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$7 at Mi Luna Tapas Restaurant & Bar in Sugar Land

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Setting a New Standard

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Best Neighborhood Spot Outside the Loop

Tapas: A Sampler of Cinema and Media from the Americas

La Tapa Tapa Restaurant & Lounge

Creative Carpaccio at Ristorante Cavour

Fernando's Latin American Cuisine

Lazy Man's Paella

Oporto

Sounds fishy

Give Me the Electric Chair

Houston gets a prison-themed taquería straight from Mexico City

Bacon, Eggs and Barbera

Treat yourself to Mediterranean-inflected breakfast foods and some of the most amazing wine deals in town at Catalan

Paella Paydirt

A Spanish tapas restaurant with nice rice

Prize-Winning Paella

Rioja Spanish Tapas Restaurant

Best Mexican Bakery

Rioja Spanish Tapas Restaurant

Letters

Rioja Spanish Tapas Restaurant

Paella for One

Las Alamedas

No Cash Back

Some Tasca investors are nervous about the money. So was the state of Texas.

Stirred and Shaken

Mi Luna's sangria

The European Experience, Via Katy

At Barcelona, the mood and the menu say Spain. The parking lot says suburban mall.

Snack Food

If not for the chips and guacamole, Tecate would blend in with all the mediocre Mexican joints

Cuban Classic

Cafe Latina's staff may cross cultures, but the food is pure island

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Cafe Latina's staff may cross cultures, but the food is pure island

Garnaxa

Cafe Latina's staff may cross cultures, but the food is pure island

Rioja's Paella

Photo by Robb WalshThe paella at Rioja restaurant on Kirkwood is one of the best I've ever eaten. You can get it at lunch with two tapas appetizers for $13. Paella is one of those dishes that can leave you completely indifferent or knock your socks off, depending on the skill of the cook and the qua ... More >>

Tintos Stakes a Claim to Inner Loop Tapas

Photos by J.C. ReidVieiras al Albariño: Seared sea scallopsThe debate about which Houston restaurant serves the most authentic Spanish tapas rages on. Among Houston food lovers, the general consensus is that Rioja is at the top of the list for authentic tapas and great paella. But to a large popula ... More >>

Tintos Spanish Restaurant & Wine Bar

Photos by J.C. ReidVieiras al Albariño: Seared sea scallopsThe debate about which Houston restaurant serves the most authentic Spanish tapas rages on. Among Houston food lovers, the general consensus is that Rioja is at the top of the list for authentic tapas and great paella. But to a large popula ... More >>

Breakfast bites at Tintos Spanish Restaurant & Wine Bar

Photos by J.C. ReidVieiras al Albariño: Seared sea scallopsThe debate about which Houston restaurant serves the most authentic Spanish tapas rages on. Among Houston food lovers, the general consensus is that Rioja is at the top of the list for authentic tapas and great paella. But to a large popula ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Lingering Over Lunch: Rioja's

Photo by Robb Walsh​Fine dining establishments are suffering in these days of the downturn. But as we've mentioned many a time before, the best restaurants in the city have some of the choicest lunch specials. Bistro Don Camillo's business lunch, an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $18.95 is ... More >>

Looks Like Sausage, Tastes Like Shrimp

Photo by Robb Walsh​Fine dining establishments are suffering in these days of the downturn. But as we've mentioned many a time before, the best restaurants in the city have some of the choicest lunch specials. Bistro Don Camillo's business lunch, an appetizer, entrée and dessert for $18.95 is ... More >>

Donut Patrol: Churros at Arandas Bakery

​A plate of churros and a mug of hot chocolate is the best dessert on the menu at Hugo's, the upscale Mexican restaurant on Westheimer. A churro is a Mexican donut made by pushing dough through a nozzle into a deep fryer. The nozzle gives the long, stick-shaped donut pronounced ridges, which t ... More >>

Openings and Closings

​November has been a good month for Houston restaurants so far, with notably few closings. Among them in the past week were two casualties of Spanish cuisine: Tio Pepe (5213 Cedar) in Bellaire and the adjoining Garnaxas Tapas Bar. In better news, a spate of openings around the city -- and esp ... More >>

Andalucia Tapas and Taverna

​November has been a good month for Houston restaurants so far, with notably few closings. Among them in the past week were two casualties of Spanish cuisine: Tio Pepe (5213 Cedar) in Bellaire and the adjoining Garnaxas Tapas Bar. In better news, a spate of openings around the city -- and esp ... More >>

The 10 Best Places to Eat in Westchase

Unlike neighboring Memorial, the Westchase district of Houston -- which runs roughly down the spine of Westheimer from Gessner to Dairy Ashford -- is brimming with some of the city's best and (happily) least expensive ethnic restaurants. Although you could eat at a place like J. Alexander's or Le Pe ... More >>

Openings and Closings: November 2009

​Although a very high profile restaurant shut its doors this month -- the longtime Montrose institution La Strada -- we've seen far more openings lately than closings. Below is your roundup of new and defunct restaurants from November 2009. Closings La Strada, 322 Westheimer Bangkok Room, ... More >>

Andalucia Tapas & Taverna

​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

Flat and Fabulous

​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

No Can Do

​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

Tapas on the Trails — A Valentine’s Evening at the Arboretum

​We felt pretty smart nabbing a spot near the kitchen for the standing-room-only grand opening of Andalucia Tapas & Taverna last week. The waiters had to get through us to reach the rest of the crowd (the poor suckers by the door surely went hungry). The cavernous restaurant, in the Downtown ... More >>

Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Not Eating Out in New York: While this isn't a local blog, we've quickly fallen ... More >>