As our sister blog Eating...Our Words does, from time to time Rocks Off will be giving your our picks for the top taverns in various Houston-area neighborhoods. Of course, the lines can be porous, but here anything with a TABC license that cannot reasonably be considered either a restaurant, coffeehouse or live-music venue is fair game.
10. RA SUSHI RA is technically a sushi bar, but anyone who has headed up the stairs knows it's basically an escalator to sake heaven -- especially at happy-hour prices. Luckily for you, it opens at 4 p.m. Christmas Day so you can indulge in one of those naughty fishbowls. Don't worry, you have 364 days before next Christmas to be nice.
3908 Westheimer, 713-621-5800, rasushi.com
9. THE GINGER MAN PUB Ginger Man's "Pint Night" is happening this Christmas, so we encourage you to put down the mashed potatoes and indulge in some healthier carbs -- beer! You really can't go wrong with a festive Christmas ale on Christmas day at Ginger Man, now can you?
5607 Morningside, 713-526-2770, houston.gingermanpub.com
8. COACHES Outer-loopers, listen up. Coaches is open on Christmas, helping you get into the post-family holiday spirit, the with a little thing called Christmas Shots. Although we don't know exactly what those are, we like to imagine them topped with sugarplums.
17754 Katy Fwy., 713-466-7773, coachesjv.com
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