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  Upper Crust: Pizzeria Solario

  November 13 at 4 a.m.

  Bad pizza (almost) doesn't exist. And yet, despite the simplicity, inherent goodness and low threshold for enjoyability, the ceiling for just how good pizza can be is (almost) limitless. Like so many things in life, the crux any amazing pizza lies in its foundation — the crust. When starting with...

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  Upper Crust: Luna Pizzeria

  November 5 at 5 a.m.

  As we round out the second month of this weekly column, one thing is becoming more clear with every slice — Houston's pizza treasures are abundant. The city of fajitas and dumplings hides, in plain sight, a sprawling community of pie joints as bountiful as they are delicious. Many of...

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  Whining and Dining: Babies and “Popadillos” at Karbach Brewery

  October 30 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: Fia's Pizzeria

  October 29 at 5 a.m.

  Let's get something out of the way for all my fellow potential dyslexics out there. It's Fia's, not Fiat's Pizzeria. And what exactly is Fia's Pizzeria, you ask. It is a relatively new fast-casual individual pizza concept — in the vein of Mod and Blaze Pizza's build-you-own pie model — in...

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  Upper Crust: Star Pizza

  October 22 at 4:30 a.m.

  There is a pizza spectrum. That’s right — a pizza spectrum. On one end of this spectrum the word “Italian” is printed boldly in red, white and green letters. On the other end, the word “American.” Every pie sold in the United States hovers somewhere between those two words. Some...

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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...