Thanks to our readers, writers and sponsors, Houston Food Finder has made it through its first year! To celebrate, we’ve arranged for a reader dinner by James Beard Award winning chef Chris Shepherd’s restaurant, Underbelly. It will be hosted as a private, four-course meal at Blacksmith at 1018 Westheimer (across the street from Underbelly) this Friday, November 10.

There are only 35 seats, total. Tickets can be purchased at the Resy website. Cost is $65 per person (plus tax and gratuity—the prepaid gratuity shows on Resy as “service charge”) and there are optional wine pairings for $25. Non-alcoholic beverages and craft beer will be available a la carte onsite.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a 30-minute reception. Dinner starts at 7 p.m.

Houston Food Finder writers Holly Beretto, Josh Armendariz and Lindsey Tafolla will be in attendance, as well as editor and publisher Phaedra Cook. We hope you will join us at this very special celebration—and thank you for your readership!

If you have any problems at all buying tickets, please email us!

Phaedra Cook

Phaedra Cook has written about Houston’s restaurant and bar scene since 2010. She was a regular contributor to My Table magazine (now closed) and was the lead restaurant critic for the Houston Press for two years, eventually being promoted to food editor. Cook founded Houston Food Finder in November 2016 and has been its editor and publisher ever since.