5280 serves up gourmet burgers, salads, and sides carefully concocted and prepared by a chef

The fake meat movement is not only fake moos...

Santa Stomach gifted us early this year!

Note: This was a two-part article for The Allandale Neighbor on pizza in the 'hood I wrote back in 2016. Back in college I treated pizza as its own food group called breakfastlunchanddinner. I’d buy five pies for five bucks, stack ‘em in the fridge, and be ready for the week. As I’ve gotten older, … Continue reading allandale pizza tour (2016) →

Grilled Chicken Yeni Rosdiyani moved to the US from Indonesia in 2011 and, after learning to cook (inspired, in part, by a spiritual advisor), opened a food trailer in front of The Aristocrat Lounge (formerly the Poodle Dog). Yeni’s Fusion fuses her native street-food cuisine with American, Mexican, and Texan touches. Indonesia is a mixing … Continue reading yeni’s fusion →

"Breakfast all day." is the best poem in the world

Along with the first blustery cool winds of fall come the promise of sane temperatures for outdoor eating and an eerie October for our local restaurant scene.

Started by a couple of Baylor graduates to assist in serving the homeless, poor, and marginalized in Waco, World Cup Cafe serves up breakfast and lunch diner food in a bright corner building on Waco’s northside.

His frown grew deeper: “Only two?” “How many are you going to have, PopPop?” I asked. “Eight,” he replied. “Eight!!!” I yelped.

The pretzel bun appears to have been hollowed out and is graced with the perfect balance of chew and release. Rather than fighting with the bun, each bite broke away from the pack like Lance Armstrong leaving the peloton after his third dose of EPO.