In my years of covering and attending our yearly Menu of Menus event, I've never been quite as excited for the grand tasting as I am this year. Why?
In addition to the first annual Iron Fork competition -- which pits two of Houston's best young chefs against each other, Iron Chef-style, while chef Monica Pope emcees -- we have close to 50 restaurants participating this year, many of them my own personal favorites and selections.
Those 48 restaurants are more than we've ever had, and we've got plenty of room at our expanded Silver Street Station (1500 Silver Street) venue for you to come out and try them all.
If you haven't already purchased tickets, there are still a few up for sale. General admission: tickets are $55 while VIP tickets are $90. VIP ticket includes entrance into the event an hour prior to the general public and complimentary valet before 6:30 p.m. -- and trust me, it's worth it.
A full list of participating restaurants is below.
- Artisans Restaurant
- Baba Yega
- Bang Mi Truck
- The Bird & the Bear
- Beaver's
- Boudreaux's Cajun Kitchen
- Brasserie 19
- Café Pita
- Calliope's Po-Boy
- Chelsea Grill
- Coal Vines Pizza, Pasta & Wine Bistro
- Coppa Ristorante Italiano
- Denis' Seafood
- Dirk's Coffee
- Dolce Delights
- Fadi's Mediterranean Grill
- Fajitas To Go
- Gatlin's Barbecue
- Happy Fatz
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Haven
- House of Blues
- Italiano's Restaurant
- La Fisheria Seafood Mexican Cocina
- La Mexicana
- Kublai Khan Crazy Mongolian Stir Fry
- Majorca Bistro
- Mia Bella Trattoria
- Mission Burrito
- Ooh La La
- Papa Joe's BBQ
- Pollo Campero
- Prince's Hamburgers
- Radical Eats
- Roots Bistro
- Sankalp the Taste of India
- Shipley Do-Nuts
- Sorrel Urban Bistro
- Suzie Wong's
- Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen
- Tacos del Julio
- Tampico Seafood Restaurant
- Tintos Spanish Restaurant & Wine Bar
- Tokyohana
- Whole Foods Market
- Zelko Bistro
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