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    where to eat on new year's eve

    10 top Houston restaurants serve up decadent New Year's Eve dining

    Eric Sandler
    Dec 28, 2022 | 2:10 pm
    Le Jardinier interior

    Celebrate in style at Le Jardinier.

    Photo by Claudia Casbarian

    The prospect of going out on New Year’s Eve seems a lot more appealing than it did during last week’s frigid weather. While lots of people may have already made plans, others are just now deciding they’d like to venture out.

    Thankfully, plenty of Houston restaurants still have tables available. This roundup focuses on newer options at a range of price points.

    Degust, the intimate restaurant in Spring Branch, will offer a seven-course tasting menu from chef Rico Mackins built around a theme of dishes that promote luck, prosperity, and health. Menu items include Prosecco Jell-O Mold and porcelet crown roast with black eyed peas, greens, duck fat potatoes and truffle jus. Seatings occur at 6 and 8:30 pm, $200.

    Gratify in Rice Village is serving a four-course, $100 menu that includes a glass of champagne. Choices include shrimp cocktail, crab cake, French onion soup, filet mignon, Dover sole, sides, and dessert.

    Karne Korean Steakhouse will supplement its regular dinner menu with a six-course, $150 prix fixe that includes a mascarpone-and-bacon-stuffed strawberry, spicy cream noodle with braised pork, the signature Karnivore board that comes with five different cuts of meat and banchan. DJ Demo Cruz will perform all evening.

    Le Jardinier, the fine dining restaurant at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will offer both a four-course, $165 menu from 5-6:30 pm and a six-course, $295 menu from 7:30-11 pm. Dish include salmon with beets, radishes, and caviar; Carolina rice risotto with winter squash & black truffle shavings; and dry-aged ribeye with celeriac fondant and charred braised endive au jus. Finish with Maroon Glacé Blanc with coffee light cream, chestnut confit, and crispy meringue.

    Louie’s Italian American, the East End's new red sauce joint, is serving a five-course, $125 menu that mixes some festive bites with Italian classics. Start with oysters and a glass of sparkling wine before moving on to radicchio salad, toast (prawn or mushroom), choice of pastas (tagliatelle or tortelloni). For an entree, choose roast beef or baked redfish, both served with sides. Finish with vanilla creme brulee or chocolate fondant.

    Marmo, the Italian steakhouse in Montrose, will serve a four-course, $110 menu. Choices include five different appetizers such as beef tartare and blue crab bruschetta and five pastas that include lasagna, pumpkin agnolotti, and wild mushroom risotto. Entree options include duck, beef tenderloin, and chicken parmigiana. Finish with a shared a dessert board.

    Ten Sushi + Cocktail Bar will supplement its regular dinner menu with a $65 omakase plate that also includes a glass of champagne. Upgrade to “bottomless” champagne for an additional $65.

    The Upside Pub in Garden Oaks will host a ticketed New Year’s Eve party that includes a special, all-you-can-eat menu from 8:30-11:30 pm, a reserved table, four drinks tickets, and a champagne toast at midnight, $60 per person.

    Warehouse 72 will serve a $55, four-course menu that includes baked goat cheese, winter kale salad, short rib pappardelle, pan-seared flounder, and dark chocolate bread pudding.

    Wild, the cannabis-friendly restaurant in Montrose, will serve a three-course, $135 menu. Choices include mole chicken flautas, bluefin tuna toast, black garlic molasses-cured lamb loin, black truffle-crusted chicken breast, and key lime pie. Upgrades such as caviar and butter-poached lobster are also available.

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    What's Eric Eating Episodes 518 and 519

    Meet the men behind River Oaks' new destination for bowls and broth

    CultureMap Staff
    Dec 19, 2025 | 4:40 pm
    Honest Mary's restaurant exterior
    Photo by Becca Wright
    Find Honest Mary's in the River Oaks Shopping Center.

    On this week’s episode of “What’s Eric Eating,” Honest Mary’s founder Nelson Monteith and COO Andrew Wiseman joined CultureMap editor Eric Sandler to discuss the Austin-based restaurant that just opened its first Houston location in the River Oaks Shopping Center (2047-A West Gray St).



    Monteith shares that he started the restaurant in 2017 in order to fulfill his vision of a restaurant which could serve food that’s fast, fresh, and affordable. A trained chef who operated pioneering Austin restaurant Contigo, Wiseman joined the group to bring both culinary expertise and operational acumen to the grouping company.

    Part of what sets Honest Mary’s apart is that diners can add cooked vegetables to the rice and proteins at the heart of every bowl. The “Market Sides” section includes an array of roasted vegetables — including sweet potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, and Brussels sprouts — as well as black beans, maple-glazed carrots, and green lentils. Bowls can be further enhanced with toppings such as Texas pecans, crispy chickpeas, goat cheese, avocado, and apples as well as sauces such as creamy poblano, cashew lime crema, sesame vinaigrette, spicy peanut, chimichurri and apple cider vinaigrette

    Monteith explains that looking at the ingredients on display usually inspires him when he’s deciding what to eat at Honest Mary’s.

    “I will almost always look at the line and see what looks fresh and good,” Monteith says. “Today, I got the salted kale with white rice. Then, I got garlic-pepper steak. I added on lentils — they’re my go-to in the winter. They blend everything together, and I love it Then Brussels sprouts looked green. I got some jalapenos. Avocados, cause that’s healthy. Then I got the chimichurri sauce.”

    Honest Mary’s is also known for its hearty brothers, a classic chicken and a seaweed and mushroom. Sandler raves about the chicken broth to Wiseheart, who shares how it’s made.

    “We spent six or seven months testing recipes and drinking it ourselves to see if it’s a good idea,” Wiseman says. “I talk about it as a great complement to the menu. It’s healthy. It’s really simple. Most of the kitchens I came up with were rooted in French cuisine. This is just chicken stock with salt in it.”

    Listen to the full episode to hear more about Honest Mary’s plans for additional locations in Houston and Dallas. Then Monteith asks a Sandler a few questions about the Houston dining scene.



    In this week’s other episode, Sandler and co-host Mary Clarkson discuss the news of the week. Their topics include Home Slice Pizza opening a new location in the Heights; the closures of Brett’s BBQ Shop in Katy and Killen’s Barbecue in The Woodlands; and Esquire including ChòpnBlok on its list of America’s best new restaurants.

    In the restaurant of the week segment, the two friends discuss their recent meal at Hypsi, the Italian restaurant in the newly-opened Hotel Daphne. Listen to the episode to hear their favorite dishes and other thoughts on the meal.

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    Honest Mary's restaurant exterior

    Photo by Becca Wright

    Find Honest Mary's in the River Oaks Shopping Center.

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