The Ultimate BBQ Issue

12 Houston-area barbecue joints you have to try right now, plus five can't-miss desserts! Plus, see the True Colors of Spring Fashion, get the lowdown on Houston's real estate market, and how does a beauty queen become an environmentalist?

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

One for the books

3 Reasons We Love Blue Willow Bookshop

The West Houston store is a 2020 National Bookstore of the Year finalist.

04/01/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt

Eat & Drink

Features

The Ultimate Houston BBQ Guide

Welcome to the Houston smoke show.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm and Gwendolyn Knapp

Smoke Show

The History of Houston's BBQ Renaissance

With so many pitmasters putting their personal spin on a time-honored tradition, we're calling it: Houston is having its barbecue moment.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Smoke Show

12 Essential Joints Ushering in the New Wave of Barbecue

We got the low-down on the spots, all opened in the past five years, you simply must try to experience this age of meaty wonders in the Bayou City.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm and Gwendolyn Knapp

Smoke Show

Our Favorite Desserts at Houston BBQ Joints

At these spots, you should have your cake and eat it too.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm and Gwendolyn Knapp

Features

The Ultimate Houston BBQ Guide

Welcome to the Houston smoke show.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm and Gwendolyn Knapp

Review

Raise Your Glass to Mutiny Wine Room

The Heights spot has a wine list and food worth celebrating.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Review

Coffee and Wine Bar Penny Quarter Is the Perfect All-Day Spot

Have an afternoon coffee meeting, happy hour, or date night at this Montrose café.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

No bones about it

Order This Cocktail at Two Headed Dog and Keep the Skull

Blood of My Enemies, the spring drink for everyone

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Dig in

10 West African Cuisine Spots You Definitely Need To Try

Authentic Nigerian, Cameroonian, Ghanaian, and Senegalese foods abound in Houston.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

A Hole New World

3 Houston Bagel Shops You Should Know About

All of these places opened (or updated) in the last year.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

A New Age of Houston BBQ

Smoke it up.

04/01/2020 By Catherine Matusow

Health & Wellness

Role Model

Jackie Young-Medcalf Won't Stop Fighting for the Environment

Houston’s fiercest toxic-waste protester never gives up.

04/01/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Flower power

Can Nature Help Make Chemo Easier to Endure?

A new garden lifts the spirits of cancer patients at Houston Methodist.

04/01/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Home & Real Estate

Features

The 2020 Guide to Houston Neighborhoods

One thing's for sure: The city's real estate isn’t getting any cheaper. We break it down with our annual analysis of area 'hoods.

04/01/2020 By Dianna Wray and Laura Furr Mericas

Price Check

Houston Real Estate: By the Numbers

Find out where to get the best bang for your buck.

04/01/2020 By Laura Furr Mericas

Price Check

4 Things To Know About the 2020 Housing Market in Houston

We asked experts the questions in the backs of everyone's minds.

04/01/2020 By Dianna Wray

Features

The 2020 Guide to Houston Neighborhoods

One thing's for sure: The city's real estate isn’t getting any cheaper. We break it down with our annual analysis of area 'hoods.

04/01/2020 By Dianna Wray and Laura Furr Mericas

Price Check

How Much Does It Cost To Live in Each Houston Neighborhood?

Compare key stats on Bayou City–area 'hoods.

04/01/2020 By Laura Furr Mericas

Staying Alive

Care for Trees with the Ancient Art of Bonsai

How Houston's bonsai artists are passing down their artful tradition.

04/01/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

News & City Life

Ghost of Houston Past

Mark Lardas Is Discovering Houston's Future by Digging into Its Past

The writer documenting our city’s history through forgotten landmarks.

04/01/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Mall Madness

Weslayan Plaza Could've Been the World's First Mall

A pioneering retail paradise was (almost) born right here in Houston.

04/01/2020 By Erik Morse

Shucking Marvelous

What to Know About Galveston Bay Oysters

A program fighting for their future.

04/01/2020 By Brandon Summers-Miller

Style & Shopping

Fashion

Spring Fashion 2020: True Colors

This season’s freshest looks are positively bursting with color.

04/01/2020 Edited by Abby Ledoux

Exit Interview

Q&A: Project Runway Contestant Alan Gonzalez Shares What the Show Taught Him

A Houston star is born—and moves to New York.

04/01/2020 By Abby Ledoux

Travel & Outdoors

Nature Calls

Save Houston's Biodiversity from Your Phone

Who knew the Bayou City was an environmental hot spot?

04/01/2020 By Chris Gray