Home With Garden Views

Garden views from every room highlight $2.2 million spec house from inventive Houston builder

By Barbara Kuntz

07.17.14 | 11:48 am

Modern-style builder Carol Isaak Barden admits her latest undertaking, the 5,000-square-foot "The House of Many Gardens" in the Rice Village area, presented a different challenge. &qu ...

Rice Design Alliance's 2014 Design Charrette "Visions for the Village"

Rice University

08.02.14 - 08.04.14

This year's design charrette will challenge participants to imagine how Rice Village will evolve. Considered one of Houston's most desirable areas, Rice Village is poised for growth, b

Rice Village Food & Wine Festival 2014: Agave and Food Pairing with Alba Huerta

El Meson

04.10.14

Imbibe, the national magazine that covers "liquid culture" just named Alba Huerta Bartender of the Year. Huerta is co-owner of The Pastry War and is owner of the soon to open southern reg

Rice Village Food & Wine Festival 2014: Spanish Wine Dinner with Master Sommelier Guy Stout

El Meson

04.09.14

This Spanish wine dinner with Master Sommelier Guy Stout will feature three courses.

Rice Village Food & Wine Festival 2014: "An Evening Around a Few French Wine Regions with Master Sommelier Guy Stout"

Café Rabelais

04.07.14

With guidance from Master Sommelier Guy Stout, guests will explore selected wine regions in France.

Buzzy New Restaurant

Buzzed-over new restaurant opens in Rice Village, offering comfort food amid chandeliers

By Eric Sandler

03.25.14 | 8:54 am

Clark/Cooper Concepts opened Punk's Simple Southern Food Monday night at 5 p.m. Located next to Coppa Osteria in the Hanover development in Rice Village, Punk's serves Southern-inspire ...

Foodie News

Much-anticipated Taco Milagro restaurant replacement is set to open: It's sandwich mania on Kirby

By Eric Sandler

03.12.14 | 1:05 pm

The sandwich wait is over. Local Foods will open its second location in the former Taco Milago space at Kirby and Westheimer on Thursday. As CultureMap first reported back in Aug ...

Indie Holiday Crawl in Rice Village

New Living

12.13.13

This progressive crawl of Rice Village shop-keepers who work with independent and local designers includes Myth + Symbol, New Living, Saint Cloud, DAO Chloe DAO, Premium Goods, P H Design Shop

Terrorism Raids In Houston?

Terrorism raids in Houston? FBI, terrorism task force descend on major art player's luxury homes

By Tyler Rudick

10.04.13 | 5:37 pm

FBI agents, a federal terrorism task force and a Houston Hazmat team descended upon a trio of homes linked to a noted area art appraiser on Friday. The first of three search warrant was execute ...

New Store in Town

Every day is Saturday at Kate Spade with big new Houston store

By Elizabeth Rhodes

09.27.13 | 4:22 pm

Kate Spade Saturday, the newest brand from Kate Spade, has just opened its first Texas store in Rice Village — and only its third in the United States. "Texas, and Houston in particu ...