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Phaedra Cook

Midtown Houston Staple The Fish Celebrates Two Decades, Gives Back to Community

In the perpetually fraught restaurant business, double-digit anniversaries are special, because it means the owners beat the odds. That’s the case for The Fish, located at 309 Gray. Its 20th anniversary celebration starts at 4 p.m. on May 1, 2022. Tickets are free and can be found at the Eventbrite website. Holding company Eightsix’d Hospitality […]

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Phaedra Cook

Pitmaster and Chef Both Quit Recently Opened J-Bar-M Restaurant in EaDo

As first reported by the Houston Chronicle, acclaimed pitmaster Willow Villareal and chef Jasmine Barela (who are also a couple) have quit J-Bar-M, the relatively new barbecue restaurant in EaDo that garnered acclaim in a short period. It opened in November 2021 and, among other honors, made Houston Food Finder’s Best New Houston Restaurants of […]

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Phaedra Cook

Houston Restaurateur Duo Part Ways After Two Decades & Divvy Up Restaurants

After 20 years of opening — and sometimes closing — multiple Houston restaurants, chef Charles Clark and restaurateur Grant Cooper of Clark Cooper Concepts are parting ways. Clark is now exclusively with Brasserie 19 at 1962 West Gray in River Oaks, while Cooper is retaining ownership of the other restaurants: Coppa Osteria, Gratify and The […]

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Phaedra Cook

Gunmen Rob Small Heights Hot Dog Restaurant in Houston

On Wednesday, February 2 at 10:25 p.m., two armed men entered Good Dog Houston at 903 Studewood and robbed this small, mom-and-pop restaurant at gunpoint. The criminals got away with all of the cash revenue for the day, but thankfully, no one was hurt. After robbing the restaurant, the intruders left on foot, running down […]

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Ellie Sharp

Executive Chef Returns to Houston Restaurant Scene & Joins Italian Eatery in Rice Village

After a long absence from Houston restaurant kitchens, executive chef Kevin Bryant is returning to the scene. He’s accepted a role at Roma, the Italian restaurant located at 2347 University in Rice Village, with an official start date of Wednesday, February 2. (Roma’s prior chef was Sandro Scarafile, who held the executive chef role in […]

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Phaedra Cook

Pioneering Houston Restaurateur Elouise “Ouisie” Adams Jones Dies at Age 79

Elouise “Ouisie” Adams Jones, founder of Ouisie’s Table at 3939 San Felipe, wasn’t afraid of making a statement. She even did so when she left this world on Monday, January 10, 2022 — her birthday. She died at age 79 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease and dementia, according to the Houston Chronicle. She’s […]

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Lauren Bebeau

Meet the Houston-Beaumont Trio Competing on Disney+ Cake Challenge Series “Foodtastic”

All it took was one social media post of Houston resident Dillion Barlow and Maurice Abelman’s elaborate food art design featuring Davy Jones of “Pirates of the Carribean” to get him noticed by Disney and the producers of the new Disney+ show “Foodtastic.”  Born and raised in Nederland, about 100 miles outside of Houston, Barlow […]

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Phaedra Cook

Some Houston Restaurants & Bars Temporarily Closed due to Omicron Spread & Testing

It seems like the Grinch is trying to steal Christmas — but hopefully thanks to prompt, preventative action by several restaurant and bar owners, he won’t drag our Holiday cheer up Mount Crumpit. Due to the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 — in the general population and in some cases among staff — […]

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Phaedra Cook

Southeast Texas Ranch Opens Butcher Shop at Houston Farmers Market

R-C Ranch, which specializes in Texas Wagyu, is located in the little town of Bailey’s Prairie near Angleton. It has some good news for Houstonians, though: it’s bringing its meats to a new, local retail store. On Friday, December 17, its first storefront, R-C Ranch Texas Craft Butchers, is opening at the Houston Farmers Market, […]

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