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“Do you realize that you’re talking to the Bill Gates of cafeterias?” a well-dressed businessman asks as I sit at a central table in Houston’s Cleburne Cafeteria with owner George Mickelis. He wouldn’t be wrong. As cafeter…
Read MoreHouston’s new space-themed coffee shop, Giant Leap Coffee, has touched down in Uptown Park. However, Giant Leap is not leaving its beloved East End behind with its reimagined flagship location still scheduled for a winter launch. Giant Leap only opened…
Read MoreChef Aaron Bludorn seems to be walking on air as he courses through his buzzy namesake restaurant that opened only a few weeks ago. It’s a natural high as Bludorn has already carved out a niche in Houston’s restaurant scene. The cognoscenti…
Read MoreWith the likely probability that your favorite watering hole is closed on this Mexican Independence Day (this Wednesday, September 16), meaning there is little opportunity for celebrating outside of bars that serve a percentage of food, Casa Dragones h…
Read MoreHome kitchens have never been more lively than in these past several months. Thanks to the COVID-19 restrictions, people everywhere seem to be donning invisible chefs hats as they lovingly tend to sourdough starters, experiment with new food combinatio…
Read MoreThe quiet passing of restaurateur Tony Vallone at home early Thursday morning marks the loss of a legend and the end of the old-school era of celebrity-driven restaurants. Yet, his wife of 36 years, Donna Vallone, promises to steadfastly helm the resta…
Read MoreChef Tim Love is known as much for his fun-loving personality as he is for his signature urban western food. Love is equal parts serial restauranteur and showman. In a typical year, the jet-setting, celebrity chef would be hopping from his many local a…
Read MoreSuch was the cacophony of revelry at Brennan’s on Friday night that one might have forgotten that we are in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. That would have been the case had it not been for the guests arriving in masks, the masked waiters an…
Read MoreAs restaurants and bars across the country continue to slowly but surely shutter forever due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston-based Southern Smoke Foundation has joined forces with the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation in an appeal to Con…
Read MoreWe’ve been loving the menus put forth by restaurants participating in Houston Restaurant Weeks and are happy to report that the veal short ribs at Amalfi and the New Orleans barbecued shrimp at Brennan’s and all the other delicious HRW menu…
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