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    New Blue Bell Flavor

    Blue Bell gets back to basics with new ice cream flavor — and it's a classic

    Julia Davila
    Aug 24, 2013 | 11:17 am

    What's problem that can't be solved with a scoop — or two — of Blue Bell? For its newest flavor, in stores now, the little creamery in Brenham decided to go back to basics, with Chocolate Peanut Butter, described as a "rich, chocolate ice cream with a creamy peanut butter swirl."

    Blue Bell has mixed chocolate and peanut butter flavors before — one example is Tin Roof, vanilla ice cream with a fudge swirl and chocolate-covered peanuts — but nothing this simple.

    "There is no fancy gimmick to this flavor," said Blue Bell CEO and president Paul Kruse said.

    "There is no fancy gimmick to this flavor," Blue Bell CEO and president Paul Kruse said in a statement. "It's plain and simple creamy peanut butter surrounded by an equally creamy chocolate ice cream."

    "When we created this flavor it could have gone two ways. You could either make it like we did or with chocolate peanut butter cups in the ice cream. We liked the idea of swirling the peanut butter because it mixes so smoothly with our ice cream."

    In addition to the newest flavor, Blue Bell is reintroducing Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream, described as a "rich cheesecake ice cream loaded with cheesecake pieces and a flavorful blueberry swirl," and is rotating in popular flavors like Birthday Cake, Butter Crunch, Dessert Trio, Krazy Kookie Dough, Red Velvet Cake, Rockslide Brownie and Southern Blackberry Cobbler for fall.

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    HIGH STEAKS COMPETITION

    2 Houston-born steakhouses named among top fine dining restaurants in U.S.

    Brandon Watson
    Sep 21, 2026 | 1:00 pm
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    Brenner's on the River Walk is the only Texas restaurant to win a Traveler's Choice Award.

    For all of the diversity in Houston’s dining scene, the city’s steakhouses remain one of its culinary strengths. So much so that two concepts that are Bayou City born rank among the country’s best fine dining restaurants, according to the 2026 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards.

    Notably, the awards don’t recognize the original, Houston locations of either restaurant. Instead, diners selected the San Antonio location of Brenner’s (No. 8) and the Lake Charles (No. 9) and Las Vegas (No. 19) locations of Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse. No other Texas restaurant made it to any of the top 10s on the site’s other ranked lists that cover everything from viral sensations to culinary tours.

    The awards are calculated based on both the quality and quantity of reviews and ratings collected by Tripadvisor over over 12 months, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The review platform also says a mysterious “additional editorial process” contributes to the final rankings. Whether that affects review bombing or not is left unsaid.

    "Food is at the heart of how we experience a destination, and these awards recognize the restaurant and culinary experiences travelers consider among the very best," offered Laurel Greatrix, Chief Communications Officer, Tripadvisor Group, in a release.

    Brenner’s is a relative newcomer to the River Walk, opening in summer 2023, joining its two Houston locations in the Energy Corridor and along Buffalo Bayou near Memorial Park. Like Vic & Anthony’s, it’s part of Landry’s, the hospitality conglomerate owned by Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta.

    Named for Tilman Fertitta’s father and uncle, Vic & Anthony opened in downtown Houston in 2003. It expanded to Las Vegas in 2006 and Lake Charles in 2014 — both inside Golden Nugget casinos.

    Although Tripadvisor did not provide context in the award announcement, over 350 of the site’s users have rated Brenner’s as “excellent.” Similarly, Vic & Anthony’s in Lake Charles has more than 700 “excellent” reviews, with the bustling Las Vegas location earning more than 1,900 “excellent” reviews.

    All three restaurants enjoy enviable ratings of 4.6 or higher, although Brenner’s dipped slightly from its No. 6 ranking in 2025. Somewhat surprisingly, on a list dominated by steakhouses, the top fine dining restaurant was long-running Italian staple Ristorante Paoletti in Highlands, North Carolina.

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    Eric Sandler contributed to this article.


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