Subject: Robert Del Grande

• Better Than Tarzan and Jane: The Grove Restaurant in Discovery Green

  December 11, 2007

• The Early Bird Gets to Perch on a Stool at the Bar at The Grove

  May 30, 2008

• Dumb Waiters

  Ignorance, thy name is waitstaff

  April 19, 2001

• Best Chicken-Fried Steak

  Rio Ranch

  September 26, 2002

• Conversion Experience

  June 9, 1994

• Food Fight

  June 30, 1994

• Burger Heaven, Burger Hell

  October 13, 1994

• Taste of Texas

  May 18, 1995

• Diner's Notebook

  June 29, 1995

• Press Picks

  June 13, 1996

• Press Picks

  April 24, 1997

• The Art of Cooking?

  August 21, 1997

• Tacos with Ambition

  November 27, 1997

• Dish

  October 1, 1998

• Dish

  November 26, 1998

• Cheaper By The Bottle

  August 31, 2000

• Downtown Attraction The Grove

  March 19, 2009

• The ABCs of DNA

  Robert Del Grande

  August 17, 2000

• I Love CFS: 25 Lovable Chicken-Fried Steaks

  June 21, 2007

• Burnt Offerings from the USDA

  August 25, 2005

• Haute Stuff

  Robb Walsh is a James Beard finalist times two

  April 14, 2005

• It's Le Bombe

  A new restaurant has Republican bigwigs dancing on the grave of the French boycott

  February 24, 2005

• Grande Plans

  December 2, 2004

• Food of the God

  Robert Del Grande continues to perform miracles at Cafe Annie

  June 24, 2004

• Mystery Meat

  Maverick's motto may be "Supper + Whiskey," but the restaurant doesn't always deliver on both counts

  December 5, 2002

• New World Order

  Tony Vallone is searching for his lost shaker of salt at the new Los Tonyos

  July 18, 2002

• Luby's Has a Chef?

  From haute cuisine to the LuAnn Platter, star chefs are moving on down the food chain

  May 30, 2002

• Fish Fraud

  November 1, 2001

• Discomfort Food

  Robert Del Grande

  October 25, 2001

• Stirred and Shaken

  Taco Milagro's La Polama

  August 30, 2001

• A Matter of Fat

  The U.S. beef industry's lower standards have led to an increase in chop houses

  August 2, 2001

• Salad Daze

  A chef and a produce grower get into a pissing match over ten pounds of greens

  May 10, 2001

• Still Your Father's Tony's

  When Tony's gets rid of its outdated attitudes, we'll have some reason to go back

  April 12, 2001

• Chicken-Fried Honor

  George's civic slur

  January 11, 2001

• Brave Nuevo World

  Last in a six-part series

  December 21, 2000

• Get In Line

  Bruce Molzan's Ruggles Cafe Bakery makes meals worth standing around for

  May 4, 2000

• East Meets Best

  Scott Chen opened Houston's top Chinese restaurant. Now he wants to run Houston's top restaurant. Period.

  September 16, 1999

• Hot Plate

  August 12, 1999

• Hot Plate

  June 10, 1999

• Openings and Closings

  Anyone in the social media community in Houston will be familiar with the first closing of the past week, Sauté (2303 Richmond Avenue). On June 5, the erstwhile "new world Creole" restaurant broke the news via Twitter: "Our dear friends: Today we sadly announce we are closed. Had some great parties last weekend, and a good run of it for 6 months. Thanks." The restaurant, located in a snakebit spot along Richmond, was a popular presence on Twitter and one of several highly visible restaurants to

  June 11, 2009

• Openings and Closings

  Although only open for a few short months, Out of Africa (14019 Southwest Freeway, #204) has already closed. An excellent review from Robb Walsh in March, fantastic reviews on B4-U-Eat, an excellent burger and a killer patio weren't enough to save the young restaurant. This leaves Houston with only one South African restaurant, Peli Peli, a shame for those who enjoy the spice and exotic flavors of the cuisine. Another young restaurant to bite the dust the past week was Beaucoup Wings-n-Wing

  July 3, 2009

• Community Bar Food

  Photos by J.C. ReidJust above the bar at newish Midtown watering hole called Community Bar is a chalkboard with various drink specials, as well as the words "Food served." I was intrigued yet doubtful. Bar food in Houston is definitely a hit-or-miss affair (mainly misses in the form of Velveeta nachos or frozen pizza). But I had heard good things about this place, so I asked the bartender for a menu. "That may be a problem," he replied. I expected to hear one of the usual excuses -- city had tu

  July 6, 2009

• Breakfast Row on Westheimer

  Photo by Robb Walsh Personally, I am pretty fond of the under $3 breakfast specials at Houston taquerias like Jesus Maria on Spencer Highway or Kiko's on Fulton. But when I have to entertain visiting grandparents at breakfast time, I head for the stretch of Westheimer just east of Beltway 8 near the Hilton Hotel and the Carillon Shopping Center. Rio Ranch at 9999 Westheimer may have faded a bit since its glory days in the early 1990s, when Robert Del Grande introduced the new Cowboy cuisi

  July 24, 2009

• Houston's Most Overrated Restaurants

  Photo by Dave Knapik​With Cafe Annie ending its nearly 30 year reign this month, Houstonians will have one less default restaurant to turn to when someone asks for a recommendation for a "nice meal" ("nice meal" being keywords for "I want to go somewhere fancy and try to impress one or more people, regardless of cost"). But is that a bad thing? Not at all. In fact, most people would argue that Cafe Annie had become stodgy, boring and ultimately overrated within at least the past five ye

  August 3, 2009

• Burnt Offerings from the USDA

  August 25, 2005

• RDG Bar Annie's Shrimp Meat Balls

  In the wake of Café Annie's closing, Robert Del Grande has taken up the chef's hat again. Just a bit further down Post Oak, the RDG Grill Room, Bar Annie and the BLVD Lounge are now all serving a variety of small plates and entrees at different price points. But even in a new place, Chef Del Grande is using an old trick to please diners: meat on a stick. Of course, this recipe calls for shrimp instead of hot dogs. The recipe, after the jump.

  August 6, 2009

• Burger Chic

  September 17, 2009

• Upcoming Events

  ​Although it's facing stiff competition from Southern Star lately, Saint Arnold is still our favorite hometown brewery. And this weekend's Foam Raiser at the Orange Show (Saturday, October 24, from 7 to 10 p.m.) is one of many reasons why. The ticket sales for the 2nd annual Foam Raiser go to support the Orange Show, which puts on the yearly Art Car Parade in addition to funding many other Houston folk art projects. Tickets are $25 at the door ($20 in advance), and festivities w

  October 23, 2009