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  Take Out Reviews: Georgia James

  March 24 at 4:30 a.m.

  Pandemic aside, who doesn't love take-out? The convenience of taking home our favorite restaurant meals was, perhaps, something we took for granted before it became the only way to eat out. Long before this crisis, carry-out was a constant part of my busy life. That said, even the best take-home...

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  Upper Crust: Frank's Pizza

  February 26 at 5 a.m.

  There's a slice of pizza for every occasion: the football game and a beer slice, the college all-nighter slice, the kids' sleepover slice, the fancy date night slice. Each pie tied to a moment of nostalgia, a sense memory that endears the simple Itianian street-food to our culture and cements...

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  Upper Crust: Costco and its Pizza Pies

  January 15 at 6 a.m.

  My wife and I live alone with a medium-size dog who needs little more than dry food, water, and your endless supply of undivided love and attention. This is to say, we do not need our $60/year Costco membership. We don't need it because two people and a dog don't...

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  First Look: The Toasted Yolk Heights

  January 14 at 6 a.m.

  When people wonder why we Houstonians put up with the heat and humidity of our blazing summers, I like to point out that sometimes, in the middle of January and February, we get 70 degree temperatures under perfectly blue, cloudless skies. My Connecticut friends are not sitting outside on a...

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  Whining and Dining: Friday Night at Huynh with Quinn

  Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Life has changed for this food writer. As a brand-new mom, poppin’ bottles has taken on a slightly different meaning. But while I find myself seeking out diaper changing tables for the first time ever, I’m still on the hunt for all the awesome happy hours, exciting menus and H-town...

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  Upper Crust: Sixty Vines

  Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  It's not exactly a pizzeria. But it's not exactly not one, either. You catch our drift? Sixty Vines, the Dallas-based wine-on-tap concept, just opened the brand's first Houston store in Rice Village. A fitting home for the out-of-town upscale bar, as Rice Village has slowly been invaded by out-of-town chains...