In lieu of a traditional introduction, I'd like to give my overdue feelings on this year's Houston Chronicle Top 100 Restaurants list. It was unveiled a few weeks ago, but I thought that my recent New York reviews were an inappropriate venue to comment. This year
New York's alright (if you like art and jazz), but one thing that is absolutely maddening is the difficulty to secure a reservation at any remotely popular establishment. This is the case in other cities as well, but the Big Apple is one of the worst offenders. Seemingly
People often ask me what is my favorite type of food, and I struggle to answer, because I like all the foods. But if pressed I usually answer Indian, because it's such a vibrant cuisine that features so many incredible spices and seemingly endless regional variations. Or maybe
Southern food is not really one of my go-to cuisines these days; it's certainly not bad, I just generally prefer a different flavor profile, and the dishes often tend to be quite heavy and one-note. I don't love the term "comfort food", as, in
A quick(er) one today. It's been a few weeks since my most recent visit to Refuge, and my mental notes are starting to fade, but I know you are only relevant so long as you continue pumping out content, and I am nothing if not extremely relevant,
Folks, I'm not going to bury the lede... this restaurant is FANTASTIC. Don't worry, I'll get to my usual expository bullshit in a second, but just wanted to say up front that this is one of the best Houston-area places I've reviewed
A peculiar thing happened last November when the inaugural Texas Michelin Guide was announced... one of the Bibs Gourmand (not sure how this should be pluralized, so I'm going to treat it like coups d'état) was given to Nikki Tran of Kau Ba, a plucky little
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We in Houston are so incredibly spoiled for choice when it comes to Tex-Mex that we take it for granted (my sister who recently moved to Colorado is surely lamenting that decision, at least from a queso perspective). Just within literally an 8-minute drive from my house there are outposts
As much as I downplay other Texas cities' culinary scenes when compared to Houston (which is BY FAR the best in the state when it comes to food and drink), I'll begrudgingly admit that Austin (Uchi/Uchiko/Loro, Hopdoddy, Pluckers) and even very occasionally Dallas (Rodeo Goat)
I can say without question that pizza is my #1 favorite food, with quite the gap over everything else. Not only that, it's pretty hard to argue that it isn't objectively the best food: the ideal combination of starch, dairy, meat (unless you're a
For a while last decade, Chris Shepard was the undisputed king of Houston restauranteurs. From his flagship Underbelly, to more innovative ideas like One Fifth, and even the best bar in Houston, Hay Merchant, his concepts were all must-visit, and new ones continued to open year after year. However, when