Treat Yourself

Cream Puff Sensation Beard Papa's Lands in Katy

The Japanese dessert shop's first Texas location is in the Asian Town shopping center.

08/21/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Best Restaurants 2018

Houston's 50 Best Restaurants in 2018

Where to eat, right now.

08/17/2018 Edited by Gwendolyn Knapp

Best Restaurants 2018

Katy Is the New Asiatown

These five Katy-area Asian eateries are making the biggest waves.

08/17/2018 By Mai Pham

Dear Santa

Famous Cream Puffs Coming to Katy Asian Town

Beard Papa's has more than 400 locations, and its first Texas store is opening here in August.

07/30/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Westward Ho!

Union Kitchen, Jax Grill Coming to Katy

Gr8 Plate Hospitality is bringing its two successful concepts to the fast-growing city.

07/18/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

Pâtes Heads

First Bite: Mona Fresh Italian Food

A Katy pasta purveyor sets out to redefine fast-casual.

07/18/2018 By Alice Levitt

Party Over Here

Houston-Made Rich Kids Revamps a Familiar Story

A cast of primarily Latinx Houstonians gives a new face to the traditional "teens throw a party" film genre.

04/11/2018 By Brittanie Shey

Quack Attack

This Rare Duck Is Drawing Birders to the Katy Prairie

Behold the Eurasian Wigeon, a temporary Katy resident.

04/11/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Top Neighborhoods 2018

Score All the Amenities In These Houston Communities

Nowadays, residents expect more in their homes than just four walls and a roof.

02/28/2018 By Morgan Kinney

Get Cheesy

Of Love And Fromage: The Story Of The Cheese Bar

Being outside the Loop doesn't mean you can't have fancy cheese.

02/06/2018 By Joanna O'Leary

Some Pig

Meet Clarence, Black Hill Ranch's Miracle Flood Baby

Farmer Felix Florez lost 130 of his 350 pigs. This tiny piglet survived.

09/28/2017 By Alice Levitt

Get Out

6 Family-Friendly Flicks to Catch Outside This Weekend

BYO blanket and popcorn for these feature films—all screened for free in green spaces across the city.

08/07/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Fitness Friday

Houston's Biggest Indoor Climbing Gym Has Arrived in Katy

An REI partnership, a focus on kids and some of the tallest walls in Houston set the new Momentum Indoor Climbing Gym apart.

07/28/2017 By Brittanie Shey

Brew in the 'Burbs

Brewery Spotlight: No Label Brewing Company

Head to Katy for a family-friendly beer mecca.

07/26/2017 By Lauro Rojas

Fitness Friday

REI Wants to Get Indoor Climbers Outside

The REI Co-op Climb heading to Houston's Momentum gyms will help athletes train, learn and shop for climbing adventures in a single destination.

05/19/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Meet the Neighbors

Our 10 Favorite Places to Live in Houston for 2017

These neighborhood stewards told us why they’ve chosen to put down roots where they did.

03/21/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian Photography by Jack Thompson, Max Burkhalter, and Michael Paulsen

'Tis the Season

Uber Offering Free Rides to Five Houston-Area Malls

Here's one less excuse to lose your cool this weekend.

12/16/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Winter Wonderland

Typhoon Texas Brings the North Pole to Houston with Winterfest

What's a waterpark to do in the winter? Transform itself into an ice paradise, of course.

12/09/2016 By Teresa Rodriguez

Island Time

Where Can You Get a Hawaiian Plate Lunch? In Katy, Actually

Aloha Pho serves exactly what it promises—the cuisines of Vietnam and America's volcanic archipelago.

11/01/2016 By Alice Levitt

Don't Sleep On This

Morning Eatery Snooze Opening Three More Houston Locations

The Denver-based breakfast chain is betting big on Houston.

10/25/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt