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Openings and Closings: J-Bar-M Opens for Lunch, Trattoria Sofia Debuts Next Week

Openings and Closings: J-Bar-M Opens for Lunch, Trattoria Sofia Debuts Next Week

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Feeding the Soul: Houston Black Bloggers and Fainmous Barbecue

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 27, 2021

Houston Hosts Black Bloggers held its inaugural event over the weekend. Highlights included a lunch at Mico's Hot Chicken October 22 and a media preview at Fainmous Barbecue October 23. In addition to local Black bloggers like KeAndre' Jordan from My Southern Brand, there was a select group of Black bloggers...
Openings and Closings: Burro & Bull Coming to Cypress, Arabella Expands to Houston

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 22, 2021

Burro & Bull, 25618 Northwest Freeway, will softly open sometime in November, according to a press release. The new Cypress restaurant is a partnership between the husband and wife team of John and Veronica Avila and Bruce Gingrich and Andria Cain. For the past year, John Avila has been consulting...
Openings and Closings: d'Alba Opens, NY Eatery Arrives, Pastry War Will Shuttter

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 8, 2021

d'Alba, 3715 Alba, opened September 18 in the Garden Oaks/Oak Forest area. Owner Daut Elshani spotted the property where the new restaurant is located while on a bike ride through the area in 2020. Despite the grim outlook for the pandemic and the restaurant business, Elshani decided to lease the...
Best Of Houston® 2021: Best Barbecue Ribs

By Houston Press
Sep 20, 2021

Best Barbecue Ribs: Harlem Road Texas BBQ Beef Ribs Harlem Road Texas BBQ is a destination spot for Houston ‘cue enthusiasts even though, for all intents and purposes here, we consider Richmond near enough to be Houston. The corrugated tin and wood joint, with 10 indoor tables, is just rustic...
Openings and Closings: ReikiNa Debuts, Concura and Shoot the Moon Open Soon

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jul 16, 2021

ReikiNa, 799 Town and Country Boulevard, will open at CityCentre July 15. The new tasting menu concept comes from Thomas Stacy, a former prep cook at the high-end sushi restaurant Uchi. The idea began as a series of private home dinners which Stacy hosted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While working...
Openings and Closings: Howdy Homemade Heroes in Houston, Flight Club This Fall

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jul 2, 2021

Howdy Homemade Ice Cream, 20920 Katy Freeway, will open July 22. The opening of the ice cream shop just so happens to coincide with Trae Day and local Houston rapper Trae Da Truth just happens to be a partner in the franchise, along with Roderick Batson, a longtime friend of...
Openings and Closings: Feges BBQ Spring Branch, Mo' Better Brews

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jun 25, 2021

Feges BBQ Spring Branch, 8217 Long Point, opened June 20. This will be the second location of the barbecue restaurant from husband and wife Patrick Feges and Erin Smith. The first opened in the food court of the Greenway Plaza office complex in 2018. Feges is a Purple Heart recipient...
Openings and Closings: Fegen's Debuts, Acme Oyster House Opens

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Apr 9, 2021

Fegen's, 1050 Studewood, opened April 6. The new restaurant comes from F.E.E.D. TX Restaurant Group and will focus on classic American fare and cocktails. It takes over the space formerly occupied by Liberty Kitchen & Oyster Bar. The group (Lance Fegen, Carl Eaves, Will Davis and Jiim Jard) sold the...
Openings and Closings: Berg Hospitality's New Concepts, Down House Closes, Midway BBQ Burns

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Feb 26, 2021

Berg Hospitality is uniting with Ancorian to bring two new restaurants to W. 11th in the Heights. Owner and founder Benjamin Berg is teaming up with the Houston-based Ancorian, a regional investment and development company, to open Trattoria Sofia, an Italian restaurant at 911 W. 11th in the space formerly...
Openings and Closings: Local Foods Market Opens Next Week, Messina Hof Lands in Richmond

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Feb 12, 2021

Local Foods Market, 2424 Dunstan, opens February 16 in the former benjy's restaurant. Benjy's closed in March 2020 to make way for the new concept. It was the last remaining location for owner Benjy Levit's namesake restaurant. Now, Levit's focus has turned to his Local Foods empire which currently has...
Smoked Out: Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue

By Carlos Brandon
Mar 4, 2020

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

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Feb 21, 2020

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...
Feges BBQ Plans a Second Location in Spring Branch

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Feb 17, 2020

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

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Dec 13, 2019

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...
Prasek's Family Smokehouse Offers Holiday Shipping Options

By Houston Press
Dec 12, 2019

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...
Southern Smoke 2019 Brings Out the Award-Winning Pros to Deliver a True Feast

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 7, 2019

By now, most Houstonians have heard of the Southern Smoke Foundation, the non-profit 501(c)(3) which was co-founded by Houston chef and restaurateur Chris Shepherd and fiancee Lindsey Brown in 2015 to raise funds for the Houston Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in honor of local sommelier, Antonio Gianola,...
Openings and Closings: Studewood Cantine Opens, Toukei Debuts

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 4, 2019

The Studewood Cantine, 1111 Studewood, opened September 16. The restaurant serves Texas scratch fare which leans toward Tex-Mex and American cuisine. There are typical starters like queso or nachos, but we look forward to seeing if Lety's Pork or Chicken Tamales are the real deal. Fajitas, tacos and combo plates...
Smoked Out: Pappa Charlie's Barbecue

By Carlos Brandon
Sep 10, 2019

When you set out to review barbecue in the city of Houston, you're bound to walk some well-trodden roads. Barring the occasional new opening, you're often left reviewing old-school stalwarts and hometown heroes. Pitmasters and cooks who made names in the pop-up and competition circuit, who've racked up their share...
Openings and Closings: Peli Peli Woodlands Opens, Toasted Coconut Debuts, Night Heron Evolves

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Sep 6, 2019

Peli Peli, 1201 Lake Woodlands, opened September 3. The South African-inspired restaurant takes its name from the bird's eye chili pepper discovered by Portuguese settlers in the South African plains nearly 600 years ago. This makes the fourth location for Peli Peli restaurant, which was co-founded in 2010 by Thomas...
Smoked Out: Buck's Barbeque Co.

By Carlos Brandon
Sep 3, 2019

Jim Buchanan's road to opening his very own brick and mortar barbecue joint was, as all entrepreneurial journeys are, long and full of unexpected detours. The owner and pitmaster of Buck's Barbeque Co. in Galveston began his public barbecue life as partner and general manager of the original Pappa Charlie's...