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Openings and Closings: Fat Boy's Pizza Opens, Maize Has Closed

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jan 13, 2023

Fat Boy's Pizza, 10445 W. Grand Parkway, opens January 17, 2023 in Richmond. It's the first location in Texas for the pizza restaurant that bills itself as the "WORLD’S BIGGEST SLICE". Founded in Metairie, Louisiana, the brand first announced its expansion to Texas in May 2022 with Houston being its first...
Southern Smoke Festival's Return a Huge Success

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 25, 2022

Southern Smoke Festival 2022 ended its three-day chefapalooza this past Sunday and the Southern Smoke Foundation now has an extra $1.62 million to add to its coffers, meaning more funds for mental health care and emergency relief aid for people in the food and beverage industry in Houston and across...
Southern Smoke Festival 2022: Three Days of Food and Fun

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Oct 19, 2022

Southern Smoke Festival is back this year, after a nearly three-year absence. Due to the COVID pandemic, the fall charity festival from Chris Shepherd's Southern Smoke Foundation was last held in 2019. This year, its organizers have chosen to make the foodie fest's return bigger and better and longer than...
Openings and Closings: Orleans Seafood Fulshear, Killen's Barbecue Cypress

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Aug 26, 2022

Orleans Seafood Kitchen, 6230 FM 1463, opened in Fulshear August 25. It's the second location for the Cajun restaurant from Houstonians Chance Comstock and Marcus Payavla. The duo opened the first Orleans in Katy in 2008. The business partners met in 1993 while working in a local restaurant, all the...
Openings and Closings: Pacha Nikkei Debuts Today, il Bracco Uptown Next Week

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Aug 12, 2022

Pacha Nikkei, 10001 Westheimer, opens August 12. The new restaurant comes from former Politan Row chef Masuru Fukuda with the help of veteran restaurant professional, Sebastien Laval. It is an expanded version of Fukuda's Pacha Nikkei concept at Politan Row and is the first Nikkei concept to open in Houston,...
Openings and Closings: Georgia James Opens at Regent Square, Rise Will Return

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Jul 1, 2022

Georgia James, 3503 Dallas, opens July 1 at GID Development's Regent Square. The Underbelly Hospitality steakhouse concept, named for chef/owner Chris Shepherd's parents, Georgia and James, first opened at 1100 Westheimer in 2018. It temporarily relocated to the former One Fifth space at 1658 Westheimer in June 2022. The Regent...
Openings and Closings: Uchiko Hits Houston, Aiko is Open

By Lorretta Ruggiero
May 20, 2022

Uchiko, 1801 Post Oak Boulevard, will open May 23 at Zadok's Post Oak Place. It's the second location for Uchiko, the sister concept to Hai Hospitality's upscale Japanese concept, Uchi. The first Uchiko opened in Austin in 2010 as a more casual companion to Tyson Cole's Uchi which became a...
Openings and Closings: RARE Opens, Sushi and an Irish Pub on Post Oak

By Lorretta Ruggiero
Mar 18, 2022

RARE Restaurant and Lounge, 4105 Washington, opened March 17. The new concept from chef and owner Don Bowie is a modern steakhouse that will feature live entertainment in an upscale and high-energy atmosphere. Joining Bowie in the new venture are partners Andre Johnson and musical artist Akon. Johnson is a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...