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  Openings and Closings: Mutiny Wine Room Opens Soon, Andes Cafe Closes

  January 10 at 6 a.m.

  Mutiny Wine Room, 1124 Usener, will open January 18. The Napa Valley-inspired wine tasting venue and restaurant comes from longtime Heights residents, Marke Ellenberger and Emily Trout. Husband Mark hails from California while wife Emily is a native Houstonian. The couple have been involved for years in the wine country...

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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...

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  Landry's Iron Chef 2019 Features Hugo Ortega, Ariel Fox and Junior Chefs

  Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  The 14th Annual Landry's Iron Chef was held at the Galveston Island Convention Center with a number of local and national Landry's chefs competing in a two-day event to take home awards in a variety of categories. There was also the chance to win a spot on a menu in...

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  Openings and Closings: Sixty Vines Debuts, Mala Sichuan at Finn Hall Closes

  Friday, October 11, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  Sixty Vines, 2540 University Boulevard, opens October 14. The Napa Valley-inspired restaurant has two other locations in Plano and Uptown Dallas. The Rice Village restaurant and wine bar will feature some of the same elements that distinguish the brand such as raw woods, white walls, a live greenery area, modern...

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  Inside The Glass: Lindsay Thomas

  Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Correction and clarification:  Several changes have been made to this story since it originally appeared. The Houston Press apologizes for all errors and misunderstandings in its original account. Lindsay Thomas was at a lunch presented by a Napa Valley winery when Matt Stamp, a master sommelier leading the wine tour,...

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  Inside The Glass: Alex Abreu

  Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  With the majority of his family already entrenched in the restaurant industry, all it took was a mention from his cousin Leo to pull Alex Abreu up into the club. The now 28-year-old general manager of the Upper Kirby location of CRÚ Food & Wine Bar, remembers his first job...