Category Archives: Dining

Foodie Fridays at Tootsies Celebrates Houston Restaurant Weeks

Nosh, Sip and Shop for the Houston Food Bank

Foodie Fridays

Tootsies has its own way of celebrating Houston Restaurant Weeks which began on August 1 and continues through September 2. This annual event encourages Houstonians to eat out and support our Houston Food Bank, the largest food bank in the country and gives us all an opportunity to visit many of our favorite dining spots […]

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Houston Restaurant Weeks 2019 is Served!

Bon Apetít, Houston! Houston Restaurant Weeks 2019 is here and running Aug 1- Sept 2!

houston restaurant weeks

Houston, get your stomachs ready! Summer is rolling along, July is behind us and you know what that means. The beginning of August is the beginning of the best weeks of a Houston foodie’s year. Houston Restaurant Weeks 2019 bring us week upon week of delicious dining at unbeatable prices and unbelievable experiences. Think preset […]

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East Coast Cuisine Comes Down South With the Opening of Ouzo Bay & Loch Bar

Ouzo Bay

Restauranteur brothers Eric and Alex Smith have more than made a name for themselves in Baltimore, South Florida, and D.C., and now they have their sights set on Houston. The much-anticipated Atlas Restaurant Group‘s restaurants arrived just in time for the depths of summer dining, with Loch Bar and Ouzo Bay. This week I had […]

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Raise Your Glass…It’s National Tequila Day!

Cheers, Houston! Today is National Tequila Day and this year, we are doing it in style!

National Tequila Day

Ah…the refreshing first sip of a crisp-cold cocktail. There is simply nothing like it! The perfect balance of sour and sweet created by artfully and carefully mixed ingredients. Honestly, is there anything better after a long day of work than kicking back with a cold glass of good libations! Lucky for us, the world recognizes […]

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Mendocino Farms…A New Dining Destination for Foodies and Families

Opening this Thursday, July 18 in Rice Village

Mendocino Farms

What a delightful time last week when Mendocino Farms previewed its newest step outside of California with Houston’s first restaurant opening in the Rice Village coming this Thursday, July 18. This first expansion for the restaurant group is opening several locations here to follow, with a vision of creating a welcoming neighborhood gathering place for […]

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A Sunday Funday Afternoon Get Together as Only Our Town’s Restaurant King Would Have It…...

Ben Berg hosts a Funday Afternoon Beach Bash Themed Drag Brunch officially opening his B.B. Lemon-Montrose restaurant to the public

BB Lemon-Montrose

This past Sunday, more than 70 Houstonians came out to Ben Berg’s newest dining venture, B.B. Lemon-Montrose for a festive, Beach Bash & Drag Brunch benefiting the Montrose Center. Only the guy whose opening parties are becoming the “place to be” these days, Ben Berg of Berg Hospitality Group, could pull off such a wild […]

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B.B. Lemon Montrose Opening July 8

BB Lemon Montrose

B.B. Lemon-Montrose, the newest venture from Ben Berg, Houston’s hottest dining visionary, is very exciting for all of us that live and thrive in the inner loops of our city. For me, it’s so in keeping with this New Yorkesque restaurant to say that it is so close to our new high-rise home that I […]

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The Original Ninfa’s Is Making It’s Way Uptown!

original ninfas

Attention Houston foodies and tex-mex lovers, alike! The newest incarnation of iconic Tex-Mex restaurant, The Original Ninfa’s, is here AND featuring Happy Hour and new cocktails! I may still be working across the pond but am anticipating my trip back to Texas and as a break from my month of delicious Italian fare, cannot wait […]

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