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  Openings and Closings: Postino Will Hit Montrose, International Smoke Does Brunch, Lunch

  September 7 at 4 a.m.

  Postino WineCafe, 805 Pacific, is slated to open in the first quarter of 2019. The wine and nosh bar will occupy the building which originally housed Montrose Mining Company, the longest operating gay bar in Houston, since 1978. It closed nearly two years ago in September 2016. This will be...

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  Labor Day Weekend Fun at Houston Restaurants and Bars

  September 2 at 10:58 a.m.

  You've worked all through the summer while your Facebook page lit up with your friends' travel photos from white sandy beaches or European bistros. Well, Labor Day is here and it's time for those who labor to take a three day weekend for themselves. You don't want to sweat it...

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  Perfect Pairings: Tasca d'Almerita Fondazione Whitaker Grillo 2016 and Fritto Misto at Coppa Osteria

  August 22 at 4 a.m.

  Let's go back to Italy, yeah? Sicily in particular, and to narrow it down even further, a tiny island less than half a square kilometer located off the western coast of Marsala. It's here on the Island of San Pantaleo, Mozia in particular, that the Grillo grape is grown into...

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  Ramen Tatsu-Ya's Sake Based Cocktail Menu is a Thing of Beauty

  August 6 at 4 a.m.

  Sake is a tragically misunderstood drink. It is not a spirit, as the infamous sake bomb would have you believe. Nor is it technically a wine, although it is commonly referred to as one. The process of making sake is perhaps most closely related to brewing beer. Though beer remains,...

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  Cocktail Therapy: Lee Wagner of OKRA Charity Saloon

  July 26 at 5 a.m.

  Twenty-five people walk into a bar. That's it. That happened. All at once. As Lee Wagner calmly checked every box for every customer; he charges an iPhone, pours ten mixed shots, he looked over at the Houston Press with a big grin, "so, do you have a curfew?" In five...

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  Openings and Closings: Ciao One-Fifth Romance Languages, Lyle Bento Returns

  July 20 at 4 a.m.

  One-Fifth Romance Languages, 1658 Westheimer, will close July 31 to make way for its next concept, One-Fifth Mediterranean. For folks wanting to bid adieu, the restaurant will host a family meal the last evening. There will be no set menu, so open your mind and your taste buds and let...