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Tiff's Treats expands in Houston, offers boxes of cookies for $3 at second storeopening

Tiff's Treats
Tiff's Treats

It's time to heal this divided nation. Let's all put down our Team Cake and Team Pie signs, stop arguing over cookies versus cupcakes and reluctantly accept that blondies are a real thing that people enjoy.

(Seriously, what's that about? Who ever thought that brownies were a great idea except for all the delicious chocolate?)

Dessert is meant to bring joy, not discord, and luckily 100 percent of the people polled in my imagination agreed that warm, fresh-baked cookies are a sign that God loves us.

Dessert is meant to bring joy, not discord, and luckily 100 percent of the people polled in my imagination agreed that warm, fresh-baked cookies are a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy. That's why the opening of the second Houston location of Tiff's Treats, a cookie bakery and delivery service, offers not only great deals but a chance to help those in need.

On Saturday, Tiff's Treats' grand opening at 1333 Old Spanish Trail will feature boxes of one-dozen cookies in chocolate chip, snickerdoodle or oatmeal raisin available for $3 per box, cash only, with a limit of six boxes per person.

The proceeds from the sale up to $5,000 will go towards buying laptops for the Child Life department at the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Texas Children's Hospital, helping kids struggling with the genetic disorder and their families stay connected and reach out to others.

If that wasn't enough of a reason to brave the cookie lines, the first 10 customers at 9 a.m. will receive a $100 gift card to Tiff's Treats, the second 10 will get $20 cards and the third 10 will receive gift cards for $10, plus everyone who buys a box will be entered to win free cookies for a year.

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Farewell, ElRo

Creative Montrose pizzeria will shutter after only a year-and-a-half

Photo by Julie Soefer

ElRo Pizza & Crudo

An acclaimed Houston pizzeria will soon serve its final pies. ElRo Pizza & Crudo will close after service on December 31.

In a post on Instagram, chef-owner Terrence Gallivan thanks his staff for their dedication and his customers for their support. “We hope to see you all over the next couple weeks. Come celebrate with us,” he writes.

Open since June 2023, ElRo intrigued diners who enjoyed Gallivan’s work at pioneering Houston restaurant The Pass & Provisions. At ElRo, the chef served a modified version of the Provisions pizza recipe alongside crudos and shareable small plates such as arancini and housemade sausage. It earned four nominations in this year’s CultureMap Tastemaker Awards, including Best New Restaurant and Chef of the Year.

Sadly, Gallivan tells CultureMap that business has seen “a steady decline in business for many months.” Recently, the restaurant had tried a number of initiatives to draw in diners, such as steak night on Tuesday and fried chicken on Saturday.

The early announcement gives diners two weeks to make one more visit (or two) to the restaurant before it closes. Customers may want to time their visit for happy hour, which takes places from 3-6 pm Tuesday-Friday. It includes half-off glasses of wine, $4 draft beers, $9 select cocktails, and food specials.

Gallivan adds that he doesn’t know yet what his next move will be. Hopefully, he’s got one more comeback in him. Houston is a more fun town to dine in when Gallivan is cooking in it.

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