On a recent Friday morning, I walked into Cafe Louie, a new Second Ward eatery at 3401 Harrisburg. The barista already knew my go-to coffee drink, a flat white, which I’d ordered on my previous visit. Though it’s only been officially open since May 11 (following a quiet, soft-opening), the café already feels like a […]
You can dine for most of your life in Houston, the land of 10,000 restaurants, and still not make it to all of them. I’d not been to The French House before, despite the fact that it opened way back in 1980. While owner David Lee and his family didn’t start the restaurant, they’ve operated […]
Underbelly, chef Chris Shepherd’s restaurant that helped him land a James Beard Award, nearly always had a bustling crowd of diners, not just during dinner but also at lunchtime. When he closed it in favor of opening steakhouse Georgia James, lunch service was shuffled over to next door beer bar The Hay Merchant. Now, Georgia […]
Before it closed to be remodeled and turned into steakhouse Georgia James, Underbelly often had a bustling lunch crowd. Next door, sister business The Hay Merchant took over lunch service after Underbelly’s demise, including some of the classic favorite dishes such as the fan-favorite Korean Goat Dumplings. Undeniably, though, not everyone wants to dine in […]
Having lived and worked in the Heights for almost 15 years, I’ve eaten a lot of lunches in what was Houston’s first suburb. Initially, good options were limited: walk-up fast-food joint Someburger, the now-shuttered Dacapo’s and Triple A, and Tex-Mex classic Teotihuacan, which is still serving a comforting array of fajitas, enchiladas, and shrimp dishes. […]
