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  Smoked Out: Killen's Barbecue

  May 15 at 5:30 a.m.

  Ronnie Killen is a heavy weight as beef celebrity goes. The Pearland good ole boy turned classically trained chef, later James Beard nominated pitmaster, has been building a beef-centric culinary empire since 2014. Coming off the heels of his 5th opening in as many years — Tex-Mex-BBQ fusion, Killen's TMX...

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  First Look: El Paso Mexican Grill

  May 8 at 5 a.m.

  I am always surprised at the amount of restaurants and businesses that continue to pop up along the Highway 249 area. When I was a kid, Willowbrook Mall was almost in the boonies, with FM 1960 still in its Farm to Market stage when the mall was built. With the...

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  Smoked Out: Ray's BBQ Shack

  April 30 at 5:30 a.m.

  When stepping into a barbecue joint for the first time, it's always comforting to see a packed house. While success in the restaurant game isn't always an indicator of quality, barbecue is by and large a word of mouth tradition. So a line of customers is as good as any...

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  Smoked Out: Roegels Barbecue Co

  April 16 at 5 a.m.

  In this weekly series we're visiting the many smokehouses that call Houston and its surrounding suburbs home, along the way testing their mettle and judging their brisket (among other things). This column aims to highlight both the restaurants and pitmasters that define Houston barbecue. Russell Roegels has been starting fires...

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  First Look: Taste Bar + Kitchen

  April 8 at 5 a.m.

  What's better than chicken and waffles? Try adding fruity pebbles and condensed milk. Now make them red velvet cake waffles. Now make it General Tso fried chicken. OK, so we went a little crazy. But that's kind of the point at the newly opened Taste Bar + Kitchen. The new...

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  Smoked Out: Truth BBQ

  April 2 at 5 a.m.

  In this weekly series we're visiting the many smokehouses that call Houston and its surrounding suburbs home, along the way testing their mettle and judging their brisket (among other things). This column aims to highlight both the restaurants and pitmasters that define Houston barbecue. Brenham is a small, awkwardly located...