Since we reported last August on Jim Buchanan’s plans to open his Buck’s Barbeque venture in The Heights, he’s had to remain flexible and make a few adjustments. His opening at the Lucky’s Pub location was scheduled to begin the weekend Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and the Houston Avenue bar and restaurant suffered significant flood […]
Just in time to mark 50 years in the smoked meat business, Pappas Restaurants is stepping up its familiar barbecue offerings found all over the Greater Houston area. The longtime, family-owned restaurant group launched its new “high-end” concept, Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse, on November 1. It’s located in a former Bone Daddy’s and anchored by two established […]
This is the second installment for Houston Restaurant Recognition Month where we acknowledge restaurant and bar professionals who helped the community after Hurricane Harvey. Part 1: Houston Hospitality Workers Among First Responders To Hurricane Harvey. As Hurricane Harvey pressed inland over South Texas over the weekend of August 25, people across the Gulf Coast anticipated […]
A pitmaster is leaving a high profile Houston barbecue joint to head up his own ambitious venture in the Heights. Jim Buchanan, a familiar face at Pappa Charlies Barbeque just east of downtown, is developing the barbecue program for soon-to-be-revamped Lucky’s Pub at 2520 Houston Avenue. The Heights location of the popular sports bar chain is undergoing some exterior freshening […]
Goode Company Barbeque opens their newest location on Tuesday, August 1, in The Woodlands at 8865 Six Pines Drive. This is the first venture for the restaurant group outside Houston city limits, which started with the original Goode Company Barbeque in the former Red Barn restaurant on Kirby Drive way back in 1977. The new spot, […]
