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  Tales From the Top Shelf: Catch Some Cider With Two Weeks Of Texas Txotx Festivities Starting Tomorrow

  January 17 at 6 a.m.

  If long fermentation with natural yeasts in wooden casks doesn’t get you warm and fuzzy, drinking out of a porrón definitely will. First, erase the image of sippy-cup sweet, bubbly apple juice, because Basque Country cider is the farthest thing from that baby in a carriage. “High acidity, it’s savory,...

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  Tales From The Top Shelf: Port

  Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  “Why's it so hard to get our drink on?” the English wondered in the 1600s. The French didn’t want to be best friends anymore, in fact, they had become enemies, which meant no more Bordeaux. It was too cold to grow their own grapes, make their own wine. They could...

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  Openings and Closings: Sweet Paris Highland Village and Blanco Tacos Galleria

  Friday, December 14, 2018 at 6:26 a.m.

  Sweet Paris Creperie and Cafe, 2701 Drexel, opened December 8. The new Highland Village location makes the sixth since the creperie began in 2012, founded by husband and wife, Allison and Ivan Chavez. The duo have traveled the world and are on a mission to revive the art of eating...

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  Tales From The Top Shelf: Genever

  Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Smoke lazily escapes his mouth as he reaches down to casually check the silver watch attached to his vest. Flicking the thin cigar over and over again he leans long against the wall. He isn’t a hipster, he’s old fashioned and maybe he’s brooding because he’s all alone or maybe...

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  Houston's Eleven Nogs of Christmas

  Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  In our last eggnog episode, we discussed grocery store eggnog. Now, we're going uptown, downtown and all around to find some of Houston's most creative eggnog beverages. With so many talented and creative mixologists in the fourth largest city in the nation, it's not an easy feat to narrow it...

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  Openings and Closings: Hopdoddy Opens in Baybrook, Aqui Closes

  Friday, December 7, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  Hopdoddy, 820 Bay Area Boulevard, will open December 17. This will be the fifth Houston area location for the burger chain, which began in 2010 and made its first Houston appearance in 2016. Its physical address is Webster, but is also considered the Baybrook and Clear Lake areas. Beats me...