The Best of Food in 2007

Top 10 Sandwiches of 2007

"...American Wagyu Corned Beef Reuben, Jas­per's, 11506 Century Oaks Terrace, 834-4111. When you..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Food Feature by MM Pack

Jorge's

A return to tradition with a West Tex-Mex twist

"...Mexico (lots of green chiles) and plenty of grilled beef. Flat-stacked enchiladas with New Mexican red sauce ($9.29) are..."

June 15, 2007 Food Review by MM Pack

Food-o-File

Tasty travel tips. bocaditos, and more ...

"...be sure to grab a slice or a whole pie at the newest Mangia Pizza outlet, between gates 12..."

June 23, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Watching, Breathing, and Eating the World Cup 2006

Saturday June 10 - Sunday, June 11

"...a popular accompaniment to fish & chips or meat pies. Mic also turned me on to drinking "Rosie Lees,"..."

June 9, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Kitchen Door

Since 1975, the Kitchen Door has been selling hearty home-cooked American comfort food to go, and despite its longevity, it shows few signs of aging

"...sandwiches, such as the meatloaf and hot grilled roast beef sandwiches. Made from thick-sliced beef, melted cheese, and accented..."

July 8, 2005 Food Review by Rachel Feit

The Secret Recipe

Journeyman chef Charles Mayes knows how to run a restaurant

"...Everything else was excellent. The Ginger Tamarind Glazed Beef Tenderloin ($24) was cooked exactly right, the beef on..."

April 1, 2005 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Castleberry's Gourmet Sammiches

Where the low-carb craze hasn't found its grasp

"...menu. Among the cold sammiches, we sampled the Roast Beef on Croissant ($5.75), nicely filled with seasoned roast beef,..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Pao, Wow!

The Mandarin House's stellar reputation has followed it out to Lakeway – why haven't you?

"...fermented bean paste, yielding a pleasing nutty taste. Spicy Beef Tendon ($4.50) consists of thin discs of wonderfully gelatinous..."

May 7, 2004 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hightower Report

Costco breaks the corporate greed mold; and mad cow disease may already be here

"...means that mad cow disease in humans, which the beef industry has adamantly insisted does not exist at all..."

March 19, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

Bill Gates wants to tax your e-mail, and the Bush administration finds the science it wants

"...convened by Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman to review America's beef production system. She expected the panel to rubber-stamp the..."

March 5, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cut and Dried: A Primer

The Central Texas meat market roundup

"...and they make three types of barbecue-style sausages: smoked beef and pork, raw, and smoked all-beef. They also sell..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Food Feature

Afia Cafe

Where to find some of the finest pastichio, moussaka, and moi-moi in Austin

"...timid, this restaurant makes few concessions to American tastes. Beef stew usually features beef tripe in addition to chunks..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Slum City

Texas Platter

"...Slum CityHot Beef Rejection (Super Secret) When straight-laced parents agonize over whether..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Review by Greg Beets

A New Kind of Catering

Local businesses are marrying style with substance on the wedding table.

"...wraps, the bruised fruit trays, or the overcooked roast beef? However, wedding fare has evolved radically in recent decades...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Location, Location, Location

The Y Bar & Grill's is a great place and has quite the popularity, but what about the food?

"...options. Accordingly, the news that longtime West Austin restaurateur Jean-Pierre Piaget would bring a casual fine dining spot to..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

One week without a column and news surely does back up around here. Restaurant openings, exciting new products, chef stories: You name it, we've got it!

"...as lemongrass soup, Thai curries, and the traditional Thai beef salad. The plant is tropical but can live a..."

May 31, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Out All Night

Chronicle Food writer MM Pack gives the lowdown on where to eat in Austin if you're out all night.

"...time. The menu features homemade mix-n-match fillings such as beef or chicken fajitas, beef brains, barbacoa, tongue, al pastor,..."

March 1, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Mix and Match

Don't sweat it trying to create the perfect mating of beer and food, Chronicle Food writer Wes Marshall writes in a review of North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery. Pick a drink you like, pick a dish you like, and just enjoy them.

"...rich garlic parmesan polenta. Another had the Pepper Crusted Beef Tenderloin ($19.95). The beef was of superb quality, cut..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Spicy Tandoor Restaurant

Chronicle Food writer Mick Vann writes that Spicy Tandoor is Austin's latest Indo-Paki-Bangladeshi restaurant, the most fun and flavorful combination of foods to be found in town.

"...Gosht ($5.99). This dish is a curry of plastic-fork-tender beef cubes in a sauce of "pickling spices," with hints..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Food Review by Mick Vann

Drag Nirvana

A new world-class restaurant on Guadalupe

"...We are huge fans of Thai beef salad, and Mam's version (at $5.50) is so good..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Will Travel for Food

Dining in Dublin

"...the warmth against the cold rainy weather, and a four-piece Irish band sitting at a table playing for change...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Take Out the Heat

Sure, complaining about the heat only makes it worse. A long string of 100 degree days presents an unsolvable problem but it just so happens that there's one summer problem we can solve. What to do about dinner on a day when the ambient blast furnace is stuck in the triple digits and operating any appliance hotter than a microwave is a sure sign of madness? Where to go, what to buy, how to put a tasty meal on the table without working up a sweat?

"...offerings are concerned. Recent dinner menus included shrimp cakes, beef stroganoff en bouchee, spaghetti squash and asparagus with three-plum..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

South by South First

It's All in the Latitude

"...batter-fried enormous poblano pepper stuffed beyond capacity with seasoned beef and smothered with a blanket of melted Monterrey Jack..."

March 10, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

On the Pork Trail

Noel Coward once declared that "Any part of the piggy / Is quite all right with me" but we found five pork dishes at Austin restaurants that are more alright than others.

"...the country, I often wonder what it is about beef that has so captured the tastebuds of America's carnivores...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

La Reyna

Chronicle Food writer Barbara Chisholm reviews local Tex-mex establishment La Reyna.

"...an enormous poblano pepper stuffed beyond capacity with seasoned beef and smothered with a blanket of melted Monterrey Jack..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Stuffed to the Gills

Korea Garden Restaurant and Sushi Bar

"...($4.95), chicken bulgogi ($4.95), and a bowl of spicy beef soup with vegetables and noodles ($5.95). In a matter..."

July 30, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Food-o-File

Random Musing on This Year's "Stars Across Texas"

"...eaten "on the hoof." How can anyone eat two pieces of beef (pork, wild boar, caribou) that have to..."

April 23, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Real Seoul Food

Koreana Korean Grill and Sushi Bar

"...were standard fare, an amalgam of ground pork and beef with onion, garlic, and chives. We savored the dumplings..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...devotes the small measure of her time that isn't occupied with strapping Watson down, brushing her Lycra-clad orb of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Rave Over JAVA

New Noodle House Has People Talking ñ and Rightly So

"...a mixture of still-crisp, fresh vegetables, boneless white chicken pieces, tender beef strips, and shrimp sautéed in a spicy..."

May 15, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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