It became completely necessary, for a variety of reasons, for me to pick up some food for lunch on Thursday. And because I was headed out of town for the rest of the day and I wanted to continue Mexican Food Week, it was completely necessary to pick up Mexican food.
So where does one pick up Mexican food?
I used to cover sports and I loved it … some of the time. I have to say this new gig is every bit as enjoyable, especially when I've arbitrarily declared it to be "Mexican Food Week."
For the third installment of "Mexican Food Week," my friend Star De La Cruz joined me as we dined at Tres on 6th Street for the first time.
The good people at Tres, Luis and Cesar Ramirez and Sabrina Comacho, took good care of us, recommending the buena vista fajitas — delicious combination fajitas served with a healthy portion of cheese enchiladas — and the biggest chili relleno I've ever seen.
One of these days, hopefully pretty soon, WacoFork will be able to declare a lunch rush at a local restaurant and bring enough business to fill up our place of choice.
When that time comes, it will probably look and feel a lot like the lunch I just attended. On Sunday, University Baptist Church community pastor Craig Nash announced from the stage that we would have a lunch meet up at Taqueria El Crucero on Tuesday.
What happened? We took over El Crucero.
I'm declaring this week "Mexican Food Week" on the blog.
I will eat Mexican food every day at least once whether it be for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Given my usual dietary tendencies, it's not that much of a departure from my normal routine.
The point is this week I'm going to eat Mexican food on multiple occasions for a reason and on somewhat of a schedule.
By Eleanor Lewis, WacoFork guest blogger
I have been gluten-free since February 2011. As of now, that isn't a very impressive date, but check back in, say, 10 years. It's going to look like a major accomplishment.
What does that mean? To go gluten-free?
Firstly, what is gluten? Gluten is a protein that is formed in some grains. Wheat, barley, rye, (and pretty much anything else they make bread out of) have gluten in them. Goodbye bread, goodbye pasta, goodbye pizza, crackers, cookies, cake, and pie. But that's not all! You can also say goodbye to anything that has "modified food starch" in it. Or, how about "natural flavors?" MSG? Dextrin? Malt (which is made out of barley)? What about beer? What about soy sauce?
If WacoFork ever fields a baseball team — or more likely a slow-pitch softball team — there's no doubt who our ringer will be.
Soon after we launched WacoFork in April, former Baylor and current Fort Worth Cats pitcher Wade Mackey jumped on board. Before he left to join the Cats in early May, he wrote a healthy helping of reviews and has continued to support our site. I ran into Wade on Saturday night as he made the trip down to Waco after pitching the Cats to an 8-3 win over the Amarillo Sox.
As soon as I saw him, I realized I had failed to take his advice that I check out the Oso burrito at Taqueria El Crucero. So I rectified that situation on Tuesday.
It was a fun weekend, but I'm excited about getting back to work on WacoFork business on this toasty Monday here in our fine town.
That was especially the case when I learned the guys from the internationally famous rock band Dutton would be in town for lunch. I don't think "internationally famous" is a hyperbolic description, but some would suggest that "internationally famous" would be a little bit off the mark for any praise-and-worship group, even if they are in the middle of a jam-packed summer tour. Still, these guys can scarcely go out in public without getting mobbed by fans in Oklahoma.
I joined them for lunch at Food For Thought and managed to talk Logan into a peanut butter pie for dessert. If you haven't had it, it's about as simply good as dessert gets.
Dutton, which bases out of Dallas these days, was headed for a week-long event just south of Austin. Seeing them was a good way to get rolling this week after an eventful weekend. It helped me shake off the emotional let down of a Monday, you know?
It's Friday morning and I'm still reveling in the little Mavs comeback win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
At about 10:15 last night I was practically crying in my beer as I sat at the bar at The Dancing Bear. The Mavs were down 15 point and I was alternating between mouthing off about why I don't like LeBron James and trying not to think about the fact that the Mavs ship was sinking fast.
Once upon a time, if you lived in Waco (or just about anywhere in the southern and southwestern regions of the United States) and you wanted to eat Chick-Fil-A, you had to go to the mall.
When I was growing up, the Chick-Fil-A was a mid-mall eatery. This was before there was a food court at the Richland Mall. The Chick-Fil-A served chicken sandwiches then as it does now, only it served them next door to the Waldenbooks.
Eventually, the Chick-Fil-A moved a hundred or so yards down the mall corridor in order to form the cornerstone of the food court. That's where it is now. But it is no longer the only Chick-Fil-A restaurant in town.
In a few days, we will reach two full months of our WacoFork venture. In that time, we've begun to build a solid database of reviews submitted by an aggressive and witty bunch of registered users.
We've even been so impressed by some of our reviewers that we've asked them to guest blog. So note that there's opportunity for advancement here.
As we near 300 reviews, we wanted to take a look back at some of the best from the month of May. Last week, we rated the top 10. This time, we're going about it a little differently as the best of the best fit neatly into four subcategories.
