Tabasco Pepper Sauce

Chef Chat, Part 1: Travis Lenig of Liberty Kitchen, On Leaving Fine Dining for Comfort Food, and Eating Foods with Lots of Heat

This is the first part of a three-part chef chat series. Come back to read parts two and three in this same space Thursday and Friday. Every single time I've been to Liberty Kitchen in the Heights, it's packed. There's something about the space -- the decor, the layout, the smooth sleek lines of th ... More >>

Here, Eat This

A beginner's guide to Argentine cuisine.

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 "Fancy" Food Trucks

Talk about an agonizing list to write. Houston food trucks have never been more clever, more inventive or more consistently enjoyable than they are right now. (The most recent sold-out Haute Wheels food truck festival can surely attest to that.) A few years of winnowing out dilettantes since the fir ... More >>

Deer Lease Chic at LA Bar

LA Bar offers comfortable food and surroundings, especially for men who like sports, hunting, fishing and golf.

The First Oysters of the Season at Danton's

While Gulf appellation oysters aren't here quite yet, I couldn't help myself from indulging in some fat Gulf beauties during last week's cold snap. Drizzly and rainy equals perfect oyster-eating weather, in my opinion, as it's exactly these the two meteorological qualities which are responsible for ... More >>

Underdogs and Juggernauts

The 10 best new restaurants of 2012.

The 10 Best New Houston Restaurants of 2012

If I had to pick one word to describe the mad, exciting rush of restaurant activity that's defined 2012, it would be this: exhilarating. Followed closely by: exhausting. Trying to keep up with every single new restaurant that's flung open its doors exuberance -- welcoming the city's burgeoning food ... More >>

Rouxpour: Gumbo and Bros

Despite rowdy crowds and inconsistent cooking, Cajun joint shows real promise.

100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 22, Gumbo at Danton's

This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

CFS and a Cigarette

City Cafe, an old-school diner in South Houston, still turns out a stellar breakfast.

The Roughest Catch: Ike Jime on the Gulf Coast, Part 1 of 4

Photos by GroovehouseCaptain Barry Irwin prepares to set out from Aransas Pass for the day on the La Victoria, a commercial trawler. See more photos from the expedition in our slideshow.​"I don't eat bait," growls Captain Barry Irwin, pointedly ignoring the plate of raw bonito being offered to ... More >>

The Change-Up

Pissing Their Lives Away

Austin's Hilah Cooking!

Isn't it funny what you can discover when you're dicking around on YouTube? For example, we came across a clip of a blond-haired, Lisa Kudrow-looking woman ranting about how her roommate has been stealing her ketchup from their refrigerator. This is particularly hilarious not only because it appe ... More >>

Gourmet Guys

The milkshakes may come with bacon and the burgers with foie gras, but there's no pretension here.

Simple Plan

Chef Randy Evans's idea for a "seasonal kitchen" at Haven mostly succeeds.

Game Time: The Longhorn Network -- A Few Programming Ideas

Tonight at 8: Bevo Gone Wild​I often think how cool it must have been to have the first fast-food restaurant in a given town. You plunk down your McDonald's, start flipping about a thousand burgers an hour (quantity over quality when you're that busy), and watch the money roll in.And then Bu ... More >>

True to the 'Trose

Colorful eatery Canopy is becoming a neighborhood fixture.

Roast Beef and Fried Rice

Calliope's turns out authentic New Orleans food with an Asian twist

Bombay Salad and Colossal Shrimp at King's Inn

THE HIDEOUT'S BLOODY MARIA

Keep Houston Weird: Dry Creek Café

It's a great place to hang out

TILA'S

MICHELADA

The Pacific Ocean Grill

The seafood is succulent and the scene is somnolent at Joyce's new joint on Westheimer

Fried in the Heights

At Barbecue Inn, the 'cue is tasty, but the fried chicken rocks

Summer Breakfast Strategy

Waffling is one of the hot-weather defenses dished up at the venerable Frank's Grill

Dark Riders

The good, the bad and the ugly rock-star performance contracts

Too Small for the Two of 'Em

A nasty divorce forces a UH dean's departure

Letters

Bliss at Bayou City

The seafood-and-pasta joint doesn't put on airs. And doesn't need to.

Cher Thing

The Zydeco Louisiana Diner doesn't stand on ceremony

South of the Sabine

The Sunset Tea Room gives way to some new ideas about old-fashioned food

Seafood Special

Connie's Market Seafood makes "You buy, we fry" an invitation to something marvelous