Houston’s First Latin Restaurant Weeks Launches on June 2nd
Latin Restaurant Weeks, a two week initiative promoting Latino-owned restaurants in the Houston area, will launch on June 2. Running until June 16, participating restaurants will offer prix-fixe menus for lunch and dinner. Organizers have also announced three ticketed industry events. A restaurant business panel called La Mesa on June 5, a catering showcase called […]
The Hit List: New Houston Restaurants to Visit in May 2019
As Houstonians prepare for our seemingly endless summer, the Bayou City continues to turn up the food-scene heat. B.B. Italia, the latest from local restaurateur Benjamin Berg, is a pasta-lovers dream, the Latin-inspired Tropicales serves its own version of spicy heat, and long-time favorite The Rice Box — which evolved from a food truck — […]
Upcoming Houston Festival A Perfect Match for Pasta Lovers
The annual Houston Pasta Festival debuted last year and it’s returning on Sunday, May 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. The venue is the Bayou City Event Center at 9401 Knight in south Houston. Tickets are a reasonable $35 online or $40 at the door. Parking is free; so is entry for kids 10 and […]
First Bite: New Latin Restaurant Tropicales Offers Houston Top-Notch Dishes, Drinks & Coffee
Tropicales at 2132 Bissonnet is a new, all-day café that opened on May 5 in the Boulevard Oaks neighborhood near Rice Village. It’s the latest endeavor from David Buehrer, owner of Greenway Coffee Company, Blacksmith and Morningstar (among other coffee-centric businesses), which he opened in conjunction with developers Steve and Hilary Ybarra. From this beautifully […]
Houston Chefs Band Together to Fight Childhood Hunger at Annual Event
One of the nation’s biggest charitable tasting events, Taste of the Nation, is returning to Houston on May 22. This year, it’s at Silver Street Studios at 2000 Edwards. All of the proceeds benefit No Kid Hungry, a non-profit organization that works to ensure that school-aged children have access to three nutritious meals a day. […]