fat, dumb and happy with a following–mostly cops, adult men my age (39)…
Lucy’s Fried Chicken – Austin, Texas
“I‘m only eating the skins, so the chicken’s up for grabs.” ~Joey Tribbiani Several of my earliest memories of growing…
Contigo – Austin, Texas
There are a phalanx of “best of” lists online and in print publications that celebrate restaurants deemed true stand-outs worthy…
El Ranchito Cafe & Club – Dallas, Texas
In the Mexican neighborhoods of west Dallas, adventurous “gringo” diners who grew up on Tex-Mex cuisine have apparently discovered the…
Kincaid’s Hamburgers – Fort Worth, Texas
Local, statewide, national and international acclaim for Kincaid’s Hamburgers places this former grocery and market in stratospherically elite company as…
Celebration – Dallas, Texas
To adventurous restaurant patrons, the term “foodie” is often used with derision to connote someone who won’t eat somewhere unless…