Harrisburg

Openings & Closings: Goodbye to Tex, Mex and Czech

As of today, Jeannine's Bistro remains closed in Montrose with no word from owner Andrew Klarman as to its eventual reopening date. The popular Belgian bistro closed temporarily this past Saturday due to staffing issues. Plenty of other doors were shut this week, too, including the beloved Olde Tow ... More >>

Update: An Easter Pie Worth Waiting For

A few weeks ago I bemoaned the fact that that there appeared to be no Italian Easter Pie sold in Houston. I had hoped my forlorn post would prompt a series of responses rebutting this claim and directing me to multiple sources. Or maybe even some amateur cook would offer to sell me one on the sly. ... More >>

Gabino Silva: Final Defendant Who Barricaded Bar Before Setting It On Fire, Gets 15 Years (w/VIDEO)

The April 2012 arson at La Estrella won't be forgotten by those who've seen the security video of the event. The video shows two men who'd been kicked out of the crowded eastside bar calmly barricading the doors to the place, trapping the patrons still inside, and then setting fire to it. Luckily t ... More >>

[PHOTOS] Light Rail Expansion Moving Faster Than You Might Think

Since 2004, anyone living or visiting the areas near Main Street, the Medical Center, the Museum District or Reliant Park has probably gotten to experience METRO Rail, for better or worse. Some ride it daily. Some get in accidents with it. Some just gawk. But, one of the busiest stretches of commute ... More >>

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

For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2012 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. Just yes ... More >>

A Casual Window Smash, An Extensive Search For Cash: Video Of One Burglar's Night Out

We like how the latest surveillance video released by Crime Stoppers begins: A dude standing outside a business, trying as hard as is humanly possible to look casual. You can almost hear him whistling, saying just loud enough for others to hear "Nothin' to see here, folks, move along..." and then j ... More >>

5 Things You Missed at the East End Street Festival

This past Saturday, East End residents celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a block party on Harrisburg -- steps away from where the new East End light rail line will soon be operating. The street festival, sponsored by the Greater East End District, featured performers such as Los Pistoleros de Tejas and ... More >>

Jaime Mata, Gabino Silva: Two Suspects in Chilling Arson Attempt Caught on Video Surrender

Both suspects caught on video barricading the front door of a crowded bar and then setting it on fire have turned themselves in to authorities. First was Jaime Mata, who did most of the work captured on tape, who told police he was surrendering because "his face was all over the news," the Houston ... More >>

Where to Party This Cinco de Mayo

Salt, tequila and lime

East End Street Fest

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Barbecue Joints

KIDDING. But seriously, the fried chicken here is outstanding. Get that.​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 >>

Dutch InvasiON

Say Goodbye To Nine Houston Post Offices

Offices a-closin'​The U.S. Postal Service has announced it's thinking about shutting 3,700 locations across the country, many in small towns. But Houston would not be spared: A list of potential closings -- hilariously labeled the "Expanded Access Study List" -- shows nine sites in the city a ... More >>

Annise Parker Calls For (Expensive) Underpass On East End Light-Rail Line

More costs for the East End line​The city of Houston has formally requested metro's board to use an underpass rather than an overpass at the intersection of Harrisburg and Hughes streets, an option that could add up to $23 million to the project. The so-called "All-Under" option will, Mayor A ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso" "Exurb: Input/Output" "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jenny Schlief Stock Photography: From the Woman Series" "Liz Hickok: Jiggling Geography" "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work" "Musicians Who Make Ar

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso" "Exurb: Input/Output" "George Gittoes: Witness to War" "Jenny Schlief Stock Photography: From the Woman Series" "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work" "Musicians Who Make Art"

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Clearing — Joey Fauerso," "Evergreen: Original Contemporary Prints," "Exurb: Input/Output," "George Gittoes: Witness to War," "Jackie Gendel: Fables in Slang," "Jenny Schlief Stock Photography: From the Woman Series"

Health Department Roundup

W.B. Yeats perusing the city's health inspection records​We're starting this week real classy-like with an appropriately apocalyptic Yeats poem, because we're excellent at copying and pasting stuff that makes us look smart. Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the ... More >>

“Disturbance of Distance”

“Nacho Mama’s Fridge!”

Scary and...Just Scary: Food D Lite

Eat at your own risk.​I was running down Harrisburg when I spotted it. It stood out like a sore thumb, or a greasy thumb to be more accurate. "Food D Lite (7736 Harrisburg 713-928-7074) Chinese food and burgers" is what the sign read. I made a u-turn and pulled into the empty parking lot. The ... More >>

The Pope Problem

Readers respond to "The Man Who Sued the Pope."

Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #90 Fajita Tacos at El Charro, 3801 Harrisburg

​Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>

Black Coffee: Houston Style

Here's some video clips I took while researching this week's feature, "City of Coffee." The automated lines are inside the Maximus Coffee Plant on Harrisburg -- the old Maxwell House plant.

Dive Bars

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

"Oneself by Oneself"

Stephanie Toppin tells her story (so far) in 64 abstract paintings

$13 at El Jardin

Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezWhere: El Jardin, 7849 Harrisburg, 713-921-3633 What $13 gets you: enchiladas Mexicanas. Corn tortillas rolled in a tomato sauce, filled with white Mexican cheese, topped with more sauce, more cheese, cubed fried potatoes and grilled jalapeño slices, served with refri ... More >>

Tim Brown: “Generations”

This artist sets up shop with items from his past

“Relational Dialectics”

UH photography and digital media seniors explore the push and pull of relationships

Sole Of Houston: East Side Story -- Trains, Tequila, Dogs & Grief

Photos by Jay LeeI just can't get enough of Houston's East End/Second Ward/Ship Channel area, so that is where the latest installment of the Sole of Houston took us. I don't think I can recreate the route with anything more than about 90 percent accuracy, but my best guess is that it looked so ... More >>

2nd Annual History Road Rally

Web exclusive!

“Disturbance of Distance”

Web exclusive!

“Disturbance of Distance”

Web exclusive!

Night of the Derby — Part Deux

Local artists get down and derby with their de-car-ations

Sole of Houston: Hey, Look Over There

Sole of Houston: Deep Harrisburg: Lomax and Beebe Take on the East Side Again

The Seoul of Houston: The Weather Was Not the Strong Point on Long Point

El Jardin

A New York Times story on Tex-Mex left a lot of Houstonians wondering, "Why El Jardin?"

More Nut Bustin'

More Nut Bustin'

Bust a 'nut

Bust a 'nut

Dark Water

A reporter, a photographer and canoeist Tom Helm paddle from the Galleria to Galveston Bay by canoe and kayak, finding beauty, danger and urban debris in equal measure

Dominic Quijano

Owner/operator of McDonald's, 6815 Harrisburg Boulevard, 713-928-5335

Best Hole-in-the-Wall Burger Joint

Champ Burger

Grave Importance

Old cemeteries rarely die. They just get buried under weeds, development and indifference.

Best Country Club

Harrisburg Country Club

Taking Back the Blight

A ragtag "neighborhood association" hits revitalization where it hurts

East End Transit

Why have bus lines to Mexico bloomed all across the East End? Maybe because it's a family affair.

A Heritage Corridor

Can Buffalo Bayou beshaped into an economic redevelopment tool?