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  Openings and Closings: Joy Love Expands, Krab Queenz Opens

  November 23 at 4 a.m.

  Joy Love Burgers, 13150 FM 529 opened October 26. This is the fourth location for the family-owned small burger chain and a drive down Barker-Cypress near Highway 290 shows an upcoming fifth location. I know this, because my son and I excitedly drove into the strip center to find it...

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  Kanaloa Is Mixing Up Mini Vacations at Market Square Park

  October 23 at 6:15 a.m.

  Tyler Barrera is prepping for his second grand opening in less than a year. The 26-year-old bartender turned bar owner just opened Kanaloa, at 311 Travis, the latest craft cocktail bar and first tiki bar in the trendy two block radius around Market Square Park. After a month-long soft opening...

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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,...