One of the many quandaries we must tackle in our daily life is our love and affection for eating all things Mexican/Tex-Mex, and the tendency of these places to use lard in damn near everything (we can only assume that lard must be really tasty). So we totally perked up recently when our friend Meteorologist Matt mentioned that he actually calls restaurants around town and keeps a running list of places that do and do......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor el_en_houston. From the photographers description on Flickr: I have debates with many a people on the sanity of eating from a taco truck, roach coach, barf bus, etc. Most of these people say they would rather eat taco bell than from a taco truck! What about you? Would you prefer Taco Bell over the taco truck? Let us know by leaving......

Houstonist was a bit disappointed that there weren't more Missed Connections from the rodeo to write about this week. We were hoping for something titled, "Hot Chick w/ TurkEE leg at Skeetball" or "What's hiding under that paper plate sized buckle?" Instead we were treated to misses from the usual locations: Taco Bell, Wal-Mart and Sherlock's. Notice a trend; we did, too. Missers and madames, please welcome Firehouse Saloon to that mix. A lot......

If you've ever thought that the food you've had from Taco Bell tasted a little weird, you might not have been wrong: One La Porte family is suing the chain, claiming they got sick after eating at a Deer Park Taco Bell location. The cause of the illness, apparently, was food that had been contaminated with cleaning solutions. According to the lawsuit filed by Emily McDuffie, she, her three kids and her mother all became......

Passengers at Bush Intercontinental Airport had a scare overnight when a fire broke out near a Taco Bell and filled Terminal C with smoke. The fire started around 3:30 a.m. and the building was evacuaed; though most of the people in the building were employees, a few passengers were forced to stand around outside while crews took care of the fire. "We thought it would be a good idea to get here early," Terry......