Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
If there’s a single word to describe Marmo, the new Italian chophouse that’s opened in the new Montrose Collective mixed-use development, it’s “swank.” The vibe, the sleek look — it all screams old school. For starters, when was the last time you…
Read MoreDubbed an Asian smokehouse and bar, Loro Heights blends the best of Southeast Asian flavors from chef Tyson Cole (of Uchi restaurant fame, who finessed his craft in Tokyo, New York and Austin) with post-oak-smoke-infused meat, chicken and fish from pit…
Read MoreWherever there is a climate, humanitarian, or community crisis, chef Jose Andres and his nibble team at World Central Kitchen are quick to race to the frontlines providing sustenance to those in dire need. It all started with the simple mandate when pe…
Read MoreFor quite some time, if you’ve traveled through the intersection where Westheimer meets Fountainview and, like us, you’ve wondered what would fill the vacant Houston’s restaurant space that occupied the end cap of the strip center for years, wonder no …
Read MoreAs spring and, more aptly, patio season arrives, Houston is ushering in the opening of a new Heights area ice house — Patterson Park Patio Bar. Billed as a “treehouse on the trail,” it’s situated near the towering live oaks that line the White Oak Bayo…
Read MoreIf you were in college in the 1980s, you likely recall the ubiquitous rise of the bottled wine cooler, complete with a twist-off top. Those sweet, sometimes carbonated, low alcohol beverages were made with cheap white wines (think Chablis, Chardonnay, …
Read MoreAbove the winding trails that run through the urban woods of Buffalo Bayou Park, there is an airy, glass-walled tree house perched. Formerly an events venue known as The Dunlavy, the prime space has been thoughtfully reimagined by enlightened concept c…
Read MoreIf you have an appetite for red meat, particularly pricey prime grade cuts, this is your moment. Two new steakhouses, quite different from each other, have just opened in Houston. Get ready for Rare in Midtown and Patton’s in The Heights. Chef Do…
Read MoreIf you can’t remember the last time you shopped at the original Houston Farmers Market on the east side of The Heights at 2520 Airline Drive, you likely won’t recognize it today. The oldest farmers market in the city, formed in 1937, was purchased in 2…
Read MoreWhile we technically didn’t invent the hamburger — sandwiching a ground beef patty with some sauce, perhaps a slice of cheese, lettuce and tomato between two halves of a bun — there is no disputing the fact that Americans perfected it. Now Paul Qui, th…
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