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Midtown's new retro bar and hot restaurant news lead this week's top stories

Electric FeelGood has brought retro vibes to Midtown.

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Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week.

1. Electric new bar slides into Midtown with feel-good retro vibes. Electric FeelGood, a new bar from the owners of The Dogwood, features an Instagram-friendly look and creative cocktails.

2. New Heights-area restaurant serves up Southern eats and massive patio. With a family-friendly menu of classic Southern-fried favorites, Preslee’s - Southern Good Eatery looks poised to make a splash.

3. Midtown's acclaimed Viet-Cajun restaurant has served its last crawfish. Saigon House may have closed, but chef Tony Nguyen vows to return to the kitchen soon.

4. Nationally acclaimed ice cream shop picks The Heights for first Houston location. Jeni Britton Bauer tells CultureMap that being near Ford Fry and Justin Yu helped convince her to open an ice cream shop in The Heights.

5. These are the roads to avoid during heavy rainfall in Houston. Our content partner ABC13 compiled this list of dozens of intersections and underpasses to avoid when a storm like Imelda floods the city.

Courtesy of Houston First Corp.

Fifteen Texas restaurants now hold one Michelin star.

Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week.

1. 7 hot takes on Houston's 31 restaurants in the Texas Michelin Guide. The night's biggest takeaway is the more than 20 barbecue restaurants that made Texas' first-ever Michelin Guide.

2. How to watch the invite-only Michelin Guide Texas ceremony — plus predictions. People from all over the world tuned in to see which Texas restaurants would be included.

3. Michelin Guide removes shuttered Houston Vietnamese restaurant. The Montrose restaurant closed after the inspectors made their selections but before Monday's announcement.

4. A Houston desi wedding to remember: Ruchi and Walter’s unforgettable union. Bollywood-inspired glam and timeless Texan charm danced side by side at the Bryan Museum in Galveston.

5. Steakhouse wine expert wins prestigious Houston sommelier competition. The winning presentation showcased Rhone-style grapes, such as Cinsault, Syrah, and Grenache, grown in places other than France’s Rhone Valley.