Októ, the new Mediterranean-Levantine restaurant from Sof Hospitality, is now open. As we reported in May, the restaurant has taken over the space formerly held by The Chelsea, located at 888 Westheimer, at the Montrose Collective center. Houston Food Finder was invited to an opening party and a friends-and-family dinner. Sof Hospitality was founded by […]
Mean Grille, located at 3995 Richmond, recently opened in the former Thai Cottage space in the Greenway/Upper Kirby area. The colorful, family-owned restaurant serves Turkish and Mediterranean fare with a counter-service setup that’s still bright and buoyant. Owner Onur Palamut invited Houston Food Finder to try out some of the most popular items from the […]
If you’ve been in Houston long enough, you’re familiar with the palm tree-lined streets of the West Gray corridor and will recognize the building at 1947 West Gray, home to the Men’s Wearhouse. Hidden just above it is a new, upscale, restaurant called Albi. It pays homage to the Levant, a region of the Middle […]
Consumer review website Yelp issued its annual Top 100 Places To Eat list this morning, and only one Houston restaurant is on it: Craft Pita at 1920 Fountain View. Owner Rafael Nasr opened the eatery last August and the accolades just keep coming. Out of 137 consumer rankings, it has a solid, five-star rating. On […]
Over the past few weeks, Goodnight Hospitality, the company that also owns honky tonk Goodnight Charlie’s, has put the plan to take over the corner of Westheimer and Mandell into action. Just within the past few weeks, both Montrose Cheese & Wine and restaurant Rosie Cannonball opened. Still to come is March, an intimate tasting […]
