Bruce Molzan

So Delicious, a Caveman Could Eat It

Paleo-friendly restaurant menus abound in Houston.

So Delicious, a Caveman Could Eat It: 10 Paleo-Friendly Restaurant Menus in Houston

It's reader request time around here, and this week's reader request was for a list of paleo-friendly restaurants around Houston. (See, you do love our lists. Yes you do.) Although I don't personally adhere to the paleo diet, many of my good friends do. Here's an explanation of the nutritional regi ... More >>

Dinner and a Show

Houston's 10 best restaurants for pre-theater dining.

Let Them Eat Cake: Chef Bruce Molzan Sends Out Pizza to Protesters

A group of 25 protesters outside Bruce Molzan's new River Oaks restaurant were faced with an unusual concession this evening. Corner Table, where the beleaguered Molzan is now head chef, sent out two pizzas to the picket line, delivered by waiters in pressed white shirts and black aprons. The prote ... More >>

This Week In Food Blogs: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide from MSG

Robb Walsh: In case you missed the news when it was first announced back in early December, Robb Walsh will be taking up the food critic reins again at the upcoming Houstonia Magazine. Walsh has posted the full press release at his website along with a link to the magazine's website, which is still ... More >>

Do the Curry Crawl

The top 10 restaurants in Little India.

Openings & Closings: Fat Bao and Vietnamese Craft Beer

A new year means plenty of new restaurant news, and we're glad to have it. Starting with the super-awesome-spectacular news that there's now a Vietnamese restaurant/craft beer bar in Webster. Yes, Webster. Nobi Public House (241 E. NASA Road 1) is a collaboration between brothers Charles and Andy Ng ... More >>

Rest(aurants) In Peace: Notable Closings of 2012

Some restaurants just couldn't wait for the Mayan apocalypse on December 21, 2012 and decided to implode all on their own, while other restaurants simply expired of old age and waning interest in a city that's constantly chasing after the next big thing. Instead of a toast to the restaurants we'll ... More >>

Dining Out on Turkey Day

Our guide to restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day

The Eating...Our Words 100: Sam Ray of Republic National

Eating...Our Words has embarked on a project to profile 100 Houston culinarians of all fields, practices, careers and backgrounds. This isn't a Best of Houston list, it's not a 100 Favorites list and it's not in any particular order. Instead, the Eating...Our Words 100 is a way to introduce our read ... More >>

R.I.P: Ruggles Grill Demolished This Morning

A bright yellow hydraulic excavator loomed over the Ruggles Grill this morning like the Grim Reaper, shortly before its jaws tore into the old restaurant and demolished it for good. The grill was opened in 1986 by Bruce Molzan and his then-wife, Susan, and for many Houstonians growing up in the '80s ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Manly Cupcakes and Tiff's Treats

This week finds two new bakeries coming to town, which couldn't be more different from one another, as well as two extremely interesting pieces of gossip from our ever-reliable sources. Ranch Bakery (5431 Barker Cypress, Suite 500), which describes itself as "Houston's first manly bakery," is havin ... More >>

Openings & Closings: The All-Montrose Edition

It's all Montrose, all the time this week: Nearly every bit of restaurant scoop for the past several days has come out of the Montrose, starting with an announcement last night from the owners of the Eatsie Boys food truck: "EBOY BREAKING NEWS: We have signed a lease in Mmmontrose. Eboy 3.0 storefro ... More >>

Openings & Closings: The Difference Between Ruggles and "Ruggles"

That didn't last long...​As 2012 gets up and running, restaurants have hit the ground running. This week's round-up includes two expansions, a few openings and a couple of noteworthy closings. Expanding into downtown as promised, The Burger Guys finally announced its new location this week: K ... More >>

The Biggest Disappointments of 2011

I think that 2012 is shaping up to be Houston's year, after a long 2011 featuring false starts, delayed openings, unexpected closings and failures to launch. That's not to say that 2011 didn't have its perks: Look for our list of the year's best new restaurant later this week. But it came with its ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Trouble and Tacos

Photo by Chuck Cook​Blind Item of the Week: A Heights hotspot in a somewhat cursed location is rumored to be closing soon. Its intended replacement was said to have been a new Bruce Molzan restaurant, but the Ruggles owner's current legal troubles may prevent that from coming to fruition. What ... More >>

Ruggles Waitstaff Stages Walk-Out, Alleging Non-Payment of Tips: UPDATE

Photo by Ed T.Ruggles owner and chef Bruce Molzan lost 60 percent of his staff Saturday night.​Update: Bruce Molzan says that he has "three auditors" and a new manager going through files and payroll records as of today, admitting that Ruggles does owe the waitstaff back wages. "It's about $14 ... More >>

Ruggles Waitstaff Walks Out Over Allegedly Getting Stiffed on Tips

Photo by Ed T.Ruggles owner and chef Bruce Molzan lost 60 percent of his staff Saturday night.​Saturday night at Ruggles was busy. There were nearly 200 customers packing the restaurant at Westheimer and Montrose, with a skeleton crew of only five waiters out of a normal ten-man crew. And at 7 ... More >>

Unpaid Tips and Wages in Restaurants: How Common Is It?

Many waiters struggle to recover unpaid wages from current and previous employers.​This past Saturday night, the waitstaff and general manager at Ruggles walked out and shut down the restaurant, alleging non-payment of tips over more than a year's time. That came after news that Brasserie 19 i ... More >>

Comment of the Day: $1,000 Is a Lot of Money to a Lot of People

​Here on Eating Our Words, the commenters absolutely make the blog, and our Comment of the Day honors the best of the bunch. Every day, we read you guys and pick the commenter, or commenters, who made us laugh, cry, salivate over something delicious, or think about things in a new way. In re ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Every Day We're Shuffling

Photo by Ed T.What's happening with Ruggles Grill?​It's been a busy week to be in the restaurant business, especially if you're in Montrose. When Latina Cafe closed a few months ago, not many tears were shed over the loss of the little Cuban restaurant -- I liked it just fine, but it had gone ... More >>

First Look at Ruggles 11th Street Cafe

​Do you remember the old 11th Street Cafe? I do. My father and I tried to eat there a few times while he was still living in Norhill, just down the street. Every single visit was increasingly abysmal, to the point where I wondered just how long it would be until the old girl gave it up. I als ... More >>

Ruggles Grill

Follow Friday for Houston Food Hounds

Photo courtesy of @bakerella In the world of Twitter -- the love-it-or-hate-it microblogging service -- Fridays are known as "Follow Friday," a day devoted to suggesting new or interesting users for your friends to follow. Depending on who you follow, your Twitter stream will be inundated on Friday ... More >>

Houston's Best Recipe for Success

Chef Monica Pope at MacGregor Elementary School. Photos by Carlos Meltzer There's alot of talk these days about problems and solutions. The economy, the environment, healthcare, education. But as we all know there appears to be a lot more problems than there are solutions. And alot more talk th ... More >>

Ruggles Green

Moving On Up

A new social club helps affluent young African-Americans to a rich piece of the nightlife pie

Waving the White Tablecloth

Cafe Perrier adopts America's casual attitude with its new brasserie concept

Overblown and Underrated

So you know Houston's goats, heroes and high points? Think again.

Best Neighborhood Spot in Bellaire

Auntie Pasto's

Get In Line

Bruce Molzan's Ruggles Cafe Bakery makes meals worth standing around for

Latin Con-Fusion

Ruggles goes downtown and down south, but when will Bruce Molzan's new eatery get its menu down?

Sex Among the Armoires, Part II

Molzan in Motion

Dish

Dish

Pasta Tense

A tale of twin take-outs that were (almost) family

Stepson of Ruggles

Auntie Pasto's has a bright new format, from a newly silent partner