Jesse and Betty Tutor, and John Mangum

AS COVID VACCINATION numbers soar — as does general optimism for a new post-virus era —Houston society is again dressing up and stepping out, cautiously, to support the arts and other causes. Saturday night, they made the scene at the Post Oak Hotel, for a grand in-person black-tie bash in support of the Houston Symphony's educational and community-outreach programs.

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Sasha Grumman (photo by Jhane Hoang) and Dawn Burrell (photo by Amy Scott)

THE BRAVO NETWORK'S storied Top Chef cooking-competition show is reportedly returning soon — with a new roster of competitors that will look familiar to Houstonians. Not one but two of the contestant chefs, competing in the show's new set in Portland, Ore., are women based in H-Town.

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Robert del Grande's sumptuous spin on Lobster Thermidor, sauced tableside

THERE'S AN ELITE club of beautiful Houston restaurants that, after long seasons of thoughtful planning and painstaking development, were forced to make their debuts during the trying days — especially for the food and beverage industry — of the Covid era. Bludorn, Ostia and the spectacular Indian palace that is the Galleria's Musaafer are members. And so is a wonderful gem of a place that may have gotten a bit less attention because it only has 40 seats and, by design, is just a bit off the radar: Master restaurateur Ben Berg's clubby, dimly lit Turner's, literally under the stairs of Berg and famed chef Robert del Grande's sprawling The Annie Café & Bar.

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