Gulf Coast

Ready for Hurricane Season? The Predictions Are Starting to Come In

Last year when the world was held rapt at the plight of northeastern residents during "Super Storm" Sandy, we along the Gulf Coast chuckled. Not at the suffering of the people there. In fact, we understand those poor people and what the went through better than just about anyone. We were laughing ov ... More >>

Houston Dominates Food & Wine's Best New Chef List

Each year, Food & Wine recognizes the nation's great up-and-coming chefs with The People's Best New Chef -- a contest which allows readers to vote on the 10 best new chefs from 10 regions around the country. This is the first year that Food & Wine has employed a Gulf Coast regional category -- excit ... More >>

Three Feet Of Snow? Some Blizzard Tips, And Comparing A Nor'Easter To A Hurricane

New York, Boston and the rest of New England are expected to be pounded today and tomorrow with a massive storm that could dump three feet of snow on residents. Being used to awesomely bad weather here on the Gulf Coast, we have a couple of tips. We also would like to compare massive blizzards to ... More >>

The Battle Against the Keystone Pipeline

Environmentalists and landowners battle to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and its load of crude from flowing across Texas rivers and aquifers.

Cover Story: The Canadian Pipeline Will Be Tearing Through Texas

If President Obama approves it, a 1,700-mile pipeline will be built from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, connecting Canadian oil sand mines to our refineries. Proponents say something has to be done with the vast reserves to our North, and that bringing them in will lessen our reliance on oil fro ... More >>

Advice on Handling Hurricane Sandy From the Gulf Coast (i.e. Hurricane Central)

Hey, East Coast, how you doin'? Sorry, our Jersey accent is a little rusty. We along the Gulf Coast have been watching with interest the furor over Hurricane Sandy as it makes its way towards the Jersey Shore. Maybe the hurricane wants to do some gambling. Maybe it wants to renact the entire movie S ... More >>

Boogie, Blues & Brews

Rest Easy, Texas (Well, Not Too Easy): Tropical Storm Isaac Inching Its Way Toward Louisiana

Fortunately for everyone along the Gulf Coast, Isaac is still a tropical storm as of Monday morning. The storm has yet to form a solid inner core thanks to some wind shear from an upper-level disturbance near it, but that will change as it moves toward the northern Gulf Coast. Isaac should slow down ... More >>

Crustacean Combat Sends Two Beaumont Women (Ages 70, 23) to Hospital with Gunshot Wounds

Initial reports out of the Golden Triangle said that two women -- one 70, and the other 23, neither identified -- were shot during the course of a heated argument about crawfish. Those reports were incorrect. In actual fact, the women apparently shot each other over shrimp. Now that's Gulf Coas ... More >>

Muscadet: A Best Value Summer White Wine

On a conference call with New York and Chicago last week, my colleagues were surprised to learn that it's already hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit here along the Gulf Coast. They're still wearing evening sweaters, they said. I'm already in flip-flops and bathing trunks (even though we don't have a pool ... More >>

“Dinosaurs! at the Houston Zoo presented by Orkin”

Upcoming Throwdowns, Who's Hungry?

Chefs in Houston love each other, right? Let's test that theory and pit them against each other. Coming up in the next few weeks are two throwdowns fit for true foodies. And trust me when I say, you won't want to miss either of them. Kiss My Grits: A Gulf Coast Throwdown First up on Thursday, Apr ... More >>

Hotel Galvez Mardi Gras Brunch

The Hits of 2011

Our favorite new Houston restaurants.

The 10 Best New Restaurants of 2011

The challenge in choosing 10 of the best restaurants to open in Houston each year is a daunting one: Many of the restaurants I think are "the best" have little to nothing to do with each other, making for a list that falls all over the map when it comes to price, cuisine and location. Then again, t ... More >>

Gulf Coast Reads: On the Same Page with Chitra Divakaruni

2011 AIA SandCastle Competition

Hurricane Season 2011: The Predictions

Hurricane Ike's track from all the way out in the Atlantic to the Texas coast.​Hurricane season is upon us. Just like Christmas, but with high winds and death from above instead of toys and egg nog, it creeps up on us quicker than we expect and, before we know it, we're knee deep in a disaster ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Danton Nix of Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen

​ Yesterday, we spoke with Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen executive chef Danton Nix about his menu and the good and bad of customers having favorite dishes. Today we talk oysters, Groupon and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. EOW: What do you think about the move to give appellations to Galve ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Danton Nix of Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen

​In late 2007, after more than 20 years in the restaurant industry, self-taught chef Danton Nix (along with his longtime friend and business partner Kyle Teas) opened Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen. Mere months before the economic crisis, it was, in Nix's words, "the perfect time not to open ... More >>

“Chicome-Xochtli’s Children”

Go, Tomato

Top Gun determinate.​February 15 gets its own heart sticker on my Hello Kitty calendar -- it means I've rolled past Valentine's, and frost days are likely behind us in Houston. Now I can hazard the other thing I'm a fool for: growing tomatoes. Tomatoes are native to mountain streams of the Pe ... More >>

The Gumbo at Gilhooley's

​Forget about chili -- I can't think of a more hotly debated dish (in this part of the world, at least) than gumbo. Restaurant gumbo is totally different from homemade gumbo, and homemade gumbo is totally different all along the Gulf Coast stretch of I-10. Some like okra in their gumbo (who ar ... More >>

Upcoming Events

​Whether you have baking skills, crafting skills or just helping skills, you're invited to come out to Anvil Bar & Refuge on Monday, February 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. to help assemble Valentine's Day care packages for our troops serving abroad. Although there will be plenty of baked treats on hand t ... More >>

East Coast Oysters for $1 at The Oceanaire

theibug.comGrab the Crystal hot sauce! ​Displayed prominently on the web header for The Oceanaire is a quote from Leonard Beck (who?), "To eat an oyster is to kiss the ocean on the lips," another sensual metaphor for a mollusk long believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. The connection betwee ... More >>

Blues Christmas

3rd Annual Bayou City Shrimp Festival

Eat, drink, dance...eat, drink, dance...hey, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it

Great Taste of the Gulf

Take a bite...and another...and another

Tourists, Tar Balls and Tort: Galveston and Deepwater Horizon

www.galveston.com​Before his visit to Texas President Obama hosted a cookout for family and friends on the South Lawn. On the menu: andouille sausage, crawfish and shrimp, all fresh from the Gulf Coast. He told press in a statement, "Americans can confidently and safely enjoy Gulf seafood once ... More >>

Top 10 Restaurants in River Oaks

It's not surprising that one of the most exclusive zip codes in the country has some pretty fantastic food -- but rest assured that the 'hood isn't all iced tea and crumpets. So excited were we about the ten below that we didn't find room for neighborhood icons like Avalon Diner, Andre's, and the Fr ... More >>

Houston's 10 Best Beach Homes

Photo courtesy of HAR.com​See that lovely view above? That's Galveston Bay, and it's looking better than ever this summer thanks to skyrocketing travel costs (have you tried to book an airline ticket lately?) and the massive oil spill that's decimating the rest of the Gulf coast. What's more, rea ... More >>

December Artful Thursday: Starry Night - The Annual Ornament-Making Extravaganza

Deck the halls with your own fine-art inspired masterpieces

Poison Pen Reading Series

The Gulf Coast Magazine editors offer some quick reads

Rachel Brady: Final Approach

It's the landing that's bumpy

"Topiary Text Lead"

Web exclusive

Houston Indie Book Festival

Literary event showcases underground authors, publishers, bookstores and more

Global Climate Change: In Search of the Science

Web exclusive!

“Ike: Passages and Memories”

Web exclusive!

Holiday Open House at Moody Mansion

Web exclusive!

The Gulf Coast Film Festival Opener

Twenty-six films screen over a three-day celebration of independent movies

Juneteenth Revisited

Two arts organizations attempt a new spin on an old event

Festival of Lights/Polar Express in 4D

Gulf Coast Jam

Blue-eyed soul legends the Boogie Kings, Jerry LaCroix and G.G. Shinn hit Port Arthur

"Waves" of Destruction

Bring the Noise

It's metal's turn to shine

Drummer Love

Talk About the Weather

Blue Crab Standard Time

Take your time when eating Gulf blue crabs

Hot Plate