Garden Oaks

Mytiburger Is on the Way

New owner Shawn Salyers shows up to save the day.

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Top 10 restaurants on Washington Avenue

The Rocks Off 100: Bill Fool, Punk Lifer, Dad, Good Guy to Know

"Bill Fool was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his entire youth living near Wrigley Field and really never left that particular area as a kid, ever..." says local luminary and punk lifer Bill Fool in an email. What follows is a short primer on this beloved curmudgeon. Mr. Fool has been a part ... More >>

The 2012 Houston Web Awards

The Houston Press rides the wave to the next group of winners.

Burger Guys Bad-Ass Brunch Is Back

5 things to know before you go

Openings & Closings: Haven Raises the Bar

Hang onto your napkins, folks -- it's been a busy week for restaurant news around Houston. While coffee connoisseurs across the city eagerly await the opening of Blacksmith and Southside Espresso, another new coffee shop is already taking shape in Midtown. Aperture Coffee & Wine Bar took over the o ... More >>

Is Houston America's Future Bicycling Capitol? Tom McCasland Thinks It Is, and Is Making It So

Tom McCasland has long believed that Houston is a sleeping giant of a bicycling city, and these days Houston appears to be waking up and stretching its legs. Today Yale Law grad McCasland serves as the interim head of the Harris County Housing Authority, but even before he began his previous positi ... More >>

A Wash and a Burger

Facundo Cafe is a one-stop shop for your car, your appetite and more.

Rogelio Martinez: Police Seeking Allegedly Unrepentant Habitual Burglar

Photo by HPDRogelio Martinez: Not bashful about his work​In recent months the near-northwest neighborhoods of the Heights, Timbergrove Manor, Oak Forest and Garden Oaks have been plagued with daylight home burglaries. Sadly, even after police have smashed one such ring of thieves, another cont ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Hidden Treasures

Photo by Troy FieldsScallops and grits at our No. 1 pick.​For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had heft ... More >>

RIP Gay Montrose? Community Members Say Yes, No and Maybe So

According to some, Montrose is seeing fewer rainbows these days.​Montrose's "gayborhood" status is officially over. Or it's just like it has been for the past five to ten years. It depends on who you ask. Hair Balls recently spoke with various movers and shakers of the neighborhood's GLBT co ... More >>

5 Food Trends to Watch For in Houston

F*** yeah, gourmet donuts.​Eater ran a list yesterday of 10 food trends that are -- at least in New York City -- officially dead. Among them included the obvious (the gastropub), the non-events (pie as the new cupcakes, which still hasn't happened) and the debatable (I'm pretty sure Houstonian ... More >>

Burger and an Oil Change at Facundo Cafe

Photos by Katharine ShilcuttI want this burger all over again.​Listen up, because I'm making your lunch plans for you right now: Drive over to Ella, just outside the Loop, and pull in to the Dr. Gleem car wash. Yes, the one with the palapas out front. Get your car's oil changed, or get it det ... More >>

Drink Up, Texas

Sunday liquor sales to close budget gap.

Health Inspector Tells Natachee's Beloved Horse to "Giddy Up"

Lacy, the famed Natachee's horse, nuzzles up to owner Jerry Don Luco. ​ Jerry Don Luco, co-owner of Natachee's Supper & Punch, is a cowboy. He's got the hat, the boots, an endless supply of quirky Southern idioms, and like any good cowboy, Jerry has a horse. Her name is Lacy, and she's quickly ... More >>

Dive Bars

A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.

120 HISD Schools To Open Tuesday -- UPDATED

Fight the Power

Could there be a fun, pro-music political action committee in Houston? Why the hell not?

Fit or Fat, Houston?

No Mo' Pogo

Time to say "ska-dios" to the Suspects; also, the Music Awards jinx strikes again

Green Horns

Naderites have got the art car crowd and ample altruistic ardor. But they're still searching for a sporting chance.

Letters

The Insider

Class War

The "neighborhood school" concept is a simple one. But not in River Oaks.

Pursuing Jerry

A former prosecutor finds it was easier to investigate ethically challenged officials than to run against one