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June 23, 2009
From Prep to Plate: Fajitas at Ninfa's on Navigation
Photo by Troy FieldsRobb Walsh's recent feature on the dubious origins of most fajitas eaten in restaurants today sent Houston Press photographer Troy Fields on an interesting journey to the original Ninfa's on Navigation, to photograph the entire process of prepping their famous fajitas. The meat u ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Mugsy's Juice Box
Photo by Troy FieldsThe new Mugsy's (2239 Richmond, 713-522-7118) is in the building formerly occupied by LZ Pub (RIP). If I had a dime for every night I spent posted up at the corner of the bar at LZ's, I'd have a shitload of dimes. Circa 2002-2003, no weekend bender was complete without at least o ... More >>
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August 5, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Absinthe Brasserie's Vinyl Sunset
Photo by Troy FieldsI don't love the taste of Absinthe, but I do love Absinthe Brasserie (609 Richmond, 713-528-7575). This gig sends me to a lot of bars, but if this isn't the coolest, coziest, most comfortable cocktail lounge in town, I don't know what is. From the dim candlelight and all-a ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Cava Bistro's Southern Belle
Photo by Troy FieldsAlissa, the lovely GM at Cava Bistro (301 Main, 713-223-4068) came up with the idea for the Southern Belle one lazy Sunday afternoon by the pool. See, she and her girlfriends were just chillaxin', catching some rays, and they needed a poolside thirst-quencher. So our hero ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Christian's Tailgate Lunch Box
Photo by Troy FieldsFriday night is karaoke night at Christian's Tailgate (2000 Bagby, 713-527-0261), which can only mean one thing: drunken idiots. To stand up and belt it out in front of a room full of people, most of us need to be seriously soused. Spectators, in order to endure the aur ... More >>
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September 2, 2009
The Davenport's Pistolera
Photo by Troy FieldsSaturday was one of those drinking marathons that cause me to wake up the next day and ask myself questions like, "How old am I, again?," "Why is my wallet in the toilet?" and "How did I break my pants?" Anything worth doing is worth doing to irresponsible excess, right? M ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Lone Star Saloon's Green Demon
Photo by Troy FieldsIt was dangerously close to Tuesday morning, it was raining and I was combing the gutter outside Lone Star Saloon (1900 Travis, 713-757-1616) for a receipt I shouldn't have thrown away. Bartender Kari was helping me look because a) she's gracious, b) it was the merchant co ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Miyako's Lychee-Tini
Photo by Troy FieldsWhen I eat expensive sushi, it's usually at family dinners honoring special occasions — my little brother coming down from Austin for Mom's birthday, my little brother getting out of city lockup, my little brother beating that misdemeanor drug charge. (Lesson learned ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Char Bar's Manhattan
Photo by Troy FieldsBack in 1936, the year Duke's of Hollywood Tailors opened downtown, there were no such things as woo-girls, light beer or house music. Going for a drink meant staking out a stool at a dimly lit bar and ordering a proper cocktail from a man with a white towel draped over hi ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Learning to Share
Photo by Troy FieldsWhen you order the molcajete especial ($10.95) at Taqueria De Jalisco (408 Old Galveston Rd., 713-378-0059), you get two serving dishes, one a plate with guacamole, Spanish rice and refried beans, the other a molcajete — the traditional pestle used to grind spices in ... More >>
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December 30, 2009
Stirred and Shaken: Howl at the Moon's Tennessee Tea
Photo by Troy FieldsThe musical act is the main draw at Howl at the Moon (612 Hadley, 713-658-9700), a dueling-piano bar in Midtown (and in Scottsdale, Charlotte, Baltimore, etc.). The bar features a stable of multi-instrumentalists whose job it is to work the crowd while plunking out up-temp ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Byzantio's Motito
Photo by Troy FieldsSome New Year's resolutions make themselves. After spending 2009's last days staying at a friend's place in New Orleans, where closing time has about as much significance as Who Dat Nation does in Orléans, France, my body was telling me it was time for a booze sabba ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Taps House of Beer's Pear Pleasure
Photo by Troy FieldsCertain Washington Avenue bars achieve a state of near-tolerability around the middle of the week, but I still managed to encounter some weekend conduct on a Tuesday trip to Taps House of Beer (5120 Washington Ave., 281-701-4248). I was getting the bartender's recipe for t ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Doghouse Tavern's Vodka Press
Photo by Troy FieldsWhen you're a captain of industry and all-around master of the universe, sometimes all you desire on a Tuesday night is a peaceful bar where you can meet up with peers and confabulate. Two colleagues and I found such a place in Doghouse Tavern (2517 Bagby, 713-520-1118). T ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: The Next Door's Bend Me Over
Photo by Troy Fields"The best things in life are free, so let your mind and soul be free. Only you can hold yourself back." I was reading that piece of bathroom graffiti at The Next Door (2020 Waugh, 713-520-1712), head twisted toward the wall behind me, when I realized I was nearly pissing o ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: The Big Easy's Origo Malum
Photo by Troy FieldsSitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Yelapa Playa Mexicana's 1800 Express
Photo by Troy FieldsThe man and woman I found hanging out behind my neighbor's shed earlier this week were telling the truth about one thing: It'd be a waste to stay inside on one of the few nice evenings we have left before summer. But I'm not sure they were telling the truth about just want ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: The Gallant Knight's Chocolate Cake
Photo by Troy FieldsMy friend Hassan describes the differences between the new The Gallant Knight (2511 Bissonnet, 713-942-9940) and the old location like this: "It used to be way smaller, and white people would actually dance." She's right — most patrons are out on the patio, drinking ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Orange's Orange Kaipiriña
Photo by Troy FieldsThe World Cup is inspiring because it focuses global consciousness in a way usually reserved for natural disasters and war. It's also inspiring because it often takes place several time zones away and therefore makes it all right for those of us who aren't nurses, cops or ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Sugarcane's Scarlet Letter
Photo by Troy FieldsI took my friend Lee for a cocktail at Sugarcane (1919 Washington Avenue, 713-864-9463) to treat him special in honor of his imminent departure for a summer in Mexico. Normally that situation would call for a well drink and a "see you in September." But he's going to Monte ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Onion Creek's Gin Rickey
Photo by Troy FieldsThe first time I got drunk at a bar was at Fitzgerald's in the Heights. Many years later, I'm sitting at a picnic table and drinking a Gin Rickey down the block at Onion Creek (3106 White Oak Dr., 713-880-0706), thinking about how things are different now. Mainly, I'm not ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: The Ginger Man Pub's Scottish Schwinn
Photo by Troy FieldsThe Ginger Man Pub (5607 Morningside Dr., 713-526-2770) is the misfit at the frat party that is the southeastern corner of Rice Village. Its bigger neighbors, two of which also feature "pub" in their names, make The Ginger Man seem so precious in comparison that I'm forced ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Stirred and Shaken: Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge's Luxetini
Photo by Troy FieldsLucky Strike Lanes & Lounge (1201 San Jacinto, 713-343-3300) is the kind of place where Zac Efron and John Mayer bowl. At least the Lucky Strike in Los Angeles is, according to the framed PR rags mounted over the urinals at the Houston location. So you might not run into a ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Happy Hour at BRC Gastropub
Photos by Troy FieldsSome things at BRC Gastropub -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- can be hit or miss. Even the wonderful mac 'n' cheese, which was named Best Mac and Cheese in this year's Best of Houston® issue, can have performance anxiety. But one thing that isn't hit or miss ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Dahi Puri at Sweet n Namkin
Photos by Troy FieldsStep right up at Sweet n Namkin.This week's cafe review found me at Sweet n Namkin / Salaam Namaste, a dual-sided and jointly-owned Desi restaurant in Meadows Place (also home to favorites BB's Beef & Hot Dog and the yet-to-be-reviewed Suya Hut). On the Salaam Namaste sid ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
An Ethiopian Breakfast at Sheba Cafe
Photos by Troy FieldsWhether you've grown tired of typical breakfast and brunch places, whether you're on the hunt for something exotic and new or whether you are simply interested in seeing traditional breakfast foods in a far different setting, breakfast at Sheba Cafe will suit you to a T. ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
See How It's Done at The Burger Guys
Photos by Troy FieldsOne of the great things about eating at The Burger Guys, the subject of this week's cafe review, is enjoying the open kitchen: the sights, sounds and smells cranking out of the stainless steel-dominated landscape heighten the experience of enjoying your burger so much mor ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
The 10 Best New Restaurants of 2010
Which one of our top 10 restaurants landed a spot in the newest edition of GQ?Trying to select only 10 restaurants out of the dozens that have opened the past year is agonizing. In a good way, of course -- Houston has been fertile ground for innovative and passionate restaurateurs this year. ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
The Best Food Photos of 2010
Photo by Troy FieldsI don't have children, so this analogy is about to make a lot less sense. But choosing photos for the Best Food Photos of 2010 slideshow was like trying to pick a favorite child. (I think.) Regardless, it was difficult. Ever since we've started running slideshows with our ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Pie, Dirt and Pimento Cheese: Food Trends for 2011
Photo by Troy Fields2011 will be the year of the hot dog...among other delights.Back in October, Nation's Restaurant News released their annual list of predicted food trends for 2011. Some items were already cresting the horizon here in Houston two months ago: high-end junk food, one-dish res ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Gaga for Pho Ga (and GIFs)
Photos by Troy FieldsLast year, I wrote about becoming acquainted with pho ga -- chicken pho -- at Pho Ga Dakao. I liked the place so much that, whaddya know, I went ahead and gave it a proper review. You can read all about in this week's print edition, including the free-range chickens (seen ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Supper's On at Natachee's
Photos by Troy FieldsThe open-faced meatloaf sandwich comes with a fried egg on top, inside of an onion ring. It's overkill in the best, most spirited way.I'll be the first to admit when I'm wrong. (Life lesson: It's so much easier that way, kiddos.) And I was wrong about Natachee's Supper 'n ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand...
Photos by Troy Fields...well, you know the rest. At Macondo Latin Bistro -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- I was just as charmed by the fine little dining room as I was the food. I found myself lingering there far longer than was necessary and eagerly planning return visits for br ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
More Than Just Tequila at TQLA
Photos by Troy FieldsNot quite chestnuts roasting on an open fire, but far more delicious.I feel like TQLA -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- hasn't gotten the fairest of shakes. Yes, it's named after a beverage that most people associate with Spring Breaks spent partly in Matamoros ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Houston's Best Patios: The 10 Best to Pretend You're On Vacation
Photo by Taylor LaShaeEl Pueblito, home of Houston's best cabanas.With patio weather season in full swing, Houstonians are absolutely spoiled for places to enjoy the day outside. And sometimes all you know is that you're in the mood for a patio, but can't figure out where to go. So how do you ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Houston's Best Patios: The 10 Best Unexpected Treasures
Photo by GroovehouseGet your tropical drink on at Kata Robata's intimate patio.Over the last four weeks, we have been guiding you around Houston's best patios in several different categories: The best places to catch up with friends The best places to bring the kids The best places to pr ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Low-Cost Lunch at Skewers
Photos by Troy FieldsFill 'er up!Skewers -- the subject of this week's cafe review -- is quickly becoming one of my new favorite lunch spots. The newly renovated Lebanese restaurant offers everything I look for in a lunch hour hideaway: quick service, convenient location, good food and the ab ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Burger Bewilderment (of the Best Kind) at The Counter
Photos by Troy FieldsEvery burger is better with onion rings.Have a blind date coming up? Need to eat dinner with someone who's really bad at making small talk? Eliminate that awkward initial silence by agonizing over the list of burger options at The Counter! I know this sounds like an unus ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Beyond the Bakery: Lebanese Breakfast at Cedars
Photos by Troy FieldsBreakfast here is literally fresh from the oven.In this week's cafe review, we trek out to Richmond and Dunvale to investigate the offerings at Cedars Bakery. Because despite the name, there's much more to enjoy at this Lebanese bakery besides the pita bread. The bakery' ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Waiter, This Soup Is [Supposed to Be] Cold
Photos by Troy FieldsBrasserie 19 knows how to plate a perfect dish...if you'll let them.In the course of dining at Brasserie 19 for this week's cafe review, I noticed a man at the table next to me during lunch send back a piece of perfectly cooked red snapper for being "too raw." My dining c ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Upcoming Events: Tequila at TQLA and Multi-Course Mystery Dinners
Photo by Troy FieldsWhen a place has an agave plant at its entrance, you know what to expect at the bar.If you've been looking for the right opportunity to try TQLA -- which just won our rather specific, yet no less applicable, award for Best Revival of a Genre -- here's the opportunity you'v ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Hidden Treasures
Photo by Troy FieldsScallops and grits at our No. 1 pick.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had heft ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Pho
Photo by Troy FieldsChicken pho ready to go at our No. 3 pick.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Today's VOICE Daily Deal: $12 for $25 at Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen
Photos by Troy Fields The bright colors of the food and the decor at Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen are awfully festive, perfect for a holiday meal, or the gift of one, so today's VOICE Daily Deal is great for the season. For $12, you can get $25 worth of Sylvia Casares's famous enchiladas, a 201 ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Margaritas
Photo by Troy FieldsSo many tequilas, so little sobriety to tackle them all...For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in whic ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Hot Dogs
Photo by Jeff VogtYou can even get sauerkraut on your $1.50 Costco dog!For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the w ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Dive Bars
D&W Lounge. "I know it when I see it." - Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, on correctly identifying pornography. Also applies to dive bars. The dive distinction is complicated. Used to be you could stick a bar in the non-dive phylum if a web jukebox were present. But nowadays there are d ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Martinis
Photo by Jonathan CohenFor the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had hefty competition from other Houston b ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Burgers
Does that burger have Fritos and refried beans on top? Yes. Welcome to Texas.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
5 Surprisingly Sexy Dinners for Valentine's Day
Photo by Troy FieldsFinish dinner with a nightcap of shisha.So you've decided to buck the traditions this year and take your sweetheart somewhere for dinner that won't be an overpriced, overcrowded mess of boring pasta dishes and flourless chocolate cakes. Good on you! Valentine's Day -- or ... More >>
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