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Another in-town Mexican restaurant announces closing after 15 years in business
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05.22.13 | 01:40 pm
As the corner of Kirby Street and Westheimer continues to develop with luxury apartments, high-dollar boutiques and five-star diners, the rent has soared too high for longtime River Oaks resident ...
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Brew News
Brewpub freedom: Texas House loosens craft beer restrictions; Gov. Perry will decide
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05.22.13 | 12:30 pm
The sudsy five-some of beer laws that entered the state legislature earlier this spring passed through the Texas House this week. Now they are just waiting for Gov. Rick Perry ...
D&T Drive Inn ice house in the Heights
Drink Right
Revamped Heights ice house is a craft beer and food truck Drive In haven — and it's not too hip
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05.22.13 | 09:59 am
In spite of a high-profile masthead (namely, Chris Cusack and Joey Treadway of Down House fame) and a long history on the eastern edge of the Heights, D&T Drive ...
Hendrick's Gin class May 2013
Drink Up
The most unusual cocktails ever? Houston's bar scene is shaken up by Hendrick's
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05.21.13 | 11:44 am
Hendrick's Gin has returned to Houston, bringing its wondrously bizarre world along with it. First stop? Prohibition, a Galleria-area restaurant and speakeasy, where brand ambassador Mark Stoddard hosted "A ...
Justin Vann posing with his signature saber
Foodie News
Small restaurants to get big beer and wine power: How Justin Vann will change Houston's food scene
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05.21.13 | 10:01 am
It’s not often that a group of women will welcome an overalls-clad man holding a machete-looking saber into a small, private gathering at night. But that’s just what ...
Taco Nuts food truck Houston May 2013
New Food Truck Power
A big name chef's new food truck more than lives up to expectations: Houston's new best tacos contender?
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05.20.13 | 06:08 pm
It was finally beginning to cool off on the back patio of D&T Drive Inn on Saturday evening when my friends and I realized we were suddenly starving. Like ...
Ruth's Chris Steak Houston Houston exterior day
Sizzle, Swizzle and Swirl
Steakhouse favorite plans move to plush new digs near the Galleria
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05.20.13 | 03:50 pm
Ruth’s Chris Steak House is closing its 36-year-old location on Richmond and re-opening its doors closer to the Galleria at 5433 Westheimer at Yorktown. Formerly the home of Prosperity ...
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Vote now!
Mouthwatering matchups: CultureMap's Last Chef Standing bracket challenge needs your vote
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05.20.13 | 12:14 pm
It's that time again for CultureMap's Last Chef Standing, an event celebrating culinary camaraderie and competition among 20 of Houston's top chefs.  In the weeks leading up ...
Shaun of the Dead zombies movie
Dead People Eat
What would zombie survivors eat? A must-read blog for foodie fans of The Walking Dead
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05.18.13 | 01:00 pm
Nice to know I’m not the only one obsessed with what my favorite TV characters are eating. My May 6 column, Memo to TV execs: More food needed on ...
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You heard it here first
Max's Wine Dive comes clean on its 2nd Houston restaurant, promises a "unique" surprise
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05.18.13 | 06:02 am
Max's Wine Dive intends to open a second Houston location in Montrose — as CultureMap first reported in March. Back then, we reported that the popular concept from Lasco Enterprises ...
Zushi Japanese Cuisine Houston exterior at night
Foodie News
Another longtime sushi restaurant suddenly closes: Is this food craze on the wane?
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05.17.13 | 04:34 pm
Zushi Japanese Cuisine — a longtime haunt of Houston sushi lovers — has ended its six-year run on Memorial Drive at Westcott. The restaurant's second location on Memorial at Dairy Ashford ...
Ham & Eggs at The Pass
H-Town's The New Food Capital
Big restaurant win: Houston dubbed America's great new food capital by wowed national magazine
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05.17.13 | 02:12 pm
It's official — Food & Wine magazine has fallen for Houston. Hard. After recently naming Chris Shepherd one of the 10 best new chefs in the United States, the national publication ...
The Palm Restaurant Houston rendering May 2013
A facelift for The Palm
J.J. Watt to be immortalized in a cartoon: Revered steak restaurant looking for caricature artists to line the walls
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05.17.13 | 12:20 pm
As The Palm moves forward with its multi-million dollar renovation of its Westheimer location (going back to the studs and expanding), management is conducting a Caricature Contest to find several ...
Philippe Wine Seminar May 2013 Phil's cheese plate
Drink Up
Wine school: High-end Houston restaurant makes summer classes fun, plans to build a new patio
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05.17.13 | 12:02 pm
It’s almost summertime in the city, and for me that means two things: Spending more time outdoors and drinking wine. Well, I actually have that wine drinking part pretty ...
CorkScrew Barbecue in Spring, Texas, barbecue sandwich
Only five?
Texas Monthly snubs Houston with its ridiculously crafted best barbecue list
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05.16.13 | 04:25 pm
With 33,168 miles logged and 658 restaurants visited, Texas Monthly has finally unveiled the results of its exhaustive search for the Lone State State's 50 best BBQ joints ...
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