Bayou City's Best New Bars

47 drinkeries that are changing the game. Also in this issue: The best lawyers in town, Houston-centric cookbooks, novelty gifts, and a seafood stalwart renaissance.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

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Buddy Comes to Hobby Center with TUTS’ Elf: The Musical

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.

12/01/2019 By Chris Gray

Eat & Drink

Lights On

Houston Restaurant Stalwarts Are Born Again

It’s a new season for Davis St. at Hermann Park and Eugene’s Gulf Coast Cuisine.

12/02/2019 By Timothy Malcolm Photography by Amy Scott

Best New Bars

Is Present Company the Most Instagrammable Bar in Houston?

This Montrose adult playground represents a new breed of bars.

12/01/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Best New Bars

The Houstonian’s Essential Guide to the Best New Bars

We drank (a lot!) to find these 47 incredible watering holes.

12/01/2019 By Houstonia Staff

Holiday Shopping at the Galleria? Here’s Where to Eat Nearby.

Our picks for the best spots in the Galleria, Tanglewood, and Uptown.

12/01/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Ice House

These New Houston-Centric Cookbooks Are the Gifts That Keep On Giving

Here's how to put Chris Shepherd's lamburger helper and Ford Fry's queso under the tree this year.

12/01/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Editor’s Note

In With the New

Rediscovering Houston’s Bar Scene

A trip to a new local watering hole makes one editor feel young again.

12/01/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Home & Real Estate

Ice House

Could the Future of Houston’s Skyline Be...Wood?

Rice University is pioneering mass timber construction.

12/01/2019 By Morgan Kinney

News & City Life

The Drawl

This Is Our Dream Houston Airport Terminal

The misery of holiday travel calls for a 24-hour spa, resort-style pool, and a new approach to priority boarding.

12/01/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Ace Attorneys

These Local Lawyers Are Helping Kids at the Border

Meet the heroes of the Children’s Immigration Law Academy.

12/01/2019 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Bayougraphy

Norie Guthrie Is Preserving Houston’s Folk Scene One Reel at a Time

Meet Rice University’s fascinating special collections librarian.

12/01/2019 By Dianna Wray

Ice House

We May Have Lost the World Series, But We’ve Got a Lot to Celebrate

When there’s so much reason for hope, why wallow in the agony of defeat?

12/01/2019 By Jeff Balke

Ice House

Meet Houston’s 12-Year-Old DJ Prodigy

DJ Maddy Rose is blowing up, and she’s in seventh grade.

12/01/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Ice House

How The Beacon Is Helping Houston's Homeless, By the Numbers

This year's Come to the Table fundraiser is rescheduled (thanks, Imelda) for December 3.

12/01/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Ice House

December's Perfect Party: Yassssss-Queen Edition

This month’s guests are royalty in our eyes.

12/01/2019 By Catherine Matusow

Ice House

This Rosenberg Museum Is Preserving the History of America’s Forgotten Cowboys

Larry Callies used his life savings to finance the Black Cowboy Museum.

12/01/2019 By Morgan Kinney Photography by Michael Starghill

Style & Shopping

Clutch City

10 Novelty Gifts to Slay Your Office White Elephant

Two words: wine condoms.

12/01/2019 By Abby Ledoux

Travel & Outdoors

Ice House

On a Christmas Tree Farm, a Tiny House with Big Charm

Holiday Acres in Manvel makes for a festive weekend getaway.

12/01/2019 By Abby Ledoux