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We’re Getting the Band Back Together! Or Should We?

Teresa's In-Crowd

As the House of Rodriguez crumbled, some insiders managed to get a payback... or part of one

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

Coming Soon: Juan Mon's International Sandwiches

A whole new concept in international fast food is coming to a stretch of Taft Street in Houston's Fourth Ward. Juan Mon's International Sandwiches and Drinks plans to bring an eclectic cuisine to one of the most eclectic neighborhoods in the city. First, the neighborhood. Taft Street between West ... More >>

Tea at the di Portanovas'

What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

She's No Pimp

A hotel concierge claims she was fired because she failed to provide something extra for a special guest

Something Old, Something New

If El Palacio is a dream of the past, Cabo is the cocktail party of the future

Heat from the Sea

7 Mares was doing Mexican seafood right long before it was trendy

Mex, Not Tex

La Valerosa runs from the border to find what's haute in Mexican cuisine

Survival Instinct

Sisters Morales emerge from hard luck's abyss wiser, if not richer

Bad Deal

John Ballis was a crook. But he expected the federal government to keep its end of a bargain.

Courtship, River Oaks Style

High-powered attorney Earle Lilly was Linda Sarofim Lowe's divorce lawyer, then her lover. Now he's left her, and she wants her $6 million in attorney fees and her Mercedes back.

Nacho OrdinaryTex-Mex

El Palacio offers dishes from Mexico, by way of the Continent

King of the Drive-Thrus

El Palacio offers dishes from Mexico, by way of the Continent

Why do Mexicans Love Elvis, and Why Do White People Love Tans?

El Palacio offers dishes from Mexico, by way of the Continent

A Killer Nanny

Charlotte Foster wanted a male nanny who’d play sports with her sons. She got an escaped murderer.

Out with the New

Renata's acquires an Asian accent, yet remains as oily as ever

Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen

Saturday, March 4, McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

Don't Mess With Tex-Mex

Los Tios attempts a little modernizing, to the chagrin of old-timers

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Los Tios attempts a little modernizing, to the chagrin of old-timers

Ready for a Rumbo?

News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

Best Happy Hour

News wars return as two Spanish papers go mano a mano

Daydream Believer

The Davenport's Barbie's Bathwater

Stirred and Shaken

Taco Milagro's La Polama

You've Got Killer Mail

Who's the "Railcar" slayer writing to now? Inside Houston magazine.

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Noche Cocina has risen from the ashes of Cafe Noche

Borderline

Some former associates aren't accepting the strange death in Mexico of eccentric attorney Roy Beene

ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

Coffee Service at Epicure Café

​One of my favorite places to drink coffee is Epicure Cafe on West Gray. You order at the counter and sit down at a table, and the staff brings you your coffee in a little stainless steel pot with a coffee cup and saucer, half and half on the side. I love this. It keeps the coffee hot, and aft ... More >>

DPS Tells Christmas Shoppers To Avoid Mexico, In Case You Were Considering It

Feliz Navidad, but watch out for kidnappers​Cross off all those kitschy souvenir knick-knacks you were planning on giving away for Christmas. (Do they still sell those taxidermied frogs playing saxophone?) The DPS is officially warning shoppers to avoid Mexico. Just visiting is out, too. "Me ... More >>

Why does everything Mexican jump?

Feliz Navidad, but watch out for kidnappers​Cross off all those kitschy souvenir knick-knacks you were planning on giving away for Christmas. (Do they still sell those taxidermied frogs playing saxophone?) The DPS is officially warning shoppers to avoid Mexico. Just visiting is out, too. "Me ... More >>

DPS Warns the Three People Thinking of Going to Mexico Border Towns for Spring Break Not To

A classic goin' to Mexico movie, without the cartels​The Texas Department of Public Safety has told Spring Break revelers they shouldn't go into border towns in Mexico, leading to the question: Were people actually planning to go into Mexican border towns this Spring Break? Apparently so. DPS ... More >>

Aftermath: ABN, Performing Together For The First Time Ever, at Warehouse Live

Photos by Barry Sigman​11:04 p.m.: This is going to be a good show. Somehow, this is the first time of the universe that Trae and Z-Ro have performed as ABN, the group a lot of people were saying could've maybe been as nationally famous as the Geto Boys (the GB are, for certain, ABN's historic ... More >>