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Openings and Closings: KP's Kitchen Bellaire Opens, Berg's New French-European Concept

Openings and Closings: KP's Kitchen Bellaire Opens, Berg's New French-European Concept

Openings and Closings: Late August Arrives, Dozier's Departs

Openings and Closings: Late August Arrives, Dozier's Departs

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Openings and Closings: Little Rey Next Spring, Local Foods Tanglewood Relocates

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Dec 22, 2023

Little Rey, 2345 Mid lane, has announced that its expected time frame for opening is spring 2024. The fast casual Mexican concept from chef/owner Ford Fry was announced this past May. Fry opened its 'favorite cousin' Superica in Houston's Heights neighborhood in 2018 along with an original concept La Lucha...
Openings and Closings: Cocody Debuts Today, Artisans Opens Next Week

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Dec 1, 2023

Cocody Restaurant and Bar, 1971 W, Gray, debuts December 1 in the River Oaks Shopping Center. With a dazzling interior and two skilled chefs at the helm, it promises to be a vibrant addition to the Houston dining scene. The duo behind the chef-driven concept, Lionel Debon and David Denis,...
Openings and Closings: Chef Hori's Katami Opens, Auden Autry Park

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Nov 10, 2023

Katami, 2701 W. Dallas, opened November 7 in Montrose. The eagerly-awaited second Houston restaurant from chef Manabu Horiuchi, better known as Chef Hori, is a culinary partnership between the four-time James Beard Award-nominated Japanese chef and business partner Yun Cheng. The duo are the brains and talent behind the highly-acclaimed...
BBQ Cookoff at Hotel ZaZa Yields Tasty Sliders

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Sep 19, 2023

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2024 may still be a few months off but participants in the culinary extravaganzas that accompany the ginormous Western-themed festival are already preparing for the cookoffs and feasts ahead of time. Last week, the Hotel ZaZa Memorial hosted several chefs and pit masters to...
Andiron: The Wait is Over

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Apr 19, 2023

For fans of meat cooked over live fire, the much-anticipated Andiron, from Sambrooks Management Company, has finally arrived. Today, in fact. Beginning at 4 p.m., the restaurant will open for cocktails, with dinner service starting at 5 p.m. Owner and founder Michael Sambrooks, the force behind such Houston favorites as...
Bobby Brown Brings A New Flavor To Houston

By DeVaughn Douglas
Apr 3, 2023

Houston is a food center in the south and, arguably, becoming one of the nation’s culinary destinations. A person can find almost any type of food in the city if they know where to look. In 2022 Wallethub placed the city on its list of Best Foodie Cities in America...
Openings and Closings: Graffiti Raw Debuts, Local Table's Flagship Reopens

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jan 27, 2023

Graffiti Raw, 1001 California, opened this week at Montrose Collective. It's the fourth concept from The Big Vibe Group, a hospitality brand owned and operated by veteran restaurateur Grant Cooper, wife Jacy Cooper and their business partner Joseph Prats. The group also operates Coppa Osteria, Gratify and FLORA, sister concepts...
Thanksgiving 2022: Gobble Gobble To-Go

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Nov 10, 2022

This Thanksgiving some Houstonians will venture out to one of Houston's many restaurants for their holiday celebration. Others will sweat it out in their kitchens trying to make the perfect meal for a huge extended family. While many of us still enjoy getting our friends and family together in our...
First Look: Cherry Block Stomping Grounds

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Nov 3, 2022

Houston has a multitude of new retail and dining destinations opening every day so it can be hard to settle upon where to go for lunch or a quick bite. There are downtown food halls, suburban plazas and repurposed structures doubling as dining and workspace destinations everywhere it seems. That's...
Openings and Closings: EZ's Liquor Lounge Opens, Pit Room Expands to Memorial City

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 28, 2022

The Pit Room, 10301-A Katy Freeway, has signed a lease for a second location in Memorial City. The expansion comes from Sambrooks Management Company which operates the original location of The Pit Room at 1201 Richmond. The hand-crafted BBQ concept first opened in Montrose in 2016. SMC also owns and...
Southern Smoke Festival's Return a Huge Success

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 25, 2022

Southern Smoke Festival 2022 ended its three-day chefapalooza this past Sunday and the Southern Smoke Foundation now has an extra $1.62 million to add to its coffers, meaning more funds for mental health care and emergency relief aid for people in the food and beverage industry in Houston and across...
Chefs For Farmers: Inaugural Houston Visit

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 5, 2022

Festival season is underway in Houston and no group of people is happier than the wining and dining culinary set. Every Houston weekend in autumn is chock full of wine tastings, foodie feasts and Oktoberfests. This year, a new event has debuted. Chefs For Farmers made its inaugural Houston premiere...
Openings and Closings: Cherry Block Smokehouse Opens, North Italia Woodlands Soon

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Sep 9, 2022

Cherry Block Smokehouse, 1223 W. 34th, opened September 7 in Garden Oaks at the Stomping Grounds. This new smokehouse comes from Felix Florez who was the force behind the now-shuttered Cherry Block Craft Butcher's at Bravery Chef Hall. Cherry Block left the food hall in January 2021, opening Cherry Block...
Openings and Closings: Orleans Seafood Fulshear, Killen's Barbecue Cypress

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Aug 26, 2022

Orleans Seafood Kitchen, 6230 FM 1463, opened in Fulshear August 25. It's the second location for the Cajun restaurant from Houstonians Chance Comstock and Marcus Payavla. The duo opened the first Orleans in Katy in 2008. The business partners met in 1993 while working in a local restaurant, all the...
Openings and Closings: Greg Gatlin's New Resto, Brisket Bar-BQ Closing

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jun 3, 2022

Gatlin’s Fins & Feathers, 302 W. Crosstimbers, will open in late June in the space which formerly housed Herrera's Mexicatessen Restaurant. Located in Independence Heights, Greg Gatlin's new concept will pay homage to Gulf Coast comfort cuisine and the neighborhood where Gatlin grew up, channeling the sense of community he...
Openings and Closings: Bosscat Kitchen Woodlands, Loro Rice Village

By Lorretta Ruggiero
May 13, 2022

Bosscat Kitchen & Libations, 9595 Six Pines, will open its second Houston location in The Woodlands this fall. Located at Market Street, it joins the first Houston Bosscat which opened in February 2017 at 4310 Westheimer. The concept was founded by John "JT" Reed and Leslie Nguyen in Newport Beach,...
Openings and Closings: Heights and Co. Opens Soon, Sonoma Heights Will Depart

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Apr 29, 2022

Heights & Co., 1343 Yale, will debut May 5. This will be the third concept for Brian Doke, owner of Savoir and the recently opened and adjacent speakeasy-style steakhouse, Patton's. The new neighborhood bar, located at the corner of Yale and 14th, will be located directly across the street from...
Openings and Closings: Goode Co. Barbeque NW Reopens, Benjy's Upstairs Transforms

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Apr 1, 2022

Goode Co. Barbeque, 20102 Northwest Freeway, reopens April 1. For the past two years, the location has been on hiatus due to the pandemic. Now, the restaurant is firing up the smokers once again to serve Houstonians its famous barbecue and from-scratch sides and desserts. The Goode family has been...
Houston Rodeo Gold Buckle Foodie Awards 2022

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Mar 2, 2022

Houstonians are thrilled by the return of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. This year marks its 90th anniversary and celebrations have been in full force with the Rodeo Uncorked Best Bites, the Bar-B-Cue Contest and Tuesday, the Gold Buckle Foodie Awards. We had the opportunity to sit with a...
Openings and Closings: Loro Houston Soon, Wild Oats to Sow Now

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Feb 11, 2022

Loro, 1001 W. 11th, opens February 23 in the Heights. This is the third location for the Asian smokehouse and bar, a culinary partnership between James Beard Award-winning chef and pitmaster Aaron Franklin and James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole. Its other two locations are in Austin and Dallas. Loro...