Bars

The Best Cocktail Bars in Houston

POSTED: July 12, 2022 AT 5:30 pm   /   Bars, Cocktails

The late 1990s and early 2000s are regarded as a renaissance period for cocktails. Time-honored, cocktail-making practices rapidly expanded and evolved, inspiring hundreds of new cocktail bars to emerge. Compared to many cities around the United States, such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, Houston was late to the party. While practices were […]

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The Best Casual Cocktail Bars in Houston

POSTED: June 22, 2022 AT 10:15 am   /   Bars

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

POSTED: June 14, 2022 AT 9:41 am   /   Bars

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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