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  Smoked Out: Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue

  March 4 at 4:30 a.m.

  Increasingly, the landscape of Texas barbecue has become one of new versus old. 12-hour low-and-slow pits versus three-hour high heat smokers. Dinosaur-sized beef ribs versus sauce-slathered pork ribs. Ethnic fusions and hipster beards versus old school pit bosses smoking the classics. In Houston, the nouveau trends of Central Texas have...

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  Openings and Closings: The Burger Joint Heights Finally Opens, One Fifth Makes a Change

  February 21 at 5 a.m.

  The Burger Joint, 2002 N. Shepherd, opens February 21, after several years of anticipation. The first location opened in Montrose in 2015 and has been a hot spot for lunch, dinner and late night burger fixes. Owners Matthew Pak and Shawn Bermudez (Present Company) have had to jump over a...

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  Feges BBQ Plans a Second Location in Spring Branch

  February 17 at 1 p.m.

  Erin Smith and Patrick Feges are working toward opening a second location of their critically acclaimed barbecue restaurant in Spring Branch in early 2021. The married couple opened Feges BBQ in Greenway Plaza two years ago and Feges' mastery of the smoked meats and Smith's creative takes on the seasonal...

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  Openings and Closings: Common Bond Heights Open, International Smoke Closes

  Friday, December 13, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Common Bond Cafe and Bakery, 449 W. 19th, opened December 5.  This is the third location for the European-style bakery in Houston. The first opened in Montrose in 2014 followed by a location in the Texas Medical Center in March 2019. There is also a planned location for Understory food...

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  Champagne & Ribs at Houston's Museum of African American Culture

  Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 9:09 a.m.

  The Champagne and Ribs charity event held Wednesday directly supports the free admission policy at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. The event also celebrated the HMAAC's history of commitment to diversity, art, and artists of color. CEO John Guess Jr. spoke passionately about the importance of supporting the museum and its impacts beyond the physical location. The mission of HMAAC is to collect, conserve, explore, interpret, and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations.  (Photos by Doogie Roux)

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  Prasek's Family Smokehouse Offers Holiday Shipping Options

  Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Travel along Highway 59 southwest of Houston into the Wharton area and there's no way you'll miss the Prasek's Family Smokehouse in Hilje. In fact, if you Google Hilje to find out exactly where it is, what pops up is a map with only two locations on it: Hilje proper and...