White Oak

Top 10 Bars, Clubs & Ice Houses In Greater Heights

As our sister blog Eating Our Words does, from time to time Rocks Off will be giving your our picks for the top taverns in various Houston-area neighborhoods. Of course the lines can be porous, but here anything with a TABC license that can not reasonably be considered either a restaurant or a live- ... More >>

So Delicious, a Caveman Could Eat It

Paleo-friendly restaurant menus abound in Houston.

Openings & Closings: Coltivare Trying to Cultivate Community Support

Two new establishments looking to make a positive impact in the Heights have been stymied by the same foe in the last few months: variance request issues. Both the upcoming Coltivare from Revival Market team Morgan Weber and Ryan Pera as well as the under-construction brewery Town in City Brewing wa ... More >>

Praise the Lord and Pass the Pints

Houston's 10 best beer bars

Where to Eat During Lent 2013: 40 Days of Meatless Meals, Vegetables & Fish

Lenten season is upon us. Many people have decided to give up something that they love in their lives, and most of the time that something ends up being food or drink. I'm talking about beer, chocolate, candy, coffee and meat. Devout Catholics also abstain from meat throughout the Lent season, so, ... More >>

Ken Bridge Opening New Cantina Concept at White Oak and Studewood

I am convinced that Ken Bridge has figured out a way to subsist on thousands of micro-naps during the day, like Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock. It's the only way I can think of how Bridge must manage the handful of restaurant concepts he's successfully grown throughout Houston. His company, Delicious Conce ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Del Frisco's, Sylvia's, Underbelly and More

Underbelly and Hay Merchant (1100 Westheimer) apparently get two-for-one deals because they share a butcher shop and their kitchens touch. (Touch more like this, less like this.) Either way, an inspector turned up just one violation during a visit last week - food stored in unclean or uncovered cont ... More >>

Top Shelf Shorts

Okay, Better, Best

9 Cool & Cheap Things To Do This Weekend

Dozens of local rock, blues, jazz, folk and jam acts take over Dan Electro's Guitar Bar in the Heights for the completely free annual South by Due East festival, tonight through Monday. Door times are 5 p.m. Tonight and Monday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. DJ duo Ceeplus Bad Knives and Mr. Castillo ... More >>

The Coitus Plays

Mall Mixologists

There's a bar in the Galleria. It is excellent. Is your mind blown?

Motel Tropicana

Your Wallet's New Mortal Enemy: Heights Vinyl On White Oak

Photos By Craig Hlavaty​The scene was bustling at Heights Vinyl on Saturday, as Houston's newest record store opened it's doors with complementary beer, DJs and bands, and crates of great vinyl to sift through. The store's location on White Oak, just yards from Fitzgerald's and all the new r ... More >>

Health Department Roundup

The original WKDHMM​Some familiar places in the roundup today. Which, of course, isn't really a good thing. The Counter (4601 Washington) didn't have a -- gasp, pearl-clutch -- heat-measuring device to test the temperature of the final rinse of its dishwashing machine. Oh, and also, "Poisonou ... More >>

Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution: Proposed Houston Noise Ordinance Would Ticket Venues Without The Use Of Sound Meters

If you like your music loud -- legally loud -- you might think about heading to City Council this week. The council will be considering revisions to the city's noise ordinance, the most controversial of which is a provision that says police can hand out tickets even if they don't have a sound meter ... More >>

Republic Day

Heights Vinyl Prepares To Plant Its Flag

Photos by Marc BrubakerSuite D of this White Oak strip center will house Houston's next record store.​Houston vinyl enthusiasts will soon have a new spot to score their drug of choice. Avid collectors may have come across notices advertising a "Big Pre-Opening 45 Sale" for a mysterious locale ... More >>

Ingredient of the Week: Duck Breast

Photo by John SuhHe ate it with some veggies. I ate mine straight up.​Last week, I discussed my latest addiction to Revival Market's duck. This week, I bring you the duck dish itself. What is it? Part of the poultry family, duck is fattier and and thus more succulent than its cousin, the ch ... More >>

Openings & Closings: June 2011

Photo by Katharine ShilcuttAssorted macarons from Petite Sweets.​This is a good time to live in Houston, folks. Never forget it. A week so filled with restaurant openings that it requires three pages (yes, I'm warning you in advance) to discuss should be proof enough of this fact. News that T ... More >>

Killer Joe

Openings & Closings

The rendering is now real.​Two long-awaited Houston restaurants are finally ready for their close-ups. El Real Tex-Mex Cafe, which will open for dinner service tonight, and Mai's, which will open next month after a 14-month closure due to a devastating fire. All week long, the parking lot has ... More >>

Openings & Closings

Still one of my favorite photos. Welcome back, Leon's.​More great news for the Heights this week as it was announced that D'Amico's Italian Market has set its sights on White Oak Boulevard for its second location. The popular restaurant has been operating at 5510 Morningside in Rice Village si ... More >>

The Vibrators

King Lear

Shakespeare goes heavy metal

Happy Hour Scene: King Biscuit

​The Place: King Biscuit1606 White Oak Dr. 713-861-2328www.thekingbiscuit.comThe Hours: Monday through Friday, 3-7 p.m.The Deals: Bud Light and Lone Star drafts are $2, and other select drafts are 75 cents cheaper than normal. Well drinks are $4. The Scene: A happy hour for us, when we haven't ... More >>

I Heart the OC...Pizza

​If you have never tried the OC pizza at Onion Creek on White Oak, do yourself a favor head over there pronto and indulge in one of my favorite things on offer there. Imagine the best Stouffer's French Bread pizza in the world and then turn it up to 11.

Just a Few Feet Away

You never know who you'll meet--or who's already met you

Late Night Eats: Onion Creek

​ Up Onion Creek without a paddle! In search of a cool patio to relax and hang out with some friends we settled on Onion Creek (3106 White Oak). They always have cool beer specials, like $2 Red Stripes on Thursday, and we walked into a $1 Pearl beer trap. And what goes better with cheap beer ... More >>

Go Ask Alice

In the north end of the Heights, the Tall Texan gets it just about right.

Doomsday Wrestling: Free Cake!

Announcer Tex Lonestar is ready for a piece of the action

A N00b Runs the Houston Chevron Half-Marathon

Photos by Jason McElweenie / Click here for a slideshowRunners in the marathon, some of whom dressed like Disney characters.​Every January for the last several years I have stood on a curb along Allen Parkway, cheering for my friends in the early hours of a Sunday as they competed in the Chevr ... More >>

Doomsday vs. The Economy

Wrestlers face tough times - with a vengeance

Tonight: Windsor Drive EP Release at Fitzgerald's

Windsor Drive Bridges EP www.myspace.com/windsordrive The second EP, Bridges, from local indie darlings Windsor Drive (currently signed to Ping Pong Music) drops this Saturday at what promises to be a spectacular show. Luckily, Rocks Off managed to snag an advanced copy in electronic form so ... More >>

Improv Night at Fitzgerald’s

All the bar’s a stage

Tonight: Bayou Monster at Fitzgerald's

Bayou Monster The Rising www.myspace.com/bayoumonster Bayou Monster has the blues-rock formula down; now it’s time to do something with it. The local quartet’s debut The Rising makes up in talent what it lacks in originality. Throaty, yearning vocals lamenting about “baby being gone” ... More >>

White Linen Night in the Heights

Check out the latest offerings from area restaurants, businesses and galleries

The Almeda-Genoa Icehouse Crawl

Two Outta Three Ain't Bad

Cinco de Año

Felipe Galván y Sus Carnales celebrate the fifth of January — because why not?

5 Wines That Will Blow Your Mind

Jimmie's Place

Willie Nelson stories and shoeshines at Jimmie's

Houston Press Street Team

St. Patrick's Day Guide

SPOOKY SPOTLIGHT

The Houston Press guide to all things Halloween

Best Neighborhood Spot in the Heights

Out of Control

The City of Houston requires developers in the floodplain to elevate and mitigate -- build houses on higher ground and dig detention ponds for runoff. Except, not always.

Best Use of Taxpayer Dollars

Buffalo Bayou revitalization

Not Worth A Dam

Clear Creek is on the rise, and local flood-protection methods have been helpless against it. Soggy residents, tired of being perpetual victims, are ready for a fight.

Press Picks

Baryshnikov's Baby

White Oak may be billed as a group project, but there's no question who's the star