Tacos
January 20, 2013
The Great Texas Taco Tour
From El Paso’s ingenious taco trays to Austin’s uplifting breakfast tacos, each Texas city celebrates this noble creation in its own way.
Food & Drink
January 20, 2013
Sorry, Mom
Even your mother can’t top Rex Hale’s light-as-a-cloud shortcake.
Music
February 1, 1989
This is Now
Looking forward to Jerry Jeff Walker’s second Luckenbach, looking into a new way to settle feuds, and looking back over the career of Texas’ most prolific unknown author.
Reporter
January 1, 1989
Big Man, Small Town
An East Texas librarian learns the perils of shushing the wrong guy; Houston and Dallas put on the ritz for couture; and Citizen Butt picks the Texas Supreme Court.
Reporter
December 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
San Antonio media indulge in self-flagellation over Henry; Dallas goes gaga over Tom Cruise; Hoston thrills to a Pearl of a blues singer.
Reporter
November 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Hieromania, the burning curiosity of glyphies; Post time in the race for Houston’s new gossip columnist; an unlikely car and an unlikelier trailer; the parking garage from hell.
Reporter
September 30, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Corpus Christi learns to grow through adversity; Houston gives Percy Foreman a rousing send-off; Austin ponders the mystery of the misappearing shoes.
Food & Drink
September 30, 1988
Nights of Wine and Roses
Thanks to adventurous chef Michel Bernard Platz, the flowers at Dallas’ L’Entrecôte are as likely to be on the menu as in a vase.
Reporter
July 31, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
The case of the purloined painting; how to tell the Surf Club from the Yacht Club; cream of the ice-cream crop; people who live in pink houses.
Reporter
May 31, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
The bash of the century in Austin; new heights for an Alamo author; slouching toward Jerusalem, Texas; plus designer tomatoes, East Texas ingenuity, and Amazing Car #8.
Critters
April 30, 1988
Funky Chickens
The prairie chickens in Texas’ vanishing grasslands are booming and boyish.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1988
Just Add Water
The issues in El Paso’s colonias are watery and grave.
Reporter
April 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Downtown San Antonio get a makeover; two for T-shirts; a spine-tingling story of a racehorse; the real winners at the Miss U.S.A. pageant; the Brownies go to marketing.
Reporter
March 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Grazing cheap and chic in Houston, Austin, and Dallas; tire-kicking at the Fizzlick liquidation boutique; returning a piece of Janis’ heart to Port Arthur.
Food & Drink
February 1, 1988
Dean’s Beans
The Mansion chef’s most redolent recipe came from Sunday suppers at his grandmother’s house.
Reporter
January 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Down but not out in Bent Tree; dishes only the devil could love; hello, Wal-Mart; stupid napkin tricks; gossip boys and Gorilla girls.
Reporter
December 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
A black and gamy Monday; Wick Allison as low-profile Buckley; heartthrobs Quaid and Swayze; fine food for feedlots; Augie’s Gringo Lingo.
Reporter
September 30, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Cities in search of salvation; the new White House (as in Mark); the art of double-Daryled potshots; chile time in El Paso; chile relleno time in Houston.
Food & Drink
September 30, 1987
Cuisine de Campfire
Where there’s smoke, there’s chef Robert McGrath’s smokebox that works wonders on Southwestern dishes.
Reporter
August 31, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
On the cutting edge with Ollie North; Donna Rice on the cutting room floor; cutting corners to find good Vietnamese restaurants; and the gig ‘em gourmet cookbook, the Aggies’ unkindest cut of all.
Reporter
July 31, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Let’s play pretend by swapping out Houstonians for Dallasites. Plus: Battling books, good Mex-Mex where you’d least expect it, and our guide to the latest legislative phrases (use ‘em three times and they’re yours!)
Food & Drink
July 31, 1987
Who Says Never Trust a Skinny Chef?
Meet Bruce Auden of San Antonio, the fairest of the Fairmount.
Business
July 31, 1987
What’s in a Name?
Maybe as much as $20,000, if Lee Ballard of Dallas has anything to do with it.
Reporter
June 30, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Not much happened at the Legislature, but that doesn’t mean they left no traces. Plus: Houston’s I’m OK, We’re OK Wortham bash, unlikely Texas TV stars, and Frank Lorenzo’s flight to cushier climes.
Reporter
May 31, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Texas oil patchers bounce back; Houston artist Staley paints the art crowd; goat-gland genius Brinkley’s mansion casts its quirky spell. Plus: Caroline Schoellkopf’s marital woes, Tammy Faye Bakker’s impersonators, and Nancy Negley Wellin’s prodigal daughter.
Reporter
April 30, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Houston ignores its AIDS crisis, Dallas restaurant gossips chew over hard times, San Antonio headline writers get their due. Plus: Chuck Robb’s blooper, Larry McMurtry’s sniffles, and Shearn Moody’s new taste in nightlife.
Reporter
April 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Marty Wender can’t do anything wrong—and San Antonio loves him for it. Joe Russo can’t do anything right—and Houston loves him for it. Plus: pop paraphernalia, naming Henry’s baby, Poppin’ Pigskins, and Who Killed Mark White?
Reporter
March 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Sneak a glance at our inaugural notebook to find out why Clements’ speech didn’t fly, which city had the most imperial ball, and who triumphed in the guv’s snub. Plus: Mad Maxian Car #3, space tombs in the sky, and ZZ Top’s song scuffle.
Reporter
February 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
The City That Works isn’t working like it used to. Plus Amazing Cars of Texas #2, revolutionary folk art, and Topic A—what everybody can’t stop talking about.
Food & Drink
January 1, 1987
The Left Side of the Menu
Admit it. The first courses always seem more interesting than the entrées. Why not make a meal of them?
Feature
August 31, 1986
Vote For Me, Por Favor. Now Let’s Eat
Mix election time, South Texas, and barbeque, and you get the pachanga circuit, where politics and barbeque are served with equal reverence.
Feature
June 30, 1986
Eat at Junior’s
Proprietors of some of Texas’ priciest restaurants are spinning off more-economical eateries that are giving the originals a run for their money.
Tacos
April 1, 1986
Taco Capital, U.S.A.
You want tacos with carnitas or cactus pads? Beef barbecue or bacon and eggs Come to San Antonio, where tacos aren’t just an afterthought on a Tex-Mex munue—they’re a way of life.
Reporter
February 1, 1986
Texas Monthly Reporter
A splendid state park; snacks you shouldn’t feed to a dog; a wild and crazy Republican.
Feature
December 1, 1985
The Fraying Empire of Bobby Sakowitz
Robert Sakowitz set out to be a retail Renaissance man. Like his hero Leonardo da Vinci, he was going to do everything. And he did—including something he never imagined: fail.
Feature
August 31, 1985
What’s the Big Deal About Grills?
Hot, hot, hot! Here’s why grills have become the trendiest of the trendy restaurants in Texas.
Best and Worst Legislators
June 30, 1985
1985: The Ten Best and (Groan) the Ten Worst Legislators
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Food & Drink
May 31, 1985
La Reina Diana
By her dedication, her rigor, her almost overwhelming enthusiasm, Diana Kennedy forced a generation of cooks to take Mexican food seriously and jolted Texans into realizing that there is life beyond the combination dinner.
Health
April 30, 1985
Unwelcome Guest, Reluctant Host
Like the killer bees, Montezuma's revenge is moving north.
Reporter
January 1, 1985
Texas Monthly Reporter
Law and order in Colorado City; winning and losing with the Dallas Diamonds; bargains and hassles on People Express; broiling and sweating in pursuit of mesquite chic.
Business
November 1, 1984
Trashy Business
When Houston’s rich and powerful join forces with environmentalists to battle big corporations, they can be fighting over only one thing. Garbage.
Style & Design
May 31, 1984
Move Over, Southfork
Up for sale in Dallas, the Shanbaum house boasts a whopping 28,000 square feet and what may be Texas’ most comprehensive collection of sixties and seventies kitsch—along with a $2.75 million price tag.
Reporter
April 30, 1984
Texas Monthly Reporter
A nuclear quandary in West Texas; the fine art of political feuding in San Antonio; the redfish ranching business in Monahans; the education of a power broker in training in Houston.
Feature
March 1, 1984
The Deluxe Down-and-Dirty Goose Hunt
In which a group of society ladies samples the thrills and chills of an essentially masculine pastime.
Food & Drink
December 1, 1983
The Texas Food Manifesto
Fie on the cilantro fad, greaseless barbecue, and indiscriminate mesquite-grilling. Let’s hear it for Frito pie, catfish plates, and other gems of Texas’ true cuisine
Best and Worst Legislators
June 30, 1983
1983: The Ten Best and The Ten Worst Legislators
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Food & Drink
April 1, 1983
Have Ladle, Will Travel
Culinary one-upmanship has produced the designer chef, a food whiz who comes from afar to lend prestige and panache to Texas’ ritziest eateries.
Feature
January 1, 1983
The Grand Tour
Houston’s the ticket to a trip around the world. In that one city you can now eat, shop, drink and dance across the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.