Editor's note: It's time to look back at the top Houston news of the week, including two sudden restaurant closures and a delicious kickoff to rodeo season. Plus, we celebrate Houston's best neighborhood restaurants. Get the details on our hottest headlines of the week below, then find your best bets for weekend fun here.

1. Award-winning Houston steakhouse will close after only 2 years. One of 2023’s most promising new restaurants will soon serve its final meal. Andiron Grille & Patio will close after service on March 1.

2. Houston's 11 best neighborhood restaurants keep people coming back for more. Accessibility is an essential component of being a neighborhood restaurant. These are the places we turn to when we’re too tired to cook dinner or when a break in the day’s schedule allows for a quick lunch. Meet the 2025 Tastemaker nominees for Houston's Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year.

3. Top Houston restaurants lasso big prizes at Rodeo Best Bites Competition. Marsala-braised short ribs and sundried tomato spread on cayenne pepper toast took two of the top prizes at this year's Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup & Best Bites Competition.

4. Houston's most ambitious Korean steakhouse suddenly closes in the Heights. Houston’s most ambitious Korean steakhouse has served its last meal. Karne Korean Steakhouse has permanently closed, owner Jason Cho told CultureMap earlier this week.

Karne has closed. Photo by Jenn Duncan

5. Meet the Texas restaurateur serving oysters and burgers in 3 states. In this episode of “What’s Eric Eating,” restaurateur Larry McGuire discusses MML Hospitality, his Austin-based group that operates restaurants in California, Texas, and Colorado, as well as the Hotel Saint Vincent in New Orleans.