In and Out

The Opening & Closing of the Week: Jan 2-8

New locations for old favorites

01/09/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Space City

Holiday Entertaining in the Subtropics

Houston’s yuletide doesn’t resemble a Thomas Kinkade painting—and that’s okay.

11/30/2014 Photography by Shannon O'Hara By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Editor’s Picks

8 Great Expense Account Restaurants

Whether you’ve got somebody to impress, or if price is no object, here are the best places in town to spend the company’s dough.

08/03/2014 By Phaedra Cook and Katharine Shilcutt

Italian Food

Review: Osteria Mazzantini Brings Sophisticated, Modern Italian to Houston

An Italo-Brit alliance blends the very best of the new world with the charms of the old

06/30/2014 By Robb Walsh

In-Town Travel

Take a Staycation: How to Spend 48 Hours in the Museum District

Ditch the car, grab your clubs, and come hungry

06/02/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

A Burger a Day

Houston's Best Burgers for National Hamburger Day

May 28 is National Hamburger Day—but every day is burger day in Houston.

05/28/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

Sugar Land's Big Fest Is Back

Event Preview: 11th Annual Sugar Land Wine & Food Affair

Opportunities abound for wine, food, and beer tastings.

04/22/2014 By Phaedra Cook

Meat, Meat, Meat

Houston’s Top Charcuterie Destinations

The best places to get your coppa, finocchiona, and calabrese on.

02/02/2014 By Jeremy Parzen

Bubbling Over

A Wine Bar Crawl for the Holidays

The holiday season is a great time to check out Houston’s effervescent wine bar scene.

12/01/2013 By Robb Walsh

Law & Order

Lawsuit Filed Against Underbelly and The Pass & Provisions

Former server alleges tortious interference, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

11/26/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Restaurants 2013

The Town’s Best Tables (and How to Snag Them)

What’s the best seat in the house? We put the question to the city’s top restaurant professionals.

09/30/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Best Restaurants 2013

When Did All This Happen?

Houston is America’s most exciting restaurant city, but don’t just take our word for it.

09/30/2013 By Robb Walsh

Best Restaurants 2013

50 Restaurants That Define Houston Dining

The best of the best in America’s coolest food city

09/30/2013 By Robb Walsh and Katharine Shilcutt

Seafood

The Strange Case of the Disappearing Gulf Crab

Seafood salad's salad days.

09/03/2013 By Robb Walsh Photography by Shannon O'Hara

Ice House

Food Porn for Fish

A Katy man invents a better fishing lure, and we beat a path to his door.

09/03/2013 By Peter Holley

Reviews

Kung Pow

Is Mala Sichuan spicing up Chinatown? You have no idea.

07/01/2013 By Robb Walsh Photography by Shannon O'Hara

White Sangria

White Makes Right

A whirlwind courtship with Goro & Gun's White Sangria.

06/01/2013 By Dan Derozier Photography by Shannon O'Hara

On the Table

Edgy Understatement

Chef Jonathan Jones’s Monarch Bistro is refined and sophisticated—not exactly what he’s known for.

06/01/2013 By Robb Walsh Photography by Shannon O'Hara

Top Golf

Speedball

Here’s to the linksmen who lunch.

06/01/2013 By Robb Walsh

On the Table

Shooting Star

Chef Philippe Verpiand’s classic, slightly Americanized French cooking shines at Étoile.

04/25/2013 By Robb Walsh