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  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Six-String Pawn Stars: Top 10 Famous Stolen Guitars

    Tom Petty got a real kick in the balls late last week when he discovered that his vintage blond 1967 12-string Rickenbacker and his Gibson SGTV Junior had been stolen from a California soundstage where the Heartbreakers had been rehearsing for an upcoming tour. Three other vintage guitars owned by b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Last Night: Maná At Toyota Center

    Maná Toyota Center April 4, 2012 The last time Maná visited Houston, they sold out Toyota Center two nights in a row. The world's premier rock en español band is on the second leg of the Drama Y Luz tour, in support of their latest album of the same name. The group from the land of tequila y ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

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

    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 hefty competition from other Houston bars and restaurants.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Openings and Closings: The Non-Montrose Edition

    We had a few comments last week bemoaning the fact that the week's restaurant news was all out of Montrose. "Montrose - within a 10 minute drive for only 14% of the Greater Houston Metropolitan area, and yet it gets a least a third of the restaurant coverage in the Houston Press," wrote one commente ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Openings & Closings: January 2012

    After 45 years in business along Washington Avenue, Guadalajara Bakery is closing its doors on February 29. Unlike previous closing scares for the longtime breakfast taco purveyor, this one is concrete: New owners purchased the building and gave the family 30 days notice to vacate. A bar is planned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    This Just In: SXSW Announces First Round Of 2012 Showcasing Bands, Including Fat Tony and Something Fierce

    Photo By Marco TorresFat Tony at a day show at SXSW '11​Sweet lord, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and South By Southwest is making us excited for March in Austin already. Today the industry festival announced a few bands coming to the capitol city next year, and a few Houston names and Rocks ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 20, 2011

    How Did the Chivas Soccer Team Get Its Name?

    And why won't my hot Mexican gardener take an HIV test?

  • Culture

    July 7, 2011

    Special Soccer Edicion

    And why won't my hot Mexican gardener take an HIV test?

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Tequila Talk with Stewart Skloss of Pura Vida Tequila - Part I

    Founder Stewart Skloss with a bottle of the Pura Vida Anejo​I didn't expect to actually meet with Stewart Skloss when I contacted the offices of Pura Vida Tequila. I especially did not expect to meet with him the week of Cinco de Mayo and the launch of their radio station, the first ever "fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Tasting Spring Branch

    St. Arnold's and a slider from Avalon Diner.​Nothing makes a late Sunday afternoon like tasty food, cold beer and a sense of community. This is what I found at the Memorial Assistance Ministries' Taste of Spring Branch food tasting event this weekend. After a minor snafu involving a tree and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Downtown Dining for a Texas-Sized Group

    Photo courtesy of QuattroRoom with a view: La Cucina room at Quattro in the Four Seasons​Reader Brian T. writes in with a dilemma: I work for redacted and have been tasked with researching a recommendation list of Downtown's best dinner spots. My groups typically range from 20-45 people and n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Celebrating National Taco Day at Laredo Taqueria

    Photo by Erika Ray​Monday, I celebrated National Taco Day (yeah, I didn't really know that was a "thing" until late in the day) by tucking in at Laredo Taqueria (915 Snover, off Washington Avenue) with three fat tacos and a glass of sweet jamaica. Laredo Taqueria is one of those last holdouts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    10 Places I Liked as a Photographer, Want to Try as an Eater

    Photo by Jeff BalkeSteak and cheesy grits at Plonk Beer and Wine Bistro​Last week, I wrote about my experiences photographing 100 restaurants for the Houston Press online restaurant guide. During the month I was shooting, I shot eateries both familiar and not so much. Given my time constraints ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Meeting Spanish Village For the First Time

    A bowl of queso is all you need some days.​I made the acquaintance of Spanish Village (4720 Almeda Rd.) for the first time last night. For a lifelong Houstonian, this might seem odd and perhaps a bit heretical, but the truth is that I'd never before set foot inside the old Tex-Mex joint just s ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Get Out!

    Arizona and America join Joe Arpaio in rushing to inquire: Are your papers in order?

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    The Crucifixion of Juarez

    On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Blind Woman Comes To Houston, Gets Robbed....Niiice, Lowlife Thief

    ​Here at Hair Balls, we understand that living the life of a low-level street thief can be tough. The paycheck that comes from smashing out car windows and ripping out stereos probably doesn't go too far, especially when you've got a nasty crack habit to support. But it has to take a special kind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    The Top 10 Restaurants in the Heights

    Sous vide pork at Textile.​Creating a top ten list for the Heights is an intimidating process. At a basic level, it's difficult to even define the Heights. And with so many great restaurants to choose from, we've had to leave out popular spots Teotihuacan, Vietnam Restaurant, and Onion Creek f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Salad City

    Green papaya salad at Asia Market​It can be a struggle to find a good salad in a town so fanatical for Tex-Mex. And barbecue. And burgers. But we know they're out there somewhere. It's still early enough in January that you might not have broken all of your New Year's resolutions... So where d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition

    ​The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Architecture Gone Awry: Houston's 8 Ugliest Buildings

    Photo courtesy of SwamplotThe HISD Central Services building, a.k.a. the Taj Mahal​The old HISD Central Services building on Richmond -- called the Taj Mahal by HISD employees, both for its massive size and the massive budget that went into building it -- was torn down in 2007. One of the few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    The Major League Soccer All-Star Game Gets The Biggest Houston Stage, But Who's Going To Be On It?

    ​When Major League Soccer announced late July that the 2010 All-Star game would be played in Houston, there was much speculation as to where the event would be held. The Houston Dynamo currently call Robertson Stadium home, but Reliant Stadium is just so much prettier.The Dynamo front office hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Two Cousins Nabbed In Mexico For Separate Houston Murders

    ​Two men wanted for separate Houston murders were caught together in Guadalajara, Mexico yesterday afternoon. The crimes, which occurred about two years apart, were unrelated. The suspected killers are cousins. "Murder runs in this family," said homicide detective Michael Miller of the Houston Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Food Fight: Battle Breakfast Taco

    Photos by Katharine Shilcutt Chorizo and egg taco from Brother's Taco House​There are those of us who are naturally early risers. And to those people go such wonderful things as brilliant sunrises, early morning calm, blessedly empty streets and the smell of freshly brewed coffee. And ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 23, 2009

    Loaves and Fishes

    The best taquerías, like Taquería Jesus Maria, serve great Tex-Mex along with the regional Mexican fare.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Last Call For Art: This Weekend's Closings

    Four exhibits at Lawndale Art Center close this Saturday including "Washington Avenue: Forgotten to Gentrified," a photo exhibit by Robert Sennhauser that looks at the near-downtown neighborhood and the changes it's currently undergoing. Among the highlights of the exhibit are Sennhauser's taped int ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    “Washington Avenue: Forgotten to Gentrified”

    Photographer Robert Sennhauser documents the transformation a near-downtown neighborhood

  • Dining

    April 30, 2009

    Guadalajara Del Centro

    Photographer Robert Sennhauser documents the transformation a near-downtown neighborhood

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Drowned Sandwich at Paparruchos on Sage

    Photographer Robert Sennhauser documents the transformation a near-downtown neighborhood

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008

    Why do Mexicans Love Elvis, and Why Do White People Love Tans?

    Photographer Robert Sennhauser documents the transformation a near-downtown neighborhood

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Doña Rosita’s Jalapeno Kitchen and “Perspectivas: A Window into Their World”

    A one-woman show and an art exhibit share the spotlight as part of the 2008 Texas Sor Juana Festival

  • Dining

    April 17, 2008

    Places Like Los Dos Amigos Are Disappearing On Washington

    A one-woman show and an art exhibit share the spotlight as part of the 2008 Texas Sor Juana Festival

  • Dining

    January 31, 2008

    Cajun Gets a Crewcut at Denis' Seafood House

    A one-woman show and an art exhibit share the spotlight as part of the 2008 Texas Sor Juana Festival

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Maná

    Mexican rockers say, “To Love Is to Fight”

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    U.S. informants take part in murder and drug running in Mexico

    Mexican rockers say, “To Love Is to Fight”

  • Dining

    November 9, 2006

    SOAKED SANDWICH

    Paparrucho's

  • Culture

    October 26, 2006

    SPOOKY SPOTLIGHT

    The Houston Press guide to all things Halloween

  • Culture

    October 19, 2006

    Spooky Spotlight

    The Houston Press guide to all things Halloween

  • Culture

    October 12, 2006

    SPOOKY SPOTLIGHT

    The Houston Press guide to all things Halloween

  • Dining

    September 21, 2006

    Top Tacos

    Mexican "tacos de trompo" are getting hard to find because the Health Department says they're illegal

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Popsicles

    Mexican "tacos de trompo" are getting hard to find because the Health Department says they're illegal

  • Dining

    September 2, 2004

    Fruits of Franchising

    We all scream for La Paletera’s popsicles

  • Dining

    July 29, 2004

    Wild or Mild

    Houston's most elusive taco truck serves up hot goat grease

  • Film

    January 2, 2003

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

  • Culture

    August 1, 2002

    Crazy World

    Javier Téllez's work at Sicardi Gallery explores the insanity of "sanity"

  • Dining

    July 19, 2001

    North Guadalajara

    Fonda Dona Maria transforms into a colossal palacio

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Drive-thru Food

    Chicken tortas, Taqueria Fiesta Guadalajara,

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1998

    Manafest Destiny

    Chicken tortas, Taqueria Fiesta Guadalajara,

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    Goin' South

    I learned many things when I accompanied a trio of bounty hunters to Mexico to fetch a fugitive drug suspect. Foremost among them: never leave your map at home...

  • Dining

    January 20, 1994

    Nuevo Voss

    Escalante's: south of the border, west of the Loop, high on profile and middling on menu... so far

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