New Restaurant in Rice Village

Torchy's Tacos fever builds: New Rice Village restaurant seeing huge crowds

By Barbara Kuntz

04.19.13 | 4:04 pm

"Let's get this party started," Torchy's Tacos tweeted and faithful lil' "devils" braced the morning chill while in line awaiting the opening of the flame-friendly e ...

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Torchy's Tacos builds up its Houston presence, but finds the going slower than expected

By Whitney Radley

02.22.13 | 11:02 am

Torchy's Tacos signed the lease on its Rice Village digs months ago, but construction work has begun in earnest at 2400 Times Boulevard. Hungry undergrads are surely salivating at the ...

Main Street Theater presents Memory House By Kathleen Tolan

Main Street Theater

01.12.13 - 02.10.13

Sometimes human beings are so trapped between the hurt from the past and the utterly overwhelming nature of how to move forward into the future that we are frozen, locked in place, unable to see a

Top Shops

Where to shop right now: 10 must-hit stores in November

By Heather Staible

11.20.12 | 10:00 am

It’s as though retailers know we are itching for new stores and items to shop for, so thankfully there’s new spots to shop, just in time for the holidays. Blueprint Modern Pop Up Sh ...

Starting from bed rest

New Rice Village boutique shakes up the jewelry business: "Like Build-A-Bear for grown women"

By Whitney Radley

11.16.12 | 12:54 pm

Kendra Scott's success story is one for the books: Pregnant and confined to bed rest, with a recently-unemployed husband and a meager bank balance, she began creating custom jewelry. Once s ...

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Taco takeover: Torchy's plans a third Houston location

By Sarah Rufca

10.04.12 | 12:16 pm

Torchy's Tacos may not have pleased some of the critics around town, but judging by the permanent line of cars waiting to get into the parking lot of the original Houston location on South Shep ...

Shelby's Social Diary

Hot models, sweet champagne & Ali McGraw style: Elaine Turner sure knows how to throw a benefit

By Shelby Hodge

09.11.12 | 9:45 am

While plans are in the works for hometown design talent Elaine Turner to open boutiques far beyond the Lone Star state boundaries, she celebrated the launch of her fall line with benefit parties in ...

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Rice Village gets even sweeter: New candy store to offer bacon soda & Snooki Wild Cherry

By Sarah Rufca

08.14.12 | 10:12 am

For a person with a sweet tooth, there's no more dangerous part of town than Rice Village. The shopping district boasts a half dozen ice cream or frozen yogurt vendors, a French-style crepe ...

Moving Time

Shop exchange: A vintage store relocates into Rice Village with big plans — and free parking

By Whitney Radley

07.12.12 | 3:03 pm

A recent visit to the Buffalo Exchange outpost on 19th Street looked a bit less than kempt, so it came as little surprise when the company revealed it is moving its Houston Heights locati ...

Clothing, paper pieces and home goods

Myth + Symbol brings well-crafted pieces and beautiful design to Rice Village

By Whitney Radley

07.07.12 | 2:00 pm

Houston's newest boutique, Myth + Symbol, was conceived more than a year ago by sisters Trang Nguyen and Chau Nguyen, plus Chau's husband Roque Strew, and their high school friend Ameet Gai ...