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Pearland

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Ronnie Killen, A Shy, Silent and Determined Chef with Symphonic Food

    Ronnie Killen Killen's Steakhouse 2804 South Main Street, Pearland 281-485-0844 www.killenssteakhouse.com This is the first part of a three-part chef chat series. Look for parts two and three in this space Thursday and Friday. Pearland, 20 miles south of Houston is a place many call the land of p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    A Little Pork Fat and A Little Red Wine - Just What the Heart Needs

    Sunday night, 20 miles south of Houston, two culinary heavy hitters knocked it out of the park at the Revana Wine Dinner at Killen's Steakhouse. Chef Ronnie Killen and Chef Randy Rucker began preparing weeks in advance, tasting wines and developing recipes to pair perfectly with Revana wines. It w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Comment of the Day: The Twitter Cop-Taunter

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Mahogany Mason-Kelly, Famous Last Tweets Part XXVI: Don't Taunt Cops About Your Warrants

    Twitter giveth and Twitter taketh away. Especially when you're colossally stupid about it. Lamar University student Mahogany Mason-Kelly, 20, learned that lesson when she tweeted the message to the right. "I still gotta warrant in pearland..those pigs will NEVER catch me!!!...Never!!!" she tweeted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Weekend Reminder: Don't Leave Your Kids Behind at Chuck E. Cheese

    Just two days after a Maryland family left their three-year-old daughter behind at Chuck E. Cheese by accident -- and were only alerted after seeing her picture on the 11 p.m. news that night -- Texas has one-upped the Old Line State. KTRK reported this afternoon that a five-year-old girl was left ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 9, 2012

    We Love Food

    Our 100 favorite dishes in Houston.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Sports Bars

    If food and a clear line of sight to a fancy television were all it takes to make a good sports bar, you might as well build up those plaque reserves at home. Judging sports bars involves more utilitarian considerations than usual - some of us have even ended up at Buffalo Wild Wings at some point b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Questions and Comments We Have for Fellow Gym Goers

    It's January, and the gyms are full of folks making good on their resolutions to get fit, get tight and get perfect for a spouse, a bathing suit or that nude modeling gig at the community college. Good for you, you are better than a percentage of people in Houston who only sweat from May until Octob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Grosse Pointe ?: An Incomplete High School Reunion Playlist

    This weekend, I am heading back to Pearland for my 10-year high school reunion. It's funny, I say "going back" like I wasn't there on Sunday sitting on my parents' couch watching cable and letting them feed me mashed potatoes and slip me gas money. This trip is different, though, because I will be p ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 14, 2011

    Vietnamese Venison

    Thanh Phuong in Pearland is turning out some of the most exciting food, anywhere.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    More Local Music News Than Flying Elbow Drops

    We may have lost Macho Man Randy Savage this morning, but MCM is still alive and dropping that flying elbow full of local music news. Snap into the latest installment of our Magnolia City Mixtape. Ooooohhh Yeeaaahhh! ​Before we dive in, don't forget that the poster show for Free Press Summer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Openings & Closings

    ​After last week's flurry of activity, the first week of April has been nicely quiet so far. Around the city, there were a few openings as reported by B4-U-Eat: Green Apple Cafe in Hitchcock; Mi Hacienda (not to be confused with the classic La Hacienda in Memorial); and the intriguingly named ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Benjamin Childress: High School Orchestra Director Busted for Soliciting Underage Boy

    Manvel PDBenjamin Childress: Says he answered a Craigslist ad.​The orchestra director at Pasadena's Dobie High School has been arrested for online solicitation of a 15-year-old boy, police in Pearland say. Benjamin Clark Childress, 26, met the boy through a Craigslist ad and was found drunk i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Eating Good in the Neighborhood at Sakura Japanese Steakhouse

    esthereggy​When a trusted friend from the Inner Loop of Houston recommends a restaurant in Pearland to me, I listen. As such, I found myself heading down FM 518 to sample Sakura Japanese Steakhouse. My friend had advised me to try some of the sushi rolls, which he likened to those being off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Pearland's Football Championship Rings: Not Small

    ​Players and coaches from Pearland's 5A state champion football team got their rings last night and, well, let's just say they're pretty damn big. Plus all those huge diamonds. (Just kidding.) (We think.) The rings apparently feature the score of the title game, the wearer's name, and the te ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    Death by Disco — ‘70s Murder Mystery Dinner Show and Dance Party

    ​Players and coaches from Pearland's 5A state champion football team got their rings last night and, well, let's just say they're pretty damn big. Plus all those huge diamonds. (Just kidding.) (We think.) The rings apparently feature the score of the title game, the wearer's name, and the te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Comments of the Day

    ​Katharine Shilcutt had a meal at the "absurd" Jimmy Changa's, and readers weighed in with their own, diverse opinions. Said John Davis: I don't think the Gringos people have had an original thought in their lives. Their restaurants are knock-offs of other successful places with lousy food. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Pearland Bank Hostage Situation Drags On

    We're betting the Pearland guy lacks Clive Owens' charm​The daylong drama at a Pearland bank continues, as a thwarted robber holds a hostage after letting five others go free. It began this morning when a 911 caller reported guys with masks entering the bank. Shots were exchanged with no one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Openings & Closings

    Photo by Robb Walsh​First things first. It doesn't seem like any kind of loving and righteous God would do this to us, but Cheese Berry Asian Pizza (9888 Bellaire) has closed. What kind of world is this?! While there are still a few other fusion pizza places around town, where else are we goin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Health Dept. Roundup

    ​The holiday season didn't have city health inspectors feeling all that generous when they did their normal rounds last week and found the following offenders: If you happen to be car shopping at the Momentum Mini dealership (10000 Southwest Fwy.) keep this in mind if deciding whether to eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Openings & Closings

    Still one of my favorite photos. Welcome back, Leon's.​More great news for the Heights this week as it was announced that D'Amico's Italian Market has set its sights on White Oak Boulevard for its second location. The popular restaurant has been operating at 5510 Morningside in Rice Village si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 7, 2010

    Inanimate Objects

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Pee Wee Football Coaches Wallop Each Other In Pearland (Video)

    Wait a second -- we thought Pee Wee Football was all about sportsmanship. That's what the ads tell us. Are they lying?Possibly, in Pearland. Check out the video from KHOU of a coach going upside the head of another coach during a game two weeks ago.

  • Music

    September 23, 2010

    Live Music in Pearland

    Can suburb support a concert venue?

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Chef Chat, Part 1: Ronnie Killen of Killen's Steakhouse

    ​We caught up with Certified Executive Chef Ronnie Killen of Pearland's Killen's Steakhouse to discuss what it was like interviewing with the White House and the reason for a steakhouse in Pearland, of all places. EOW: I understand that back in 2005, you were one of the finalists vying to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Inside GhoulsFest, Houston's Newest Music Festival

    ​This weekend the first annual GhoulsFest was announced for October 30 out at Tom Bass Park in Pearland. Things like this usually get telegraphed in a big way from bands leaking things out on Facebook and the like, but not this time. The event is thankfully set for one of the cooler parts of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    David Adickes' Random Big Head Lady Gone From Main Street

    ​Sculptor David Adickes is having a rough April. The spry, 83-year-old monumentalist hewer of concrete -- famous for his president heads, gargantuan mustachioed telephones, giant Beatles, and enormous Texas heroes -- first saw the six presidential busts he had places in a busted Pearland real esta ... 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

    December 15, 2009

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts Stooges; Rocks Off Team Member Faints In Disbelief

    The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2010 inductees Tuesday. Somehow, Jann Wenner and his cronies even managed to induct an actual rock band this year: streetwalkin' Detroit cheetahs Iggy & the Stooges - who, according to RRHOF rules (25 years after an artist's first recording ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Texas Traveler: Sri Meenakshi Temple

    Photos by Brittanie Shey​Texas Traveler has a friend who used to lived in a trailer in an empty field near Pearland. On their way to his house once he surprised her by driving her by the Sri Meenakshi Temple. Maybe you already know about this place and maybe you don't, but suffice it to say th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    A Free Way To Get Around Downtown This Christmas Season

    ​If ever there was a day to come downtown, it would be today -- there's no freaking traffic, the stores aren't packed with the Black Friday madness of a Pearland Target, and you can get around for free.The Houston Downtown Management District is reviving the free trolley that used to be such a ... More >>

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    Meat of the Matter

    Readers disagree with Robb Walsh's review of Killen's

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Artist of the Week: Time Travelers and Staunch Futurama Defenders Holy Fiction

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​ Occasionally, you'll h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Food Fight: It's All Greek to Us

    ​This week's food fight was determined by our Twitter followers to be Battle Gyro. And because we don't want them to have all the fun, we're letting our readers decide which two restaurants in Houston will do battle this week. The easy money is on Niko Niko's, or even Al's Quick Stop as the d ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2009
  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Pearland Gets The State's Newest Superfund Site! Take That, Pasadena!

    There's an ugly mess of chemicals in the groundwater on the south side of Pearland. The contamination is severe enough that the abandoned tank farm has become the latest addition to the state's Superfund Registry.This is no surprise to nearby residents, some of whom are being given bottled water ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Thrift Store Cowboy: Garth Brooks, Sonic Youth and Yaz

    Location: Salvation Army, 3620 Broadway, Pearland Thrift stores are a museum of random genius. Where else can one find a faded D.A.R.E. t-shirt and a pair of soiled leather pants? Each trip is a chance for magic. Rocks Off spent some time at the Salvation Army out in the badlands of Pearland last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    SXSW: The Judy's at Austin Music Hall

    Location: Salvation Army, 3620 Broadway, Pearland Thrift stores are a museum of random genius. Where else can one find a faded D.A.R.E. t-shirt and a pair of soiled leather pants? Each trip is a chance for magic. Rocks Off spent some time at the Salvation Army out in the badlands of Pearland last ... More >>

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    The Judy's Come Back

    Just in time for SXSW, the Pearland New Wavers brush off the mothballs

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Drenched in Blog: Pearland Represent!

    Just in time for SXSW, the Pearland New Wavers brush off the mothballs

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Pearland ISD, the Inspector of Hides and Animals, and Joel Osteen's New Book

    The Pearland school board — entertainment for years to come!

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    YouTube Monday

    The Pearland school board — entertainment for years to come!

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    From Houston with Love

    The city sends a special something to Africa

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    Not Worth A Dam

    Clear Creek is on the rise, and local flood-protection methods have been helpless against it. Soggy residents, tired of being perpetual victims, are ready for a fight.

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Crispy Critters

    Opponents dog plans for a Pearland-area pet crematory

  • Dining

    July 27, 2000

    Truck-Stop Italian

    Big Humphrey's serves up all the comforts of home - assuming home is a double-wide

  • Music

    August 27, 1998

    Judy's Lore

    Fans still pine for Houston's dork-pop heroes

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Grassroots Activism

    A militant lesbian group appoints itself the lawn ranger

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    Hardball

    How softball coach Holly Nuber won the state championship -- and lost her job

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