The one appetizer I can never resist comes in its own little boat at Clay Pot.
It's inevitable now. Every time I dine at Clay Pot, it's "I'll have (chicken fried rice or banh mi or whatever else catches my fancy) and an order of chicken steamed dumplings to start." I'm addicted to them. Hello, my name is Chad, and I'm a dumplingaholic. I'm addicted to dumplinghol.
Thanks to everyone who attended the 1st annual ChipperThings/WacoFork Chess Tournament on Sunday night at The Dancing Bear. I was so pleased that folks not only expressed that they had a great time, but also that they looked forward to doing it again. I honestly didn't anticipate that.
Congratulations to casual-division champion Josh Carney and expert-division champ Anthony Edwards.
Dear Oso Burrito,
It was good seeing you again today.
I know I don't make it around to your neighborhood at Taqueria El Crucero as often as we both might like. But I like the way we can always pick up right where we left off. You're so consistent. I always know what I'm gong to get from you and that makes me feel at ease. So, thank you.
We'd like to welcome Bangkok Royal to the list of enhanced listings on WacoFork.
This is the latest development in a trend that I couldn't be happier to see. A little more than a year ago, we launched this site with the idea, among other things, to provide an advertising space for restaurants. Some restaurants have taken advantage of it and we can tell that it has helped direct customers to their tables.
We have a new restaurant in town. It's called BJ's Brewhouse and it has lots of big screen televisions and an extensive beer selection and a menu the size of a dictionary and a dessert that's worth a trip there all by itself.
In fact, there's a video about it on our blog page, so for more information about BJ's Brewhouse, go watch it.
But right now, I want to give a little attention to one of Waco's oldest restaurants. Because brand new and fancy and flashy is fantastic, but it doesn't automatically equal greatness. Consistent greatness equals greatness.
BJ's Brewhouse invited us to one of their rehearsal nights. We said "Sure, as long as we get a pizookie."
Thanks to the brand new staff, who seem to have things running smoothly. BJ's Brewhouse has an extensive menu, which includes a tasty selection of their brewhouse beers. We sampled several of them with dinner and they received a thumbs up from one of Waco's most discerning beer snobs, who will remain nameless.
Happy June, everybody.
I feel a bit relieved today. Since it's June, it means that it's ok for the weather to be scorching hot. I know this is kind of dubious, but here's what I mean: It's hot. Ok. But it's June so it's supposed to be hot. It's summer and we can get through this together; maybe even have a little fun along the way.
Every now and then, my paths as a sportswriter and restaurant blogger cross as I bump into one of Waco's sports personalities.
It seem like we have more of them than ever before, doesn't it? I mean there's been people like Michael Johnson and LaDainian Tomlinson for a while, right? But now we have people like Art Briles and RG3 and PJ3 and Scott Drew and Brittney Griner and a whole bunch of other men's and women's hoops stars.
I've been reprimanded and I need to correct something. But I still don't think I'm completely wrong.
I wrote last week that the new Mexicano Bar & Grill at Central Texas Marketplace would be opening on May 31. That's the grand opening, but the restaurant launched with a soft opening late last week. So I sort of got that not quite right.
Officially speaking, Memorial day is a day when we honor the men and women who died in combat serving our country.
But I'm bending the rules a bit today. My grandfather, Milton "Papa" Conine served in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He survived the war, but only by the grace of God.
