From time to time the characters in Larry McMurtry’s great novel “Lonesome Dove” (after one of whom, the stalwart Woodrow McCall, Woodrow’s is named) got restless and when they did they’d talk of going north. One day they did, headed from Texas to Montana, and their journey took years to make. If they made that [...]
Entries from October 2011
Woodrow’s Offers Simple Food that’s Really Well Prepared
October 27th, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (0)
Pupuseria y Tienda Offers the Tastes and Feel of El Salvador
October 21st, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (4)
I don’t know quite what El Salvador looks like, but take one step inside Pupuseria y Tienda and you feel like you’re there. It’s a tiny place, Salvadoran flags everywhere, Spanish-language TV on the wall, Salvadoran families leisurely eating their meals. A friendly family runs the place, and the mother speaks English. When I first [...]
103 Years Later and Still Kicking out Amazing Burgers & Chili!
October 18th, 2011 by Brian McCullough – Comments (4)
My first visit to Ike’s Chili was not for the chili. I was cruising down Admiral one afternoon in search of a burger and got lucky. It must have been the gravitational pull of good meat (grilled perfectly) beautifully charred and topped with jalapeno soaked bacon that brought me to Ike’s that day, or it [...]
Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest – Win BIG!!!
October 18th, 2011 by Staff – Comments (0)
Are you carving a pumpkin this month? Snap a picture of you and your pumpkin, post it to the Spa Lux facebook page and ask your friends to LIKE it. The picture with the most LIKES wins a Spa Lux relaxation package including 1/2 hour massage, 1/2 hour facial and a 1/2 hour manicure. Post your [...]
Justin Thompson’s New Restaurant, Juniper, Now Open Downtown
October 12th, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (5)
It was 5 PM on opening night and we were the very first customers ever to visit Juniper, Justin Thompson’s new restaurant in the Blue Dome District. But the place hummed with the quiet assurance of a long-established restaurant at the top of its game. Not surprising, since the waiters have been attending daily six-hour [...]
Win a Romantic Dinner for Two at The Boston Deli
October 11th, 2011 by Staff – Comments (2)
Gourmet sandwich shop by day, The Boston Deli, Market and Grill transforms into an upscale restaurant by night. A low lite dinning experience, with a menu full of entries hand prepared throughout the day by a team of chefs that love the food they make and care about the quality of ingredients used. Needless to [...]
Camabalache Grill for Argentinian Food
October 7th, 2011 by Jeff C. – Comments (4)
Camabalache Grill, not Mexican, but Argentinian. As I talked with the daughter of the owners, who are all from Argentina, she expressed that this seemed to be a common misconception since they opened up right in the middle of my little Mexico. The reason I stopped there was because I was intrigued as to what [...]
Slick New Mi Cocina Restaurant Opens on Cherry Street
October 5th, 2011 by Brian Schwartz – Comments (20)
Think about restaurants, think about Tex-Mex, and you’ll probably get an image of a lazy, cheerful little cantina with sombreros on lollipop-colored walls, indifferent food and service, and killer margaritas. Walk through the sculpted cast-iron doors of Mi Cocina, and those images will be forever dispelled. Mi Cocina, the first branch outside Texas of an [...]
