Subject: Bellaire (New York)

• Hot Plate

  May's Ice Cream

  August 26, 1999

• Best Neighborhood Spot in Bellaire

  Bellaire Coffee Shop

  September 20, 2001

• Wednesday Brunch

  Golden Palace is Houston's top weekday dim sum destination

  April 24, 2003

• Press Picks

  April 21, 1994

• Pasta Imperfect

  July 21, 1994

• Burger Heaven, Burger Hell

  October 13, 1994

• Rim Shots

  February 29, 1996

• Press Picks

  August 1, 1996

• The Insider

  November 20, 1997

• Two Bullets in the Back

  July 9, 1998

• Best Chinese Restaurant

  September 21, 2000

• Best Neighborhood Spot in Bellaire

  September 21, 2000

• Crispy Muc, Tender Bo

  There's a thrilling new Vietnamese restaurant on Bellaire with a menu that reads like a mystery

  September 29, 2005

• Squid Kids

  Whodathunkit? A kid-friendly Italian-American restaurant with killer red sauce

  July 28, 2005

• Succulent Suckling

  March 3, 2005

• Chop Sticklers

  Veterans of regular etiquette still can get forked over on ethnic foods

  March 3, 2005

• Stiff Mussel

  January 20, 2005

• Eat Mi

  Houston has some of the best Vietnamese noodle houses in the country

  December 2, 2004

• Steak and Peanut Butter

  Lemongrass Cafe: A hip Bellaire spot with a hit-or-miss menu

  October 14, 2004

• Best Neighborhood Spot in Bellaire

  September 23, 2004

• Mystery Bopping

  Racket searches for the hoppingest grocery store in town

  September 16, 2004

• Wild or Mild

  Houston's most elusive taco truck serves up hot goat grease

  July 29, 2004

• Bonding with the Community

  A Sixth Ward lesson in adapting to a changing environment

  October 30, 2003

• Best Noodles

  Lucky Pot

  September 25, 2003

• Best Chinese Restaurant

  Canton Seafood Restaurant

  September 26, 2002

• Banner Banter

  Another builder is the latest to go ballistic over the Cohns' sign

  July 4, 2002

• Road Warrior

  Roadster Grill

  October 18, 2001

• Best Cheeseburger

  Bellaire Broiler Burger

  September 20, 2001

• Stepchild?

  Is Westbury High the victim of neglect? Or do jealous parents just mistakenly think HISD takes better care of other schools?

  September 6, 2001

• Letters

  Pull Back the Cover, Bellaire Brats, Do It Yourself

  August 2, 2001

• Spaced Out

  Bellaire's solution to the student parking shortage: Ban every space

  July 19, 2001

• The Best Dim Sum in Guangzhouston

  A new champion is crowned

  November 2, 2000

• Ethnic Explorer

  August 3, 2000

• That '70s Place

  Bellaire Broiler Burger

  July 27, 2000

• Spaced Out

  Is legitimate safety or something more behind the push to curb Bellaire High parking?

  July 20, 2000

• Hot Plate

  Auntie Pasto's To Die For

  February 24, 2000

• Hot Plate

  March 25, 1999

• Diner's Notebook

  Dog Day Haven

  August 17, 1995

• Vietnamese Variety

  Song Long gets cooking with Vietnam's colonial heritage

  January 19, 1995

• Tolan Family Sues Bellaire And Brings The Fireworks

  Robbie Tolan and his family have finally filed the long-awaited civil suit against the city of Bellaire and the cop who shot him in a high-profile incident that's brought national attention to the affluent suburb.The federal suit -- which contains explosive allegations of racist incidents by Bellaire officers -- focuses mostly on civil-rights violations, attorney Geoffrey Berg tells Hair Balls. The complaint does not specify any financial damages sought, but that will come later. (Read the compl

  May 1, 2009

• Recession Dining: $1 Frankfurter at Yapa

  Photo by Robb WalshThe first time I walked into Yapa Kitchen Café in the shopping center at Buffalo Speedway and Bellaire a couple of years ago, I turned around and walked out again. There wasn't anything wrong with the prepared foods in the refrigerator case -- in fact, they looked fantastic. It was the prices I couldn't stomach. $13 for a King Ranch Casserole? $7 for a bag of chips, a soda and a pre-made tuna or chicken salad sandwich on regular whole wheat bread? No thanks.

  June 9, 2009

• Taco Truck Secrets

  Photos by Robb Walsh​I stopped at the Fast Taco truck on Fondren just north of Bellaire to get a pork taco the other day. While I was looking in the window watching the proprietor cook, I noticed a pan on a hot plate full of something that looked interesting. "What's that?" I asked the taquero, pointing at it through the window. "That's not for sale, that's my breakfast," he said.

  August 3, 2009

• Five More Stretches Of Bad Houston Road

  When we put up our list of poorly designed pieces of road in Houston, we asked for your suggestions. And, by comment and e-mail, they came in.The recurring theme seemed to be: Stay off the West Loop if you value your life.Let's take it from the south up. We already mentioned the very southwest corner of the Loop, which offers a death-defying merge; head north a mile or two and more fun begins.1. The Bissonet and Bellaire Boulevard entrance ramps. Those Bellaire commuters get on the Loop heading

  August 24, 2009

• Health Department Roundup: We Are Chinese If You Please Edition

  ​There are always plenty of Chinese joints on the Health Department's online hit list. The reason: Like Mexican restaurants, Chinese restaurants are ubiquitous. The imaginatively named Chinese Cuisine (9888 Bellaire) was cited for general uncleanliness/disorder, dirty floors, and problems with the refrigeration unit, dressing room, locker room and utensil-washing area. In other violations, bulk food was removed from its original container and stored in one without a proper label. Just

  September 10, 2009

• Dragging Bowl: Bland Food, Hip Surroundings

  ​The shrimp is perfectly cooked and the pad thai is edible -- if you squirt a whole lot of Sriracha hot sauce in it. I love the giant aquarium and the cool ambiance at Dragon Bowl Asian Bistro at 11th St. in the Heights. Beer by the bottle, good-looking clientele -- what else could you ask for? Oh, the food. Well, it's bland. But this ain't exactly Chinatown, you know. I made the mistake of ordering the he spring rolls. I loved the fact that they were soft and freshly made rather than sti

  October 15, 2009

• Donut Patrol: Quality with Freshness

  ​ The lady behind the counter at the Donut Wheel at Bellaire and Boone across the street from Hong Kong City Mall swore that the glazed donuts were fresh out of the oven. They weren't. They were totally mediocre. I also sampled a buttermilk donut -- the one that looks like a blown tire.

  October 16, 2009

• Truck Truck Gourmet: Antojitos Hondureños

  ​ The big white bus called Antojitos Hondureños #2 on Fondren just south of Bellaire is pretty impressive. There were three people working in the kitchen and a steady stream of customers. Antojitos Hondureños #1 is located up north off I-45, the guy at the window told me. Yes, they sell tacos, but most of the customers at this taco bus seemed to be more interested in the $7 lunch plates.

  October 22, 2009

• Donut Patrol: You Tiao at Classic Kitchen

  ​Dip your you tiao (Chinese doughnuts) in your dou jiang (warm, sweetened soy milk) at Classic Kitchen in the 9888 Bellaire shopping center near Beltway 8. This is probably the most popular place in the city for a Taiwanese-style breakfast. It's also a great place to eat dumplings, tofu soup and an omelet with green onions. And the noodles are served in a wide variety of sizes and thicknesses. Don't expect a lot of help from the waitstaff here -- they are notoriously grumpy. You'll find

  October 26, 2009

• Little Mums, Small Court at Lamar High School's Homecoming Game

  Photos by Paul Knight​Hair Balls has already seen Lamar High School play a game this season -- a 27-21 win against Chavez -- but this weekend we traveled to Joe K. Butler Stadium to watch the team again. It was Lamar's homecoming, and we were curious to see what a homecoming game looked like on a Saturday afternoon. (We covered a homecoming game last week in Rosenberg, but other than a few mums, we didn't see any homecoming activities.)What we found this week was a bit odd. First, Lamar

  November 2, 2009

• Star Snow Ice Part 2: Sweet Vanilla Ice

  ​Yesterday we talked about the soup at Star Snow Ice, the amazing restaurant tucked away in the corner of a plaza off Bellaire and Beltway 8; today we take on its sweet offerings. Snow ice, a common dessert in Asia, has gained in popularity here. It's served two different ways. One version comes with fresh fruit, shaved ice, condensed milk and, sometimes, salty plum syrup; the other is a savory dessert-snack hybrid consisting of various beans, egg puddings and other odd ingredients that mi

  November 3, 2009