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Gary Wise

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    December 2, 2011

    The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Coffeehouses

    Photo by Kevin O'MaraA reminder of what our No. 3 pick used to look like.​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 ... More >>

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    November 11, 2011

    The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Wings

    Spicy interior Mexican-style wings at our No. 1 pick.Photo by Rachel Bohanan​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 ... More >>

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    June 9, 2011

    Meet Houston's Most Underrated Chefs

    Photo by Matthew DresdenWhich "underrated" chef made this beautiful tai ceviche?​Two weeks ago, Mai Pham's excellent post about the modern Franco-Japanese cuisine Chef Jason Hauck is cooking up at Soma Sushi shed some light on the fact that Soma serves much more than just sushi, despite its na ... More >>

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    June 1, 2011

    Comment of the Day

    ​It's nice to know that our weekly Where Are We Eating? posts inspire more than just bleary-eyed Monday morning stabs at the correct answer. On today's post about Pondicheri, commenter Kelly told us that a recent Where Are We Eating? photo first inspired her to try what we think is the best ne ... More >>

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    April 26, 2011

    The 5 Best Dessert Menus

    Photo by Gary R. WiseTres leches done the right way at Samba Grille.​Toward the end of Lent, one faithful observer emailed me with a plaintive request: I am a native Houston who has been displaced to Texas A&M in College Station (read: total dearth of anything approaching the kind of food I'v ... More >>

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    April 22, 2011

    Openings & Closings

    Pure Luck ravioli with warm tiny beets, brown butter and hazelnut puree.​With an opening date seemingly in sight, the latest food buzz is centered around Chef Michael Gaspard's Brasserie 19. Gaspard's partners in the new venture, Charles Clark and Grant Cooper, are already old hands at shaping ... More >>

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    March 14, 2011

    Steak and a BJ Day: The Male Valentine's Day

    ​Although one of America's newest holidays does not yet have its own Wikipedia page, it does have two separate Web sites as well as an entry on Urban Dictionary. And that's good enough for us. For the uninitiated, Steak and a BJ Day is the "creation" of Tom Birdsey, a radio talk show host ou ... More >>

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    February 15, 2011

    The Top 10 Coffee Houses in Houston

    Photo by Gary R. WiseGreenway Coffee, one of Houston's leading coffee houses.​Last week's First Look at Black Hole Cafe prompted some interesting discussions in the comments section, namely a lively debate about the merits of weighing a just-opened coffee house against other, more established ... More >>

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    December 22, 2010

    The 10 Best New Restaurants of 2010

    Which one of our top 10 restaurants landed a spot in the newest edition of GQ?​Trying to select only 10 restaurants out of the dozens that have opened the past year is agonizing. In a good way, of course -- Houston has been fertile ground for innovative and passionate restaurateurs this year. ... More >>

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    December 3, 2010

    Upcoming Events

    Photo by Gary R. WiseHonduran porkchops at Cafe Red Onion.​Cova Hand-Selected Wines (5555 Washington Avenue) is celebrating five years in business and you're invited to help them do it in style. The restaurant's 5th anniversary party is this Saturday, December 4, from 2 to 10 p.m. and there wi ... More >>

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    September 3, 2010

    Upcoming Events

    Fresh meat at Samba GrillePhoto by Gary R. Wise​This Sunday, celebrate Labor Day by enjoying the labors of others at Under the Volcano's 13th Annual Chili Cook-Off. The cauldrons will be boiling all day, but the public are invited out to dig in from 4 to 9 p.m. at the popular Rice Village bar. ... More >>

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    June 1, 2010

    Local Spotlight: Maison Burdisso

    Jackie Burdisso​WHAT: The best French macarons in town -- and proof that good taste is hereditary. In Houston, the word "macaroon" typically inspires visions of lightly sweet, chewy mounds of shredded coconut tenaciously held together by egg whites. But a "macaron" -- minus one O -- is a deli ... More >>

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    May 19, 2010

    Burger Porn: Get Some

    Photo by Gary R. WiseYou're gonna need two hands for this.​For whatever reason (maybe because they're one of the best foods Houston has to offer?), photos of burgers are the most contributed item to the Houston Press Flickr pool. With nearly 100 pictures to choose from, we selected the 10 tast ... More >>

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    April 7, 2010

    Top 10 Restaurants in the Galleria Area

    Photo by Erika RayStocking up on salsas at Chacho's.​The Galleria has more than 26 million visitors per year. While a significant amount of those people are tourists -- what wouldn't we give to visit a city just to shop there! -- many are Houstonians who gravitate toward the Uptown Park area o ... More >>

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    December 9, 2009

    The 10 Best Places to Eat in Westchase

    Unlike neighboring Memorial, the Westchase district of Houston -- which runs roughly down the spine of Westheimer from Gessner to Dairy Ashford -- is brimming with some of the city's best and (happily) least expensive ethnic restaurants. Although you could eat at a place like J. Alexander's or Le Pe ... More >>

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    August 11, 2009

    Where Are We Eating?

    After Robb Walsh extolled the virtues of a hot cup of espresso on an equally hot day, we were inspired to seek out some of the best cups around town. Can you guess where we're eating (and drinking) this week? Photo by Gary R. Wise​Leave your guess in the comments section below.

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    August 3, 2009

    Snackshot: Parisian Treats

    This week's sugary Snackshot comes to us courtesy of Gary R. Wise and Maison Burdisso: ​From the photographer's description: "Maison Burdisso Parisian MacaronsAt Farmer's Market every Saturday3701 Travis StreetHouston TX 77002"

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    July 6, 2009

    Snackshot: Dinuguan

    This week's interesting Snackshot comes to us courtesy of Gary Wise and Filipiniana. From the photographer's description: "Pork cooked in blood, served on traditional cheese bread roll. Delicious, and not what you'd think!"

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