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Downtown's Restaurant Rebirth

Another new downtown bar and gourmet coffee shop are in the works: Pick your new Poison

By Amy Chien

04.24.13 | 4:04 pm

Lovers of dive-bar favorite Poison Girl rejoice: A service industry insider tells us that husband-and-wife team of Scott Walcott and Miriam Carrillo is having a fourth child — bar/cafe wise, ...


Calendar Closeup

Your weekly guide to Houston: Five (plus) don't-miss events — with the Golden Pig Trophy

By Joel Luks

04.11.13 | 9:58 am

On the itinerary this week are stylish homes, international festivals, an al fresco bash and a hot hog competition. Try this: Click on the links below each event to find a page teeming with hel ...


The saga has ended

Houston's much-debated new parking rules finally passed — and even Bobby Heugel's happy

By Whitney Radley

03.06.13 | 5:47 pm

Houston City Council approved the Planning and Development Department's suggested changes to the off-street parking ordinance on Wednesday, and it seems to be one of those rare occasions where ...


Shelby's Social Diary

Houston's biggest celebrities rally at OKRA for the city's new slick national image campaign

By Shelby Hodge

02.14.13 | 9:03 am

Nothing like rubbing elbows with H-Town's biggest celebs and nothing like being in the elite fraternity of subjects for the My Houston 2.0 image campaign — which CultureMap firs ...


Hometown Glory

Stephen Colbert showers H-Town charity bar with hilarious love, lauds "drunk donating"

By Whitney Radley

02.06.13 | 1:29 pm

Even before OKRA opened the doors to its well-appointed downtown Charity Saloon, the bar and its unusual do-good concept received national attention from Condé Nast Daily Traveler to the New ...


Destination dining

Modular Man Joshua Martinez plans ramen noodle shop: Let the downtown re-revitalization begin!

By Tyler Rudick

02.06.13 | 10:03 am

Well, the cat's out of the bag . . . After months of keeping its location a secret, recent articles on Joshua Martinez' Goro & Gun appear to place the forthcoming ramen shop a ...


Just updating

The man who will change Ninfa's? Bobby Heugel insists Tex-Mex icon's revamp will not be dramatic

By Tyler Rudick

02.05.13 | 1:37 pm

Some Houston foodies are freaking out over a series of long-overdue renovation projects at the original Ninfa's on Navigation. But before anyone calls the historic preservati ...


2,000 square feet controversy

City planners not budging on new bar & restaurant parking rules: Is H-Town's national cred in danger?

By Whitney Radley

01.31.13 | 10:58 pm

The wood-paneled chambers of Houston City Hall were filled with residents hoping to weigh in on two issues crucial to Houston's future at the Housing, Sustainable Growth and Development co ...


Vice and virture

Drink up and help a good cause: OKRA Charity Saloon is open for business

By Whitney Radley

12.22.12 | 9:00 am

The time is nigh, folks, when you can marry vice with virtue: The Original OKRA Charity Saloon is "mostly done." The bar is staggering toward an official opening with a &quo ...


Urban Renewal

New pizza place takes on a cursed downtown corner: Are Main Street restaurants coming back?

By Dillon Sorensen

12.21.12 | 10:41 am

The corner of Main Street and Congress Avenue in the northern part of downtown has seen its fair share of unsuccessful restaurants come and go, with the most recent casualty being the 24-hour Greek ...


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