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Recent weeks have been headliners for Tilman Fertitta — the family’s $50 million gift to the University of Houston Medical School, his major assist in UH football entering the Big 12 conference, the upcoming NBA draft where his Houston Rockets ho…
Read MoreIt looks like there’s a new Mexican restaurant in Houston. El Venado is set to open this Monday, June 13 in the former Revolver restaurant space at 6502 Washington Avenue. Billed as a modern cantina, El Venado will be serving up specialty drinks spiked…
Read MoreAfter one of the windiest springs ever recorded in Texas, it’s about time for summer to come splashing in. Hot and sultry and just begging for a sip of chilled rosé, preferably poolside. As if you need another excuse to partake, National Rosé Day is fa…
Read More“Rosé all day.” How that phrase brings recollections of fabulously raucous five-hour lunches at Club Cinquante Cinq on the beach at Saint Tropez and rosé drenched afternoons at Saint Bart’s Nikki Beach. Yes, it all comes back to mind …
Read MoreWhen we saw Maeve Pesquera’s name on the invitation to celebrate the kickoff of Wine & Food Week with an exclusive launch event at B&B Butchers & Restaurant, we were in. Now senior vice president at Daou wines, one of the festivalR…
Read MoreThe prescient nonprofit I’ll Have What She’s Having presents a Houston fundraising event that couldn’t be more timely, advocating for women’s reproductive rights. The activist afternoon takes place this Sunday, June 5 at 2 pm, …
Read MoreA visit to the new Italian eatery Sassetta is like visiting an old friend — one you hadn’t seen in years and looking better than ever, with a fresh attitude. The Headington Companies concept premiered in the Dallas Design District in 2017 but, like so …
Read MoreIf you live to eat (and appreciate a good bottle of wine, too), you’ll want to keep the upcoming Wine and Food Week in The Woodlands on your calendar. It returns next week — Monday, June 6 through Sunday, June 12. Produced by Food & Vine Pro…
Read MoreGood things take time, and in the case of award-winning chef Tyson Cole’s latest endeavor, it’s took nearly 12 years of refining his modern Japanese restaurant Uchiko, before he unveiled it in Houston last week. Only the second iteration of the s…
Read MoreIn the spring of 2022, we paid a visit to the award-winning Austin outpost of the Fairmont brand, a sky-high hotel that defies its size with surprising warmth. With The Proper, Hotel Van Zandt, and the Commodore Perry Estate, Austin doesn’t want for lu…
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