With its counter adorned in pastel pink tiles and warm greetings from hardworking staff, Love Croissants, located within Weights + Measures in Midtown at 2808 Caroline, feels more like a gift shop with food presents ready to be picked up. As far as the name goes, it’s self-explanatory: Love Croissants is a neighborhood bakery […]
Those who have followed Houston’s food scene for the past decade will know executive chef Philippe Schmit from his eponymous restaurant Philippe Restaurant + Lounge and, before that, from his time at Bistro Moderne at Hotel Derek. A longtime Houstonian at this point, he adopted the moniker “The French Cowboy”, a name he also used […]
The Heights is getting a refreshed specialty sandwich shop. Le Cafe Joséphine is replacing Neo Baguette at 201 East 20th, which opened in September 2018. The restaurant is still under the same ownership of the Chaabi family, which hails from Morocco, but is now being managed directly by daughter Noor. Le Café Joséphine’s menu, like […]
The Nash might be Alvin and Dora Murgai’s first restaurant, but they definitely did their homework. It opened in mid-January on the first floor of The Star apartment high-rise (formerly the historic Texaco Building) at 1111 Rusk in downtown Houston. Chef Omar Pereney, best known for his work (while still only in his early 20s) […]
So many photographers want to use the nearly all-white, yet lush interior of Café Poêtes at 122 West Grey as a backdrop, the owners have implemented a policy to rein in the practice. But make no mistakes: the elegant space adorned with dainty porcelain tea cups, paper flowers and a wall of books belies a […]
