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  Openings and Closings: White Elm Bakery Opens, Bludorn Debuts Next Week

  August 14 at 4 a.m.

  Bludorn, 807 Taft, is slated to open August 21. The new dining destination comes from Chef Aaron Bludorn and wife Victoria Pappas, daughter of one of the Houston restaurateurs behind the prolific Pappas Family Restaurants. Chef Aaron and Victoria met while working at famed Michelin-starred Chef Daniel Boulud's Dinex Group...

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  A Killer Quarantine Sandwich With Local Ingredients

  April 14 at 6:16 a.m.

  One of the wonderful things about sandwiches is that they are extremely takeout friendly. This is particularly important during the era of the coronavirus. But with the constraints of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, getting a fresh sandwich every day isn't always possible. And in a quarantine, why not just...

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  Trying Out Ike's Love and Sandwiches

  March 10 at 4 a.m.

  While I am generally loathe to consider sandwiches from national chains for the best sandwiches in Houston list, I still want to try out any place that makes a point of crafting great hoagies. The California chain, Ike's Love and Sandwiches, is the second such place that has opened in...

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  Exploring the Sandwiches of Florida's Central Gulf Coast

  March 4 at 4 a.m.

  Tampa stakes a claim as the home of the cubano, the Cuban pressed pork sandwich that is an obsession for some (yours truly included). The origin story here is that the sandwiches were made to serve a growing population of Cuban immigrants, particularly low wage workers. There are those who...

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  Four Days, Four Sandwich Shops in Austin

  February 25 at 4 a.m.

  Austin is an interesting food town. It's short on diversity but long on craft with plenty of interesting and unique restaurants — along with a whole mess of barbecue and taco joints. While visiting friends and relatives recently, I wondered how their sandwiches stack up. In Houston, the list is...

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  Trying Out the Riel-Antone's Pizza Sub

  February 12 at 4 a.m.

  Every month, Antone's has been pairing with a local celebrity or chef to create a dish that is not only unique but provides money for local charities. So far, every one has been a winner from Texans linebacker Whitney Mercilus's heavy-handed Hangover to Bun B's chicken wing spectacular. For February,...