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Fearless Critic restaurant review of the day
Houston
The Chocolate Bar
Gifts, indulgences, and perhaps even endangered commodities worth hoarding

The Chocolate Bar has three distinct layers: chocolates, ice cream, and baked goods. While “chocolate” is baked right into the name, we actually find the ice cream’s the most bangin’ virtue here. There are inventive flavors like “Root Beer Float” and “Chocolate Cape Cod” (with cranberries and dark chocolate chips), and they specialize in generally mixing chocolate ice cream with any number of nuts, goo, and candy. Next are the cakes, whose display is like diabetic porn. Expensive porn, considering… [More]

 

From the Super ’Stache The underpriced underdogs
Houston
Food
Feel
Price
8.8
6.0
$10
Bernie’s Burger Bus
A bright yellow schoolbus that schools Houston on the ideal burger

Some basic burger arithmetic:

Problem: Burger > mouth = irritation + mess

Solution: Bernie’s burgers, while substantial, are a manageable size and not super drippy.

Problem: “Medium-rare” = “Medium-well” (FALSE)

Solution: Char-tasting burgers are actually cooked to order.

Problem: Mobile food = impossible to grid

Solution: You can depend on two locations: Lizzard’s Pub (Wed-Fri nights, on whose patio you can enjoy a dive-bar beer), and Inversion Coffeehouse at lunchtime (Mon and Wed). Check the website or Twitter (@berniesburgers) for other appearances.

Problem: French fries + 10… [More]