Comfort Calls

What Houston Chefs Eat When They Need Comfort

These dishes offer familiarity and warmth, shaped by family kitchens, cultural traditions, and lived experience.

01/06/2026 By Brittany Britto Garley

Memory Lane

A Look Back at Houstonia’s Top Food Stories of 2024

Before we head into 2025, let’s take a quick second to remember some of your favorite—and most delicious—features of the year.

12/26/2024 By Sofia Gonzalez

Chinese Comfort

Where to Find the Best Chinese Food in Houston

Houston’s Chinese food scene runs deep, with everything from fiery Sichuan dishes to Cantonese seafood and classic dim sum.

10/22/2024 By Sofia Gonzalez and Emma Balter

The Gayborhood

32 Very Houston Ways to Have Fun in Montrose

The counter-cultural-turned-trendy neighborhood is a playground of old favorites and new dining destinations.

06/04/2024 By Meredith Nudo and Emma Balter

El Barrio

A Real Local’s Guide to Houston’s East End Neighborhood

The sprawling east side of town is a hub for Mexican culture, award-winning restaurants, and eclectic shops of all kinds.

05/02/2024 By Reyes Ramirez and Daniel Renfrow

Eat the World

80 Restaurants, 45 Countries, Right Here in Houston

The city's international food scene is the best it's ever been.

03/28/2024 Edited by Emma Balter

Family Portrait

Fung’s Kitchen Is Built on Generations of Hong Kong Expertise

Meet the prolific family behind the Houston restaurant famous for its Cantonese-style live seafood.

03/27/2024 By Emma Balter

Ancestral Bond

Houston Chefs Use Nopales to Connect Back to Mexico

In a stew or an egg scramble, the prickly pear cactus has deep roots in Texas-Mexican cooking.

03/26/2024 By Adán Medrano

Year in Review

Our Most Popular and Impactful Stories of 2023

It was an eventful year in Houston, as always. Here are the stories readers came back to again and again.

12/28/2023 By Emma Balter

In Memoriam

Ghost Bikes Are Painful Reminders of Houston’s Cyclist Death Problem

More than 100 of these memorials dot the city, raising awareness for bikers killed by drivers every year.

12/04/2023 By Daniel Renfrow

All Tinned Up

Seacuterie Boards Are the Latest TikTok Food Trend

Canned fish is quickly usurping the humble charcuterie spread. Will Houstonians jump on the craze?

05/15/2023 By Daniel Renfrow

Spirited Away

Houston's 50 Hottest Bars of 2023

From the clubby to the dives, these watering holes deliver on all fronts.

04/11/2023 By Daniel Renfrow, Geneva Diaz, and Meredith Nudo

Hot Tips

How to Roast the Perfect Chicken

Ostia’s Travis McShane reveals his hot tips.

12/29/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

Deja Brew

Our 13 Favorite Coffee Cocktails in Houston

Coffee cocktails are cool again, and we’re totally here for It.

12/01/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

Home Plate

Thank the Astros For All These Food & Drink Specials Around Town

The Astros go head to head with the New York Yankees.

10/19/2022 By Shelby Stewart

Trends

Zero Proof: 6 of the Best Mocktails Houston Has to Offer

Mocktails are having a moment, and we’re here to toast it.

10/07/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

STAR POWER

Chef Aaron Bludorn Taps Fellow Café Boulud Alum to Helm Navy Blue

The Bludorn team announced today that star-powered chef Jerrod Zifchak will be the executive chef of upcoming seafood restaurant Navy Blue.

09/26/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

NEW BEEF

New at Georgia James: A Rooftop Bar and Fresh Menu Items

The Underbelly Hospitality outpost’s new rooftop offers a stunning view of Houston’s skyline.

09/15/2022 By Shelby Stewart

Bayougraphy

Houstonian Ogbo Okoronkwo Wants to Bring Home a Win For the Texans

Texans defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo has aspirations of bringing a title to Clutch City for the first time.

09/15/2022 By DeVaughn Douglas

JUST DANCE

A Reimagined South Beach Reopens After a Four-Year Break

Houston’s premier LBGTQ+ dance club returns this week with a new look, new sound and lighting technology, and its famous cooling ice jets.

07/14/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

Houstonia Magazine

Michael Anthony