Fat Ho Burgers in Texas

 
A new burger dive opened in Waco this week... Fat Ho Burgers... amid controversy over it's name.  A candidate for Road Food ?    Featured are the Supa Fly Ho burger, the Sloppy Ho Brisket burger, the Big Mama Jama burger and the Little Ho burger... you know, for the kids.  Guess one of you Texas folk had better go and check out that Ho.  I want mine deluxe, with cheese.  
 
 

Pictures needed of course!!!!!

Their menu:
http://www.scribd.com/full/51350884?access_key=key-w1gp2x0kcv5sxwpuayi

The Santa Burger:  HO HO HO

 

From the Dallas Observer's "City of Ate" food blog.
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Well- Ho's gotta eat too!

another open & close flash in the pan place especially with the bars on the doors.
good concept for the short run though.

saps


Well- Ho's gotta eat too!

 
Wonder if they sell Winky Dinky Ho Cakes too?!

"especially with bars on the doors"
In Dallas, we call that "filagree".

---another open & close flash in the pan place especially with the bars on the doors.
good concept for the short run though.--- 
  
I thought it was a burger joint owned by a Chinese cook...... 
A 23 year old woman opening a place is very unique and worthy of support. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders.  The store had many patrons.  This is a local place that perfectly fits the basic Roadfood concept; it comes from the heart.  It is worth checking out for its four patty/three cheese burger along with a side of Hamburger Helper. Go for the beef baby.
Unique locations help too. Sometimes these places can be found in the heart of darkness and you need fencing to keep the natives out.  Some people do not travel to these regions...
 
I do not see why the Gospel Cafe would have a problem with a place like theirs nearby... churches need sinners to keep in business too. 
If they expand, I would put a Big Ho between Five Guys on one side, and In and Out on the other. Now that's a sandwich.... 
 
mark

I personally don't have a problem with this. Were it not out of my way I would probabaly enjoy a drive to Waco for a fat ho burger (although I would usually take an asswhippin' than drive IH35). Looks to me like an enterprising young woman with a novel idea,so just leave her alone. The business will stand or fall on it's own merits. The Gospel Cafe like so many other religious zealots here in the bible belt and who are so narrow minded that they can see through a keyhole with both eyes need to mind their own business. Last I checked it's still a free enterprise system.

I think the owner is correct... the world needs to get a sense of humor..and clearly the locals like the product or they wouldn't be lining up or giving good reviews..  The folks at the Gospel Cafe can have their opinion,  that is their right...  and its good for them to have a spiritual challenge to learn to love someone they don't agree with.

I want see more on the food at the Gospel Cafe!--that one shot of the guy eating his lunch looked interesting to me!

Oh--and i WOULD try the HO too! :)

 
I lived in a 'gated' area of NOLA and had a dog named Tramp. I figured if I could not find her, all I had to do was call "Tramp", someone would show up......
 
mark 

What part of this palace makes it ROADFOOD ?????
Hockey puck frozen patties thrown on the grill
                               OR
Store bought Hamburger buns
                                OR
Non Refrigerated condiment bar
                                 OR
All The store bought Bottled Ketchup, mustard, Mayo
                                  Or
All the store bought Lettuce, Tomatoes and onions
                                   Or
Maybe it's the guest check touching the cooked patty on the holding pan along with the bacon in the hamburger juices.
                                   
The only thing that makes it Roadfood is, It's located on a road and it serves food.................PNWC
 

Somebody needs to lighten up.

I thought all the hotdog chefs on here bought their supplies at wallyworld. Maybe that fine young lady peruses these very pages.
 She certainly had happier customers and more of them then 
the bible cafe.

mar52

I want mine deluxe, with cheese.  

 
Your burger or your...never mind.
 
Brad

OK Folks. I find it offensive. The owner of this establishment has a mind symptomatic of some of the serious problems facing our country today. For instance Lakita Evans, 23, said
"I was watching 'Phat Girlz'… and they had like a fat ass burger and skinny ass fries.” See, perfectly acceptable language for a young American businesswoman.
 
And then there's her logic as to why the use of the denigrating term "ho" is perfectly acceptable. "It's not calling people a ho. It's just like they say, 'Oooh, that ho is big,' or, 'That ho is tight!'. "
 
Yessir. Salute her entrepreneurial spirit and sense of decorum. After all, "It's not calling people a ho."

Good for her! I would go and try it out.I dont care where she gets her supplies if what she puts together with them is good.

The Restaurant is located in a high crime area, that would make it even more desirable for us RoadFood Folks. That way we can grab our Fat Ho Burgers and run for our lives................
 
Great answer Michael

Well, Michael as much as I've always enjoyed your insightful (or, inciteful) comments, I respectfully have to disagree with you. People need to lighten up and chill out. Here is perfect example of a young African American woman who is making "Fat Ho's" not, being one. I for one give her credit for her entrepreneurial spirit and staying off government food stamps and welfare. She is truly living the "American Dream".

Michael Hoffman


OK Folks. I find it offensive. The owner of this establishment has a mind symptomatic of some of the serious problems facing our country today. For instance Lakita Evans, 23, said
"I was watching 'Phat Girlz'… and they had like a fat ass burger and skinny ass fries.” See, perfectly acceptable language for a young American businesswoman.

And then there's her logic as to why the use of the denigrating term "ho" is perfectly acceptable. "It's not calling people a ho. It's just like they say, 'Oooh, that ho is big,' or, 'That ho is tight!'. "

Yessir. Salute her entrepreneurial spirit and sense of decorum. After all, "It's not calling people a ho."

PNWCHEF


The Restaurant is located in a high crime area, that would make it even more desirable for us RoadFood Folks. That way we can grab our Fat Ho Burgers and run for our lives................

Great answer Michael

 
I don't think the fact that she's in a "high crime" area matters very much. There were more white people eating there than African Americans. Nobody appeared "threatened" to me.
In Dallas, some of of the best Mexican taquerias and African American "soul food" restaurants are located in very "seedy, high crime" areas. That's never stopped any of us "gringos" or "crackers" from eating in them. And, we've never experienced any problems. 
This young woman doesn't realize it but, she's a marketing wizard!

I'll bet Don Imus is secretely behind the place!

Twinwillow

PNWCHEF


The Restaurant is located in a high crime area, that would make it even more desirable for us RoadFood Folks. That way we can grab our Fat Ho Burgers and run for our lives................

Great answer Michael

I don't think the fact that she's in a "high crime" area matters very much. There were more white people eating there than African Americans. Nobody appeared "threatened" to me.
In Dallas, some of of the best Mexican taquerias and "soul food" restaurants are located in very "seedy, high crime" areas. That's never stopped any of us "gringos" from eating in them. And, we've never experienced and problems. 

Are you saying there is only "High Crime"  in African American areas ???? So as long as there are a lot of white people there it's safe ?????????  Gotcha
 
If this is a good idea, I'm sure they will branch out into Austin and have a restaurant in the Capital Building..................
 
 

 
 PNWCHEF, 
  
I agree completely with twinwillow, which is always easy to do, and others. She is a enhancement to the neighborhood, as I saw many people in the kitchen. Looking closely, you can see it was a Mexican restaurant before. Beats a For Lease sign.
I saw fresh burger patties cooked in a manner that is popular within the community. There is no doneness besides hot and cooked through.  Nothing rare. 
I lived in a 'Gated' area of NOLA, but that was where the best food was...
 
--desirable for us RoadFood Folks---
As a chef and a fairly long member of this site, I feel that you may be confused or out of touch with what a chef actually is, and what constitutes Roadfood.
Modesty prevents me from calling myself one, and I do not post my name screaming in capital letters saying that I am one. 
mark
 

Upon further review...line up for THAT burger? Pass!