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Houston Food Finder: Virtual Food & Drink Events in Houston: August 26 through 30

As Texas battles coronavirus, Houston-area restaurants and bars continue to adapt by utilizing online platforms, such as Zoom, to host virtual cooking classes, wine and spirit tastings, group dinners and more. Several have created recurring events, while others are organizing special virtual occasions. Here is this week’s schedule — which even features a restaurant that […]

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Houston Food Finder: Virtual Food & Drink Events in Houston: August 20 through 24

As the Houston area continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, many events that would have been held inside restaurants or bars are now finding new life online. Thanks to innovations, such as Zoom, many wine and spirit tastings, group dinners and even cooking classes are now virtual. Below are several opportunities for Houstonians to […]

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Houston Food Finder: Houston-Based Charity for Hospitality Workers Extends a Hand to Chicago

The front page of the Southern Smoke Foundation website prominently displays the slogan “Taking care of our own.” In the wake of COVID-19, those words extend to members of the service industry nationwide, too. While Houston’s hospitality industry has felt the big, negative impact of the COVID-19 situation and related shutdowns, it is not the […]

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Houston Food Finder: 61 New Restaurants Are Participating In Houston Restaurant Weeks 2020

Houston Restaurant Weeks (HRW) makes its 2020 run from now until September 7. The annual dining fundraiser has been a part of Houston’s restaurant scene since 2003, raising $16.6 million for the Houston Food Bank. For diners, it is a prime opportunity to explore new restaurants or revisit old favorites, while also supporting an organization […]

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Houston Food Finder: Houston Loses Downtown Bar & Heights Restaurant to COVID-Driven Economic Downturn

The efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 over the last few months have caused huge challenges for Texas bars and restaurants. Bars have been forced to shut down twice, although for this second time around, Governor Greg Abbott is at least allowing these businesses to sell drinks to-go.  Dining rooms were initially closed in […]

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