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It’s always big news when one of Houston’s best chefs opens a new restaurant and the news can’t get much bigger than James Beard Award Winning chef Chris Shepherd’s debut of his new Georgia James Tavern at the luxury hi-rise Market Square Tower, smack …
Read MoreThe prairies of Katy might seem an unusual place for a British chip shop to land but in a strip center near Katy Mills Mall, The Chipper is bringing a taste of the British Isles to its residents. I was attending the opening of Howdy Homemade Ice Cream …
Read MorePho Binh at Finn Hall, 712 Main, opened July 19. Originally slated for the downtown food hall in March 2020, the pandemic delayed its arrival. The chefs in charge, Kevin Pham and Di Nguyen, also own Pho Binh By Night on Bellaire. There are seven …
Read MoreWhen I first saw Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka sing “Come with me and you’ll be in a a world of pure imagination,” I was all in. The idea of edible candy mushrooms and “you can even eat the dishes” was the stuff of dreams. My little brothers and I,…
Read MoreReikiNa, 799 Town and Country Boulevard, will open at CityCentre July 15. The new tasting menu concept comes from Thomas Stacy, a former prep cook at the high-end sushi restaurant Uchi. The idea began as a series of private home dinners which Stacy hos…
Read MoreThe Chef’s Table, 110 Vintage Park, will celebrate its grand opening July 19. The new restaurant takes over the original home of Peli Peli which lured in nearby residents to Vintage Park for years. It’s a fitting return for chef/owner Paul Friedman who…
Read MoreIt’s been a Museum District fixture for nearly seven decades, serving its famous queso, margaritas and enchiladas since 1953. Spanish Village is the second oldest Mexican restaurant in Houston, coming in after Molina’s which opened in 1941. It has serv…
Read MoreHowdy Homemade Ice Cream, 20920 Katy Freeway, will open July 22. The opening of the ice cream shop just so happens to coincide with Trae Day and local Houston rapper Trae Da Truth just happens to be a partner in the franchise, along with Roderick Batso…
Read MoreFeges BBQ Spring Branch, 8217 Long Point, opened June 20. This will be the second location of the barbecue restaurant from husband and wife Patrick Feges and Erin Smith. The first opened in the food court of the Greenway Plaza office complex in 2018. F…
Read MoreBarrel of Monkeys Hospitality, a newly-formed restaurant group from Monkey’s Tail owner, Jessie Gonzales, launched June 2021. Gonzales founded Monkey’s Tail in 2019 and Barrel of Monkeys Hospitality plans to open several more concepts in the next …
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