Mongoose versus Cobra Reading Series Part VI: Rebecca Gayle Howell & Jacob Shores-Arguello

Mongoose versus Cobra

05.13.13

Rebecca Gayle Howell's and Jacob Shores-Arguello's rare creations combine erudition with a devotion to beauty. Rebecca Gayle Howell has published poems and translations in Ecotone, Hayden&#

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From toddies to mulled wine, Houston bartenders show off their cold weather favorites

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Have you tried this?

A bar classic, but better: Can you handle this new craft beer haven's giant, head-sized pretzel?

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On our first trip to Mongoose versus Cobra my friend and I made the mistake of each ordering our own pretzel. I mean, we were starving and at $6 each it seemed like the right call. But what arr ...

Everything old is new again

13 Celsius owners plan new Midtown bar, Mongoose versus Cobra, with a nod to the past

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Sometimes it seems like everything in Midtown is new. The light rail, the clubs, the townhouses — even the Midtown moniker barely stretches back a decade. But Ian Rosenberg and Mike Sammons, ...