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Houston Food Finder: How to Help Houston Hospitality Employees Now

In 1838, German immigrant Henry Kessler opened one of Houston’s first bar/restaurants. Located just south of Market Square, on Travis between Preston and Prairie, it was called Round Tent Bar. Why? Because it was actually in a round tent with wood chips and sawdust tossed on the muddy dirt floor, a long wooden bar, and […]

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Houston Food Finder: Hike Your Way to Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. for the Food, the Beers and the View

On a warm winter day — one of those days that makes our long, steamy summers worth it — my daughter and I hiked through the Houston Arboretum to a high bank overlooking Buffalo Bayou. After our hike through a brambled, wooded landscape resembling what downtown looked like when the city was founded in 1836, […]

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Houston Food Finder: Brett’s BBQ Shop Sets a High Bar for Katy and Houston

For years, my dad, who lives in Katy, would drive 30 miles to pick up barbecue at Hinze’s in Sealy. However, as Katy has grown, so have its barbecue options. Now, my dad and the rest of Katy can frequent craft barbecue purveyors such as Daddy Ducan’s, Los Muetros and a joint Houston Food Finder […]

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Houston Food Finder: These Unique Cookbooks Are Perfect Houston Holiday Gifts

The Houston area sprawls across 10,062 square miles of coastal plains (an area slightly smaller than Massachusetts), a sprawling territory of seemingly endless streets, glass towers, parking lots, strip centers, cul-de-sac-laced developments and rows of garden apartments. It is home to almost 7 million people of diverse backgrounds, all with stories to tell. Sometimes, those […]

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