Author: Phaedra Cook

A Spicy, Bright and Easy Margarita for Autumn

Hornitos Tequila recently hosted an online media event where it debuted a margarita adapted for the fall. Called the Don Francisco Margarita, the inclusion of orange juice makes this tequila cocktail a kissing cousin of a Tequila Sunrise. It doesn’t have grenadine, though, and the dose of lime juice keeps it within the margarita family. […]

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Houston Ice Cream Shop Sweetens Garden Oaks With Second Location

After seven years of serving small-batch, housemade ice cream in the Heights, Fat Cat Creamery is now opening a spin-off at the Stomping Grounds center at 1225 West 34th in Garden Oaks. The official grand opening is Saturday, November 14, but the shop is already quietly serving scoops of Milk Chocolate Stout, Waterloo Strawberry, Meow […]

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Restaurant With Ties to Famous Texas Ranch Slated to Open in Galleria Area

The King Ranch, covering 825,000 acres between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is world-famous and thanks to a partnership with über-restaurateur Tilman Fertitta, is also soon debuting a restaurant in the ritzy Galleria area of Houston. Called King Ranch Texas Kitchen, the restaurant is slated to open before the 2020 holiday season at 1605 Post Oak […]

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Restaurant With Ties to Famous Texas Ranch Slated to Open in Galleria Area

The King Ranch, covering 825,000 acres between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is world-famous and thanks to a partnership with über-restaurateur Tilman Fertitta, is also soon debuting a restaurant in the ritzy Galleria area of Houston. Called King Ranch Texas Kitchen, the restaurant is slated to open before the 2020 holiday season at 1605 Post Oak […]

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Classic Houston Restaurant Opens New Memorial Location

Back in May, Jolie and Charles Stinneford, owners of 40-year-old Treebeards, closed its longest-running location at 315 Travis after a “massive rent increase.” However, they also revealed that the news wasn’t all bad. They were, at that time, building a new, larger location in the Memorial area. The new restaurant, located at 9655 Katy Freeway […]

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Classic Houston Restaurant Opens New Memorial Location

Back in May, Jolie and Charles Stinneford, owners of 40-year-old Treebeards, closed its longest-running location at 315 Travis after a “massive rent increase.” However, they also revealed that the news wasn’t all bad. They were, at that time, building a new, larger location in the Memorial area. The new restaurant, located at 9655 Katy Freeway […]

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Miracle Cocktail Bar Pop-Ups Return to Houston & Galveston With Much-Needed Cheer

With COVID and the resulting business closings and layoffs — both temporary and permanent — it’s inarguable that 2020 has been a gloomy year. Before the end though, there’s some hope for cheery drinks in festive settings by way of the Miracle cocktail bar pop-ups. Since 2020 is the third year of the holiday cocktail […]

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Popular Houston Bagel Shop Acquires Award-Winning Chef

Boasting brisk business and loyal customers since Gregg Goldstein and Katz Coffee owner Avi Katz opened it in late 2017, Golden Bagels & Coffee at 3119 White Oak now has bragging rights for one more achievement. It’s now also the home of one of Houston’s women chefs. Jane Wild, formerly of The Dunlavy (which, according […]

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Xochi in Downtown Houston Set to Reopen October 1

Back in mid-March when Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered restaurant dining rooms to close, the husband-and-wife team of chef Hugo Ortega and restaurateur Tracy Vaught chose to temporarily shutter their Oaxacan restaurant, Xochi. With restaurants now allowed to have up to 75% guest occupancy, Xochi — located on the first floor of the Marriott Marquis […]

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Houston Restaurants Closed Today Due to Tropical Depression Beta

In a progression that evokes memories of tropical storm Allison, tropical storm Beta (now downgraded to a depression) is moving slowly, flooding some parts of Buffalo Bayou and areas south of Houston. Up to now, the hardest hit areas have been in south Houston (and communities south of Houston), but one prediction is that rain […]

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