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In the wake of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's announcement earlier in the day that he was ready to open up the Texas economy, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo held their own separate press conferences, carefully threading their ways through what they were ready to embrace...

Gov. Greg Abbott, vowing to re-open the Texas economy in a way that will still be safe and healthy for its residents announced at Friday's noon press conference that he was ordering all public, private and higher education schools closed for the rest of this school year. At the same...

As you may have noticed, the Openings and Closings column has been focused on restaurants around Houston that  have turned to take-out and delivery to make it through the current coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions on dining in. However, we actually have a recently opened food truck and a restaurant...

If you're a sports bettor (or bettor of any type), then you probably already know this, but the online sports books out there are finding anything they can on which to provide odds. With no baseball, no basketball, no hockey, no golf... well, all of it puts a serious crimp...

With large gatherings banned and bars and restaurants not being fully operational at the time being, we’re doing it things a little differently this weekend, covering five fantastic to-go options from restaurants around town: All-Day Menu and At-Home Cooking Packages at B&B Butchers & Restaurant Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 8...

Attention sports fans! Attention theater fans! Attention anyone looking for a competitive but friendly way to fill their isolation time. Cone Man Running Productions is here to scratch your itch with its bracketed War of the Words playwrighting competition. Pitting 16 playwrights up against each other to create a total...

Screens and screens of digital ink have already been spilt opining about the fate, recovery, and dissolution of the music industry in the Age of Coronavirus. From clubs and concerts to record stores and touring, things look…not good. Like a lot of artists right now, Canadian blues rock singer Sass...

In support of the much-beleaguered Houston restaurant industry, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the #TakeUsToYourTable campaign Thursday, urging everyone to buy takeout from area restaurants every Thursday. High profile Chef Hugo Ortega (Backstreet Cafe, Hugo's. Caracol and Xochi) was on hand to add his endorsement to the attempt to pull in...

In April 2019, Master Sommelier June Rodil moved to Houston from Austin to become a partner in the Goodnight Hospitality restaurant group, which includes Goodnight Charlie’s, Montrose Cheese and Wine, and Rosie Cannonball. The Houston Press spoke late last week with the former TexSom “best sommelier in Texas” about what...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that they have been working with Walgreens to bring two more testings sites to Harris County. Starting on Friday, April 17, the Walgreens sites will be able to handle up to 200 tests a day at their store...