Sugar Land

Finding the Write Candidate

We're Number 3! We're Number 3!

Coming Up: Turkeys of the Year

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

Big Plans in Little Sugar Land: Pro Baseball and Concerts Coming to the Brazos?

Cattle Drive

Ruth's Chris

Home Alone

A raid on an end-of-year teen party leads to heavy-duty punishments and angry parents

On Their Backs

Sugar Land spreads its legs

Sugar Land, Missouri City Get Into The Entertainment Business

Sugar Land spreads its legs

Peri-Peri Burger: It Seemed Like a Great Idea at the Time

The peri-peri burger at Out of Africa, the new South African restaurant on Southwest Freeway in Sugar Land, is a hamburger topped with the legendary hot sauce made with African bird peppers. And since I love peri-peri chicken, peri-peri prawns and peri-peri everything else, I figured this one was a ... More >>

Manna from Sugar Land

Magnus Hansson's new bakery-cafe is worth an expedition

Bike & Bugs II

Web exclusive!

Trainsmash Burger at Out of Africa

Trainsmash is a South African tomato and onion sauce--a trainsmash burger comes slathered in the stuff. This one also had lettuce, fresh tomato and mayonnaise. I liked the condiments alright, it was the burger patty that was the problem. Out of Africa, the South African restaurant at Sugar Creek a ... More >>

Pizza Like Patsy Used to Make at Grimaldi's

Trainsmash is a South African tomato and onion sauce--a trainsmash burger comes slathered in the stuff. This one also had lettuce, fresh tomato and mayonnaise. I liked the condiments alright, it was the burger patty that was the problem. Out of Africa, the South African restaurant at Sugar Creek a ... More >>

Bayousphere

Trainsmash is a South African tomato and onion sauce--a trainsmash burger comes slathered in the stuff. This one also had lettuce, fresh tomato and mayonnaise. I liked the condiments alright, it was the burger patty that was the problem. Out of Africa, the South African restaurant at Sugar Creek a ... More >>

Loggia Brings Uptown to Sugar Land with an Ultramodern Sports Bar

Trainsmash is a South African tomato and onion sauce--a trainsmash burger comes slathered in the stuff. This one also had lettuce, fresh tomato and mayonnaise. I liked the condiments alright, it was the burger patty that was the problem. Out of Africa, the South African restaurant at Sugar Creek a ... More >>

Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra: An Evening Under the Stars

Héctor Agüero Jr. takes the baton for the first time as FBSO conductor

Bayousphere

Héctor Agüero Jr. takes the baton for the first time as FBSO conductor

Bayousphere

Héctor Agüero Jr. takes the baton for the first time as FBSO conductor

Homeless in Suburbia

Michael Lyddon slept on this bench at night because he had nowhere else to go. According to elected officials in Fort Bend, though, he doesn't exist

BAKER STREET PUB & GRILL'S

MONICA LEWINSKY

Split Personality

Japaneiro's Sushi Bistro and Latin Grill

Charity Begins at Home

Japaneiro's Sushi Bistro and Latin Grill

Land of Azúcar

Japaneiro’s Sushi Bistro & Latin Grill in Sugar Land certainly is living up to its name

Egg Beaters

The hunt is on

Hey! Finally, A Price Tag For Fort Bend ISD's Grand New Science Center

Photo by antkrizThe deep, dark mystery of just how much it's going to cost to build the proposed Fort Bend school district's elaborate "science center" has been solved -- to a degree.The school board approved a resolution recently that more or less caps the cost at $26 million.And now former Sugar L ... More >>

Top 5 Sweets of Sugar Land

Wrong, but right: Oreo Pizookie​Imperial Sugar may not actually produce sugar in Sugar Land anymore, but even as dust collects on the factory smokestacks and the museum leads tours through the old warehouse, there are still a number of bakeries, breweries and cafes making Sugar Land's namesake ... More >>

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Stop, thief!

Cloud 9ers

​Famous for out-beefing the local competition with their 9-ounce burgers, 9ers is one of those diners that boast a menu of everything under the sun, so long as it's fried. It's not fancy and it's never cool, but if you're going to do something wrong, this is where you go to do it right. Laced ... More >>

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 >>

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

It's raining cats...no, wait, make that fried catfish

Sugar Land Gets Ready To Abase Itself To Google

​Google, which is a company that is web-related (we think), is asking communities around the nation to abase themselves in a competition to get an experimental ultra-high-speed fiber system that can deliver the net at more than one gigabyte a second.That is about twice as fast as a system that del ... More >>

Shogi Hibachi Express

​Google, which is a company that is web-related (we think), is asking communities around the nation to abase themselves in a competition to get an experimental ultra-high-speed fiber system that can deliver the net at more than one gigabyte a second.That is about twice as fast as a system that del ... More >>

Megan Roiz, Young & Recessioned: Not Even A Magician's Assistant Job

​Today's installment of Young & Recessioned features Megan Roiz, a 21-year-old senior at Texas A&M from Sugar Land who is having a tough time finding a part-time job for the summer. The first job I got, I was 16. I've worked at two different pet stores, I did a counselor job for a summer c ... More >>

Sugar Land Picks A Site For Its Minor League Baseball Stadium

Coming to Sugar Land....​Minor league baseball is coming to Sugar Land, and it will be near the old Imperial Sugar factory that gave the city its name.The Sugar Land city council chose from among three options last night on where to build a stadium, and it picked a site near the intersection of Hi ... More >>

Azuma on the Lake

Coming to Sugar Land....​Minor league baseball is coming to Sugar Land, and it will be near the old Imperial Sugar factory that gave the city its name.The Sugar Land city council chose from among three options last night on where to build a stadium, and it picked a site near the intersection of Hi ... More >>

Sugar Land's Baseball Team: And The Finalists For Team Name Are...All Terrifically Bad

Jim Morrison: HUGE in Sugar Land -- who knew?​Sugar Land, as most people who care know, is getting a minor league baseball team and a new stadium to house them.As is part of the textbook for these things, the owners had a contest for suggestions on what the team should be named. Usually they have ... More >>

Sugar Land's Big-Time Minor League Stadium

Illustrations via city of Sugar landNothing minor-league about this​We were gone on vacation last week, so we missed the unveiling, on Sugar Land's municipal website, of the proposed new minor-league stadium. The city is seeking bids on a contractor to build the $30 million facility according ... More >>

It's The Sugar Land Skeeters, Like It Or Not

Talkin' baseball....​Sugar Land's minor league baseball team has a name, and it's one of the three finalists that no one seemed that enthused about. No, it's not the Lizard Kings. It's the Skeeters. Apparently already trademarked and unavailable were the Sugar Land DeLays, the Sugar Land Drac ... More >>

Sugar Land Baseball Stadium Name: You Think You Hated Skeeters?

You are looking (not) LIVE at StarTex Power Field!!!​The people behind the new minor-league baseball team in Sugar Land -- fresh off annoying many people with their choice of "Skeeters" for the team name -- have announced the name of their new $30 million stadium. Fun at the ol' ballpark will ... More >>

New Year's Eve at Sugar Land Town Square

You are looking (not) LIVE at StarTex Power Field!!!​The people behind the new minor-league baseball team in Sugar Land -- fresh off annoying many people with their choice of "Skeeters" for the team name -- have announced the name of their new $30 million stadium. Fun at the ol' ballpark will ... More >>

The Sugar Land Skeeters Gear Has Arrived

Fear the Skeeter!!!​You didn't like the name of Sugar Land's new minor-league team. Maybe you'll like the gear. On the other hand, since it's proudly emblazoned with the Skeeters name, it all may take some getting used to. The Sugar Land Skeeters have begun selling shirts and caps at an onli ... More >>

Comment of the Day: Someone Liked Our Dead Fish Photos

​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 involv ... More >>

Sugar Land Skeeters Go Old-School With Bullpen Cart; Two Classic Options They Could Have Used

Photo by Sugar Land SkeetersYou can't kill this "tradition."​The minor-league Sugar Land Skeeters have announced, not that we noticed, that they will be bringing back the not-so-noble tradition of the baseball-shaped bullpen cart when they start play next year. "The yet-to-be-named cart will ... More >>

Holiday Events This Week at Whole Foods Markets

Photo by Whole Foods MarketI'll take any excuse to try a good Malbec.​Whole Foods Market's Houston and Sugar Land stores are gearing up for the holidays with two in-store events this week: One to get you drunk (a holiday wine tasting) and one to keep you shrunk (a holiday healthy tips event) ... More >>

Openings & Closings: October 2011

Coming soon: Free bitch-slaps for anyone who says, "Meet me at the Finn."​It's been a busy month for restaurant openings, closings, name changes and remodels. Hang onto your coffee cups -- we've got a lot of restaurant news to get through in one post. Openings: BlackFinn American Grille is c ... More >>

Openings & Closings: November 2011

Photo by Amber AmbroseEl Rey closed this week -- but which one?​Remember how busy of a month October was for openings and closings? November was a little slower, but not by much. In upcoming restaurants, one of our favorite bloggers reports that Calliope's is opening a second location of its ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Coming Home to Roost

An inviting patio and good crepes still weren't enough to save La Mia.​This week brings a lot of sad news, so we'll get that out of the way first. Ripping the Band-Aid off and all that... Three restaurants closed this past week, two of which we actually liked. One of them even received a glow ... More >>

Welcome to Sugar Land, Skeeters!! Never Mind About the $24K Worth of Copper Stolen from Your Ballpark!

A warm welcome​The new minor league baseball team the Sugar Land Skeeters got a nice introduction to their hometown over the New Year's weekend when thieves broke into the stadium the team is building and stole $24,000 worth of copper. Life in the big city, fellas. Fox 26 reports that 46 cop ... More >>

New Year's Eve Party at Sugar Land Town Square

A warm welcome​The new minor league baseball team the Sugar Land Skeeters got a nice introduction to their hometown over the New Year's weekend when thieves broke into the stadium the team is building and stole $24,000 worth of copper. Life in the big city, fellas. Fox 26 reports that 46 cop ... More >>