Upper Kirby

The Eating...Our Words 100: Yilmaz "Jim" and Deanna Dukuyucu, Husband-and-Wife Owners of Turquoise Grill

Who they are: Turquoise Grill has received many awards for its Turkish cuisine over the years. It was chosen as the Best Mediterranean in Houston by the Houston A List and was recently named as one of the top 10 restaurants in the Upper Kirby area here at Eating...Our Words. Owner Yilmaz "Jim" Dok ... More >>

Houston's Top 10 Dance Clubs

10. CLUB TROPICANA If the word alone makes you thirsty, you can quench that parched palate at Tropicana every weekend. Now's your chance to try out those dance moves you learned in Zumba class, or coax your quiet friend into shaking her "bum bum." Tropicana is known for its great Latin music, and Sa ... More >>

Let's Get Greasy

The 10 best fried chicken joints in Houston.

Rest(aurants) In Peace: Notable Closings of 2012

Some restaurants just couldn't wait for the Mayan apocalypse on December 21, 2012 and decided to implode all on their own, while other restaurants simply expired of old age and waning interest in a city that's constantly chasing after the next big thing. Instead of a toast to the restaurants we'll ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Goodbye, Goldfish and Hello, Caballo

As our own Josh Justice hinted at in last week's round-up of jinxed restaurant locations, there is indeed a steakhouse moving into the old La Strada spot on Westheimer. According to a press release that went out this week, La Casa del Caballo -- the second location of "the most internationally popu ... More >>

Uncommonly Keen

The 10 best restaurants in the Upper Kirby district.

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 >>

Health Department Roundup: (Mostly) Upper Kirby Edition

We'll start this week with some nice news. Former owner Hank Wiggins died December 31, but things are still moving at Hank's Ice Cream (9291 S. Main). A recent inspection turned up zero violations. We tried to make ice cream once. It tasted like flavored gas-station coffee creamer and rock salt. Han ... More >>

The City of Z

Zanzibar blends hip-hop with occasional poetry for a proper Wednesday evening.

Health Department Roundup

Did somebody say Upper Kirby?​The list of inspection reports for this week is hundreds deep. We have no idea what happened that allowed city employees to get that much done in the matter of days. On Halloween alone there were more than 100 reports entered. (Apparently October 31 is not a city ... More >>

Night of the Living Dead

A former funeral home anchors Houston's next nightlife nexus.

Little Haus on Upper Kirby

Sixteen years in, Hans' Bierhaus is as good as ever.

Top 10 Restaurants in Upper Kirby

​Let's leave aside a second some of the things we hate about the Upper Kirby district -- the bizarre desire to forge a connection with the U.K. based solely on sharing the same initials and installing anachronistic red phone booths on random street corners, the fact that Kirby itself is always ... More >>

Places That Are Open -- Constantly Updated

The Kirby Trees Are Gone

Non Mall Shopping Adventures

Shopping adventures

Best Blues Club

The Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club

Dish

Ale House Brawl

Wong's War on a Reggae Club

Are the problems traffic and parking, or just the color of the customers?

Mr. S.O.B.

Rick's CEO Robert Watters wants to make sexually oriented businesses respectable. So why, in his adopted hometown, does he get no respect?