Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Downtown Houston is finally fully back in business. And the powers that be at Finn Hall, the 20,000 square-foot food hall, situated on the ground level of the Jones on Main building are swinging open their patio doors for outdoor dining as the warmer H…
Read MoreOne might say it took a proverbial village for prolific restaurateur Benjamin Berg to launch his latest Houston restaurant. Trattoria Sofia is located in The Heights, but it would be at home in tiny burg outside Palermo, or a remote hamlet high in the …
Read MoreWhen a crisis hits, from a devasting hurricane to a worldwide pandemic to a personal hardship that results in the unexpected circumstance of food insecurity, the nonprofit Houston Food Bank has been there to act as a lifeline for anyone in need. This M…
Read MoreIt is a decadent ice cream brand with a name that initially trips — rather than — rolls off your tongue: Van Leeuwen. Practice with me, it’s pronounced Van (like mini-van), Lou (like the name) and inn (think hotel). The Van Leeuwen brand of premium ice…
Read MoreLooking for a weekend escape to the “country,” but don’t want to travel too far afield? You might want to consider The Woodlands Resort. About 45 minutes from downtown Houston, the 350-acre compound is being transformed into a Curio by Hilt…
Read MoreMeet the men who want to put the meat on your table. Ryan Cade and Blake Robertson are the guys behind the 2,800-acre R-C Ranch in Brazoria County, dedicated to placing quality, sustainability and the ethical treatment of the farm animals they raise fo…
Read MoreAfter the clock struck midnight and we bid adieu to 2021, many of us awoke the next morning, resolved to do things a whole lot differently. Yes, it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, even though only 46 percent of us manage to keep them, according to t…
Read MoreMahesh Puranik aspired to attend culinary school in Paris and one day come back to his home in Sugar Land to open a restaurant with his sister Shubhangi Musale. But his dream never came to pass as Puranik tragically died shortly before heading abroad. …
Read MoreIt appears it took a proverbial village for restauranteur Benjamin Berg to launch his latest Houston restaurant — Trattoria Sofia in The Heights. Perhaps one inspired by a tiny bourg outside sunny Palermo or a remote hamlet high in the lush hills of Tu…
Read MoreOn the twelfth day of Christmas, my true food love gave to me — mole, mole, and more mole. In fact, 12 exquisite moles, each prepared by the talented chefs at Pico’s Restaurant on Kirby Drive. A complete mole novice I swung by recently to learn how the…
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