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Namaste Bombay Indian Food in Tyler TX

February 15th, 2011

Namaste Bombay Tyler TexasMany people who would classify themselves in the Indian food connoisseur (I apologize for using french) category still don’t even know that there are two Indian restaurants in Tyler.

Namaste Bombay
713 WSW Loop 323, Suite F
903-561-7200
Open Tuesday-Sunday
Lunch buffet: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dinner menu: 5:15-10 p.m.

My brother has told me that Namaste Bombay was pretty good. I like Indian food as well but the sign threw me off at first because I could barely make out what it said.

Now that I have some recommendations from my brother and overheard an Indian in Bodacious barbecue give a thumbs up on this Tyler Texas Indian restaurant as well as the one at Holiday Inn I will have to try it out.

It takes me awhile to try out a new restaurant as I like to see a new place be completely accepted by the mass public before I will usually become a restaurant patron.

I have heard this Indian restaurant offers buffets at 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  as well as a menu where you can order what you like from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Indian Food Tyler TexasThey mention that they are  a vegan friendly restaurant but this doesn’t mean they don’t serve meat.

I assume they have popular Indian dishes like, chicken curry, yogurt type stuff, and probably a lot of rice related things. Usually an Indian restaurant will have things similar to tortillas but they will be crispy and flaky.

Rather then listen to me write off a bunch of things from their menu you can read it online here. Be prepared for some sweet Indian music while you read – click here to read menu

You also usually get a good selection of spices and sauces at an Indian restaurant. Obviously I don’t know much about this place yet but I do plan to go and check it out and would have gone this Valentines day had I not had the flu.

This restaurant is on your way to Chuck E Cheese pizza and in front of New Covenant church and Kings Academy. If these land marks still don’t help they are also near Chili’s Bar and Grill and on the same side of the highway as Chili’s.

Look for the white sign that has something written in a weird font that you probably won’t be able to read even with good eye site.

I think all in all I will probably really like this restaurant and have been wanting to go ever since I heard about it but the flu has been holding me back.

On the owners website he seems to have a passion for this new restaurant and I hope it does well because every town needs a couple of Indian restaurants and I like Indian food, it’s just good stuff to put in your mouth.

Downtown Tyler Square, What Does it Offer?

December 7th, 2010
Downtown Tyler Texas

Tyler Texas Square

The downtown Tyler Texas square used to offer Jack King Jr. screaming “downtown Tyler” but he is no longer there and people would prefer to impersonate him now rather then hear him do that anymore.

But beyond Jack King Jr.’s TV commercial memorable pitch downtown Tyler has quite a bit more to offer. When I go downtown I usually am stopping at Don Juan’s Mexican Restaurant or I am taking my wife on a fancy date to Jake’s.

When going into Jake’s be sure to let the hostess know you want to go sit up on the roof top. If the weather is good the roof top offers the best experience while eating here. The food at Jake’s is very good and they have a finer dinner menu selection to choose from compared to Chili’s or even Outback.

Jake’s offers an experience of local Tyler Texas dining in one of the many old buildings that still have survived the square.

Just about one year ago a few of these old buildings were destroyed in a fire. In fact a remodeled store converted to a coffee shop/ music venue was taken out as well as a law firm and architecture business. This area is now being turned into a park thanks to the generosity of Brookshire’s grocery store company.

When in downtown during Christmas be sure to stretch your legs by walking in the square. The city of Tyler lights up the square with Christmas lights although any sign of a cross, nativity scene and so on is unfortunately missing. Times do change and political correctness is what you will see now during Christmas. The square is still very pretty and enjoyable and worth a stroll around.

The square also offers Tyler Citizens a fun place for kids as the Discovery Science Place is in walking distance. This place provides something along the lines of a interactive science center for kids in the age range of 2 – 9 and will easily take up a good 3 hours if you decide to experience everything there they have to offer.

Christmas Tree in Tyler Texas

Official Tyler Texas Downtown Square Christmas Tree

You can also find the very large First Place building at the Tyler Square. The First Place building houses Regions Bank and offers the best commercial real estate offices in town. Many businesses would not accept anything less than the premier facilities you get in this building.

If you are looking for commercial real estate in Tyler I definitely recommend riding the elevators and checking out the offices in this building first hand. Both the view, looks, and spaciousness in these commercial offices can’t be found anywhere else in Tyler.

Finally consider that the Tyler downtown square has several unique antique shops as well as a few very old traditional churches. You can find Marvin United Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, and Christ Episcopal Church all in downtown Tyler and very close to the square.

East Texas Gator and Wildlife Farm

August 22nd, 2010

My family and I set out to do something fun this Saturday and so we settled on going to “Wit’s End Ranch” together. My wife and son had been before and loved it but I had never been. I called them up to see if they were open this Saturday but they now only do private parties.

The lady at Wit’s End Ranch was very nice and referred us to try East Texas Gator and Wildlife Farm. I had never heard of this place before. This sounded very exciting and something my 2 year old son would love so we did it.

We were nothing short of extremely impressed with this place! It has all the East Texas Charm you could expect. Besides watching an alligator wilderness guy feed live several hundred pound alligators you can also pet and see baby alligators and snakes, jump in the bouncy house, rock around in a beached boat, swing on a rope swing, and pet pot bellied pigs, goats, and chicks in the petting zoo.

They also have a restaurant that has a special offer to allow you free admission with the purchase of certain dinner menu meals. The East Texas Gator Farm is located in Grand Saline Texas and is very close to Canton Texas. We drove here from Tyler/Lindale area and found it to be a very nice scenic drive through Lindale and Van Texas.

You will see a sign next to the road to turn on to continue on to to East Texas Gator Farm. This is not a hard place to find and I now consider it one of the East Texas areas best attractions. Some of the adult alligators are over 700 lbs.

These gators are not necessarily tame friendly beasts as we saw evidence of missing fingers from one of the employees here. All the employees seem to truly love their jobs and the alligator tamer/feeder initiated allowing my son to pet some snakes and baby alligators.

This is one of those natural attractions in East Texas that is just real and beautiful and a place you rarely find among the many cookie cutter venues. Of course every attraction has it’s time and place even if it’s the typical amusement but this simply isn’t the norm and definitely worth bringing the whole fam.