Vinoteca Poscol moves in.The rumors flew when beloved Belgian restaurant Cafe Montrose closed late last year after Hurricane Ike. Patrons hungry for their fix of moules, frites and Chimay were baffled when they pulled into the parking lot one day to find it "temporarily closed." The confusion grew when the temporary closure stretched into days and weeks, eventually terminating in the blunt realization that Cafe Montrose was closed for good.
While most
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Vaya con dios, Taco CabanaThe intersection of Montrose and Westheimer is nothing if not mutable. From being a sleepy residential neighborhood in the 1920s to the 40s to a run-down hangout for drug addicts and rough types in the 1970s and early 80s to a haven for LGBT community in the late 80s and throughout the 90s to the rapidly gentrifying area it is today with million-dollar townhomes and upscale restaurants, Montrose is always changing.
The restaur
The violations in the Health Department's online reports aren't always clear (what exactly does "Unapproved use of 'V' threads on food contact surface" mean?), and they'll sometimes test your gag reflex ("Raw partially cooked food served or offered for sale"). But that's part of their charm. Here are this week's highlights from city's Health Department inspection records:
Da Marco (1520 Westheimer) got a routine inspection on May 12. The inspection covered both its restaurant and bar area, and
​One can't possibly argue with the extraordinary usefulness of Fearless Critic, from its many lists, to its valuable compendium of area restaurants, to its handy ratings system. But one can definitely argue with its claim that its reviews, by "food nerds" and food bloggers, are somehow superior to those of tried and true restaurant critics' simply because the book doesn't accept advertising.
Anyone who's worked within a newspaper will tell you that -- despite its fondest wishes to the con
