The Hightower Report

A Little Something for the People; and Long-Distance Burger Orders

"...paper hats, and they don't go home smelling like hamburgers...."

June 2, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Food-o-File

El Mesón gets some competition – from itself; plus, an extended Event Menu

"...barbecue slathered with an ancho-chile-spiked sauce, and really wonderful hamburgers. The new breakfast and lunch spot has been open..."

March 31, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SoCo Dining Spots

The list and map

"...15) Fran's Hamburgers The perky sculpture atop the drive-in burger joint tells..."

March 3, 2006 Food Feature

Day Trips

Shopping and eating in the Alamo City always seems like a good reason for a day trip to me

"...in the complex. The menu is a mixture of hamburgers, steaks, and seafood served in a relaxed atmosphere. They..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Nutty Brown Cafe

Your first impression on walking into the Nutty Brown Cafe is that this place must have been here when the cattlemen were still using the Chisholm Trail

"...to description, the menu was full of familiar faces: hamburgers, chicken-fried steaks, enchiladas, fajitas, frito pie...."

Sept. 16, 2005 Food Review by Wes Marshall

Letters at 3AM

Are the Panhandle's many roadside monuments to Christ testaments of faith or unadmitted doubt, or some of both?

"...the Mean Woman Grill, where Miz Ayn serves excellent hamburgers and sings the blues, a cafe fronted by suggestive..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Food-o-File

Thoughts on the feeding tube; plus, Nu Age, El Chilito, and everything you need to know, event-wise, for the upcoming week on the Austin food scene

"...for July. Chef-owner Kwan Wong's vegetarian eatery replaced the hamburgers and home cooking of the original Holiday House in..."

July 22, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

At the Moravia Store, the beer is cold and the polka music fills the air even when there isn't a band playing in the dance hall

"...Besides the cold liquid refreshments, the store also offers hamburgers with french fries and onion rings, cooked by Henrietta's..."

July 15, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Las Cazuelas

Some time ago, a friendly reader e-mailed with the suggestion that we simply must check out the taqueria at the corner of Cesar Chavez and Chalmers

"...particularly good). They even offer chicken-fried steak and gravy, hamburgers, and fries, though that's certainly not what I'm looking..."

June 24, 2005 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Livestock brands tell many stories of an industry and of families in the language of the plains

"...on the King Ranch for cattle destined to become hamburgers. The Cattle Raisers Museum is open Monday through Friday,..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Liquid Assets

Picnic wines

"...of. Ham, cold fried chicken, shrimp, quiche, fruit, barbecue, hamburgers, and hot dogs all go perfectly with a bottle..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Banzai Sushi & Grill

Never a town to ignore fashion, Austin has its own set of worldly fast-food eateries selling everything from wraps to pasticcio. One of the newest is this Japanese grill.

"...be that fast food in America meant fat food: hamburgers, fries, and fried chicken. If a vegetable appeared on..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Day Trips

The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo might be the most famous steak house in the world, or at least in Texas

"...The restaurant offers 14 different cuts of steak, plus hamburgers, salads, barbecue, fried chicken, and an array of desserts...."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

High Baptismal Flow: Part 2

The 13th Floor Elevators' ground floors: Where are they now?

"...the service and one fortuitous afternoon sauntered into Dirty's Hamburgers on the Drag where he met John Ike Walton..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...a nearby bus terminal advertises hamburguesas estilo Monterrey – hamburgers made the authentic Nuevo Leon way, just like home...."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Naked City

Richard Florida "answers his critics" – but misunderstands the question

"...those who provide services for consumers (such as flipping hamburgers). That, she says, produces more useful analyses and allows..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Michael Erard

Hops, Barley, and ... Rainwater?

The Bitter End's Environmental Pale Ale is ready just in time for the Teas Craft Brewers Festival

"...a great beer for food, especially spicy food or hamburgers." There's a good reason he's guessing. Hops are a..."

May 14, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

On Ondine on Film

The pope and the artist, the hotel and the factory

"...We were used to eating more humble graduate-student fare (hamburgers, spaghetti, chili, etc.). It was quite a celebration. We..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

On Ondine on Film: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...We were used to more humble graduate student fare (hamburgers, spaghetti, chili, etc.). It was quite a celebration. We..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Taste of Summer

The perfect meal, searching for seafood tamales, eating wild strawberries stoned, and more memories of heat and hunger

"...and laden with summer stuff: fried chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, etc. Gallons of Kool-Aid and lemonade quenched..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Fine Prison Dining: The Cheese (and Bacteria) Come a la Carte

Inmate advocates allege that TDCJ routinely feeds prisoners -- but not guards -- substandard and inadequate food

"...claim. For example, the ground beef used to prepare hamburgers or meat loaf for the offenders is routinely mixed..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

About AIDS

"...travel: 1) Don't eat raw or undercooked meat. Order hamburgers at least medium well. 2) Chill leftovers as soon..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Sandy Bartlett

La Raza: Waking the Sleeping Giant?

The National Council of La Raza looks to raise the U.S. Latino profile.

"...Quaker Oats, fruity breakfast bars; and Country Cousins, sizzling hamburgers...."

July 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Headlines

"...not like Wimpy, a bloated slob always munching on hamburgers. Texas is more like Popeye's skinny girlfriend, Olive Oyl,..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

On the Side

"...diner can tell you, the classic side dishes for hamburgers are french-fried potatoes, onion rings, malts, and milkshakes. They've..."

March 7, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Food on the Fly

Airport food isn't the same as airline food, especially at Austin-Bergstrom.

"...and quesadillas are available, along with a variety of hamburgers, hot sandwiches, and bar-style appetizers like hot wings and..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Arkie's Grill

Rachel Feit steps out of time to sample the soulful fare at a longtime Eastside lunch counter.

"...chicken ($5.89) tastes like a Sunday picnic. And their hamburgers ($3.95-$4.40) are a perfect specimen of the thin-patty type,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...One theory as to the origin of hamburgers is they first appeared in Baltic seaports and German..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Day Trips

"...for a taste of their King Ranch Chicken or hamburgers smothered in the local delicacy...."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...Hamburgers are called such not because they once contained ham..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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