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Dry Age Beef

Barney Chapman Chow
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Hello Beef Fans,
Dry aged beef changes the mouth feel, the bite, the tenderness and the flavor completely for me. There is no way to tell another what the different flavor is unless they had been eating it and figured out for themselves the difference.

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Dry Aged Cooler

The “experts,” with all their fancy tools will tell you that twenty-one days is all that is needed because it does not get tender much after that. I’m personally looking for something more than just the tenderness that comes from “Dry Aging”. I like the combination of all those qualities above plus the flavor. I prefer six weeks aging; yes, the cost increases A LOT because of the lengthier aging process, but so does the deliciousness of the meal.

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Hopdoddy Hops To 7th Street!

Trey Chapman Chow
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Good Day Chow Hounds,

The West 7th area is growing at A large sandwich with pickles on top of it.warp speed! New retail and restaurants are spreading faster than rabbits running from coyotes!

The Fort Worth dining scene is quickly becoming one of the biggest and best in the good ole USA! Last month, we found out that we are going to be having a new burger joint HOP into town that goes by the name Hopdoddy in the new LeftBank Development off 7th Street!

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Piattello-I think He’s Italian!

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Good Day Chow Hounds,

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Trey & Chef Marcus

Two years ago, my buddy and creative genius – Celebrity Chef Marcus Paslay, told me he had an idea for an Italian restaurant. As most of you may know, my family owned an Italian restaurant and my father Barney married an Italian lady twenty-five years ago. Half of my family consists of genuine, authentic Italians. They speak Italian, live in Italy, raise children in Italy, have businesses in Italy, and we have a family home in Italy. I’ve traveled all over Italy. I’ve gotten to eat and chow down on some of the most amazingly fresh Italian food you could possibly have by some of the most incredibly talented Italian Chefs of the world. One of them-my father Barney, dedicated his life to studying the history, food, and general way of life in Italy.

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Mercury Chop House Grand Opening

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Fort Worth Business Press Article Nov 21, 2016!

Mercury Chop House restaurant will be back in downtown Fort Worth, opening in the former Vivo 53 space at the corner of Taylor and Fifth streets.

Owner Zack Moutaouakil found the spot a few blocks west of his former site at 301 Main, where Mercury Chop House had been for more than 15 years. The restaurant will be open Thanksgiving Day to feed the Fort Worth Police Officers Association, then will be closed to complete the remodeling.

“I’m thinking we’ll be open the second week of December,” Moutaouakil said. Mercury Chop House is an upscale, wood-paneled steakhouse that serves classic cuts of Allen Brothers beef and fresh seafood.

“I have 23 years downtown…our regulars, our name downtown give us a large base and they’re happy we’re coming back,” said Moutaouakil,

ZM Investment was represented by Jim Austin with Austin Company Commercial Real Estate.

The landlord is Throckmorton Properties II LLC, represented by Chris Flesner of Retail Solutions

Fort Worth Business Press Article Nov 21, 2016!

http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/mercury-chop-house-to-re-surface-in-downtown/article_83806a3a-b046-11e6-ab0d-1fcca510369f.html