Experience Summary

The blog experience was a doozy for me. I chose a topic that didn’t really cater to my schedule. I had to make trips down to Waco when I didn’t really have time to do so. When it came to content creation, Twitter made things easy and simple with posting content. With that said, WordPress, […]

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Dichotomy

Dichotomy is a simple coffee shop that renovated an old, deserted storefront in downtown Waco and started the boom that brought new life to the area. From it’s success, the coffee shop brought new favorites like it’s neighbor, Stonehearth. This coffee shop was easily accepted by Waco students as a welcoming place to study and […]

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Stonehearth

Stonehearth is the latest original restaurant to come to downtown Waco. It offers a selection of traditional Indian food that is brand new to the Waco area, as there are no other Indian restaurants. While it hasn’t been around long, it has already exposed the town to a new realm of flavor and culture. Stonehearth […]

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Shorty’s Pizza Shack

Shorty’s Pizza Shack is everything pizza should be. Cheap, delicious, fast, and fresh. What makes it even better for Wacoans is that it’s local. Shorty’s serves 18 and 20 inch New York style pizzas along with an assortment of salads, wings, garlic knots, and calzones.

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Pokey-O’s Waco

While Pokey-O’s isn’t a Waco original, it’s certainly a unique part of the city. The Pokey-O’s franchise is fairly small with only five locations clustered around central Texas. The original Pokey-O’s started in a little shop in Dallas and expanded first into Waco with a food truck. Pokey-O’s serves it’s patrons with the delicious combo […]

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Kitok Restaurant

Located at 1815 N 18th Street right outside the heart of downtown Waco, Kitok Restaurant, commonly referred to as Kitok’s, is a textbook example of a Waco hole in the wall. This aged Asian-American kitchen has served the Waco community since 1975 with a unique blend of both Korean and American cuisine. Whether it be burgers […]

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Introduction

Hi people! I’m Kristofer Fajardo, a mass communications student at Texas State in San Marcos. I was born and raised in my hometown of Waco, Texas, home of Baylor University, Chip and Joanna Gaines from HGTV’s Fixer Upper, and iconic local scenery such as the Waco Suspension Bridge over the Brazos River.     There […]

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