Bars

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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The Best Casual Cocktail Bars in Houston

In the food writing world, “best” lists tend to have a problem. These often read like the products of regurgitated Google results or heavy-handed marketing. This seems especially true in the case of bar lists. Many read as though the author never actually visited and ordered a drink before writing. Over the last few years, […]

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Houston Bar Wins Bayou City’s First National-Level James Beard Award

In the first James Beard Awards ceremony since the pandemic, Houston received its first national-level Chef and Restaurant award: Alba Huerta’s Julep won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program. During her moving acceptance speech, Huerta, who immigrated from Mexico as a child, said, “Thank you to my city of Houston, Texas for loving […]

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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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Bobby Heugel is Opening His Most Ambitious Houston Bar Ever

On May 17, bar owner Bobby Heugel will unveil Refuge, which he calls his most ambitious bar to-date. Described as a “formal cocktail apartment,” the new bar will be located at 1424 Westheimer on the second floor just above Anvil Bar & Refuge and Tongue-Cut Sparrow. While service and cocktails will be approached seriously by […]

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Several Houston Bars Among Regional Top 10 for Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards

As is the case with so many annual events tabled for the past two years, Tales of the Cocktail is returning to an in-person format from July 25 through 29 in New Orleans. A significant part of the event is the Spirited Awards. Akin to the “Oscars of bartending,” it honors the best bars and […]

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