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Happy Hour of the Week: Caracol

It's only a little rain.

05/21/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Mid-Morning Meals

Our 5 Favorite Foods on Benjy's New Weekday Brunch Menu

Why should brunch be the sole dominion of the weekend?

05/12/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Eat Fresh

Star Ingredient of the Season: Red Cabbage

Colorful cabbage can brighten up any coleslaw or spring mix, but at Pondicheri, red cabbage truly shines.

05/11/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Nice to Meat You

First Look at Patagonia Grill & Cafe

Sometimes the great discoveries aren't the ones you were even looking for in the first place.

05/07/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

South by Southeast

Not-So-Straight Up Asian at Straits

At CityCentre restaurant Straits, the focus is on southeast Asian fusion. Kick the mu shu pork, and come in for some Polynesian pork sliders instead.

05/06/2015 By Maggie Berardo

Special Occasion Restaurants

Celebrate Out of the Box: Milestone Birthdays

Take the fear out of turning 30 and 40 and celebrate out of the box at these festive Houston hot spots

05/06/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Editor’s Picks

Houston’s 10 Best Korean Restaurants

The ultimate guide to finding authentic hue, galbi, bulgogi, bibimbap and more.

05/04/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Eat Fresh

Star Ingredient of the Season: Spinach

Check out the super-est of super foods in a dish of pure decadence at Backstreet Cafe.

05/04/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Let's Eat

International House of Pancakes (and Pho): Behind the Spread

How do you pronounce foul? And what's up with uppma? A guide to the 10 international breakfast dishes you've got to try.

05/04/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Editor’s Picks

Where to Eat Now in EaDo

Downtown’s revitalized neighbor has plenty to offer.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

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Restaurant Review

Review: Davis Street at Hermann Park

Expensive? Yes. Innovative? Sometimes. A harbinger of things to come? We’ll see.

05/03/2015 By Scott Vogel Photography by Kate LeSueur

Restaurant Review

Review: Thank Heaven for Table 57

H-E-B’s restaurant-inside-a-supermarket concept provides a new dining option we didn’t even know we needed.

05/03/2015 By Scott Vogel Photography by Kate LeSueur

Rise and Shine

The Baker’s Dozen: Houston’s 13 Best Breakfasts

Brunch, you say? Brunch is for the weak.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

The Breakfast Klub: An Odyssey

What to expect when you’re expecting to wait.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Extreme Eats

Extreme Eats: The Morning After at Cook & Collins

Taking chili-cheese fries to the extreme with a cooked egg and sliced steak as toppings

05/01/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Back in Accra

A Taste of West African Glory: Jollof Rice at Afrikiko

On the hunt in Houston for a favorite Ghanaian dish

04/30/2015 By Kayla Stewart

If You Must

First Look at Pie Five, the "Chipotle of Pizza"

Meet the chain that's taking pizza to new levels of inanity.

04/28/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Meatless Monday

Freebirds Adds a Vegan Option

Summer squash and soybeans make their debut at Freebirds World Burrito.

04/27/2015 Photography by Katharine Shilcutt

Eat Fresh

Star Ingredient of the Season: Kale

Beyoncé confirms to the world: kale is here to stay. This week, it's featured in a tried and true way at True Food Kitchen.

04/27/2015 By Megha Tejpal

Sweet Meats

I Ate Bull Testicles at The Big Texan

Rather than tackle the famous 72-ounce steak, I knocked an item off my bucket list.

04/23/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

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