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Houston Food Finder: Malaysian Cuisine Coming to Central Houston Via Phat Eatery Ghost Kitchen

Alex Auyeung, chef and owner of Katy’s highly acclaimed Malaysian street food restaurant Phat Eatery is launching a new inside-the-Loop, delivery-only food hall kitchen. Set to open in early September, the new establishment, called Phat Kitchen, is operating out of the new the Blodgett Food Hall at 2616 Blodgett, which is owned by CloudKitchens. The eatery […]

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Houston Food Finder: Iconic Houston Bar, Bakery & Woman-Led Woodlands Restaurant Close Due To COVID-19

It’s inevitable that at some point a favorite bar or restaurant is going to close. Between thin margins and fickle consumers, the hospitality industry is notoriously volatile, even in the best of times — but for small bars and restaurants, the COVID-19 pandemic is the worst of times. There is a growing list of those […]

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Houston Food Finder: Esteemed Houston Restaurateur Vincent Mandola Has Passed Away

Beloved Houston restaurateur Vincent Mandola passed away Sunday, July 19 at the age of 77. Mandola was the owner of Nino’s, Vincent’s, Grappino di Nino and La Gelateria — a restaurant empire at 2817 W. Dallas that is easily accessible to Montrose, downtown and the Heights. In addition, he owned and operated the fast-casual Pronto […]

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Houston Food Finder: Some Houston Restaurants Take Proactive Steps to Slow COVID-19 As Abbott Pauses Reopening

In the wake of two straight days of recording breaking levels of new COVID-19 cases — over 5,000 per day — and with Texas Medical Center ICU beds completely occupied (albeit with contingency bedspace available elsewhere), Texas Governor Greg Abbott “paused” his aggressive reopening plan. In a statement released today, he said, “This temporary pause […]

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Houston Food Finder: Abbott Announces Phase 3 Occupancy Increases for Texas Restaurants and Bars

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced via press release that “Phase Three” of Texas’s reopening plan begins today. This phase includes several new provisions for bars and restaurants that will be rolled out over the next few days. Wednesday, June 3 “Bars and similar establishments may increase their capacity to 50% as long as patrons are […]

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Houston Food Finder: Hospitality Employees Can Now Get Free Mental Health Care

Food and drink brings us joy, but the professional business of preparing it is often hard, grueling work. Restaurant and bar jobs are often low-paying, high-pressure positions that require long hours, late nights and spending holidays at work instead of at home. Many bar and restaurant employees do not have health insurance or have inadequate […]

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Houston Food Finder: Restaurants Can Open at 50% Capacity, Bars at 25% On May 22

Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that restaurants can begin operating dining rooms at 50-percent capacity and that bars can open at 25-percent capacity on Friday, May 22. The announcement has been eagerly awaited by many independent restaurant and bar owners who are struggling with reduced or no revenue, and few avenues for financial help. […]

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Houston Food Finder: The Restaurants That Teamed Up with Houston Shift Meal to Feed Thousands

With the COVID-19 curve in the greater Houston area settling into a dissatisfying, jagged plateau rather than the sloping downhill curve we’re all waiting for, some restaurants have stayed closed. Due to a state health mandate, bars are still closed. Some restaurants have opened, but only at 25% capacity. That means that thousands of area […]

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Houston Food Finder: As Texas Reopens, the Hospitality Industry Faces Hard Decisions

Around 10 p.m. on Friday, March 13, Grotto server Luis Amora noticed that the staff at a nearby downtown hotel were gathered in a banquet hall. Since it was late for a staff meeting, he wondered if the hotel was closing. Amora’s concerns were not unfounded. Just a few days earlier, the Houston Livestock Show […]

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Houston Food Finder: Houston-Area Chefs, Restaurants & Culinary Instructors Offering Online Classes

Novelist Laurie Cowlin wrote, “No one who cooks, cooks alone… a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present.” This is comforting wisdom as many of us find ourselves spending more time in front of the stove, some of us cooking for ourselves, others cooking […]

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