Wichita just gained Bite Me BBQ at 132 N. St. Francis and just lost Bubba’s Nekkid BBQ at 2428 West 13th Street N.
The barbecue places seem to come and go on a fairly frequent basis. Which one is your favorite? Which one would you miss most if it evaporated like Bubba?
I liked Bubba, but I also have enjoyed many a meal at Pig In! Pig Out! at 1003 East 13th Street N. and When Pig’s Fly at 7011 W. Central.
Submit your barbecue favorites in the comments section below.
Pei Wei calls its crab rangoon "crab wonton."
All the Chinese food eating I did for this week’s dual dining review has me thinking about one of my favorite Chinese delicacies — the crab rangoon.
Every restaurant makes them differently. Some shape them like flowers. Others fold them in triangles. Some fill them with mostly cream cheese. Others use actual crab.
Which Chinese restaurant in town makes your favorite crab rangoon? I’m sort of partial to Great Wall’s, which are big and perfectly crunchy/creamy. And Pei Wei’s actually taste like crab!
What about you? Answer in the comments section below.
With all the wine tastings and wine dinners and Winefests Wichita has, we all ought to be grape experts by now.
My question this week: What’s your favorite variety of wine? And what food do you like to pair it with?
I’m a Malbec/Cabernet Sauvignon girl when it comes to red, although I also appreciate Pinot Noir. I love to drink all of the above with rare steak and with dark chocolate. As for white, I’m addicted to Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand’s Marlbourough region, and I’m always on the hunt for bottles on sale in local liquor stores for $9 or less, so if you see a Cupcake, Nimbus, Nobilo, Starborough or Monkey Bay bottle on sale in this price range anywhere locally, you’d better call me. Ya hear?
What are your nominees? Answer in the comments section below.
My people and me at Picasso's last weekend. Can't get enough of that place.
I reviewed Ziggy’s a few weeks ago, and I’ve got the scoop on Picasso’s slices today. I have PIZZA ON THE BRAIN.
We’ve had a nice influx of new pizza places lately in Wichita, which inspires today’s question. What’s your favorite non-delivery (read, besides Pizza Hut and Papa John’s) pizza in town?
My list is too long to print, but I love both the new ones.
Add your vote in the comments section below.
I’m still swooning from my Death by Chocolate experience, which has inspired this week’s question: What’s your favorite bite of chocolate in Wichita?
One of mine comes from Cocoa Dolce, who makes these amazing little dark chocolate champagne balls, coated on the outside with just the right amount of crunchy sugar. I also love the dessert called “Something Chocolate” at Redrock Canyon Grill. It features a square brownie stuffed with a square hunk of ice cream, all drowning in hot fudge.
Where does your must-have chocolate come from in Wichita? Answer in the comments section below.
It’s that very brief time of year when it’s not too hot, not too cold and not too buggy to eat outdoors. But it won’t last long.
My question this week: Which restaurant in Wichita has the best outdoor dining area?
Hurry up with your answers in the comments section below. I think I just saw a fly.
A Wichita Chick-fil-Camper early this morning.
I suppose if your answer to my question of the week was “yes,” you’d be at Chick-fil-A right now and not answering my question. But I’m asking it anyway.
Would you ever, as 150 Wichitans were prepared to do this morning, camp out to be the first in line at a restaurant you love? Or is there no restaurant you love enough to sleep on a sidewalk?
If the answer is yes, which restaurant would you camp out for? And would you do it just to do it, or would there have to be an incentive, such as the free food for a year Chick-fil-A is offering?
Answer in the comments section below.
Some restaurants never seem to NOT have a long line of people waiting for a table, no matter how long they’re open in Wichita. (Texas Roadhouse and Outback Steakhouse come to mind.)
The situation can be frustrating, especially for people headed out with big groups, right after new a restaurants opens, or on busy Friday and Saturday nights.
The question of the week: How long are you willing to wait for a table at a restaurant? What makes you decide whether to take a pager or try the next place? And what strategies do you have for avoiding waits?
Answer in the comments section below.
Redrock Canyon Grill's yummy Persimmon Hill Meatloaf.
As I prepare my stomach for Saturday’s Loaf Off, a meatloaf cooking competition I’ll help judge, I can’t get meatloaf off my mind.
It’s a divisive dish. Some people love it. The rest of them loathe it. I fall into the “love it” category.
Serving meatloaf in restaurants has become a bit of a trendy thing over the past decade or so. One of my favorites in town is the sorta spicy Persimmon Hill meatloaf served at Redrock Canyon Grill, 1844 N. Rock Road. Oh, my, it’s yummy.
Granite City has a good one, too, and several local diner-y places often have it as a blue plate special.
This week’s question: Which local restaurant serves your favorite meatloaf? Answer in the comments section below.
A reader named Kim wrote me with the following query: “I am a huge fan of chicken enchiladas, particulary the kind with red sauce, although I love all versions. Where can the best chicken enchiladas in the area be found?”
I’m not a fan of the red sauce so I don’t have an answer for Kim. Can you, readers, help us out?
If you don’t know where to find a great chicken enchilada with red sauce, what is your favorite local enchilada?
Answer in the comments section below.