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Food & Culture
Restaurants & Bars
Two Houston area festivals serve plenty for whiskey fans
April 15 and April 28-29 bring plenty of pours, cocktails, and seminars for whiskey enthusiasts
By Greg Morago
Recipe: A light herb-forward pasta with snap peas
By Anita Jaisinghani
Tim Hortons to launch more coffee shops in Houston this year
By John-Henry Perera
German fast-casual restaurant expands to Sugar Land's Town Square
By John-Henry Perera
Alison Cook review: Home Slice Pizza in Midtown
By Alison Cook
Restaurants & Bars
Two Houston barbecue spots land on Yelp's top 10 BBQ places
Yelp has released a ranking of the top 10 barbecue restaurants in the state, and Houston made the cut. But did we get top billing above Austin and Dallas?
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurants & Bars
Popular pizza pop-up Angie’s will have a permanent home in EaDo
The brother-sister team behind Louie’s Italian American will rebrand (again) as they bring back the pizzas from Angie’s.
By Bao Ong
Food & Culture
What is Mi Tienda? We took a tour of H-E-B's Mexican grocery
The Texas grocer opened its first market to the Mexican community in Houston over a decade ago. Now there's two. Here's what Mi Tienda has that H-E-B doesn't.
By John-Henry Perera
Food & Culture
Rep. Crenshaw boycotts Bud Light, but beer fridge has surprise
The Texas congressman has joined other conservatives in protest against Anheuser-Busch. But his fridge shows a local beer brand that has long supported the LGBTQ community and Black Lives Matter.
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurants & Bars
New boutique wine shop and bar opens this week in the Heights
Padre’s Wine Shop + Bar, described as a retail wine shop by day and a speakeasy-style wine bar by night, opens April 12 at 3522 White Oak.
By Greg Morago
Restaurants & Bars
Parmesan espresso martinis are the latest trend to hit Houston
The TikTok cocktail craze finds a home in Houston bars.
By Bao Ong
Barbecue
Meet the unsung heroes of the Texas barbecue industry
Here are a few of the back-of-house jobs that don’t always see the light of day when food writers and barbecue aficionados wax poetic about the smoked meats.
By J.C. Reid
Restaurants & Bars
7Spice Cajun Seafood opens 16th Houston-area location today
The chain that got its start in Missouri City is now open at 6316 Telephone, serving a menu of classic Cajun seafood
By Greg Morago
Restaurants & Bars
Acclaimed MF Sushi chef to open two new Houston restaurants
Chef Chris Kinjo will collaborate with longtime partners in a lobster and ceviche restaurant and French-Vietnamese restaurant and wine bar at Autry Park
By Greg Morago
Restaurants & Bars
Owners of Armandos open Mandito’s Tex-Mex restaurant in Bellaire
Palacios Murphy Hospitality Group, owners of the iconic Armandos in River Oaks, are ready to begin a new era of dining memories with their casual new Tex-Mex.
By Greg Morago
Food & Culture
Biggest wine and music festival heading to Houston Botanic Garden
Come April 29, an all-star music lineup will be in Houston for what is being called the largest wine and music festival in the country.
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurants & Bars
Shaq-backed chicken sandwich joint opens this weekend in Houston
Houston’s first outpost of Big Chicken opens April 8 at 9660 Westheimer, part of ambitious 50-restaurant deal for Texas
By Greg Morago
Restaurants & Bars
New all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue open in Houston Asiatown
Hongdae 33, from the owners of Duck N Bao, offers guests Korean tabletop gas grill cooking along with a full bar of Asian cocktails and shots
By Greg Morago
Restaurants & Bars
Sweetgreen adds Uptown Park location for its healthy bowls
The healthy fast-casual restaurant is now a tenant in one of the city's more glamorous shopping destinations. It boasts indoor and outdoor patio seating.
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurants & Bars
Dinette Bakery offers sweet and savory Vietnamese pastries
Owners of Dinette in Heights have opened a sister bake shop next door with a menu of puff pastry pies, milk bread buns, and sticky rice balls
By Greg Morago
Food & Culture
Recipe: A decadent rendition of Matar Paneer — so satisfying
Houston chef Anita Jaisinghani finally made Matar paneer and realized why it is such a popular dish — so tasty and satisfying.
By Anita Jaisinghani
Restaurants & Bars
UH chef wins cooking competition with beautiful wonton soup
Chad McDonald, a senior executive chef at UH, won a culinary contest put on by collegiate chefs around the country. He won over judges with his wonton soup.
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurants & Bars
UConn star accuses popular Houston steakhouse of food poisoning
Prior to winning the NCAA championship, Jordan Hawkins complained of some bad calamari he had at Mastro's over the weekend. Now the steakhouse is fighting back.
By John-Henry Perera
Restaurant Reviews
Alison Cook is reviewing restaurants again. Here's why
Does restaurant criticism still matter? In these days of shorter-than-ever, Tik-Tokked attention spans, besty-best listicles and everyone’s-a-critic Yelp reviews? I’d like to think so.
By Alison Cook
Restaurant Reviews
Alison Cook restaurant review: The Lymbar at Midtown's Ion
Houston Chronicle critic Alison Cook visited David Cordua's new restaurant in Midtown multiple times in her first full-on review in three years.
By Alison Cook