Hot Breakfast Spots

Hot Breakfast Spots In Houston, breakfast is king. How we claim to have found the 13 very best breakfast dishes in town? The most fabulous French toasts? The most illustrious international morning meals? Because we're as bold as our kolaches, which by the way are poised for world domination. Plus: our 2015 Top Dentists, HPD's crime lab reinvents itself, and the travel story that has the whole town jealous: an RV trip to Lake Charles.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Humor

Our Fantasy Real Housewives of Houston Roster

The hit reality show might not be coming to town, but we can’t help but wonder what if.

05/06/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Starry Krishna

An Indian Film Legend Dances Into Town

South Indian actress Shobana brings her English-language dance drama Krishna to the Wortham Theatre Center.

05/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

Paint Job

Making Fast Work of the Houston Symphony

The world’s greatest speed painter plays for a home audience with a unique musical performance this month.

05/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

Book Review

One-Minute Critic: Mat Johnson’s Loving Day

The UH creative writing professor tackles America’s deepest problems.

05/03/2015

Best of Houstonia

The Most Important Meal of the Day

Houston’s Best Breakfasts of 2015

Brunch, you say? Brunch is for the weak.

05/03/2015 By Houstonia Staff

Eat & Drink

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

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

Pour

How Houston Made Margarita History (Plus, a Recipe!)

The trend that’s taken the margarita world by storm started right here in the Bayou City.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Editor’s Picks

Where to Eat Now in EaDo

More than just Ninfa’s (but, of course, Ninfa’s).

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Restaurant Review

Review: Davis Street at Hermann Park

Remember when dining out was reasonably priced? Neither do we.

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

Best Breakfasts 2015

Houston’s 5 Best Breakfast Sandwiches

Open-faced or not, the sandwich isn’t just for lunch anymore.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

5 Hot Spots for Power Breakfasts

For when you absolutely must close a deal before lunch.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

Eat and Run: 5 Fast Breakfast Favorites

You’re busy, we get it—but there’s still time for the most important meal of the day.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

French Toast: The 5 Fanciest

A quintessential quintet

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

Eggs 101: How to Tell Soft-Poached from Over Medium

The humble egg has never enjoyed a sunnier spotlight. Here are some of the most popular versions, and some of the best places to get them.

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Breakfasts 2015

Consider the Kolache

Is our beloved Czech pastry poised for world domination?

05/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Rise and Shine

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

Brunch, you say? Brunch is for the weak—these establishments are all open by 9 a.m. Up and at ‘em!

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

Editor’s Note

Breakfast’s Champions

The first meal of the day is simply too important to be left to grifters and charlatans.

05/03/2015 By Scott Vogel

Health & Wellness

Top Dentists 2015

Scrubbing the Plastic out of Your Toothpaste

Microbeads don’t sound like a bad idea—until you start finding them lodged in your gums.

05/03/2015 By Bryan Washington

Top Dentists 2015

Toothsome Tots: What’s New in the World of Pediatric Dentistry

One of Houstonia’s Top Dentists tells us about some of the latest and greatest advances for young patients.

05/03/2015 By Yasmine Saqer

Top Dentists 2015

Our 2015 Top Dentists List

Presenting the finest dentists in all the land. Your mouth can thank us later.

05/03/2015

Home & Real Estate

Space City

Why Brett Zamore’s Shot-Trot Housing Might Be the Wave of the Future

The prefab housing craze is impractical and, in Houston, virtually impossible. Are kit homes the answer?

05/03/2015 Photography by Max Burkhalter By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

News & City Life

Humor

Words of Wisdom, McConaughey-Style

We obtained an early version of the Oscar winner’s UH commencement address.

05/06/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

This Dam Business

The Addicks and Barker Dams Won’t Fail, Right?

If Houston ever faces disaster on a large scale, ground zero for the city’s destruction could lie just west of the Beltway.

05/06/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Photo Essay

Moment of Sleuth

A never-before-seen look at the death and afterlife of Houston’s new crime lab, once the worst in the United States, and increasingly a model in its field.

05/03/2015 By Michael Hardy Photography by Brian Goldman