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New Update: These restaurants are open and serving right now as Harvey leaves Houston

Houston, FM Kitchen and Bar, May 2017, interior

FM Kitchen & Bar is one of many Houston restaurants reopening on Wednesday.

With Harvey having moved east, more Houston restaurants have been able to reopen. Hopefully, that means Wednesday is the final day CultureMap will be providing daily updates on restaurant reopenings.

Judging by a quick scouting expedition throughout a few inner loop neighborhoods last night, Houstonians are thrilled to have their restaurants back. Every open business seemed to be packed.

While the city has months of recovery ahead, this small totem of “normal life” seems to have brought a welcome sense of relief to many people. Employees are just as happy to be out of their homes and serving customers.

Rather than list all of the restaurants that are open, the below list only includes restaurants that are reopening today. See yesterday's list for even more restaurants, although be advised that hours of operation are still in flux.

CultureMap will update this article at 3 pm. Restaurants that have reopened today and want to be on this list may post in the comments or email eric@culturemap.com.

Montrose:
Boheme - Open beginning at noon.
Cane Rosso - Open beginning at 11 am with a limited menu.
Common Bond - Open from 11 am to 5 pm with a limited menu.
El Tiempo - 1308 location has reopened, but the Annex location on Westheimer is still closed.
The Pit Room - Open beginning at 11 am with a full menu.
Provisions - Open from 12 pm to 6 pm with a limited menu in the bar.
Good Dog Montrose - Open until 10 pm with nearly-full menu.

Midtown:
Artisans - Open from 5 pm to 10 pm.
Fluff Bake Bar - Open from 10 am to 5 pm.
Holley's - Open for lunch and dinner with a limited menu.
Luna y Sol - Open from 11 am to 8 pm. Full hours resume Thursday.
Weights + Measures - Bakery opens at 8 am with pastries and coffee. Lunch and dinner service follows.

The Heights and surrounding neighborhoods:
Alice Blue - Open from 11 am to 8 pm or sold out.
Cane Rosso - Open beginning at 11 am with a limited menu.
Coltivare - Open from 5 pm to 9:45 with a limited menu.
Demeris Bar-B-Q - Regular hours.
Harold's in the Heights - Serving brunch from 11 am to 3 pm.
King’s BierHaus - Open from 5 pm to 9 pm with a limited menu.
Rainbow Lodge - Open beginning at 5 pm for happy hour and dinner.
Revival Market - Open from 8 am to 4 pm.

Washington Avenue:
El Tiempo - Washington Avenue location returns to business with a limited menu.
Federal Grill - Open at 4 pm with a limited menu.
FM Kitchen & Bar - Open beginning at 11 am.
Ginger & Fork - Open for normal hours.
Jax Grill - Open for regular hours.
Laurenzo’s - Open for normal hours with a limited menu.

Galleria/Tanglewood/Briargrove:
Berryhill Baja Grill - Regular hours.
Chama Gaucha - Open regular hours (11:30 am to 9:30 pm) with a full menu.
Ciao Bello - Open from 4 pm to 9:30 pm.
La Table - Marche (downstairs) open beginning at 11 am.
Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen - Open for lunch and dinner beginning at 11 am.

River Oaks/Greenway/Upper Kirby:
Berryhill Baja Grill - Regular hours.
Demeris Bar-B-Q - Regular hours.
Kata Robata - Open from 12 pm to 6 pm with its full menu.
Local Foods - Open from 11 am to 3 pm.
Petite Sweets - Open from 11 am to 7 pm.
Relish Restaurant & Bar - Open for lunch and dinner from 11 am to 8 pm.
Tony’s - Open from 4 pm to 9:30 pm.

Rice Village/West University:
D'Amico's Italian Market Café - Open for lunch and dinner beginning at 11 am until 10 pm or sold out.
Hungry's - Open beginning at 11 am with a limited menu.
Picnic - Open beginning at 10 am.
Pokeology - Open for regular business hours (11:30 am to 10 pm).
Prego - Open from 11 am to 8 pm.
The Raven Grill - Open beginning at noon.
Tiny’s No. 5 - Open from 9 am to 9 pm.
Tiny’s Milk and Cookies - Open from 10 am to 6 pm

Downtown:
Main Kitchen at the JW Marriott - Open to the public for lunch and dinner.
Xochi - Open beginning at 12 pm with a limited menu. Cocktail specials will benefit Harvey relief efforts.

Memorial:
Kuu - Open beginning at 11 am.
Jonathan’s the Rub - Open for lunch and dinner beginning at 12 pm.
Vallone’s - Open from 4 pm to 9:30 pm.

Bellaire/Southwest Houston:
Himalaya - Open for regular hours.
Jax Grill - Open for regular hours

Tomball:
Tejas Chocolates - Open at 11 am with a limited menu.

Update, 3 pm:

Montrose:
Good Dog Houston - Open from 11 am to 10 pm.
L’Olivier - Open for regular business.
Max’s Wine Dive - Open from 4 pm to 10 pm with a limited menu.
Pistolero’s - Open beginning at 4 pm with $1 tacos for dine-in customers.
Riel - Open beginning at 5 pm with a limited menu.
Roost - Open beginning at 5 pm with a full menu.
Sorrento Ristorante - Open for regular business.
Vinoteca Poscol - Open for regular business.

Midtown/Third Ward:
Natachee’s Supper & Punch - Open for regular business.
Oporto Fooding House & Wine - Open for regular business.
Ray’s Real Pit BBQ Shack - Open from 11 am to 4 pm. Regular hours resume Thursday.
Rico’s Morning, Noon + Night - Open for regular business

The Heights and surrounding neighborhoods:
Antone’s - Open for regular business.
Bernie's Burger Bus - Open for regular hours with a limited menu.
Connie’s Seafood - Open for regular business.
Good Dog Houston - Open from 11 am to 10 pm.
Karbach Brewing - Open beginning at 11 am.
Plonk Bistro - Open for regular business.

Washington Avenue:
Federal Grill - Open beginning at 4 pm with a limited menu.
Jax Grill - Open for regular business.
Max’s Wine Dive - Open from 4 pm to 10 pm with a limited menu.
Ninja Ramen - Open for dinner beginning at 5 pm.
Pi Pizza - Open for dinner with a limited menu beginning at 4 pm.
Pluckers Wing Bar - Open from 2 pm to 10 pm with a limited menu.
Star Fish - Open beginning at 4 pm with a full menu.

Galleria/Tanglewood/Briargrove:
Antone’s - Open for regular business.
Bosscat Kitchen & Libations - Open from 4 pm to 10 pm with a limited menu.
Dish Society - Open for regular hours.
Eloise Nichols - Open for regular business hours with a limited menu.
Houston’s - Open from 12 pm to 7 pm. Kirby location expected to open Thursday.
Krisp Bird & Batter - Open for regular business
Michael’s Cookie Jar - Open for regular business; other locations will follow this week.
Taverna - Open from 2 pm to 9 pm with a limited menu.
Toulouse - Open from 2 pm to 9 pm with a limited menu.

River Oaks/Greenway/Upper Kirby:
Americas - Open beginning at 5 pm.
Frank’s Americana Revival - Open for regular business.
Oishii - Open from 11 am to 10 pm.
Ouisie’s Table - Open for dinner beginning at 5 pm.

Rice Village/West University/Bellaire:
Bernie's Burger Bus - Open for regular hours with a limited menu.
Fajitas a Go Go - Open for regular business.
Jax Grill - Open for regular business.
Saltillo Mexican Kitchen - Open for regular business.
Thai Village - Both locations open for regular business.
The Ginger Man - Open until 11 pm; normal hours resume once the curfew is lifted.

Downtown/EaDo/Second Ward:
Cajun Stop - Open for regular business.
Ninfa’s on Navigation - Open for regular business.
Your Pie - Open for regular business.
Vic & Anthony’s - Open for dinner beginning at 5 pm.

Museum District:
Bodegas Taco Shop - Open from 12 pm to 9 pm. Regular hours resume Thursday.
Danton’s - Open for dinner beginning at 4 pm.
Lucille's - Open from 11 am to 10 pm with a limited menu.

Memorial:
Grub Burger Bar - Open for regular business
Liberty Kitchen at the Treehouse - Open from 5 pm until the curfew.
Pappy’s Cafe - Open for lunch and dinner beginning at 12 pm.
State Fare - Open at 3 pm with a limited menu.

Suburbs:
Cajun Stop - Open for regular business in The Woodlands.
Dish Society - Open for regular hours in Katy.
Fernando’s - Open for dinner in Sugar Land beginning at 5:15.
Grazia Italian Kitchen - Pearland and Clear Lake locations open for regular business.
Great W’Kana Cafe - Open for regular business in the Energy Corridor.
Grub Burger Bar - Open for regular business in The Woodlands.
Hasta la Pasta - Open for regular business in Katy.
Killen’s Steakhouse - Open from 4 pm to 9 pm with a limited menu.
V Bistro Noodle & Grill - Open in Humble for regular business.

Various locations:
Avenida Brazil - All three locations are open and serving its Houston Restaurant Weeks menu.
Churrascos - Most locations open for lunch and dinner.
Mambo Seafood - Seven of eight Houston locations open for regular business.
Molina’s Cantina - All three locations open for dinner tonight.
Perry’s Steakhouse - Five Houston-area locations open for dinner beginning at 4 pm.
Raising Cane’s - Multiple locations open for regular business.
Saltgrass Steakhouse - Multiple locations open for regular business.
Which Wich - Memorial and Vintage Park locations have reopened.

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These are Houston's 11 best dessert programs of 2026

Photo by Julie Soefer

Baked Alaska at Bludorn.

For this year’s CultureMap Tastemaker Awards, we’ve shifted our dessert-focused award from Pastry Chef of the Year to Dessert Program of the Year.

It’s a subtle but important change that recognizes that cooking is a team sport. Yes, a great pastry chef may guide a restaurant’s desserts, but it takes dedicated cooks to execute them consistently day-in and day-out. In addition, it allows us to recognize some of our favorite pop-ups along with our favorite restaurants. To be clear, we’re taking a maximal view of “pastry” that includes savory items, breads, pies, cakes, and anything else that makes life a little sweeter or more satisfying.

Which restaurant will win? Find out April 16 at the Tastemaker Awards party at Silver Street Studios. We’ll dine on bites from this year’s nominated restaurants and sip cocktails from our sponsors before revealing the winners in our short and sweet ceremony.

Buy your tickets now before they sell out.

Here are the 11 nominees for Dessert Program of the Year:

Barbacana
Much like its savory menu, Barbacana pastry chef Priscilla Treviño uses locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients for many of her desserts. Even more notably, she hosts regular dessert collaboration meals with many of the city’s top talents, including Kripa Shenoy (EaDough), Alyssa Dole, and Micaela Victoria (formerly of Goodnight Hospitality). These one-night-only affairs lure diners with the opportunity to sample never-seen creations.

Blacksmith
Since 2013, the Montrose coffee shop has always taken its food as seriously as its espresso. Under the direction of pastry chef Christina Au, the shop serves an array of muffins, cakes, cookies, and its signature square biscuits. Weekends and holidays are when the stop really shines, which specials, pies, and other destination-worthy delights.

Bludorn Hospitality
Part of what makes the company’s four restaurants so special is that each one has a signature dessert. Under the direction of corporate pastry chef Marie Riddle, diners know that no meal at Bludorn is complete without its signature baked Alaska, and a trip to Navy Blue has to end with carrot cake, key lime pie, or, ideally, both. No visit to Bar Bludorn is complete without the Martellus (devil’s food cake with salted caramel), and you haven’t really been to Perseid unless an eclair or beignets.

EaDough
Located in EaDo, this bakery and coffee shop serves up a wide array of sweet and savory pastries, including croissants, muffins, cookies, and more. Pastry chef Kripa Shenoy pays homage to her Indian heritage butter chicken kolache. Seasonal specials bring extra energy to the menu.

Fluff Bake Bar
For 15 years, pastry chef Rebecca Masson and her team have satisfied Houston’s sweet tooth with signature items like the Veruca Salt cake, Couch Potato cookie, and the Star Crossed Lover (Rice Krispie treat topped with caramel, chocolate, and sea salt). Her Saturday morning bake sales have become a right of passage for chefs from Houston and beyond, drawing everyone from Top Chef judge Gail Simmons to Ernest Servantes, pitmaster and owner of Texas Monthly’s No. 1 barbecue joint, Burnt Bean Co. in Seguin.

Jane and the Lion Bakehouse
Having already established her reputation at farmers markets across the Houston area, chef Jane Wild took the next step by opening her brick-and-mortar cafe and bakery in the Heights last year. Market favorites like the salted honey pie and stuffed biscuits are, of course, present and accounted for, but having more room has benefits. Wild and her team are baking more sourdough — leading to first rate sandwiches — are even offer plenty of gluten-free options.

Koffeteria
Having earned both local and national acclaim — including a spot on the New York Times’ list of America’s best bakeries — chef Vanarin Kuch’s EaDo outpost has firmly established its reputation as one of Houston’s most creative pastry producers. New classics like the pholache and baklava croissant helped build the acclaim, as do rotating specials that nod to Kuch’s Cambodian heritage. A second location in West Houston that opened last year means more people than ever are enjoying Kuch’s creations.

Luciana's Pastry and Coffee
After introducing herself to Houstonians at the short-lived, critically-acclaimed Cafe Louie and through her La Crumb pop-ups, pastry chef Lucianna Emiliani has established a weekend pop-up in the Heights. The permanent (for now) location has allowed Emiliani to turn out signatures like strawberry rolls, coffee cake, and tiramisu, alongside a regular stream of specials that showcase seasonal ingredients — or whatever she happens to be excited about that day.

Mayahuel
Once named Latin America’s best pastry chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, chef Luis Robledo Richards brings serious culinary firepower to his modern Mexican restaurant in Autry Park. The desserts live up to the chef’s lofty reputation. Built around one of three ingredients — vanilla, cacao, or a seasonal item — each composed plate contains multiple components that show off different aspects of the ingredient.

Sweet Bee Bakehouse
Pick a single best croissant in a city as big as Houston is essentially impossible, but any list of top options would have to include the viennoiserie turned out by pastry chef Ally Barrera. Crispy, light, buttery (of course), and flaky, their delicate crumb demonstrates the care that goes into making them. With a new brick and-mortar that just opened in Pearland, Barrera’s creations will be more available that ever before.

The Bake Happening
Known for her elaborately decorated cakes, baker Andrea De Gortari has facilitated celebrations Houstonian’s celebrations for several years. She earned national acclaim in 2023 by winning season six of Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge. Those who want to sample her wares without committing to a cake will find De Gortari popping up at festivals and markets around town, especially those that are in line with her progressive values.

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The Tastemaker Awards ceremony is sponsored in Houston by Maker's Mark, Culinary Khancepts, Herradura Tequila, Ritual Zero Proof + Seedlip, Shutto, NXT LVL EVENT, and more to be announced. A portion of proceeds will benefit our nonprofit partner, the Southern Smoke Foundation.

Photo by Julie Soefer

Baked Alaska at Bludorn.

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