The River Oaks District’s sexy-scene-y Le Colonial (713.629.4444) has welcomed award-winning executive chef Hassan Obaye — formerly with La Table — to its culinary team helmed by Nicole Routhier. The duo has...
Every H-Town foodie knows that the Westheimer Curve in Montrose has risen to national notoriety for its superstar chefs, cool coffeeshops, bustling bakeries and trendy bar-next-door vibe. But the edible enclave is by no...
Donnette Hansen celebrates the 40th anny of her field-and-stream-savvy Rainbow Lodge with holiday fare, while working a new angle in the Rio Grande Valley. ...
With their posh new Potente, an elegant eatery near the ballpark, top-tier chef Danny Trace and Astros-owner-turned-restaurateur Jim Crane have hit a haute homerun. ...
Tucked into a hillside in a rainforest on Phuket Island, a quietly enchanting Thai resort is a counterpoint to the region’s famed nightlife — and to reality itself....
It was far from assured that Paul Petronella, 40 — scion of Houston’s most prolific extended food family, including Mandolas and Carrabbas and others — would ever run the charming little Italian restaurant in...
99 Ranch Market Roam aisle after aisle of ground spices, canned curry paste, instant noodles and pickled cucumbers at this West Houston Asian grocery store with locations across the country. Score seafood, dead or...
An urban-farm project a decade in the making is on the grow in south Houston. And, if its founder has her way, bringing fresh produce to one of the city’s worst food deserts — and to H-Town’s top chefs — is just...
In its first foray into the continental U.S., oh-so-buzzy Yauatcha matches contemporary teahouse environs with an elevated dim sum menu. This is not dumplings as usual. ...
Got beer? Houston is filling to the brim with new breweries, joining stalwarts Karbach and Saint Arnold and new-classics 8th Wonder, No Label and Buffalo Bayou as hip drinking — and eating — destinations. Prefer...
It’s not just about skipping meat. Vegans, fast increasing in numbers, do it for the animals, the environment and their health. And, in Houston, they’ve never had better food.
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Summertime might not seem like the best time to hike Big Bend. But, with the right guidance, it’s an ideal season to take in the Texas treasure’s unique splendor....
Hugo Ortega has probably done more to enlighten foodies on authentic Mexican food than anyone else alive. And it’s made him a Houston treasure. A five-time finalist for the James Beard Award, his landmark Hugo’s —...
Last summer’s big Instagram-approved foodie trend was frosé. What’s coming this year? Our guess: colorful, cooling treats like poke bowls, ‘taiyaki’ ice cream and, of course, frosé 2.0.
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The new issue is out now! Here's your behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of the March issue, full of fashion, the hottest parties, and the biggest ideas in Houston. And, as always, it's all local. From cover to...
Want to party with Michael Phelps, James Brolin and Common? Here’s your VIP ticket inside one of Super Bowl 51’s best bashes, the CityBook-sponsored Big Game Big Gift blowout!...
H-Town has Super Bowl fever, and the hottest restaurants and night spots are expecting capacity crowds hungry for fun and thirsty for trouble. Here's where the Big Game throngs are sure to gather — plus audacious...
Chris Cusack, 35, ended 2016 on a sour note with the uber-controversial and widely panned shuttering of his lauded Foreign Correspondents and neighboring bar Canard. But Cusack, who still has hot spots like Down House...
We’ve hit the streets — and the Super Bowl-savvy restaurant and nightlife scene — to cover the best of Houston food, fashion and fun now. Here’s your intimate peek inside the third issue of the hottest new...
Peopled by collaborative young entrepreneurs, funky festival promoters and earnest street
artists, EaDo may just become Houston’s answer to trendy Brooklyn districts. But it will have to
survive its own good fortune...
Combining devotion to age-old culinary style with fun new ideas — how about an artisan cocktail with your spicy crispy tofu? — several new Chinese joints are scoring in Montrose and the Heights....
As one of the city’s most venerable
block parties, The Original Greek
Festival, turns 50, the Greek community
reflects on its immigrant past — and
how it’s shaped the way Houston eats....
With contemporary flair
and a sexy, scene-seeking
following already secure,
River Oaks District’s new
Steak 48 is already the top
of H-Town’s must-hit list....
With scores of smart new hotels, restaurants and more, Austin is a more sophisticated destination than ever before. But don’t worry, it’s still quirky....
Smartly channeling the romance and exotic allure of
a faraway, long-ago world — and proffering beautifully
accomplished Vietnamese fare — Le Colonial bows in
River Oaks....
Restaurant innovator Lee
Ellis, who sees Frito pie as
fine dining and creamed
corn as an ice cream flavor,
is quickly rebuilding his
company —
after leaving
behind his empire....
They say where there's smoke, there’s fire. Such is
the case with the Southern Smoke dinner, during which five of
Houston’s hottest chefs serve smoked meats....
