Our annual Best of Houston® issue hits the streets on September 27. The theme is hidden treasures, so every day till then we’ll be unfolding a map of what you can expect.

Picking the Best Pool Hall wasn’t easy. But we finally made our decision based on a complicated set of metrics, including the number of tables, the quality of those tables, and the locale’s potential for dick jokes.

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