Mekong Sandwich in northwest Houston is the kind of place the acronym IYKYK (If You Know You Know) was made for. This family-run hole-in-the-wall, located at 11600 Jones in the middle of a dated, beige strip mall, has been a stalwart showstopper since the Star Wars prequel trilogy was first released. In the years since […]
Minh Nguyen operated the popular and long-running Vietnamese restaurant Café TH from 2007 until 2021, and later, Celadon Coffee. Then, the combination of the pandemic and ongoing maintenance headaches made it infeasible to continue. As he first strived for the survival of his businesses, and then later prepared to close them, in the background he […]
The space at 3210 West Dallas that was once home to Emmaline sprung back to life in late March with a new dining experience. If sexy were a restaurant, she would be Muse. The dimly lit restaurant pulsates with music, and your eyes are drawn first to the cherry blossom trees that sprout up from […]
The new brick-and-mortar location of The Blind Goat from MasterChef season three winner and New York Times best-selling cookbook author Christine Hà and her husband, John Suh, is now in its soft opening phase at 8145 Long Point in Spring Branch Village. (Hà is also co-owner of Xin Chào, along with chef Tony Nguyen of […]
My first experience at Bún Bò Huế Đức Chương, located at 11415 Bellaire – and my first taste of bún bò Huế in general – was a confusing one in all the best ways possible. Years ago a coworker invited me out to eat with his friend, where we met at a place in a […]
