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The Octopus Anticucho at Toro Toro offers a foil to the rodizio-style meats.

Openings and Closings: Toro Toro Opens, Chivos Debuts

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Oct 29, 2021

Toro Toro, 1300 Lamar, opens at the Four Seasons in downtown Houston October 30. This is the second concept for Richard Sandoval Hospitality at the hotel which opened Bayou and Bottle at Four Seasons Houston in 2017. The new restaurant opens on the heels of an extensive multi-year, multi-phase renovation...

Hay Merchant Will Close, Georgia James Will Relocate

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Aug 31, 2021

Chris Shepherd is always throwing big news at our city and today's announcement is no different. In a press release it was reported that the James Beard Award-winning chef is moving his restaurant group Underbelly Hospitality from the 1100 Westheimer location where it has been located for the past ten...

Seafood dishes like aguachile and ceviche bring Latin flavors to Toro Toro.

Openings and Closings: Four Seasons Gets a Pan-Latin Steak House, The Roastery Closes

By Lorretta Ruggiero

May 14, 2021

Toro Toro, 1300 Lamar, will open at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston in fall 2021. This will be the sixth location for the concept. The hotel has partnered with Richard Sandoval Hospitality to bring his award-winning global Pan-Latin Steakhouse to Houston. It will open in the hotel’s revamped third floor...

Bubba's Shrimp Palace has been replaced.

Openings and Closings: Casa Do Brasil Opens, Pier 6 Debuts, Fat Cat Expands

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Nov 6, 2020

Pier 6 Seafood and Oyster House, 113 6th, opened November 5 in San Leon. The waterside restaurant comes from Raz Halili, owner of Prestige Oysters. Halili is a second generation oysterman and first generation American. Helming the kitchen will be renowned executive chef, Joe Cervantes, most recently executive chef at...

Fajitas A Go Go continues to offer take-out and delivery options through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Take-Out Reviews: Fajitas A Go Go

By Carlos Brandon

Mar 20, 2020

There's no two ways around it, folks. This sucks. The worsening COVID-19 pandemic has affected every level of our society, leaving many of us stranded in our homes, some of us jobless and many others forced to keep working in high-risk environments. You've probably heard it already, but perhaps no...

Gold Buckle Foodie Awards 2020: Get Fried

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Mar 6, 2020

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is famous for many things. Trail riders and mutton-bustin'. Sold-out concerts and carnival rides galore. And lots of animals, be they livestock or party people. Most importantly, the annual event has raised 500 million dollars since 1957 for educational scholarships for young Texas scholars...

A tray o'meat with some carrots for health.

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...

The tomahawk ribeye presentation at Doris Metropolitan.

Best of Houston® 2020: Best Steak

By Houston Press

Jan 21, 2020

Best Steak: Doris Metropolitan It was the outlier, for sure: A steakhouse from Israeli butchers, with locations in Costa Rica and New Orleans? Could Houston welcome such a place? Since its opening in 2018, however, Doris Metropolitan has not only embedded itself in the Houston steakhouse firmament, it’s become one...

Gorgeous marbling on selected beef cuts platter at Bori.

Best of Houston® 2020: Best Korean

By Houston Press

Jan 7, 2020

Best Korean: Bori Houston’s Korean food game got a huge boost this year with the opening of Bori. A Korean barbecue restaurant specializing in premium meats, the operation's owners have heavily invested in the buildout to create an upscale Korean dining experience. The design of the restaurant is sleek and...

I can't get enough of the Bo Ne at My Baguettes

My favorite Spot for Bo Ne, or Vietnamese Steak and Eggs

By Mai Pham

Dec 11, 2019

Where do you go when you’re craving a steak, but don’t want to go to a steakhouse and don’t want to spend an arm and a leg? I’m going to let you in on a secret: When I want to taste juicy, full-flavored beef on a budget, I go for...

Scenes from The Epicurean Project 2019

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Oct 16, 2019

A cornucopia of cheese and charcuterie with tasty morsels from Italy, France, England, Spain and the United States was the stunning greeting to attendees at The Epicurean Project 2019. Held at The Revaire on October 7, hosted by Martin Preferred Foods and benefiting Recipe for Success, the special event showcased some...

An Aperol Spritz beats the heat at Southern Smoke.

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,...

It doesn't get much more Southern than shrimp and grits.

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

By Lorretta Ruggiero

Sep 13, 2019

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...

Pappa Charlie's Barbeque has found a new and more fitting home in Cypress.

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...

Brisket and sides at Buck's Barbeque Co.

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...

Two meat platter with moist brisket and smoked turkey.

Smoked Out: True Texas BBQ

By Carlos Brandon

Aug 27, 2019

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...

St. Louis ribs and Texas brisket, with Brussels sprouts and creamed corn pudding.

Smoked Out: Delta Blues Smokehouse

By Carlos Brandon

Aug 13, 2019

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...

Henderson & Kane is a craft grocer selling barbecue by John Avila, owner of El Burro & The Bull.

Smoked Out: Henderson & Kane

By Carlos Brandon

Jul 30, 2019

About a year ago John and Veronica Avila expanded on their little known downtown barbecue stand, El Burro & The Bull, with a totally new concept aimed at reviving the dying neighborhood grocer and bringing some New York charm to the streets of Sixth Ward. Henderson & Kane is an...

Feges BBQ inside the food court in Greenway Plaza

Smoked Out: Feges BBQ

By Carlos Brandon

Jul 16, 2019

I have been annoyed, perhaps irrationally so, by Feges BBQ since it first opened in early 2018. It is, by all accounts, a beloved, dual-chef-run, locally-owned barbecue joint with the supposed quality and creativity to lead a new generation of Houston smokehouses — and they put it in Greenway F*****g Plaza!...

Jackson Street BBQ is located conveniently in the shadow of Minute Maid Park

Smoked Out: Jackson Street BBQ

By Carlos Brandon

Jul 2, 2019

In 2015 chef Bryan Caswell (Reef, El Real Tex-Mex) and Houston pitmaster Greg Gatlin opened Jackson Street BBQ in the shadow of Minute Maid Park. The joint venture aimed to capitalize on the growing popularity of Texas barbecue while catering to hoards of hungry Astros fans on their way in and...

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