Happy Birthday to You

Blow out your candles at Houston's best spot for a birthday bash

It's all eyes on you this birthday.

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It's the question that rolls around every year: Where should you celebrate your birthday? Picking just the right spot for a major birthday bash can be tricky, as you want somewhere that's simultaneously popular yet able to accommodate a group, can satisfy all appetites yet feels special enough for a special occasion. And it's got to be a place that provides an Instagram-worthy backdrop.

Well, happy birthday to you: Pour Behavior has all this and more. In addition to 18,000 square feet of stylish space, the event venue and scratch kitchen offers four awesome birthday packages that guarantee dinner and a good time.

Each includes a delicious birthday cake, confetti poppers, a jumbo sign announcing your big day, and a birthday presentation with sparklers.

Here's a glance at the four celebration options, each catered to the size of your crew:

Silver (5-10 people): Three appetizers, three pizzas, 50 wings, 12 sliders, a large salad, and a bottle of Grey Goose vodka ($450).
Gold (10-15 people): Four appetizers, four pizzas, 60 wings, 16 sliders, 2 large salads, one bottle of Grey Goose and one bottle of Moet Imperial Champagne ($650).
Platinum (15-20 guests): Five appetizers, five pizzas, 70 wings, 20 sliders, three large salads, two bottles of Grey Goose, and a bottle of Moet Imperial ($850).
Diamond (20-plus guests): Six appetizers, six pizzas, 80 wings, 24 sliders, four large salads, three bottles of Grey Goose, and two bottles of Moet Imperial ($1,250).

Whether or not you take advantage of these great birthday packages, Houston's best party is still happening all around you. DJs are playing nightly over the state-of-the-art sound system, there are laser shows, and Pour Behavior's two massive 220-inch HD LED video walls, surrounded by 42 65-inch TVs, broadcast everything from music videos to the big game.

All party packages must be reserved in advance and take place before 9 pm. Not available during other special events. To set your own date or surprise someone else, call 1-833-O-BEHAVE toll-free.

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Pour Behavior is located in Midtown at 2211 Travis St.

better than blini

Houston pizzeria unveils indulgent caviar pizza for the holiday season

Courtesy of Pizaro's Pizza

Get the Holiday Decadence pizza through the end of December.

One of Houston’s most well-regarded pizzerias is giving diners a way to splurge this holiday season. For a limited time only, Pizaro’s Pizza is topping one of its Neapolitan-style pies with caviar.

Called the Holiday Decadence, it’s a personal-sized, 8-inch, Neapolitan-style pizza topped simply with Pizaro’s housemade mozzarella cheese and seasoned with a little furikake. Alongside, the restaurant provides diners with lemon zest crème fraîche, a small bottle of prosecco, and a one-ounce jar of paddlefish caviar from Houston’s DR Delicacy. Priced at $59, it’s either an indulgent treat for one person or an extravagant appetizer for two.

Pizaro’s co-owner Nicole Bean tells CultureMap she sees the new pizza as an improvement on the caviar special the restaurant tried two years ago, which used its thicker, Detroit-style pizza.

“This year, we simplified things,” she says. “We made it more affordable. We added more caviar. The feature is the caviar, focusing on having a whole, one-ounce container either for yourself or to share with one other person.”

In this configuration, the pizza crust essentially serves as an oversized blini, with the furikake boosting the caviar’s oceanic flavors. Serving the caviar in the jar allows diners to add as much or as little to the pizza as they want. Introduced last week, Bean says the restaurant hasn’t sold that many caviar pizzas yet, but that doesn’t surprise her.

“People are a little hesitant with it being caviar and the $60 price point,” she says. “It’s not for everybody. It’s for people who are curious and want to try it or really love caviar and want to try it every way they can.”

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The restaurant always uses its monthly specials to experiment beyond familiar toppings like pepperoni and mushroom. Next month, Bean and her brother, co-owner Matt Hutchinson, will present dueling pies — his topped with crispy prosciutto, sautéed onions, and balsamic drizzle and hers a simple tomato pie, anchovies optional but strongly encouraged.

“The fun thing about pizza is you can literally do anything with it,” Bean says. “I want people to try different things on pizza. It can be decadent. It can be upscale. It can be fresh and new.”

The Holiday Decadence is available at both Pizaro’s locations through December 31. Find more details at the Pizaro’s Pizza website.

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