Author: Laurann Claridge

As the most culturally diverse city in America, Houston has a bevy of exciting new restaurants in the works (or ones that have fairly recently opened) with cuisines ranging from Japanese to Thai, Mexico City and the California coast. This is your guide…

Benjy Levit has done it again. After we mourned the pandemic loss of his restaurants The Classic and his namesake Benjy’s in the Rice Village, the stylish restaurateur brings us Eau Tour, a chic French-inspired boîte just around the corner from his Ric…

In homage to his late father, William Farley has opened Padre’s Wine Shop + Bar in The Heights. What began as a hobby for the father Mike Farley and his son eventually led the studious progeny to leave his career in the realm of oil and gas finance to …

For years, I’ve driven past the former locale of Emmaline on West Dallas on my way to the gym and wondered why this great location and even better renovated restaurant space was still sitting empty. The building has great bones and you can’t beat the l…

One of the fastest-growing sectors of the restaurant industry is the fast-casual market — and Asian food is gaining a lot of traction within it. Contributing to that area’s growth is the Texas-born-and-based Chi’Lantro BBQ, a Korean/Mexican fusion rest…

Local fans of Bravo’s powerhouse competition cooking show Top Chef were excited when not only was Houston the featured city last season, but hometown chef Evelyn Garcia made Bayou City food lovers proud again and again. For Garcia made it far in a very…

PS-21, a new Houston restaurant’s cryptic name is neither a New York public school nor does it refer to a psalm in the bible. No in fact, PS-21 is a simple acronym for the year the idea for the restaurant came to life, as well as the first initia…