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Balls Out Burger Takes a Streamlined Approach to its Signature Dish

By Nicholas Hall
Nov 7, 2017

My wife and kids have a new favorite joke. It's pretty simple, really. They wait until I'm eating, and then they photograph me, jaw unhinged and gaping like some deathly creature. I've been self-conscious about how I look while eating ever since they started, and rarely more so then when...
Attention Please: Xochi Has Snapped into Clear Focus Quickly, Beautifully and in Exciting Fashion

By Nicholas Hall
Aug 1, 2017

"I never thought I liked mole.” That’s what my wife keeps telling people after eating at Xochi. It was the mole amarillo that shifted things for her. It came in a small white bowl, nestled next to three of its brethren, in a mole tasting ordered at dinner late one...
Kitchen 713 Does Global Soul Food in a Particularly Houston Manner

By Nicholas Hall
Jul 18, 2017

We arrived at Kitchen 713 as the edges of Tropical Storm Cindy teased the city, pleated gusts of rain making us hesitate just at the edge of the causeway from the parking garage. We paused, waiting for a break in the rain before making the short dash to the door...
Cage Match

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By Nicholas Hall
Aug 9, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, in a three-way tag-team cage match, it's Houston's Battle of the Sexual-Identity Stereotypes! That's right, folks, starting Saturday, it's an all-out war of the prefixes! Jägermeister will be spilt, flannel torn and glitter scattered in the breeze! Epithets will be...
L.L. Cooper

L.L. Cooper performs Thursday, July 19, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh, 713-521-0521. Big Swifty also performs.

By Nicholas Hall
Jul 19, 2007

Despite their Houston Press "Best New Act" nomination, L.L. Cooper boasts considerable local experience. Namesake guitar-slinger Larry Cooper and bassist Jeff Enlow previously lent their chops to scene stalwart Lisa Novak. Rick Thompson spent a good decade handling keyboards and guitars for Moses Guest before signing on, and all this...

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