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Match the Anticipated Crowds For Selected RodeoHouston Concerts

This week's RodeoHouston lineup announcement officially kicked off 2013 for Houston's party people and rodeo fans. The lineup is dependable as always, with your standard country acts, classic-rockers, kiddie-pop acts, R&B, and norteño offerings making up the month of music. Sadly, once again this ... More >>

First Look at Nosh, Which Hosted Its Grand Opening Last Week

If you haven't yet heard of Nosh Bistro -- the new restaurant offering South and Southeast Asian-style shared plates in Upper Kirby -- prepare yourself. Last week's grand opening party will undoubtedly have tongues wagging. Located next to Taco Cabana just north of the Southwest Freeway on Kirby, N ... More >>

Houston's 10 Best Late-Night Dining Options

Good morning, sunshine. Did you have a long night? I hope not; it's only Thursday. Get ahold of yourself, man. Those long nights should be reserved for Friday and Saturday wee-small-hours-of-the-morning-type deals; mid-week debauchery is so 1990s. Regardless of when you're staying up super late (or ... More >>

Unidentified Men Shot in Taco Cabana Parking Lot, Bayou Body Count Nos. 93 & 94

Two unidentified males were fatally wounded when a suspect shot them outside a Taco Cabana at 11305 Clay Road at about 7:50 p.m. Monday night. Witnesses report one of the victims was speaking with an unknown male suspect -- described only as a Hispanic male with a fade haircut and a beard. Witnesse ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: KFC, Pizza Buffets and the Wok of Shame

We're going to start with a tale from fast food. The KFC at 6505 Hillcroft had a pretty good inspection -- the only issues the city turned up were floors not in good repair and not enough light in working areas. That's nice and all, but according to our mom, who worked at a KFC when she was in high ... More >>

"Kirby-side" Chicken Pick-Up Now Available at Haven

I know the parking situation around Haven has been a bit of a nightmare lately. Just as the construction on Kirby finally ceased, new "breastaurant" Twin Peaks opened up and unleashed its often obnoxious clientele upon the small parking area shared by Haven, Cafe Japon, Taco Cabana and a small bank. ... More >>

Recasting The Geto Boys From Houston's Under-25 Ranks

​So here's how this happened: Thursday night, while prepping the next installment Houston Press Underground Rap Awards, which we were planning on featuring in this space at this exact moment, a side note for an award spiderwebbed into a way-too-long e-conversation with several people that wa ... More >>

Fast Times: Fajitas Puebla Tacos At Taco Cabana

Don't gotta tell me twice. ​Oh, Taco C, how I love thee. Maybe it's because I lived off Taco Cabana tortillas and queso in college; every great night at the square or float down the river in San Marcos ended with a trip to TC. Drunk, sober or hungover, it hits the spot. So when I saw an ad f ... More >>

25 Signs That You Aren't From Houston

That's right, you're not from Houston​Earlier this week Arturo Valdes was pulled over for speeding down the West Loop feeder road in the City of Bellaire. After finding "irregularities" with his registration (probably something other than a Bellaire or West U address), Bellaire cops called in ... More >>

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Sopapillas at Taco Cabana

​Last Tuesday, Taco Cabana gave away free sopapillas. "Free what?!" asked a man at the next table, when the manager offered to bring him an order. No wonder Taco Cabana was giving them away; how can you sell something if customers don't know what it is? I wouldn't have a clue, either, excep ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Fast Times

"Islands made of cheese / And a sushi bar / Health inspectors say / That there's nothin' wrong..."​Fast food can be hard to resist. It's just so convenient and satisfyingly self-destructive. Plus, corporations put chemicals in that stuff to give you physical cravings for their processed crap. ... More >>

Who Are You? Songs Commonly Attributed To The Wrong Artists

​Last week, after the tragic, alcohol-fueled passing of Jackass hero Ryan Dunn, Rocks Off at Taco Cabana wearing a promotional shirt for The Hangover II that we stole borrowed from the office here at the Press. As we were loading our hands with condiment containers, a guy came up to us and sai ... More >>

Taco Cabana's Brisket Tacos

​I have a soft spot for Taco Cabana -- I just love the soft tacos there.  So when I heard that Taco Cabana is offering its hickory-smoked brisket tacos for a limited time, I felt a flurry of mixed emotion and speculation.  Would they have the overpowering, somewhat offensive flavor of l ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

"That ice machine is looking pristine, bro."​You know what Jesus was doing around Easter? Getting crucified and coming back from the dead to hang out in the Middle East instead of in paradise with his dad, for some reason. You can learn about the first part of this in Mel Gibson's The Passion ... More >>

Ghosts of SXSWs Past: Justice, Glasvegas, Monotonix...

Craig Hlavaty​This year marks the fourth year Craig's Hlist has covered SXSW in Austin for the Houston Press, from the days when we had to shoot all of our own shows, had neither Facebook nor Twitter, and slogged through the day mostly drunk. It's a far cry from now, when we are glued to our p ... More >>

Kirko Bangz Debuts New Mixtape, Makes Women Excited

Photos courtesy of Hybrid Marketing & MediaBun B (left) and Tuesday's guest of honor​Kirko Bangz is, at the moment, the most commercially viable option within the New Houston Collective. Tuesday night, he released his DJ Drama cosigned mixtape, Procrastination Kills 3, and hosted a mixer at SF ... More >>

Odd Pair: Taco Cabana's Shrimp Tampico Quesadilla & Pinot Gris

​I hate to admit that when Taco Cabana announces the return of the Shrimp Tampico quesadillas, happy little butterflies begin to float in my tummy. It's embarrassing, ridiculous and, sadly true. Though I'd tried all week to fight the urge and seek out healthier food offerings, I found myse ... More >>

On the Menu: Taco Cabana's Burrito vs. Bowl

​Recently, I received some kind words from a reader regarding my favorite fast food chicken dish, Taco Cabana's #4 combo (stewed chicken burrito, with chips and queso). jacobG wrote: "Kevin, for the love of God, please find another subject to write about. You clearly know absolutely nothing ... More >>

Top 5: Fast Food Chicken Dishes Done Right

You can't beat the Whatachicken.​When I indulge in fast food, you can generally count on me ordering something chicken. Here are my top five. 5. Hartz's Fried Chicken First off, I hate fast food fried chicken (think KFC buckets), but given the title of the piece, felt obligated to include at ... More >>

All-You-Can-Eat Pupusas in Bellaire

​Sweet fancy Jesus. That was the first thing that ran through my mind as I was driving down Bellaire -- on my way to a different restaurant entirely -- and saw Pupusa Buffet instead. A whole buffet? Of pupusas? I had to stop. Pupusa Buffet (5920 Bellaire) is a no-frills pupuseria in a part o ... More >>

Friday Meal Deals

​Today, July 30, is National Cheesecake Day. In observance of this special day, The Cheesecake Factory is offering each dine-in customer a slice of any cheesecake at half price. Unfortunately, any slices after the first will be at original price. On Tuesday, August 3 from 5 to 8 pm, Whatabur ... More >>

Late Night Food Face-Off: Drive-Thru Breakfast Tacos

Whataburger.​I was recently craving a breakfast taco when I found myself literally caught in the crossroads between Whataburger and Taco Cabana. So I did what any good food blogger would do and decided to get a potato, egg and cheese breakfast taco from both. My first stop was Whataburger. T ... More >>

Nostalgic in Houston: The Foods of Our Youth

cybertoadYou can still get the fish at Luby's...​Twenty-five years ago I was a wee elementary school lass who liked to watch Goonies, play Legos, and eat raw gelatin off my finger at swim meets. Life was easy back then - We got our sloppy joes from the cafeteria lunch lady and our Frito pies a ... More >>

Dinner for Two at Rice University's Farmer's Market

​Let's say it's a Tuesday evening and you've got a hot date, but your wallet has nothing but a maxed out credit card and a shabby $20 bill. You could go to McDonald's or maybe even Taco Cabana if you're feeling really fancy, but we suggest heading down to the Tuesday-night Farmer's Market on U ... More >>

The 5 Smelliest Foods You Should Never Bring to the Office

Photo courtesy of Passive-Aggressive Notes​Two things happened this week that predicated this post. Number one: We brought a vegetable tray to our weekly staff meeting. This was onerous enough in and of itself, as the Houston Press staffers are accustomed to chips and cookies of indeterminate ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

God, there could be anything in there. You first. No, please, we insist. Let us know if it's filled with spiders, because that means we're having that stupid nightmare again.​ Welcome back to the weekly round-up here at Eating Our Words, where we've built a little fort out of our vast stockpil ... More >>

Late Night Scene: Taco Cabana

Photo by rpongsaj​Okay, confession: It's been years since I went to a Taco Cabana without the aid of a much-needed designated driver. But the bell tolls for all of us, and tonight it's my turn to drunk-sit and someone else's turn to drag me there for tortillas and queso. Walking into the Kir ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

They run a great coffee shop, but the ambiance suffers a little from all the squished mushrooms and empty turtle shells lying around.​ Welcome back to the weekly round-up here at Eating Our Words, where we have a lovely bouquet and notes of walnut and oak in our boldly earthy flavor. Efferves ... More >>

Coming To The Corner Of Westheimer & Montrose: Something Not Too Exciting

​The former Taco Cabana at the high-profile intersection of Westheimer and Montrose has been sitting empty for a while, but now it looks like it will be reborn.The folks at Swamplot are speculating the building will become a Smoothie King; we couldn't reach the actual king himself, but a spokesman ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

Photo by Robb WalshWow. I'm actually intimidated... by a hamburger. What's the first thing you'd like to hear about on a Monday? Personally, a great Monday morning, to me, is when you find out there's a new bar in town serving carefully crafted cocktails. Katharine Shilcutt interviewed the proprieto ... More >>

Making Change on Montrose

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt Vaya con dios, Taco CabanaThe intersection of Montrose and Westheimer is nothing if not mutable.  From being a sleepy residential neighborhood in the 1920s to the 40s to a run-down hangout for drug addicts and rough types in the 1970s and early 80s to a hav ... More >>

Hobby Airport, Kicking Some Customer-Service Ass

Photo by Annie MoleAirports Council International has recently confirmed what Hair Balls already knew: Houston Hobby is one of the best mother-effin' airports in the world! William P. Hobby Airport was recognized in the ACI's Airport Service Quality Awards as one of the five top-performing airports ... More >>

How About Some SXSW Day Parties? A LOT of SXSW Day Parties?

We here at Rocks Off are only about a week away from chafed inner thighs, weird Japanese punk bands puking in hotel pools and sweating out our morning mojitos while walking to an art space off 4th Street. South By Southwest is now only a week away. It was all fun and games in December when we w ... More >>

SXSW: Fourteen Bands in Eight Hours

The Trial of the Galveston Cat Killer

The Houston 100: From Sir Douglas Quintet to Guy Clark

There's No Place Like Home

Especially when you're eating at Montrose Diner, where the food's subpar and the wait's long

Succulent Suckling

Down on the Corner

An evening with the workers and players at Montrose and Westheimer

Funeral Blues

Three local music figures are cut down in one week

Money and Masa

A few words with underground rapper/tamale kingpin Chingo Bling

Racing for Slackers

Cyclists of all types hit the trail to raise money for MS research

Sacred Blues

Blues 2 Joy writes a new testament for the devil's music

Readers' Choice Winners

A Swift Shift in the Pants

Cafe? On Aisle One.

At some supermarkets the question is, why wait to get home before you eat?

Back to Nature

Redwood Grill gets down to basics in an original way

Diner's Notebook

Tip Sheet

Don't Laugh At a Legend Roky Erickson emerges from the cacophony with his first new album in a decade