It's late on Friday afternoon and, contrary to what you might think, that means it's time for action.
Cafe Homestead just announced an evening dinner event next Saturday (September 27), so the time to make plans to attend is now. The featured entree is pan-seared haddock and there will be one seating at 6 that evening.
For a while, I've been making periphery checks of the former Lake Brazos Steakhouse location, expecting to see signs that the new restaurant taking over would be opening soon.
Turns out, I wasn't seeing enough of the picture.
You would think that writing this restaurant blog for the last three years would've led me to becoming a semi-regular at 1424. I can't explain why it hasn't, but it's something I want to change.
And, in a way, they're going to make that much easier for me in the near future. While dining at 1424 on Wednesday evening, I spoke with owner Aris Galanis about the new branch 1424 is opening on Franklin Ave.
It's been a while since I went poking around for details on the new Firehouse Subs location so I was a bit surprised to find the building where it will open being outfitted for business.
It's essentially next door to Buffalo Wild Wings and it appears to be taking shape nicely inside the to-be restaurant.
After two years of fighting through construction issues, Buzzard Billy's was hoping for a big crowd and profitable day when the new McLane Stadium finally opened for business.
Instead, the day fell flat for the Brazos River-side Cajun restaurant. Buzzard Billy's owner Tracy Maughan said he and his staff were standing around looking at each other, wondering why almost no one was showing up at the game day tent they pitched.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived. That's because I just arrived at my afternoon office via Uber.
Our man-with-his-ear-to-the-ground MVP Stephen Evans tipped me off to the presence of Uber in Waco yesterday and this afternoon I thought, "Well, what the heck?"
Now why would you, who came here to read a local food blog, care about the opening of a big box store?
Because many of us who like to eat also like to cook, and as much as I like HEB, we have a serious lack of grocery shopping diversity here in Waco, TX. I often find myself stuck in a culinary rut – hitting the same 10 familiar grocery aisles and cooking the same five dishes over and over. I’m excited for some new shelves to browse, and you should be too!
In football, the offense has a plan and it's the defense's job to react.
In that sense, a couple of restaurants in the McLane Family Stadium immediate vicinity will be playing defense on Sunday. Ok, I admit this is a flawed metaphor as Baylor and these two local places are really pulling in the same direction — that of mutual prosperity.
Let's say you're just back in town from summer break and you celebrated by having a hard-hitting Saturday night. Then you wake up Sunday morning and you're looking to ease into the day. Where you wanna eat?
How 'bout Sunday brunch at Muddle?
Here's my hot sports prediction of the week:
Sometime during the upcoming football season, football fans not too far from here will be hankering and hollering for a new coach. And just in time, there will be a new coach in town or, more specifically, there will be a new Coach's.
