One of the new restaurants coming to town in 2013 wants our opinion about what it should be.
Right now, the website 1401speight.com is taking an online poll that lets viewers choose between three types of restaurants: gourmet tacos, upscale franks and sausages or a burger bar. Whichever choice is the most popular is the restaurant that will appear later this year.
it's not going to pop up immediately. As of Monday, there's a banner (pictured) hanging on the building at 1401 Speight. I would imagine that building will be torn down and a new venue will appear in its place. Owners Vincent and Chelsea Harris, both Baylor graduates, told us they'll be meeting with contractors and discussing the next step once the restaurant type is chosen.
They hope to be open by Baylor homecoming this fall.
The 1401Speight.com reveal was originally slated to happen today. However, a bump of traffic on the website as a result of a TV news story during the weekend gave them enough fresh insight and votes to extend the voting period for a couple of days. So the reveal has been pushed back to Wednesday.
They did tell me on Sunday evening that gourmet tacos and upscale franks and sausages have pulled in front, so it's kind of a runoff.
Here's an idea: Go to the site. Vote. And write in the comment section that you heard about them on WacoFork.