Midnight Munchies

Satisfy Your Late-Night Hunger with These Houston Restaurants

These hot spots serve all the night owls out there.

09/30/2024 By Sofia Gonzalez and Daniel Renfrow

Chill Out

Houston's Best Ice Cream Shops to Beat the Heat

The popsicle purveyors, ice creameries, and frozen treat shops to cure your summer angst.

06/25/2024 By Daniel Renfrow and Sofia Gonzalez

Houstorian

Houston’s Most Utopian Shopping Mall Is Now Its Biggest Eyesore

Westbury Square was a walkable European-style development with a quaint collection of shops. How did it fall to such disrepair?

05/10/2024 By James Glassman Photography by Shannon O'Hara

Past and Future

A New Restaurant in Kemah Seeks to Decolonize Indigenous Cuisines

Th Prsrv takes diners on a 4,000-year culinary journey through Thai and Native American flavors.

07/12/2023 By Daniel Renfrow

Seed to Soul

Sunnyside’s Kuji Kitchen Creates Community through Caribbean Cuisine

The new sustainability-focused and community-oriented restaurant is an oasis in one of Houston’s largest food deserts.

05/23/2023 By Phoebe Gibson

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

Best New Restaurants 2022

Houston's Top 20 New Restaurants

We believe these impressive new restaurants are destined to become Houston classics.

09/19/2022 By Mai Pham, Phoebe Gibson, and Daniel Renfrow Photography by Shannon O'Hara and Kat Ambrose

Some like it hot

The Wide World of International Spicy Cuisine

From Mexican to Chinese, traverse the globe's spiciest flavor profiles right here in Houston.

07/13/2021 By Carlos Brandon

You Have Time!

6 Beer, Brunch, and More Foodie Finds for Father's Day

Book that table or buy that kit. Dad will never know you waited this long.

06/15/2021 By Shivani Parmar

pooch perfect

18 Houston Pet Services and Activities That Are Squad Goals

Pet shops, parks, hotels, groomers, and other hot spots that are simply the best for treating your pet—and yourself—right.

05/14/2021 By Gwendolyn Knapp, Laura Furr Mericas, and Kaitlyn Miller

Back to the Garden

Michelin Star Restaurant Concept Coming this Spring to the MFAH

Le Jardinier and Cafe Leonelli will open soon with some serious names behind them.

01/13/2021 By Timothy Malcolm

Shop Local

Check out These Awesomely Creative Black-Owned Businesses

Back the “Buy Black” movement at these H-Town shops.

11/27/2020 By Denise Cathey, Catherine Wendlandt, Rebecca Noel, and Laura Furr Mericas

take me out

Comfort Food Takeout Guide: Midtown/Fourth Ward

Biscuits and gravy, sandwiches, classic creole, and sumptuous ramen.

10/15/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Fresh Baked

Food News: Restaurant Featuring Houston's Bread Man Set to Open

Plus, a popular New York-inspired delicatessen is moving ... which means another local mainstay is closing.

08/10/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Barrel of Fun

No Monkeying Around: Bar Owners Plot New Concept in GOOF

The folks behind a Northside spot will take over the former Petrol Station space.

08/03/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Food Hall Guide

New Food Halls to Look Forward to in 2020

In addition to two new Conservatory locations, expect markets to open in Midtown, Downtown, and more.

01/30/2020 By Timothy Malcolm and Gwendolyn Knapp

RIP

Shocker: The Pass and Provisions to Shutter

One of Houston's most acclaimed restaurants is shutting its doors this weekend.

05/24/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Can't Go Wrong With Pancakes and Eggs: Our 8 Favorite Diners

For when you need some old-fashioned diner food.

02/28/2018 By Joanna O'Leary

Opa!

Montrose's Greek Festival is Back, and So Are Those Amazing Dancers

"It’s something that’s so essential to Greek life. You dance at baptisms, at weddings. It connects you to your heritage.”

10/04/2017 By Holly Beretto

Comfort Food

H-E-B Lets You Bring Luby's Mac 'n' Cheese Home

To celebrate the cafeteria's 70th birthday, the grocery chain adds the cult noodles to its frozen food stock.

12/02/2016 By Alice Levitt