Amid the many Galleria-area lunch spots where power deals are negotiated resides a cafe suitable for eating lunch in your shirt sleeves. In fact,... More >>
Zinnante's Delicatessen is one of those unassuming neighborhood holes in the wall -- so unassuming that, though it's in my own neighborhood, I've... More >>
There's something slightly out of sync about the mirrored crystal disco ball over Asian Restaurant's door. It seems inappropriate for a place with... More >>
Upper crust: We Americans must be getting spoiled. Our taste buds have become so used to elaborately seasoned breads and upscale foods that even... More >>
Houston's multifarious ethnic influences never cease to amaze me. Just when I thought I was as familiar as possible with certain neighborhoods,... More >>
It's been hard to keep up with all the upscale Italian-themed cafes that have opened in Houston in the last few months. Even more interesting is... More >>
I began to wonder if we would ever get to order something to eat. The staff seemed confused -- and infected my table with that confusion -- over... More >>
Anyone who's driven along Kirby Drive in the past couple of months has probably noticed a pair of restaurants that recently opened within blocks... More >>
To all outward appearances, the Brownstone is among the last of a dying breed: opulently decorated, overstuffed with Old World heirlooms, it looks... More >>
It doesn't matter how much you may like it, one can still digest only so much Tex-Mex and seafood and hamburgers before harboring an irresistible... More >>
As far as I'm concerned, there's always room for another home-style diner, especially if it serves chicken and dumplings as good as those to be... More >>
A woman I know claims to be a true expert in all that's proper and good with crawfish done right. And according to her, Itz All Good on Cullen... More >>
Comings and goings: About the time that the Press' recent review of benjy's hit the streets, executive chef Dennis Boitnott left the employ of... More >>
The Sunset Tea Room is metamorphosing. Sure, when I ducked in on a recent weekday noon, things didn't look all that different from how they've... More >>
My friends and I agree: we've had few dining experiences as purely pleasant as the recent evening when we watched dusk filter through the tree... More >>
An interesting twist on the standard Sunday-brunch fare of omelets and French toast can be had at Thai Spice, the only Thai restaurant in town I... More >>
Houston's Indian restaurants may not be as numerous as, say, our corner taquerias or our upscale Italian cafes, but there are plenty of them, and... More >>
A relative who used to work on the east side of town has long encouraged me to visit Merida, an establishment I've driven past many a Friday night... More >>
Once in a great while in a Houston diner's life comes that singular moment when she stumbles upon a truly terrific divey Chinese restaurant. If... More >>
In Houston, a town not particularly lacking in Latin-American eats, it's easy for diners to get jaded, to think that they know everything that's... More >>
"It's alive!" gasped a friend. What she was talking about was part of the menu offerings being presented to her at the new Morton's of Chicago.... More >>
There's only one really bad thing about the anti-clotting pill Pradaxa. You can't fall or get cut while taking it because once you start bleeding, there's almost no way to stop it. There's no reversal agent, no antidote.
There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.
