Cafe Homestead continues its excellent tradition of seated dinners this month with a rib-eye dinner on Feb. 15.
The dinner will feature a 12-ounce rib-eye with the Homestead gristmill's jalapeño cheddar grits. That will be served after a blooming onion and before crème brûlée.
When dining out in Waco, it's easy to forget the time that went into creating and perfecting our favorite local establishments. In an attempt to connect with our rich and delicious past, I did some research on the oldest restaurants in town.
Here's a brief history of eight of Waco's most establish restaurants (counting down from relative youngest to oldest):
There's nothing to do in Waco? Nonsense!
Ok, I admit the absence of football this weekend (I don't count the Pro Bowl) has me a bit anxious about my weekend agenda. But it's not a problem. It's an opportunity for me (and you) to start a new routine. So for my benefit (and yours) here are seven things happening in Waco this weekend.
Last week I told you about speculation I've been hearing about Central Texas Marketplace. I had a couple of indirect sources suggesting a Twin Peaks and a Chick-fil-A were going in the Cabela's/Don Carlos sector of the massive Waco shopping center.
I have an update as I caught up with local Chick-fil-Ahuman resources director Paul Day at the Richland Mall location. He said nothing has been signed on a new Chick-fil-A location. The fast-food-chicken chain is aggressively seeking a third Waco location, but Day wasn't even sure if the Central Texas Marketplace location was a candidate.
On Tuesday, Dustin Payne introduced us to the TSTC culinary arts program. Today I'm going to formally introduce Dustin, our intern this spring.
That's him with his arm raised and The Coliseum in the background.
Let me introduce a hidden gem in Waco that not enough people know about: the Texas State Technical School culinary arts department.
This is a red alert to foodies because TSTC hosts a full-service, three-course meal available at lunchtime for $15. For those astute enough to make a time and the short trip to TSTC, it's at least a $30 value for half of that.
I have 3 kids, so I am approaching this from the perspective of a parent. Dining out with kids is hard. I get that. Believe me. I do. But we have a responsibility as parents to try our best to make sure that having our kids with us in a restaurant doesn't ruin the dining experience of those around us. With that in mind, I've come up with what I think are 10 essential rules for dining out with children.
Muddle opened Saturday.
I was sitting on the couch watching sports, feeling ambivalent about sitting on the couch watching sports on a Saturday night when I saw a Tweet from one of our WacoFork friends, who said she happened upon Muddle's soft opening. That exacerbated my ambivalence, but I eased my mind by telling myself I would write about the new cocktail bar's opening this week.
Cory has garnered quite a few hits and gotten quite a bit of mileage out of his "20 reasons you know you grew up in Waco in the 80s and 90s" posts and deservedly so. I too enjoyed the walk down memory lane like many of you.
The past is more romantic than the present.
Back in November, I wrote a post with 20 reasons you know you grew up in Waco in the 80's and 90's. Thank you to everyone who commented and shared their own stories and memories from growing up in Waco in the 80's and 90's. We had so much fun and got so much great feedback with that post, that we thought we would add 20 more reasons to the list.
Before I jump into the list, I want to point out that the accompanying picture in this post is of the slide at Lion's Park in its current state. I mentioned in the last post that someone should start a "Save the Lion's Park Slide" foundation. Maybe this picture will help get that going.
Without further adieu, here are 20 more reasons you know you grew up in Waco in the 80's and 90's.
