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Scaled-Down Version of Houston Food Festival Still Looks Pretty Darn Fun

It’s another example of COVID Ruins Everything. Commune, a chef-driven festival that was originally scheduled to run for two weeks this summer, has been postponed until March 2022 due to concerns about the rise in COVID-19 cases. Instead the festival is being pared down to a three-day preview event that will take place from August […]

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Houston Pitmasters Join Forces for Fundraiser at Fulshear BBQ Restaurant

Pitmaster Jim Buchanan, the former owner of Buck’s Barbecue who recently joined Dozier’s BBQ in Fulshear, is getting some help from his fellow barbecue specialists to raise funds for the Fulshear Police Foundation. The organization’s mission is to, “promote community involvement, provide needed equipment, training, and technology to maintain the excellence and professionalism and safety […]

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Austin-Based Loro Announces Chef for Houston Restaurant in the Heights

Hai Hospitality (the group behind Uchi) announced that the chef de cuisine for the forthcoming Houston location of Loro will be Marcos Leal. Loro Houston is scheduled to open this fall in the Heights. It is the third location of the concept that melds the southeast Asian culinary perspective of chef Tyson Cole of Uchi […]

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Saint Arnold Brewing Company Ahora Ofrece Recorridos por Cervecerías en Español

A través de un comunicado de prensa debidamente enviado por correo electrónico en español e inglés, Saint Arnold Brewing Company en 2000 Lyons anunció que a partir del Sábado 31 de Julio, se ofrecerán dos recorridos en español el último sábado de cada mes. Los horarios de los recorridos son 2 p.m. y 4 p.m. […]

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Saint Arnold Brewing Company is Now Offering Brewery Tours in Spanish

A Spanish version of this article is forthcoming.  Via a press release appropriately emailed in both Spanish and English, Saint Arnold Brewing Company at 2000 Lyons announced that starting on Saturday, July 31, two Spanish-speaking tours are being offered the last Saturday of every month. The times for the tours are 2 and 4 p.m. […]

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Houston Chef Johann Schuster Finds New Creative Channels, but not in a Restaurant

Johann Schuster, former executive chef and owner of Midtown restuarant Charivari, which closed in 2018, despite a fair share of fans for his scratch-made, Romanian cuisine, is back. At the time of Charivari’s closing, Schuster was also one of only a handful of chefs who were proponents of concepts such as in-house, whole-animal butchery and […]

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Houston Chef Johann Schuster Finds New Creative Channels, but not in a Restaurant

Johann Schuster, former executive chef and owner of Midtown restuarant Charivari, which closed in 2018, despite a fair share of fans for his scratch-made, Romanian cuisine, is back. At the time of Charivari’s closing, Schuster was also one of only a handful of chefs who were proponents of concepts such as in-house, whole-animal butchery and […]

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Goode Co. is Heading to the Heights and Taking Over the Former Downhouse Space

Since Down House closed in February, Houston restaurant-scene observers have wondered what would become of the sturdy brick building outfitted with both a bar and a patio. The wondering is over. The more than 40-year-old Goode Co. restaurant empire is taking over the location at 1801 Yale and is finally bring its cuisine to the […]

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Midtown Houston Patio Bar Reunites Chef Graham Laborde & Other Bernadine’s Alums

A well-known Houston chef who’s been bereft of his own kitchen for over four years is making a big comeback — this time, with his own patio bar. Graham Laborde is reuniting with his former boss, Benjy Mason, to open new patio bar Winnie’s in the former Natachee’s Supper ‘n’ Punch space at 3622 Main […]

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Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys Shutters Brick-and-Mortar in Texas Medical Center

Only about a year and a half after opening, Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys has already closed its location on the first floor of the Medical Towers Building at 6618 Fannin. It was the first brick-and-mortar restaurant that the famous Houston sandwich company had opened in a decade. The last day of business was Friday, June […]

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