Jimmy Wilson

Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

Slate: In one of the most interesting pieces I read all week, Slate's Benjamin Phelan explains that one of the main reasons that Colorado can now consider pizza a vegetable is that there really is no such thing as a vegetable in the first place. Dude, You Going to Eat That?: On that note, Dr. Ricky ... More >>

Free Pizza at Ciao Bello for Happy Hour

Pepperoni Pizza at Ciao Bello​I've gotten to the point where the thought of free food doesn't excite me anymore. That's why I'd never made the effort to try out Ciao Bello's happy hour even though I knew that they had free pizza. When I found myself in the Galleria area one afternoon around 4 ... More >>

Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #47 Pasta with Fresh Peas, Ham and Mushrooms at Ciao Bello

​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 >>

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 >>

Mike Stinson Added to Tonight's Troubador Tuesday at House of Blues

If you're into song swaps by serious writers, today's Troubadour Tuesdays happy-hour show at House of Blues should be right up your alley. KPFT disc jockey Rick Heysquierdo has just announced that Mike Stinson will be sharing the stage with Oklahoma folk rocker Jubal Lee Young. Young's newest recor ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Honky-Tonk Hits the Galleria Area

KPFT DJ Rick Haysquierdo announced Monday that he will be hosting a monthly happy-hour concert series at Jimmy Wilson's Seafood and Chophouse in the Galleria area. Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers will inaugurate the new series Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. Haysquierdo, who hosts Lone Star Jukebox ... More >>

If I Could Wine and Dine Guy Fieri

If I could take Guy Fieri out for a taste of Houston I'd do the following in this order (all on the same day...we'd have to start early): First stop: Crispy puffy tacos at Loma Linda and Los Tios. Photos by Jay FrancisPuffy tacos at Loma Linda Puffy tacos at Los Tios

Cheap Fat Oysters and Cold Shiner Bock

As I drove by Pappa's Brothers Seafood on Shepherd yesterday afternoon around four o'clock, I noticed that the sign advertising oysters for $3.95 a dozen wasn't up anymore. I pulled over anyway and went inside to ask if the promotion was still going on. "Let me see," said the bartender pushing a but ... More >>

Flounder Fanmail for Jimmy Wilson's Seafood & Chop House

Nuevo Inca-Mex at Inka South American Cuisine

Cajun Gets a Crewcut at Denis' Seafood House

Sex and Death: Gulf Coast Oyster Roundup

Danton's Gulf Coast Seafood Kitchen

The newest Gulf seafood joint in town is knocking them dead with cheap oysters and awesome gumbo

Jimmy Wilson's Seafood & Chophouse

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