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Sometimes, all you need is a good, stiff drink. But when a beloved Dallas cocktail bar also happens to have the best food, it’s a true game-changer. Dinner and drinks all in one? Done. From upscale hotel bars to subterranean escapes and classic d…
Read MoreThe 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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Read MoreIn 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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Read MoreFoodies and champions of the Houston bar scene have been enthusiastically cheering since Monday night when beloved cocktail bar Julep took top honors as Outstanding Bar Program at the James Beard Foundation 2022 awards ceremony. It marked the first tim…
Read MoreIn 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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Read MoreFort Worth locals and supporters of locally grown produce and locally made products ranging from jellies and soaps to baked goods, handmade tamales and pasture-raised meats have been flocking to the slightly wonky pavement of an aging shopping center a…
Read MoreWhen the husband and wife co-founders of Bishop Cider opened their quaint 700-square-foot cider bar in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District near Lockhart Smokehouse in 2014, who would have ever guessed it would lead to this? Joel Malone and Laura Malone are pu…
Read MoreLocal 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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Read MoreOn 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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Read MoreAs 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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