Photos by Katharine ShilcuttCatherine Duwez rushed through the doors of Sophia nearly an hour late. She carried boxes and bags of food with her, and although she looked eminently stressed, she still glowed with the passion of a restaurant proprietress who has entered her domain. A round of applause went up from every table and Duwez glowed with a happy light before quickly making her way into the kitchen. Although the restaurant, Sophia, didn't belong to her and the atmosphere was decided
Photos by J.C. ReidWhen Cafe Montrose closed late last year without notice or explanation, many Houston food lovers chalked it up to the slow economy and the general malaise following Hurricane Ike's landfall. The general consensus was they'd just be closed a few weeks, ride out some tough times, maybe do some much-needed sprucing up, then re-open to great fanfare. Then weeks turned into months, and the "temporarily closed" sign was replaced by a landlord's notice that the locks had been changed
Lovers of Belgian cuisine have another reason to rejoice other than Catherine Duwez's increasingly common Cafe Montrose dinners: Former co-owner Andrew Klarman is opening Jeannine's Bistro this week with his sister, Jeaninne Petras. The cafe will be located at Westheimer/Elgin and Bagby and will serve the standard Belgian fare -- moules et frites -- along with other Belgian and French dishes. The cafe will be open for lunch and dinner and while it currently has a very small seating area, they ho
