High Speed on Ice
For a native Yankee and hockey fan like me, there's no more heartwarming feeling than walking into a Texas sports bar during the playoffs...
Taxing Weekend Ends Well
Someone please 'splain "tax-free weekend" to me. The list of what's "eligible" for tax exemption and what isn't seems so ... random. Spendy Vans...
Teed Off
Allegedly in golf parlance, the final approach is the part of that whack-the-little-white-ball game when you're within spitting distance of that little patch of...
The Rant
Being objective about bars is kind of a stretch when you gravitate toward a particular kind. Here's what I mean: If you prefer intimate...
In The Zone
Mybuddy Len says nobody needs to venture east of I-35. For any reason. Len's like Amon Carter, who was rumored to have toted a...
Flynn’s: Hip to Be Square?
There is something almost shameful about a guy like me (drunken hipster) discovering that there are some pretty character-rich watering holes outside of the...
West-Ex Redux?
West Exchange, a cluster of bars in one central location in the Stockyards, recently closed down after being open for barely three months. Sounds...
Grapevine’s Christmas Break
The bar's smoky, the beer's cheap - and cold - the shtick on the wall is boys'-tree-house-and-sports-bar-y, and the regulars I've seen are pretty...
At Your Service
It's reader-service week here at Chow, Baby headquarters - not in the traditional journalistic "we're here to serve the reader" use of the phrase,...
Darth Raider
No matter how cool some people think they are, we all have our geeky tendencies. My most charming bent (or annoying, according to my...
