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    stay golden

    Veteran Houston pastry chef bakes up new biscuit-based ghost kitchen

    Eric Sandler
    Jun 5, 2024 | 2:30 pm

    One of Houston’s most experienced pastry chefs has added a new offering to his repertoire. Chris Leung recently launched Golden Biscuit Company, a breakfast-focused ghost kitchen concept.

    Open weekdays from 8 am until 2 pm, Golden Biscuit Company serves traditional biscuits, including a classic biscuit with butter and jam; a bacon, green onion, and cheese biscuit topped with bacon caramel; and biscuit sandwiches such as egg and cheese; sausage, egg, and cheese; bacon, egg, and cheese; and a Monte Cristo with ham, turkey, Swiss; and jam.

    While those offerings would probably be enough to find an audience, Leung’s true innovation is the “stuffed biscuit,” a kolache-style pastry that uses biscuit dough to contain fillings such as mushrooms and gravy; egg white, feta, and spinach; and sausage, egg, and cheese. Leung tells CultureMap that he sees several benefits to using biscuit dough instead of a traditional kolache dough.

    “To me, it’s a completely different product because of the dough. Kolaches, depending on where you get them, the dough could be nice and fluffy but other places just wrap the dough around the sausage,” he says. “The biscuit dough is much more buttery and flaky. I think it lends itself as a great dough for scrambled eggs and cheese and things like that.”

    Those who know Leung as the CultureMap Tastemaker Award-winning chef and co-founder of Cloud 10 Creamery might wonder what an ice cream maker knows about biscuits. Veteran Houston restaurant obsessives may recall that, prior to starting Cloud 10, Leung worked alongside Randy Rucker at Bootsie’s, the innovative Southern restaurant that briefly flourished in Tomball in the late aughts. Similarly, Leung developed the bacon and cheese biscuit with bacon caramel for Museum Park Cafe, the acclaimed but short-lived Museum District restaurant that operated in 2014 and 2015.

    Ten years later, Leung sees an opportunity to utilize the same commercial kitchen that powers Cloud 10 as a venue for serving office workers, teachers, and anyone else who’s looking for a convenient, freshly-made breakfast. Available for delivery via DoorDash (and coming soon to other platforms), diners can order individual biscuits, handheld biscuits, or biscuit sandwiches, but Golden also makes ordering for groups easy with 6-packs of biscuits and 12-packs of stuffed biscuits.

    Customers may also schedule larger catering orders through a form on the restaurant’s website. Like kolaches, 15 seconds in the microwave is enough to reheat the biscuits back to an optimal temperature.

    So far, Golden has mostly been a word-of-mouth endeavor, but Leung is ready to increase the volume. “It’s going as well as we thought it would,” he says. “We’re getting the logistics down so we can get the product out.”

    Of course, the chef remains deeply involved in Cloud 10. The ice cream shop has locations in Midtown, the Heights, and Katy. It sells pints at Houston-area locations of Whole Foods Market and at Central Market locations throughout Texas.

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    Golden Biscuit Company sells biscuit sandwiches.

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    best in Texas

    Hidden Houston cocktail den ranks No. 47 on North America best bars list

    Eric Sandler
    Apr 23, 2026 | 11:30 am
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    The best bar in Texas is located in downtown Houston. Bandista, the speakeasy-style cocktail bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Houston, ranks No. 47 on the list of North America’s 50 Best Bars 2026.

    That’s a 12 spot jump from Bandista’s debut at No. 59 in 2025. Southern-inspired cocktail bar Julep (No. 84) and Austin’s Midwest-inspired neighborhood bar Nickel City (No. 96) are the only other Texas establishments on the list. New York’s Sip & Guzzle topped the list, which was revealed at a ceremony in Vancouver on Wednesday, April 22.

    “Scientific laboratory tech meets classic southern hospitality at Houston's hot spot Bandista,” the bar’s entry on the 50 Best website reads. “Deep within the downtown Four Seasons Hotel, the chic lounge is hidden behind a nondescript bookcase. Inside, a mix of local cocktailians and visiting VIPs experience a unique take on the classic speakeasy. Yes, touches of Art Deco invoke the expected 1920's vibes and the exclusive space oozes Gatsby. However, the focus here is on tequileros and Prohibition's oft overlooked smuggling routes along the US-Mexican border.”

    The text goes on to highlight the bar’s use of advanced techniques, its range of agave-based cocktails, and charming service, such as a drink the Almost Famous, a mezcal cocktail that’s presented by a bartender with a Polaroid camera to capture the moment.

    “We are absolutely thrilled to have Bandista named among North America’s 50 Best Bars,” says Four Seasons general manager Tom Segesta said in a statement. “Our incredible and creative team is always experimenting and innovating, ensuring that everyone who comes through the bookcase has an experience like no other.”

    Bandista is led by beverage manager Jonathan Jones. The bar team includes CultureMap Tastemaker Awards Bartender of the Year finalist Josh Alden, Sam Ruiz, and Zachary Churbock.

    “Our team at Bandista is absolutely thrilled with this amazing recognition,” Jones said. “We’re looking forward to celebrating well with our guests old and new all year long.”

    Opened in 2022, Bandista is hidden behind Toro Toro, the hotel’s pan-Latin steakhouse. With just 20 seats — 12 in the lounge and eight at the bar — the bar offers an intimate setting for drinks made with refined techniques and premium spirits. It regularly hosts pop-ups with guest bartenders from across the country and around the world, including Jewel of the South (New Orleans), Employees Only (New York City), and VIRTÙ (Tokyo).

    Patrons make reservations for 90-minute seatings. The bar is open Wednesday-Saturday from 5 pm until midnight.

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