Can you believe 2020 begins next week? It’s truly hard to believe, as we keep saying. If you’re still figuring out where and what to eat for New Year’s, we have you covered. See below for some of our favorite restaurants that will be open on New Year’s Eve and / or New Year’s Day. […]
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Before Thanksgiving prep took over my life, I had a great week of round-about dining and touring of the Western Gateway of Downtown Houston around Allen Center, where many new and innovative dining establishments have been happening……all adjacent or included in the newest hospitality entree into our city, the C.Baldwin Hotel. It should be noted […]
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When I first heard Chris Shepherd introduce his friend, Chris Cosentino, a Top Chef Master from San Francisco, months back at a an event for Southern Smoke I immediately liked him and what he had to say to us. He was an Italian-American guy opening an Italian restaurant here in Houston, whose dishes were inspired […]
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Who can believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner? We certainly can’t! If you’re not planning on cooking or going to someone’s house, we’ve rounded up the best restaurants to go to for your Thanksgiving meal as well as specials they’re offering and where you can take out from. Be sure to make a reservation […]
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As someone who has spent the last 30+ years of mine and my families lives attached to the Rice Village, I have been anxiously awaiting the much talked about Politan Row Food Hall that just opened its doors, officially on Saturday, November 9, 2019. I have been to several food halls that have been opening […]
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Growing up in an Italian-American home, particularly at this time of year, we anxiously awaited the many batches of homemade Italian cookies that our Grandmothers and Mothers would make. I can still recall that fragrant smell of the baking cookies that filled our home. However, if you are like me and many of my generation, […]
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There were so many friends and loyal supporters of both the iconic Cafe Annie and of the new food zsar in town, Ben Berg, that it took two nights of preview parties to get everyone in for a sneak peak before the new Annie Cafe and Bar opened its doors this Thursday night. Welcoming everyone […]
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Happy to be included in a small group of us that sat with Field & Tide’s Chef Owner, Travis Lenig and tasted many new or enhanced menu favorites as he introduces his Fall Menu line-up! So many tasty delish seafood dishes that I treasured tasting were certainly his best thinking in every category that he […]
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This past weekend was a unique experience that I was able to to have a preview of that brought to our city a unique gastronomic experience like no other I have ever witnessed. Around the World in 10,000 Bites was a dinner planned and executed under the direction of Chef David Skinner, of Eculent, at […]
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B.B. Lemon-Montrose, open only a month ago on Montrose Blvd. became immediately an obvious dining destination for me and my fellow residents at my new home at The Museum Tower. How great is it to have a fun, dining spot within walking distance from where you live…….such a New York idea that Ben Berg was […]
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