Buffalo Bayou

National Growler Day: Go Get Your Fill

Created in 2010 by Beermapping.com, National Growler Day celebrates those handy refillable jugs we in the craft beer world have come to love so much. Because nothing quite matches the taste of a beer fresh off the draft, growlers have become a popular way to take the taste of fresh beer from your fa ... More >>

Saving Lives at the Sweet & Savory Dinner

When pastry chef Rebecca Masson teamed up with her friends to host a fundraising dinner for Lucky Dog Rescue three years ago, she sold 40 seats and raised $3,500 to help forgotten and unwanted Houston dogs find homes. There were three savory courses and three sweet courses at Masson's first Sweet & ... More >>

If the Addicks and Barker Dams Fail

They've already been labeled "high risk." Experts say the resulting damage could be bigger than Katrina in New Orleans.

Local Foods True to Its Name

Deli delivers with tasty sandwiches, soups, salads, sides and Texas-made beer and wine.

Lesson Learned: Crawfish Don't Belong on a Buffet

By the time you read this, I will be on a plane home to Houston from Las Vegas, where I will have hopefully won $1,000,000 off a nickel slot machine and eaten at the Wicked Spoon -- which, from what I can tell in the April edition of Saveur, looks like the coolest damn buffet in the world. I say ho ... More >>

Summer Fest Ticket Prices Go Up At 10 p.m.; More Talent "Soon-Ish"

Free Press Summer Fest is increasing ticket prices tonight, with a promise to compensate by adding more talent to the two-day music festival on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. According to FPSF's email blast this morning, the price of passes will go up at 10 p.m. tonight, and the festival will announce ... More >>

Houston's Underground Reservoir: Five Potential Uses to Fear

The Houston Chronicle has a terrific story on an empty underground reservoir near Buffalo Bayou. The large space -- about one and a half football fields -- features 25-foot ceilings supported by slender columns, with entry and exit limited to a trap-door at the surface. The Buffalo Bayou Partnersh ... More >>

Buffalo Bayou Brewery: A Preview

Photo by Mai PhamCrostini by Ryan Pera​ If you haven't heard about the Buffalo Bayou Brewery, one of the new local craft beer makers in Houston, it's probably because they haven't officially opened yet. But to get the buzz going and to let people know what's coming down the line, they held a ... More >>

The 5 Best Local Beers to Bring to Thanksgiving Dinner

A bite of banana in every beer.​Just in time for Christmas, Buffalo Bayou Brewing hopes to release its first beer to the public: an 11 percent gingerbread Imperial stout that would be the toast of any Christmas dinner. For Thanksgiving, however, there are plenty of locally brewed beers that w ... More >>

Buffalo Bayou Improvements: Pedestrian Bridges & Strolling, Happy People

The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is ready to present the next phase of plans for improvement plans along the waterway, plans that include pedestrian bridges and pavilions. Trudi Smith of the organization tells Hair Balls the latest series of architect's renderings is based on suggestions from last yea ... More >>

Comment of the Day

​Today Katharine Shilcutt wrote about an unusual new microbrewery coming to town. While all the commenters were excited about the arrival of Buffalo Bayou Brewing, Jeff R had his doubts about it being a money-maker: Sounds like a fun idea for a brewery but a terrible plan for a business. It ... More >>

Patio Perfection at Brenner's Blue Bar

brennerssteakhouse.com​A college roommate once theorized that the best times are often had near bodies of water. It's not surprising that she went on to live for many years in Hawaii. I, on the other hand, moved to Houston. In the land of freeways, strip malls and suburban sprawl, it's easy ... More >>

Put On Your High Water Pants, Houston

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​As heavy rain continues to fall across the Houston area, the usual suspects have begun to flood. Portions of Allen Parkway and I-45 north have been closed and the bayous continue their predictable rise. And even though it floods in Houston on a disconcertingly rou ... More >>

Some Names For The New Buffalo Bayou Trash Boat

​Last year, Buffalo Bayou Partnership's bubblegum-pink skimmer boat, the Mighty Tidy, capsized during Hurricane Ike. The Partnership recently purchased a a new "TrashCat" brand boat, a type of vessel specially designed to skim floating debris from the waters of Buffalo Bayou.It's bad luck to h ... More >>

Buffalo Bayou Canoe Trip

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For Another $7 Million, Maybe They Can Straighten It Out

See that there? What do you think it is?Shocking photographic evidence of an architectural disaster?Proof positive that the August heat in Houston can melt just about anything?You're wrong. It's a proposed pedestrian bridge over Buffalo Bayou, linking hike-and-bike trails near Memorial Drive and All ... More >>

Waugh Bridge Bat Colony Pontoon Boat Tour

See Houston's massive colony of Mexican free-tailed bats

And We Now Return to John Royal for Another Report from North Downtown…

Chevy’s Freedom Over Texas with Fireworks presented by Shell

Celebrate your independence with your favorite brand names

The MLK Day Parade

Two factions turn MLK Day into a competition

5 Wines That Will Blow Your Mind

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

Theatre District Open House

Houston’s performing arts community throws a party

Great Gonzos!

14:58, 14:57, 14:56...

Dragon Along

Water You Doing This Weekend?

Nothing? Then paddle to the 34th annual Buffalo Bayou Regatta

Stylish Scavenging

Troll for art at the Downtown Stomp Around

Let's Be Unreasonable

Houston's art crowd looks to show up L.A. with some "Immodest Proposals"

Venues

Grass Routes

Spread your blanket and relax at these eight picnic spots

Beer Run

Brew up some support at the Shiner Beer B.A.S.H.

St. Patrick's Day Guide 2005

Thumb's Up

Construction continues downtown with "In Situ"

Going Batty

Efforts mount to make downtown home to a new kind of nightlife

A Spirited Defense

Dragon boat races breathe fire into Buffalo Bayou

Water Overdose

FotoFest 2004 will soak you to the bone

Best Role Model

Terry Hershey

Bill's Bargain Tax Bill

The county says a candidate's home value is no White lie

Holy Halibut! It's Fishman and Jordy

Tanks a lot! This dynamic duo delivers the gauche from Gotham City

The Basement Tapes

Muni Channel disaster drill: Keep to the high ground!

Stirred and Shaken

The Rainbow Lodge's Nudge

NoDo Invades; Rebels Skirmish

A downtown taxing zone flushes the Warehouse District from its quaint quarters

Best Place to Mountain Bike

The Ant Hills

The Insider

Spotts Remover. What happens when the city lets a TIRZ redesign a public park?

Wylie Coyote

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Rainbow Rebirth?

'Fraid not. A new chef and cagily chic menu prose haven't redeemed the once-fashionable Rainbow Lodge.