The much-anticipated Waco location opened February 2 and enjoyed large crowds over the weekend.
I went by to shop and sign up for World Market Explorer, a free membership that gives me, among other things, 10 percent off my first purchase (smoked salmon, artichoke & tomato bruschetta, various curry sauces); $10 credit for every $200 I spend; a birthday surprise (fingers crossed for chocolate); every seventh bag of coffee free; and special discounts on wine and beer.
I think a lot of us have circled March 28 and the Texas Food Truck Showdown on the calendar. This event, put on by the Waco Chamber, promises to create quite a bit of buzz downtown.
When I saw it on social media, I immediately blogged it with the info on the flier and made a note-to-self to get more details soon. I spoke with Ashley Futris from the Chamber this week and have an enticing update.
I've covered sports for more than half of my life now. As of April, I will have been on the Waco restaurant beat for four years.
Usually the Venn Diagram of those two things is completely separate. But, over the weekend, there was some overlap. If you read this blog normally and stay appraised of what's shaking in Waco, you probably already know where I'm going with this. A photo surfaced of a sign that said, and I'm paraphrasing here, restaurants like Pappadeaux, Pappasito's, In-N-Out, Uncle Mario's, Potbelly and the Whole Foods grocery store are coming to Waco.
Once upon a time, on the first cool morning of the fall, I sat on the back porch at Common Grounds and enjoyed a big, warm, bacon-egg-and-cheese breakfast taco with a little bit of that super spicy green sauce that Taqueria El Crucero seems to make a little better than any other place in town.
Then someone blew the whistle on that operation.
Hmmm, dozens of food trucks in downtown Waco, catering to a variety of tastes of foodies from all over the state.
That's a good idea.
According to The Boudain Shack's Facebook page, the Cajun restaurant is closing its doors in Robinson and moving downtown in the form of a food truck.
Since I enjoyed Boudain Shack the times I dined there, but rarely made it to Robinson, this is good news to me, since I'm regularly downtown.
The new Coach's downtown is taking care to outfit its space, remodeling the exterior and interior to put its stamp on the location that has had a couple of identities already.
Last time I blogged about Coach's, I forgot that the location was at one time called Square Bar. If I remember correctly, The Olive Branch and Square Bar shared the location. Then it became Sam's on the Square.
Last week, I mentioned in a looking back/looking ahead blog that several new additions had expanded our food truck options beyond tacos. At the time, I made a note-to-self to finally blog on the wood fire pizza truck that popped up in November.
I stopped by the University Parks-Franklin food truck neighborhood on that errand on Wednesday and left with exciting info and some new-restaurant news.
It's a rough time of year for restaurants with the holidays over, folks dieting and the tax man coming around on quarterlies.
There were a couple of December closings already and we've discovered another restaurant has gone dark.
Fuego opened to the public this morning, but it warmed up with a preview on Sunday evening and we took advantage of the sneak peek.
The restaurant, which features jumbo tacos stuffed with fresh ingredients, opened its first location in the Waco area next door to the urgent-care facility in Woodway, just past the corner of Estates Drive and Highway 84.
