Missouri City

Music at the Y, Minus the Village People

$7 at Orient Cafe in Missouri City

$13 at Rizzi’s Pizzeria in Missouri City

Meet a Good Samaritan

Hurricane Ike Be Damned, These Places Are Now Open

Truancy In Missouri City May Cost You

Recession, What Recession? Kroger Opens a Huge Store in Missouri City

OK, there was a line for the football player signing autographs. The crowds intermingled with a walking crayon and some other cartoon character. Free samples of cheese and meat were everywhere and wait, there were even free samples of wine and beer being handed out. The contents of the rows of food ... More >>

It Says It's Custard, And It's Not Pudding You On

Sorry, couldn't resist. The CreamWorx that just opened at 8817 Texas 6 in Missouri City might want to change its sign just a little to let people - not as acquainted with frozen custard - know that what it's selling is closer to ice cream than Jello pudding. I drove by it several times, despite m ... More >>

New H-E-B Store Says Go Fish

The scene at the grand opening of the new H-E-B (8900 Highway 6 in Sienna Plantation in Missouri City) last night was more low key than the opening of the nearby Kroger this past weekend. There were a few red balloons tied to the wrists of kids, but no bands or football players signing autographs. ... More >>

$7 at New Hunan Restaurant in Missouri City

Where: New Hunan, 2345 FM 1092 (Murphy Road), Missouri City, 281-499-3061 What $7 gets you: An assortment of mainstream Chinese dishes with more than half offered in the spicy hot Szechuan style. We had one dish that stepped over into the under-$13 range, but it wasn't any better than the lunch sp ... More >>

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Where: New Hunan, 2345 FM 1092 (Murphy Road), Missouri City, 281-499-3061 What $7 gets you: An assortment of mainstream Chinese dishes with more than half offered in the spicy hot Szechuan style. We had one dish that stepped over into the under-$13 range, but it wasn't any better than the lunch sp ... More >>

$13 at Charlie's Restaurant & Catering in Missouri City

Photos by Margaret DowningWhere: Charlie's Restaurant and Catering, 8817 Highway 6, Ste. 900, Missouri City, 281-778-5222. What $13 gets you: Your choice of basic American comfort food and a dessert. Portions are substantial, and the food is served hot and fairly quickly. Charlie's is sparkling-cl ... More >>

Scenes from a Marriage

Photos by Margaret DowningWhere: Charlie's Restaurant and Catering, 8817 Highway 6, Ste. 900, Missouri City, 281-778-5222. What $13 gets you: Your choice of basic American comfort food and a dessert. Portions are substantial, and the food is served hot and fairly quickly. Charlie's is sparkling-cl ... More >>

Letters

Photos by Margaret DowningWhere: Charlie's Restaurant and Catering, 8817 Highway 6, Ste. 900, Missouri City, 281-778-5222. What $13 gets you: Your choice of basic American comfort food and a dessert. Portions are substantial, and the food is served hot and fairly quickly. Charlie's is sparkling-cl ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Photos by Margaret DowningWhere: Charlie's Restaurant and Catering, 8817 Highway 6, Ste. 900, Missouri City, 281-778-5222. What $13 gets you: Your choice of basic American comfort food and a dessert. Portions are substantial, and the food is served hot and fairly quickly. Charlie's is sparkling-cl ... More >>

Name That Town

An image crisis in Fort Bend County

Letters to the Editor

An image crisis in Fort Bend County

Sudden Impact

What could be safer than dropping your kid off at the movies? A lot of things, as it turns out.

Letters

What could be safer than dropping your kid off at the movies? A lot of things, as it turns out.

Goal Tending

Missouri City nets fines from residents who hoop it up

Going Nowhere

Metro's multimillion-dollar roadway mess

Openings and Closings

Ah, the circle of life. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. And other cheesy songs... When one restaurant in Houston closes down, it seems that another, eerily similar restaurant is waiting in the wings to take its place. 55 Degrees Wine Bar (7316 Louetta) closed this week, d ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

Photo by Robb WalshI can't write this column on an empty stomach. It's difficult to maintain your trademark acerbic wit when all you can think is, "I would literally murder somebody for that hamburger / pizza / pastry / whatever insane but incredible dish from Feast we've featured this week." ... More >>

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do When Your Girlfriend's Wearing Brass Knuckles

 No man really wants to hear "We have to talk" from his girlfriend, really. But he especially doesn't want to hear it if that girlfriend is wearing brass knuckles.The website Fort Bend Now tells us of the case of one Natalee Stewart, 23, from Humble, who sensed somehow that things were not goin ... More >>

Missouri City Goes Back To The Non-Computer Age

​The modern computer age? Not in Missouri City.The world has tumbled to a halt in the suburb -- computers and phone lines have crashed at both City Hall and the police department."It's some kind of virus," police captain John Bailey tells Hair Balls.911 calls can still come in, because the dispatc ... More >>

A Palestinian-Texan BBQ Sandwich

Photo by Robb Walsh​I ate a brisket and sausage sandwich the other day at the new Brookstreet BBQ location on Westheimer west of Beltway 8. Ever since I ate the Bohemian Special at Mustang Creek BBQ in Louise, I have been trying to recreate the brisket and sausage sandwich at every barbecue ... More >>

Dude, Where's My Air: More Fort Bend County Pot Follies

What is it with Fort Bend County stoners these days? Why do they continue to reenact scenes from Cheech and Chong movies? Last week we brought you the tale of the unlucky East Bernard motorist whose simple pot possession charge was upgraded to felony evidence-tampering after he ate the joint he was ... More >>

Four Days of Giftmas: For the Artist

Sick of corporate Christmas? Try shopping local. Hair Balls presents a 12-part series highlighting ideas for holiday gifts made and sold in Texas. Museum subscriptions are one thing, but what if you know someone who'd rather make art than just look at it? Get yourself a handmade basket and head ove ... More >>

Yuletide Mayhem Round-Up: Bank Robbing Santas, Spouse-Throttling 'Round The Xmas Tree, And Wal-Mart Parking Lot Catfights

​'Twas the season to be jolly. Too bad these people didn't get the memo...First, there's this 60-year-old Missouri City woman who was charged with assault after a fight over a parking spot outside a Fort Bend County Wal-Mart. Fort Bend Now picks up the tale... According to reports, the victim was ... More >>

Houston's Jesus Knows When The Next Caribbean Earthquake Is Coming, But He's Not Telling

Photo by Daniel Kramer​In case you haven't gotten your share of tragic news out of Haiti, a reliable Hair Balls source tells us there will be plenty more death and destruction within the next 30 months. And just who is this unimpeachable tipster? Why, none other than Jesus Christ Himself, aka Jose ... More >>

Houston's Jesus Predicts Troubles

Photo by Daniel Kramer​In case you haven't gotten your share of tragic news out of Haiti, a reliable Hair Balls source tells us there will be plenty more death and destruction within the next 30 months. And just who is this unimpeachable tipster? Why, none other than Jesus Christ Himself, aka Jose ... More >>

Ahmad Hall-Chan, Mo City's Nominee For Most Half-Assed Robbery Attempt Ever

Photo courtesy Fort Bend SOHow not to rob a pizza place​The list of how NOT to rob a business is long, but Ahmad Hall-Chan of Missouri City managed to add a few items to it.Hall-Chan, 29, had been working at Russo's Pizza; he went there Friday morning to dispute his last paycheck.The manager told ... More >>

Stoner Follies: "Dorothy Petite Bud" Flunks Grow House 101; Two Mo City Men Lack Cop-Handling Skills

Even this shirt is more subtle than two Mo City dudes​Those silly stoners are at it again, providing snarky bloggers with humorous true crime fodder.Our first two cases take us down to Missouri City.In the most recent incident, police pulled over 20-year-old Adam Hitchcock at around 3:40 p.m ... More >>

Teri Meri Dosti, A Bollywood Glee Filmed In Missouri City, Debuts

Imran Abbas, smoldering​One of Pakistan's hottest actors is part of a new TV series that debuted this month -- a series that was filmed in Missouri City.Featuring Houston actors and the estimable actor/model Imran Abbas, Teri Meri Dosti could be described as sort of a Bollywoodized Glee, or a ... More >>

Riot At The Nail Salon: A City's Shame

I wanna riot of my own....​Hoa Nguyen had no idea what was in store for her when she opened her shop, Summit Nails Salon in Missouri City, Tuesday. Generally, salon owners do not face the same mortal threats of more dangerous occupations like soldier or Metro bus driver.But, according no Nguyen's ... More >>

Houston's DJ Buddha Disputes DWI Charge

​The above mixtape touts Missouri City's DJ Buddha, as a "Hustler to the End," but HPD thinks he may have been hustling a little too much. Buddha was involved in a bizarre chain of events in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. It began as, according to the associate of Trae the Truth, he was ... More >>

Yancy Daniels, 30, Bayou Body Count No. 232

Couple murdered miles apart from each other​A man was shot at a southwest side apartment while his girlfriend was shot killed in her Missouri City home, Houston police said.Yancy Daniels, 30, of Missouri City, was shot several times in the torso about 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the 6300 block of West Ai ... More >>

Robert Hall, 22, Bayou Body Count No. 236

Shootout on the southwest side​A shootout on the southwest side left one person dead and a second critically injured, police said.The incident occurred early Sunday morning.Police responded to a call of a person being shot about 3 a.m. near the intersection of Sway and Stone Haven and found an inj ... More >>

No Day-Care Centers In Strip Malls, Missouri City Decides

View Larger MapMissouri City councilmembers, after a long debate, decided 4-3 Monday night to ban all such businesses from the town's strip malls, Fort Bend Now reports.Proponents said it was a safety issue; the day-care center shown above, behind the yellow pillars, isn't in Missouri City, it's in ... More >>

Openings & Closings: November 2010

Zelko Bistro and Katz's have some new fried pickle competition in the new Natachee's.​It's been a while since we've done a monthly roundup of openings and closings, but we're getting that train back on track now, and what a month to pick for that re-railment. November was busy, both in terms o ... More >>

Sick of Turkey? Order a Pizza: Our Top 5 Pizza Places

Photo courtesy of luna715Look at you, eating your Star Pizza off a real dinner plate. Oh, you fancy, huh?​Not all of us are like the Old Man in A Christmas Story; we aren't all turkey fiends. Some of us are happy to have it once a year and then forget the bland white meat even exists. So while ... More >>

Boudin and Dirty Rice at Pyburn's Farm Fresh Foods

​Just down FM 521, past the Humane Society but not quite to Beltway 8, is Pyburn's Farm Fresh Foods (13824 Almeda Road, 713-433-6051). One can only imagine what the area looked like when Pyburn's was established in the 1940s: very rural, very quiet. Pyburn's was, perhaps, the only grocery stor ... More >>

Whole Hogg

Hoggs n' Chicks serves creative pork and chicken dishes in Missouri City.

Pork and Fowl at Hoggs n' Chicks

Photos by Troy FieldsPouring the Hatch chile sauce on the half-constructed Pig's Delight sandwich at Hoggs n' Chicks.​"I don't know anything about this place," I warned my dining companion as we drove beneath a cloudless blue sky on a smooth stream of asphalt toward Hoggs n' Chicks one crispy ... More >>

Remember Eskabel's Pep Talk?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or un, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Eskabel Pep Talk (Black Shark, 2010) Eskabel, the Missouri City spitfire MC who's just as like ... More >>

Remember Delo's Hood Politics?

Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or un, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Delo Hood Politics (Self-released, 2010) Delo is a Missouri City rapper who, as proof that th ... More >>

Delo's Hood Politics Vol. 2 Best Local Mixtape Of 2011

​On his first tape, Hood Politics Vol. 1, Missouri City product Delo did one great thing ("Ghetto Boy"), one excessively beautiful thing ("Ain't My Style"), six good things ("Dream On," "Tell Me Mamma," "16 David," "Can I Live," "Hold On," "Money & Blood"), two bad things ("I Got Wings," "Hwy ... More >>

Upcoming Events

Photo by cybertoadHoli: the family-friendly, Indian version of Mardi Gras. Sort of.​Mardi Gras was fun while it lasted. Now? Lent, the most depressing time of the Christian year. What are you sacrificing for Lent? Chocolate? Beer? Something even stupider, like Diet Coke? Whatever you're givin ... More >>

It Takes Tuwo

Suya Hut serves a slice — er, ball — of West Africa in Houston.

Collins and Gorathy Uwake: Feds Seize Over $1M and Five Fancy Cars in Drug Raid

Wikipedia CommonsOf the five rides cops seized in their raid, police say that Collins Uwake loved his Titan the best.​With a Missouri City drug raid late last month, agents from the DEA and multiple other local and state agencies closed an investigation into the activities of husband-and-wife ... More >>