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Houston Mexican Restaurant Is Receiving A “Restaurant: Impossible” Makeover

Habanera & The Guero at 9902 Gulf Freeway, and owned by Vanessa Lomeli and Ben Downing, has earned many fans over its five-year tenure, including the Houston Chronicle restaurant critic, Alison Cook, who first reviewed it (under its prior name, Habanera & The Gringo) in 2015. From 2016 through 2018, Cook also placed it on her […]

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Acclaimed Buck’s Barbeque in Galveston is Closed

Pitmaster and owner Jim Buchanan announced today that he is closing Buck’s, one of the few Texas-style barbecue restaurants in Galveston. It was a mere eight months ago when Buchanan took over the former Farley Girls Cafe at 801 Postoffice Street. While that’s short-lived and restaurants come and go, this particular closing is particularly tragic. […]

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Houston Mediterranean Restaurant Receives Unexpected National Recognition

Consumer review website Yelp issued its annual Top 100 Places To Eat list this morning, and only one Houston restaurant is on it: Craft Pita at 1920 Fountain View. Owner Rafael Nasr opened the eatery last August and the accolades just keep coming. Out of 137 consumer rankings, it has a solid, five-star rating. On […]

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Trendsetting South American Restaurant East of Downtown Houston is Closing

Houstonians first got to know chef David Guerrero’s cuisine back in 2011, when he was promoted from sous chef to executive chef at Samba Grille. Even back then, his road to professional success was harder than most, having been diagnosed with a brain tumor a year earlier. That health battle persisted for years. In 2015, […]

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Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys Houston Medical Center Restaurant Is Now Open

Approximately nine months in the making, Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys’ new location at 6618 Fannin in the Medical Center area is now open. It’s the first full-fledged new one opened since the West Loop location over a decade ago. (In the interim, Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys opened a kiosk at Greenway Plaza, and rapidly grew […]

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Houston’s Most Luxurious Culinary Competition Returns in January 2020

When they have the clientele for it, many chefs love opportunities to create special dishes with rare, expensive ingredients. That’s exactly what The Truffle Masters competition, sponsored by fine ingredient importer DR Delicacy, enables them to do. This year, the annual event is on Monday, January 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. (VIP ticket holders […]

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The Original Hubcap Grill Location in Downtown Houston is Closed

The original Hubcap Grill location in downtown Houston at 1111 Prairie is officially closed, according to a Tweet by owner Ricky Craig. Our Downtown location is officially closed (new lease was not feasible for lunch time trade only) We’re looking forward to our new location opening in Pearland soon, also Franchise/partnerships will be available for […]

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Upscale Dim Sum Restaurant at The Galleria Sets Closing for Februrary 2020

In a holiday news cycle that’s already been rife with Houston restaurant closing news, which includes Le Mistral, Beaver’s on Westheimer and Conservatory (which is set to relocate and reopen late in the spring) — another joins this list — and it’s a surprising addition. As first reported by CultureMap Houston, Yauatcha, the upscale dim […]

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Owners Close First Houston Food Hall With Plans To Relocate & Open Three More

The address of 1010 Prairie will always have a claim to fame: it was the site of Houston’s very first food hall. As first reported by the Houston Chronicle, both Conservatory, owned by Anh Mai and Lian Nguyen, and next-door burlesque supper club, Prohibition Theatre, are slated to close after New Year’s Eve. Both businesses […]

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RIP Beaver’s: The Last One In Houston Just Closed

The only spin-off of the original Beaver’s, know as Beaver’s West at 6025 Westheimer, is closed. Since the original also shuttered in August 2018, it marks the end of a familiar and storied restaurant name in Houston. When chef Monica Pope opened the original Beaver’s on Decatur near Washington Avenue in 2007, it quickly because […]

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