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The end of a Houston restaurant era is nearly here. After dinner service this Friday, August 5th, The Vincent Mandola Family Restaurants group will shutter all its restaurant doors after serving the last Italian meals at Nino’s, Vincent’s a…
Read MoreRobert Del Grande has left some big steel-toed shoes to fill at The Annie Cafe & Bar and its sister restaurant Turner’s. After retiring from the range earlier this summer, Del Grande has settled into the role of chef emeritus. Now Berg Hospitality,…
Read MoreThere are burgers, and then there is the burger that Good Morning America deemed the best burger in America. Bar none. And who pray tell walked away with that honor (not to mention a prize of $10,000)? None other than Houston’s own hip-hop star turned …
Read MoreIn a nondescript Heights strip center just off North Shepherd Drive, restaurant co-owners Jason Andaya and Raymond Chan are preparing to open Dinette. Andaya and Chan are the talented duo behind the nearby Japanese handroll restaurant called Hando and …
Read MoreDuring the dog days of Houston’s summer when the temps hover in the hundreds, aren’t we all just looking for clever ways to stay cool? Here’s one — the new Popston, a locally-owned popsicle factory poised in Houston’s East End. This week founder …
Read MoreIt’s a farm to table feast like no other. The long-running annual food and wine event known as Chefs for Farmers, established in Dallas in 2010, is making its way to Houston. For the very first time. Houston’s very first Chefs For Farmers extrava…
Read MoreChris Cusack is back in the restaurant business. The high-profile creator of the shuttered Down House in The Heights and co-founder of Treadsack Restaurants saw a tumultuous end to his restaurant group’s empire as it closed its restaurants Foreig…
Read MoreMark your calendars and start meal planning as August 1 marks the return of the much-loved extended foodie holiday known as Houston Restaurant Weeks. To whet the appetite, the menu site went live today, which gives foodies an early look at many of the …
Read MoreCalling all fans of Gatlin’s BBQ, a new Greg Gatlin restaurant is due to hatch this Friday, July 15. Dubbed Gatlin’s Fins & Feathers, if you love Southern food — think fried chicken, buttery biscuits, New Orleans barbecue shrimp and oys…
Read MoreLori Hernandez’s roots run deep in Houston’s historic East End. A native of the area, Hernandez and her partner Paul Siwek (another Houstonian), came home to the Bayou City to open their novel new wine bar called Roots in the part of town she cal…
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