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Openings & Closings: Coastal Crossing Crosses Over

By Katharine Shilcutt
Oct 19, 2012

Two of our favorite late-night destinations have been split apart from one another, thanks to the sale of the strip center at Westheimer and Locke Lee Lane: Genji and Friends Pizzeria. Genji moved a few weeks back to a new location at 11124 Westheimer (near Wilcrest) and is still the...
100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 73, X-Tudo Burger at Friends Pizzeria

By Katharine Shilcutt
Jun 19, 2012

This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least once...
Health Department Roundup: Nidda and Friends

By Blake Whitaker
Jun 8, 2012

You know what'd be interesting? Seeing a Health Department inspection of Minute Maid Park. We worked there a few years back, so nothing the city might turn up would surprise us at all (except maybe Carlos Beltran's personality, or Drayton's buried treasure). I guess when your average nightly attendance is...
The Brazilian Burger: Bedlam on a Bun

By Katharine Shilcutt
Aug 11, 2011

In this week's cafe review, we spotlight Friends Pizzeria, a little Brazilian restaurant that -- despite its name -- specializes in Brazilian burgers and hot dogs just as much as it does in pizza. And while its pizzas are very good, it's those madly messy burgers that have me captivated...
Dinner with Friends

Try a topsy-turvy Brazilian burger.

By Katharine Shilcutt
Aug 10, 2011

To see more of Friends Pizzeria's big, beautiful burgers and pizzas, check out our slideshow. Nothing could have prepared me for my first X-Tudo burger. I'd read about them before. Seen a few grainy pictures on the Internet, but never expected to find it here in Houston. And yet here...
Burgers the Brazilian Way at Friends Pizzeria

By Katharine Shilcutt
May 20, 2011

Upon initial glance, there are so many flummoxing things about the newly opened Friends Pizzeria: A pizza place that's Brazilian? A pizza place that serves hamburgers? Hamburgers and pizza with corn and peas on them? Houston might have become familiar over the years with its fair share of ethnic cuisines...

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