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

  October 7 at 10:55 a.m.

  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,...

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  Openings and Closings: Candente, Postino Montrose Debut Next Week, Flying Biscuit is Open

  September 13 at 5 a.m.

  Candente, 4306 Yoakum, opens September 16. The new Tex-Mex  restaurant comes from Sambrooks Management Company. Like another Sambrooks holding, The Pit Room, Candente will focus on smoke and high quality meats, such as prime Niman Ranch skirt steak. Candente's Tampiquena will feature a 9 ounce prime Niman Ranch ribeye topped...

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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...

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  Smoked Out: Buck's Barbeque Co.

  September 3 at 4 a.m.

  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...

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  Smoked Out: True Texas BBQ

  August 27 at 5 a.m.

  We're going to skip the lead up this week and tell you that the worst thing about True Texas BBQ is having to drive an hour to get to the nearest one — which honestly begs the question, what are some of you thinking commuting to Kingwood everyday? Our hats...

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  Smoked Out: Delta Blues Smokehouse

  August 13 at 5:30 a.m.

  In December 2017, the folks behind Houston's most polarizing chain barbecue brand and the city's quintessential restaurant empire opened a smokehouse unlike anything else on the company's roster. Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse arrived, rather quietly, in Webster, Texas — a stone's throw from Space Center Houston and League City. The...