Eat & Drink

Bar Games

The Life-Size Hungry Hungry Hippo Game at Irish Cowboy Means Your Thursday Night Is Planned

Strap on a bungee cord and win $300 for your friends.

09/12/2016 By Mellanie Perez

Message in a Bottle

International Top Chef Is Opening a Restaurant and Bar in the Four Seasons

Richard Sandoval has restaurants from Qatar to Serbia, now he's hitting Houston with Bayou & Bottle.

09/12/2016 By Alice Levitt

Good Eats

Houston's Best Restaurants

The Bayou City is one of the nation’s foremost culinary destinations, a place where each and every meal out can be exciting—as long as you keep our list handy.

09/09/2016 By Alice Levitt and Katharine Shilcutt

Chili Gravy

How Molina's Cantina Helped Invent Tex-Mex Cuisine

The restaurant is celebrating its 75th birthday, but these menus show that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

09/09/2016 By Alice Levitt

Spice Trail

Lunch at Mayuri Is a Trip Across India on a Buffet Line

The Westheimer Road restaurant's fare includes the best of Northern, Southern and Indo-Chinese cuisines.

09/08/2016 By Alice Levitt

Grape Expectations

Think You Can't Take a Winery Vacation in Texas? Messina Hof Proves You Wrong

Eat, drink, be merry and sleep it off with the 39-year-old winery.

09/08/2016 By Jody T. Morse

Weekend Goals

Houston's Best New Locavore Brunch Is at... Saks?

Weekend grub at 51fifteen is far more thoughtful than it needs to be.

09/07/2016 By Alice Levitt

Around the World

Fusion is the Focus of Laurenzo's Excellent New Happy Hour

The small plates are a successful blend of Gulf, Italian and Mexican cuisines.

09/07/2016 By Joanna O'Leary

Sweet Thing

Old-Fashioned English Candies to Make at Home

What's the difference between our sweets and the ones across the Pond? Make these and see.

09/06/2016 By Victoria Haneveer

Serving Fish

Our Latest Obsession: Bún Chả Cá Đà Nẵng

The Vietnamese soup for the seafood lover in you.

09/06/2016 By Alice Levitt

To Touch the Heart

Lucille's Will Celebrate Its Fourth Birthday With International Dim Sum

Trips to the Asia and the Balkans will influence small plates at the September 13 birthday party.

09/02/2016 By Alice Levitt

Mediterranean Munchies

Verts Chef Goes Fancy for a Pop-Up Dinner

What happens when you let a corporate fast-casual chef do fine dining? This.

09/01/2016 By Alice Levitt

Let's Go To the Movies

Swift Service and Off-The-Beaten Path Bites At Studio Movie Grill

A novel ordering system makes it easier to eat at the cinema.

09/01/2016 By Joanna O'Leary

This Modern Life

Houston Man Has Hilariously Bad Day Captured on Google Maps

When Google Maps goes wrong. So wrong.

08/31/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

The Facts of Life

Where Do Antone's Po' Boys Come From?

Join us on a virtual tour of the Legacy Restaurants commissary.

08/31/2016 By Alice Levitt

Tout Savory

Some of the Best Things at Tout Suite Café Aren't Sweet

Don't skip the pastries, but do save room for excellent vegetarian fare.

08/31/2016 By Joanna O'Leary

Dumpling Days

Get What You Want Every Time at Golden Dim Sum

Good things come to those who wait at this Hong Kong-style specialist.

08/30/2016 By Alice Levitt

Sweet Charity

How You Can Help the Owner of Houston's Most Iconic Taco Truck

Maria Victoria's 22-year-old daughter passed away this week; West Alabama Ice House is raising funds for her funeral.

08/30/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Going Dutch

Bring Dutch Flavor to Your Texan Table

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.

08/30/2016 By Victoria Haneveer

Early Morning Rounds

D&W Lounge: The Shifting Shift Bar

Despite shrinking third shift crowds, the iconic Eastwood dive bar continues its early wake-up call.

08/29/2016 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

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