Real Tex-Mex

Todo con Queso

Houston's 10 best Tex-Mex restaurants.

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Tex-Mex Restaurants

It's been more than a century since the first Tex-Mex restaurant opened in Houston. George Caldwell brought The Original Mexican Restaurant to our city in 1907, influenced -- most agree -- by a restaurant of the same name in his hometown of San Antonio. It would be another 20 years before Felix Mex ... More >>

Dinner and a Show

Houston's 10 best restaurants for pre-theater dining.

Openings & Closings: More Americana, Headed Your Way

Intercontinental Airport must have finally gotten the memo that its dining options were sorely limited considering Houston's rich culinary offerings, because it looks like something's finally being done about it. Earlier this month, there was the news that chef Johnny Hernandez is opening The Frute ... More >>

Sampling Over 60 Restaurants at the 7th Annual Feast with the Beasts

Check out our pics from the Houston Zoo in our Feast With The Beasts slideshow. There were lions, cougars, giraffes, snakes, elephants, a rooster and more. Plenty of animals and plenty of food -- exactly what you'd expect to find at the Houston Zoo's 7th annual Feast with the Beasts. This past Fr ... More >>

Bayou City Boo

This year's best Halloween parties.

Bayou City Boo!

2012 Houston Press Halloween Guide

Bayou City Boo!

Where to celebrate everyone's favorite holiday.

Where the Chefs Eat: Bryan Caswell, Randy Evans, Danny Trace

In Houston, the restaurant community is so tight that everyone has worked together in some shape or form over the years. For this week's Where the Chefs Eat, we check in with chefs Bryan Caswell, Randy Evans, and Danny Trace. Evans is affiliated with a bunch of local chefs thanks to his time at B ... More >>

6th Annual Montrose Crawl

Houston: More Hipster-Friendly than Salt Lake City and Dallas, At Least

Earlier this month Travel and Leisure asked their readers to rank 35 American cities on the quantity and quality of their live music scenes, coffeehouses, microbrews, and independent boutiques. They also asked their readers to quantify more ineffable qualities such as the quirkiness of a city and h ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Real Life Is for March

Leap Day William is coming to town next week! Valentino Vin Bar is celebrating the quadrennial Leap Day on February 29 with a $29 all-inclusive lunch. That $29 will get you three courses -- soup, pizza and dessert -- and even includes tax, tip and valet. Just remember to wear yellow and blue. (Not r ... More >>

Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

John Mariani: The food critic for Esquire, John Mariani, has joined a host of people supporting Houston's food scene as one of the current best in the nation. And while it's nice to have greater national recognition of this type, I'll admit to being confused about the restaurants Mariani cited for h ... More >>

Watch the Big Game on the Big Screen, Plus Other Super Bowl Specials Around Town

Photo by Troy FieldsEnjoy the patio at Plonk this Super Bowl weekend.​Sometimes, half the fun of watching the Super Bowl is watching it with a crowd. So we've rounded up a few places that'll ensure you're not alone this Sunday evening -- and that you're not hungry or thirsty, either. El Real ... More >>

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

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 winner had hefty competition from other Houston bars and restaurants. Houston ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Late-Night Eats

Stir-fried macaroni -- hold the cheese -- at our No. 1 spot.​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 winner had h ... More >>

My Table's 15th Annual Houston Culinary Awards

"This is a great city to work in," said Hugo Ortega as he accepted his award for Chef of the Year at last night's My Table's Houston Culinary Awards. "And this is truly a great country," he finished to loud cheers and applause. It was well-deserved recognition for the man who fought his way out of o ... More >>

5 Places to Watch the Pride Parade

So the Pride Parade's logo is really ugly this year. We still love it.​The annual Pride Parade, held in Montrose since 1979, remains the largest parade in Houston (not to mention the largest Pride Parade in the entire Southwest). And it's certainly our most festive. After all, what other parad ... More >>

A Not So Happy Hour at El Real Tex-Mex

Prickly pear margarita at El-Real Tex-Mex​I admit, my expectations were high for El Real Tex-Mex. And well they should be. Since it's a joint venture between James Beard nominee Bryan Caswell, and James Beard Award-winning writer and former Houston Press Food Critic Robb Walsh, I expected to ... More >>

Food Fight: Beef Steak Nachos

Kevin ShalinTeotihuacan​For this week's Food Fight, we pit two Houston Tex-Mex heavyweights against one another. We've got El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, the young, scrappy newcomer, against Teotihuacan Mexican Café (4624 Irvington), the cagey veteran. Will youth overpower age, or will the consisten ... More >>

Openings & Closings: March 2011

A new bar coming to Midtown isn't a big deal, but this bar will be.​Haven't read the exclusive Martin Hamish press release about his new gastro-tavern, The Dark Horse? See it here. Blind item of the week (and one that I'm incredibly excited about): A craft beer bar will be coming to Midtown i ... More >>

Openings & Closings

The rendering is now real.​Two long-awaited Houston restaurants are finally ready for their close-ups. El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, which will open for dinner service tonight, and Mai's, which will open next month after a 14-month closure due to a devastating fire. All week long, the parking lot has ... More >>

Restaurants We're Excited About for 2011

​For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, right? Well, for all the new restaurants that disappointed us in 2010, there are many more coming in 2011 that we're awaiting with baited breath. Whether they be old favorites revived or entirely new restaurants, whether they be from ... More >>