Review: Crunchy-Edged Lasagna and Perfect Pasta Are Among Arthur Ave’s Appeals
THE UPSHOT Our Grade: A-. Arthur Ave may have stumbled a bit getting out of the gate but it found the footing that it needed to become a Houston mainstay. The staff seems comfortable on the floor now and provides good service. The denizens of The Heights have mightily embraced Arthur Ave on Friday and […]
Finder Favorites: Cureight Is The Best Tasting Menu Experience That You Probably Haven’t Had Yet
There’s been a lot of deserved ink and accolades spent on tasting menu restaurants Oxheart and The Pass & Provisions. Oxheart’s chef Justin Yu was this year’s James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Southwest and The Pass & Provisions chefs Seth Siegel-Gardner and Terrence Gallivan were semifinalists in the same category. Furthermore, The Pass […]
Meals and Deals For Veterans In Houston Today
Many restaurants and other establishments in Houston are offering some well-deserved values and freebies for our veterans today. We’ve organized these by neighborhood (unless there are multiple locations) to help find a deal in your area. Thank you for your service to our country. Downtown/EaDo Ninfa’s On Navigation, 2704 Navigation One of Houston’s favorite Tex-Mex […]
Ritual Can Be Magic But Doesn’t Always Perform
THE UPSHOT Our Grade: B-. When Ritual is great, it’s fabulous, but five months after opening it’s still struggling with consistently hitting the mark on food, cocktails and service. That said, it’s still a recommended visit. The expertly prepared and very flavorful cuts of beef and pork from Texas-raised livestock are usually exemplary. The setting, […]
Houston Food Find: Rice Bowls For Breakfast at Morningstar—Updated
Oatmeal and puffed rice cereal are considered typical breakfast fare. A freshly made bowl of rice, though, isn’t part of the typical American lexicon when it comes to the morning meal. Morningstar, the spiffy and relatively new coffee shop in the Heights that’s open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m, is ready to change diners’ minds […]