Author: David Leftwich

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Acclaimed Houston Restaurant Cafe Louie Evolves into Louie’s Italian American

Opening a new restaurant, especially an independently owned one, is extremely difficult. Chefs and restaurateurs have to deal with construction delays, permitting delays, local and state bureaucracies, developing and costing […]

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Golfstrømmen’s Chef Christopher Haatuft Returns to Houston Food Hall for Pop-Ups

Several years ago, spurred by Danish chef René Redzepi and his world renowned Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, New Nordic Cuisine, with its hyper-focus on local ingredients, influenced chefs around the world, including many in Houston. Though the Nordic buzz has settled to a melodic hum, it still influences everything from cooking techniques to plating aesthetics, and […]

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Houston Bar Wins Bayou City’s First National-Level James Beard Award

In the first James Beard Awards ceremony since the pandemic, Houston received its first national-level Chef and Restaurant award: Alba Huerta’s Julep won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program. During her moving acceptance speech, Huerta, who immigrated from Mexico as a child, said, “Thank you to my city of Houston, Texas for loving […]

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First Bite: Cafe Louie on Houston’s East Side Thrills With Exemplary Lunch & Breakfast

On a recent Friday morning, I walked into Cafe Louie, a new Second Ward eatery at 3401 Harrisburg. The barista already knew my go-to coffee drink, a flat white, which I’d ordered on my previous visit. Though it’s only been officially open since May 11 (following a quiet, soft-opening), the café already feels like a […]

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