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  Upper Crust: Vinny's Pizza

  October 16 at 5:18 a.m.

  When Agricole Hospitality partners Ryan Pera, Morgan Weber and Vincent Huynh laid out their plans for a company-defining trio of businesses at the corner of St. Emmanuel and Dallas Streets, they decided a pizzeria would be the ideal entry point for such an endeavor. Located both physically and conceptually between...

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  Upper Crust: Two Guys Pizzeria

  October 8 at 5 a.m.

  We love Houston, really we do. But what we wouldn't give to make this a more walkable city. To replace some of its more culturally comatose stretches of strip malls and parking lots with the urban accessibility of a New York or Chicago. For it is in those cities where...

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  Upper Crust: Piola

  October 2 at 4 a.m.

  Famosi per la pizza — the self congratulating slogan of renowned Italian-based pizza chain, Piola. With locations in ten countries, including two in Houston, the global chain is, in fact, famous for its pizza. On a lazy Monday afternoon in Houston the Midtown location is, regrettably, all but empty. A...

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  Upper Crust: Pi Pizza

  September 24 at 6:40 a.m.

  Earlier this year it was widely reported that Michael Sambrooks, The Pit Room owner who acquired three of four Cherry Pie Hospitality properties for an absolute steal in 2018, would soon be renaming and rebranding beloved pizza kitchen, Pi Pizza. Reports stated the Heights Boulevard restaurant would relaunch as a...

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  Upper Crust: Coltivare Pizza & Garden

  September 17 at 5 a.m.

  Summer is all but over. In some parts of the world this time of year signals the advent of chilly weather and the end of outdoor season. So long shorts and T-shirts, hello hot tea and head colds. But Houston isn't one of those parts. The end of summer here...

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  Smoked Out: Pappa Charlie's Barbecue

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  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...