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All systems go for Tacos A Go Go in Oak Forest By Kim Hogstrom For The Leader
The new Oak Forest Tacos A Go Go is finally coming to fruition, and for fans of this affordable, quality, made-from-scratch taqueria, it’s not a moment too soon. Slated to open in mid-July, this will be the third Tacos A Go Go. The newest restaurant will eventually take over the 1,800square-foot location formerly occupied by Roznovsky’s Hamburgers at 3401 W. TC Jester Blvd. Sharon Haynes is the owner and founder of the little taco shop. Her first Tacos A Go Go opened in Midtown in 2006 next door
Back in elementary school, we were given a recipe assignment. The assignment was highlighting measurement units, all while incorporating a cooking lesson and probably a lesson on penmanship (maybe that was just my dad that included the penmanship lesson). I wrote out my grandma’s tortilla recipe, and
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space to spread out on. Be sure to wash your space and hands before diving in. Once you’ve washed up, mix your dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Work each dry ingredient in slowly, giving care to each with your hands; mix well. Next, gradually work in your oil. This step is where I can mark the distinctive difference in recipes for both sides of my family. On one side, we had a grandma that used oil – the lighter and fluffier tortilla. On the other, manteca, or lard, was the addiSee Tortillas P. 3B
Drive within a five mile radius of The Leader office and you can find at least five places to sit down and enjoy a taco. All different styles, probably all different owners, but one common denominator – a crowd that will flock for a well-made taco. Here’s a few standouts that we stand by. Betsy’s Picks Ten years ago when I moved to Houston I had never had a fish taco. Poor, poor me. Since then, however, I have been making up for lost time. If fish tacos are on the menu, it’s a safe bet I’m getting it. But like most things in life, I play favorites as do many Leader readers. Here are the two top two vote getters. Look for suggestions from people who went to bat for their favorites online. What can I say about the Grilled Fish Taco at EI Rey Taco, 3330 Ella Blvd, other than I get them at the drive through at least once a week for three years straight and I’m not even close to getting sick of them. For a mere $2.85 you get a tilapia filet with habanero sauce, nestled in a corn or flour tortilla – if you don’t specify, you get corn – with red cabbage. Some people think the sauce overwhelms the taco, but to me that makes it. According to Hugo, the manager at the Ella location, their fish taco is their number two best seller. Number one is the Cuban taco, which just happens to be my number two. While some people were fans of one location over another, many could agree on the deliciousness of both the grilled and fried fish taco at Berry Hill Baja Grill, 1201 W. 43rd St. and 702 E. 11th St. For $3.99 a la carte – there is a $1.99 special on Mondays – you can get the original, which is tempura fried and served with a yogurt based sauce, red cabbage and cilantro, or the grilled fish taco which comes with lettuce, Dijon sauce and Pico de Gallo. Owner Park Blair says that there’s more meat – it’s farm raised swai by the way – in the grilled version since the frying makes the fish expand. Blair prefers the grilled
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rests on an onion, marinating throughout the cooking process. The trompo is sliced off the skewer, served in five (or more) small tortillas, and usually topped with cilantro, onions and pineapple. A rather new food truck that I’ve come across serves these tacos just the way I like them: La Marco Food Truck. The food truck is currently stationed outside of the Raven Tower, a newly opened bar and music venue off of North Street, at 310 North St. Another food truck that is spinning her take on street tacos, in a healthier light, is Julia Cooks Organic Food Truck. Her takes usually include ground turkey or veggies. Find them parked at Haute Dimensions at 6521 N Main St.
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and also adds that it’s the same recipes, and often the same people, making the tacos at either location so there should be no taste variation despite the opinions of some aficionados. He also says that while both are best sellers, they sell an equal number of each. Christina’s Picks Lately, I’ve been on a great workout kick; probably something to do with summer being right around the corner. One thing that I crave the most, and one that is the (best?) worst for your diet: breakfast tacos. If I could eat a breakfast taco every morning and get away with it, I would. Being new to Houston, that was one of the many questions I had asked my Houstonian friends: where can I get a good breakfast taco? After serious research these past couple of years, I’ll stand by Mickey Morales and his handmade breakfast tacos at The Farmstand at Petrol Station on Saturday mornings at 938 Wakefield Dr. Usually, my test for breakfast tacos is the tortilla, first and foremost, but Morales changes the game entirely for me. In fact, Morales doesn’t use homemade tortillas, but what he does use is farm eggs from the farm he works on, Happy Heart Family Farm, and fresh ingredients from the farm, too. The only downfall of Morales’ breakfast tacos: you can only find them on Saturday mornings. Honorable mentions for breakfast tacos go to Andy’s Cafe at 1115 E. 11th St. and Fiesta Taco 4620 W. 34th St.
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with Chef Arturo Boada operating the tapas spot, Solero, downtown. Solero was Houston’s original tapas restaurant and secured many devotees with its fresh flavors and Spanish influences. It was popular with Houston’s well-heeled before and after the theater, symphony, opera, and ballet. “When I got out of the biz to have kids, I decided the only way I’d get back in was with casual Tex-Mex this time, because Houstonians have an insatiable appetite for it, literally eating Tex-Mex four and five times a week,” Haynes said. “The kitsch Mexican street culture that goes with it is
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While Steen acknowledges that with any startup there are necessary changes as the company goals and identity begin to mature. The feedback has been positive – with the most praise for their smoked chicken – and Steen says they keep their community of friends, family, and customers as involved as possible through their growth. “We make regular Facebook updates and sometimes even make choices, such as our koozie design, based on their votes,” Steen said. When asked if he’s prepared to go all in, Steen is taking it one step at a time. “I don’t know if I can confidently say that I have been ‘ready’ for anything that has happened over the past six months,” he said. “It is the hardest job I have ever had, but I am loving every step. So I don’t know that I would say that I am ‘ready’ to become a full-time restauranteur, but I am prepared to do anything.”
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When Candlelight Estate’s Sean Steen was laid off from the oil industry last June, he first looked for another job as a geologist/geophysicist. When a month passed with no luck, and not a lot of good news on the horizon, he said that “it got to the point where I had to do something.” Steen wanted to start his own business. It’s called Ugly Duck BBQ. “I started brainstorming ideas and eventually came up with the idea of a BBQ delivery company,” he said, noting that he and friend Ryan Bennett had been involved in multiple BBQ cook-offs over the years. “One thing that really bothered us is the poor quality of BBQ available at many restaurants and chains today. Many people have not been exposed to how good BBQ can really be. So we set out to change that.” The “we” is brother Karl Steen, Ryan Bennett, and Steen. Karl Steen lives in Norway and does the web work from there. Bennett has a full-time job and three kids. So Steen finds himself very busy.
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its goal which is to deliver, relatable to a duck’s flight, true quality BBQ.” Their menu includes meats, bought locally at Restaurant Depot, like the beef brisket, chopped beef, smoked sausage, pork spare ribs and smoked chicken as well as sides like potato salad, cheesy potatoes and an out of this
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tive giving the heartiness to the tortilla. Back to the recipe, you’ll want to avoid dumping in all of the oil at once so you can get an even coat across the bowl. This process should take three to five minutes. Next, slowly add in the warm water until the dough starts to take form. You’ll want to work with the dough until it looks smooth through and through. After, you’ll start to form your tortilla balls. Use your best judgment to divvy out 10 to 12 balls with the dough. Shape each into a ball and knead on a floured surface. This process should take about five minutes. After each is rolled out, let them rest for another five minutes. Next, you’ll need your rolling pin. Roll each out into a circle, the best you can. Practice makes perfect on this step, as the perfect circle isn’t always achieved. Each tortilla should be rolled and then immediately placed onto a warm griddle. Your skillet should not be too hot, but the temperature needs to be constant. A medium low setting is ideal. Once the tortilla is on the comal pan, turn each tortilla three times or until you have just the right amount of brown on each side that you’d like. The best tortillas are the ones hot off the comal. Grab one before they go! My Tia Lupe, like all good cooks, found imperfections with her tortilla after we finished. But after that first bite into her tortilla, they were perfectly imperfect, just the way I like them. I enjoyed the time we got to spend together in the kitchen and, most importantly, we shared family knowledge and recipes that will get passed down for years to come; rewritten for us and you to enjoy.
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Art Valet
By Mitch Cohen
Arts Columnist
Talent meets determination, grit and beer About the same time I started the art market, I formed an art group I named after my painting business: Artists At Large. There was a website, we met socially for happy hours, had educational gatherings with speakers and I even wrote a motto, or credence defining what an Artist At Large is. The meetings and happy hours ended years ago but that motto seems to have lived on, in all the artists I know, meet, write about and, in general, make up the vast arts community in greater Houston. Here it is: An Artist At Large is a fiercely independent, self-promoting artist. An Artist At Large can be an emerging or established artist that promotes their own work through juried art shows, co-op galleries, markets, festivals grass roots galleries and salons. That statement is perfect in describing the art show happening this Saturday at one of Houston’s newest breweries, 11 Below Brewing. 11 Below Brewing, a Northwest Houston brewery located in the Champions area, is only just over year old and has a dedicated following for their events on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Beer fans from all over Houston gather to drink fresh beer on tap, and dine from an assortment of Houston’s finest food trucks. On Saturday afternoon from noon to 3 p.m., May 21, 11 Below Brewing will host State of the Art Shows inaugural art show titled “Oso Bueno”, named after the brewery’s most popular beer. The indoor art show features the work of ten artists including Vena Ashley, along with Gretchen McDaniel, who both formed State of the Art Shows after the duo hosted a very successful themed art event in 2015. Ashley, a photographer and mixed media artist, brought her version of a painting of a can of Oso Bueno to CoFounder Jeff Handojo, who bought the painting on sight and commissioned two more. All three paintings are now prominently displayed in the brewery. In a way, the sale of that painting was the catalyst to Ashley and McDaniels’ forming State of the Art Shows. The mission of State of the Art Shows is to create new and exciting opportunities
can put an art show on, ever since my first one: There is no Place Like that Yellow Brick Road,” she said. “I was really liking the atmosphere of the brewery, so I asked him if I could put on an art show there, he liked the idea, and so we started planning it!” Attending artists include Cherie Salinas, Teresa Staley, Alexandra Kontrimaite, Julie Howard, Melinda Patrick, Mike Vollmer, Rachel Goodman, Sacha Lazarre, Tonya Engel Foster and Vena Ashley. Is there a connection to the neighborhood? Yes – me! Plus I’ve seen Oso Bueno on tap around town and seven out of the ten artists attend First Saturday Arts Market. Also, it just so happens that I met Tonya Engel Foster at my show twelve years ago. Lazarre is one of Houston’s hidden talents in my opinion. Rachel Goodman, mentioned here a few times, is a Heights resident, too. This is an amazingly talented group of artists to have under one roof. Ashley and McDaniel are on the right track, don’t miss this one. Plus, art and beer. Hello? A media choice award winner will receive art supplies donated by Jerry’s Artarama. Details: 11 Below Brewing, 6820 Bourgeois Rd, Houston, Texas 77066, Noon - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21. www.11belowbrewing.com and www.stateoftheartshows. com.
for local artists, with shows that encourage the artists as well as engage attendees. 11 Below Brewing, with ample indoor seating, and plenty of floor space for the artists to put temporary display walls, makes nearly the perfect venue for this mobile art troupe. Ashley, how did you go from sale to a show? “I had just finished painting the Stella Artois mural at The Silos for the Washington Avenue Arts District when I heard of the new brewery that was right by my house,” she said. “I met Jeff (Handojo), one of the owners and showed him the huge Stella bottle I had painted, and he loved it!” Ashley was inspired by the giant stack of empty Oso Bueno cans and took one home to paint, and Handojo promised to purchase the painting when Ashley returned. He not only purchased the painting but ordered their other two signature beers on canvas, too.
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Cohen is the founder and manager of First Saturday Arts Market. Contact him through his website ArtValet.com.
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Waltrip Football player Goodman Jr. has drawn interest from the Ivy League By Jonathan Valadez For The Leader For years, the stereotypical high school football player has been one who has lacked intelligence but has been filled with pride. At Waltrip High School, several student-athletes, including junior running back Sean Goodman Jr., have been working hard in the classroom and on the field to challenge the archaic conventions of a “jock.” Goodman Jr., or “S2”, as friends and family know him, realized early on that hard work on the field could mean little to colleges if he didn’t have the academic strength to back it up. “I felt grades were very important from a young age,” Goodman Jr. said. “[My dad] taught me that there are no sports without academics.” While at Waltrip, he has earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, although his GPA skyrockets above the scale to a 4.45 when the weighted averages of his advanced placement courses are taken into account. “You’re not going to make it just by sports,” Goodman Jr. said. “You have to have the grades, that way if sports don’t work out, you have something to fall back on.” This semester alone, he is taking five AP classes that will count toward college credit if he passes the end-of-year exam. Goodman Jr. remains humble as he acknowledges that schoolwork and his achievements on the field have not come easy to him, but he credits his ability to focus and work hard in order to achieve success. “I’m not the strongest guy, I’m not naturally gifted, I work for everything that I have,” Goodman Jr. said. “Straight A’s are not natural; I’m not a genius or anything. I have to
Photo by Sean Goodman Sr. Waltrip High School Junior, Sean Goodman Jr., a straight A student and running back for the football team, wants to change the outlook of the term “jock.”
work for that.” He hopes that by spending the extra time in the weight room and in the classroom, he will motivate others to follow in his path. “In my spare time, I’m either lifting weights, running or on the weekends I have Princeton review classes for 2.5 hours Saturday and Sunday,” he said. “I’m just trying to inspire other people to not stop, to not settle for the way they are.” Teammates Jonathan Chapa, Dennis Gafford, Brantley Williams Jr. and Jonathan Schnaufer are also in the top10 percent of the junior class and along with Goodman Jr., they are leaders among the team. “Head Football Coach Steven Wright and his staff came in here and really changed the culture,” said Goodman Sr. “They’ve stressed the importance of education to these kids.” “We have two nationalmerit finalists and a number of other kids who are taking more AP classes,” Wright said. “We are working to place our kids in solid colleges and careers and everyone knows
we are raising the bar for our athletic program.” Although he still has a year remaining at Waltrip, Goodman Jr. has caught the attention of some of the most prestigious universities in the nation. He is being recruited by all of the Ivy League schools, Sean Goodman Sr. said. As a matter of fact, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania recently came to the Waltrip campus to recruit him. Goodman Jr. reiterated that he has drawn interest from all eight Ivy League universities, but he said the main ones that were recruiting him were Harvard, Penn, Columbia University and Brown University. West Point Academy has also shown enthusiasm for the Waltrip product running back. Goodman Jr. said he would like to major in sports management and that Columbia is one of the only Ivy League schools that offer such a program. After earning his undergraduate degree, he would like to go to law school and eventually become a general manager of a sports team or a sports agent. He just took his SAT, but Goodman Sr. said that his son has already taken the ACT and believes he has done well enough to qualify for any school of his choosing. The Waltrip student says he will use his final year to determine which university he would like to attend, while continuing to hone his skills on the field. Credit is due to his parents, Goodman Jr. said his parents have instilled discipline and advice to live by. “Hard work pays off, winners never quit and if you want respect, you’ve got to earn it,” Goodman Jr. said. “That can be applied to anything in life.”
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