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Cracker Barrel Expected To Open In Longview

Lucky Larry — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:15:50 +0000

The City of Longview is doing what they can to attract businesses to move in on the south side of the city along the I-20 corridor. A special task force was created to accomplish this new development is apparently working because task force member Brad Tidwell has stated that Cracker Barrel coming to Longview was [...]

How Much Can You Trust a Restaurant? — The Gross Facts About Eating Out

Nora Schreiber — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:29:35 +0000

We have all battled a little food poising at least once in our lives. That lunch date out with friends turn into an evening spent with the toilet. Never a pretty sight, is it? With getting sick from restaurant food so common place, why do we keep chancing it? I recently ate at one of [...]

Supporting Local Restaurants Tastes Good — 10 Tyler Joints You Need to Try

Nora Schreiber — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:26:47 +0000

Before you run to the nearest chain restaurant, consider eating somewhere that your neighbor just might own. These ten local restaurants are waiting for you to fall in love with. Variety of styles in taste, cost, and environment are sure to please all coming for dinner. For all meals of the day there is an [...]

Kids Eat Free in Tyler – Best Restaurant Deals

Leslie Reynolds — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Going out to eat as a family can put a dent in anyone’s wallet.Luckily for us, a large number of restaurants offer kids meals for free one or more days a week. Some of these restaurants don’t advertise their ‘kid’s eat free’ days, so you may be surprised by some of the places on this [...]

Best Restaurants to Take Dad to on Father's Day

Leslie Reynolds — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:09 +0000

Father’s Day is just a few days away and most families like to treat dad to a good meal to show their appreciation. Some families like to go out to eat versus eating at home as a special treat. Tyler is filled with great restaurants that dad will love, and we picked out a variety of our favorites that dad will love this fathers day. This is such a variety, that surely one of these will fit dads taste.

5 Restaurants We Want to Come to Tyler

andytaylor — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:00:08 +0000

Tyler has seen the arrival of many popular restaurant chains over the past few years. Fuzzy’s Tacos and Rusty Tacos opened this month, joining franchises such as Smashburger, Mooyah, TCBY, Jimmy John’s, Chipotle, Chuy’s and BJ’s Brewhouse. Using only midday traffic on S. Broadway as a metric, it seems Tyler is becoming busier and more [...]

4 Subtle Tricks Restaurants Use to Get You to Spend More — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:00:50 +0000

When you eat at a restaurant, do you notice things like the size of the straws or the way the menu is laid out? You should — they could be costing you money. The restaurant industry, like any other, is in business to make a profit. And while simply serving more customers is one way [...]

Best Food Staples in Tyler and Longview – Our Top 5

Amy Austin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:51:55 +0000

Eric M Martic, Flickr East Texas is blessed to have some of the best family owned restaurants. Most of these family-run restaurants have been around as long as I have. These days it's refreshing to eat at a place that is lovingly built from families that care about serving the customer. pjchmiel, Flickr Pizza [...]

Studies Show Americans Don't Cook – We'd Rather Go Out

Jen Austin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:19:24 +0000

Livingsocial.com says the average person eats 4.8 restaurant meals each week, including dine in and take out. That's 249 meals out each year!

Is it because restaurant food tastes better than home-cooked meals? Is it because cooking is too much work and we're in a hurry?