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Houston Food Finder: Top Houston Cookbook Authors Featured at July Heights Association Event

On Monday, July 11, join Houston Food Finder associate editor/Edible Houston editor David Leftwich and Houston Food Finder editor and publisher Phaedra Cook as they host several  local cookbook authors at the Houston Heights Association July meeting! The event is open to the public, starts at 6:30 p.m. and is held at the historic Heights […]

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Houston Food Finder: Space-Themed Brewery Slates Opening Just North of Downtown Houston

The area just north of downtown Houston, already home to Saint Arnold Brewing Company and Local Group Brewing, seems destined to become a craft beer epicenter. Bad Astronaut Brewing Company is opening in the same area — specifically at 1519 Fulton in Hardy Yards — this autumn. Chris Fall and Craig “Rocky” Keener own the […]

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Houston Food Finder: Family-Friendly Spring Branch Restaurant With Full, Self-Service Bar is Closing

Shoot The Moon, the Spring Branch restaurant with an innovative, self-service bar system at 8155 Long Point, is set to close. Its last day of service is Sunday, June 16, and it will be open until 10 p.m. “We encourage folks to come in and enjoy their favorite beverages and menu items one last time. […]

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Houston Food Finder: James Beard Award Semifinalist in Katy Announces New Woodlands Restaurant

During the fourth anniversary celebration of his highly successful Katy Asian Town restaurant, Phat Eatery, owner Alex Au-yeung revealed that a second location is in the works for The Woodlands. Anticipated to open early next year, the second Phat Eatery will be located at 2290 Buckthorn Place in Grogan Mills Village. The location was formerly […]

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Houston Food Finder: After 42 Years, a James Beard Award-Winning Houston Chef Gets Some R&R

The year was 1992, and a Houston chef dubbed the “Father of Southwestern Cuisine” was honored with the James Beard: Best Chef Southwest award for his innovations. That chef was Robert Del Grande of Cafe Annie, and he’d be the last Houston chef to win that award until chef Chris Shepherd broke the losing streak […]

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Houston Food Finder: Local Brewery Near Downtown Houston Gets New Owners & an Executive Chef

Local Group Brewing, the 7,500-square-foot brewpub located in Hardy Yards at 1504 Chapman, is back to making beer. Distincture Hospitality, owned by Dave Sorrell, Morgan Green and Jorge Benitez, has purchased the brewpub. Initially founded by Todd Donewar, Michael Steeves and James “Huggy Bear” Wolfe, it opened at a really bad time for food and […]

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