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  • Mayor Parker, right, proclaimed Wednesday as "Cleverley Stone Day in Houston."Stone, left, poses with the mayor.
    Photo by Clifford Pugh
  • Houston Food Bank CEO Brian Greene, left, Cleverley Stone, middle and MayorAnnise Parker, right, celebrate a record haul for Houston Restaurant Weeks.
    Photo by Clifford Pugh

  • The first Del Frisco's Grille in Dallas opened in Uptown, serving burgers,steaks, salads and Sunday brunch.
    Del Frisco's Grille/Facebook
  • Courtesy photo

  • Photo by Daniel Barrett
  • Alto Pizzeria
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Ava Kitchen & Whiskey Bar/Facebook
  • Photo by Candice Schiller

  • Keeping in line with his infamous helicopter arrival on episode one of TheBachelorette, McMahon will pull up to the Bachelor Pad house in a Porscheconvertible.
    WetPaint.com
  • Here they are, America — your cast for Bachelor Pad 3.
    AceShowbiz.com
  • After bachelotette Emily Maynard tweeted that seeing Kalon on TV again made herwant to poke out her eyes with dull pencils, he posted this picture.
    Kalon McMahon/Twitter
  • Producers didn't make it easy for Kalon this season with the inclusion ofBachelorette rival Chris Bukowski and trash-talking Houston reality star EricaRose.

  • Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen is offering a special Father's Day Jazz Brunch
    Courtesy photo
  • The price is right: Treat Dad to a free burger at The Counter
    Courtesy photo
  • The Peruvian-style tamale is one of many Father's Day brunch offerings at LatinBites
    Courtesy photo

  • BON Running Club 2012 "Hot Undies Run" is an annual 2-mile fun fitness eventthat raises funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
  • La Sardina de Naiguata's Afro Venezuelan beats are an authentic representationof the fusion roused by African immigration to the new world.
  • Aurora Picture Show's 15th Annual Extremely Shorts Film Festival amasses 29works that explore subjects of sexual content in mass media, ethnicity,isolation, life as a koi fish, relationships, dying sharks and dreams, amongothers.

  • I prefer the loose kind, the kind usually found at high-end steakhouses like DelFrisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse. Now that is one fine crab cake.
    Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse/Facebook
  • I was watching an old Friends rerun the other day. OK, yeah, I know that’s lame,but it was the only thing on and I was bored. A blind date stands up Ross...andthe waiter gives him free crab cakes.
    NBC
  • I wanted to see what else was out there, crab cake-wise, so I wound up at PappasSeafood House on South Shepherd Drive.
    Photo by Marene Gustin

  • Houston Restaurant Weeks founder Cleverley Stone reveals the 2011 total raised:$800,000.
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Cleverley Stone and Houston Food Bank Board of Directors chair Benjamin Samuels.
    Photo by Sarah Rufca

  • Del Frisco's Pomegranate Martini
  • Welcome to happy hour at Saint Genevieve!
    Photo by William Vo
  • Mini tostadas with snapper ceviche at Mockingbird Bistro
    Photo by Paula Murphy

  • Cinq
  • Looking for a different take on Italian? Check out what's coming out ofArcodoro's kitchen.
    Photo by Gracie Cavnar
  • Haven has one of the best restaurant weeks menus in town.
    Photo by Barbara Kuntz

  • Dr. Peter Hotez, from left, Dr. Mark Kline, Frederic de Narp and Goli Parstabarat the Texas Children's event in New York.
    Photo by Sunny Norton
  • Deborah Norville, left, Karl Wellner and Courtney Sarofim at Harry Winston forTexas Children's Hospital.
    Photo by Sunny Norton
  • Houston Area Women's Center supporters love the news of the win at the Humanaevent at Brennan's.
    David Jones
  • Humana's Pattie Dale Tye, left, and Philamena Baird at the Humana CommunitiesBenefit dinner.
    David Jones
  • Models flank Stephen Dweck, second from left, Ellie Francisco and MickeyRosmarin at Champagne Cowgirls.
    Photo by Kim Coffman
  • Kelli Weinzierl, from left, Kelley Lubanko and DeeDee March at ChampagneCowgirls.
  • Frederic de Narp and Elizabeth Jordan at Harry Winston.
    Photo by Sunny Norton
  • The Harry Winston flagship on Fifth Avenue hosted Texas Children's Hospitalsupporters.
    Photo by Sunny Norton

  • Server's from judges' entree champion Hasta la Pasta
    Photo by Clifford Pugh
  • Max's Wine Dive's truffle-y "Max and cheese"
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • The crowd at the Rodeo Uncorked! and Best Bites Competition
    Photo by Clifford Pugh
  • RA Sushi's Tsunami salmon roll and ceviche
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • A garlic pork slider by Frank's Chop House
    Photo by Sarah Rufca

  • Original Ninfa's on Navigation
  • The Tasting Room
    Photo by Jordan Chan
  • House of Blues
  • The judges' favorite: Original Ninfa's on Navigation's fajita with chips andqueso.
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Paella by second place finisher The Tasting Room
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Lobster tacos (and slider in background) from House of Blues
    Photo by Sarah Rufca

The Big Dance Restaurant Challenge

Big flavors at The Big Dance: The final three winners are...

  • Max's Wine Dive
  • The Tasting Room
    Leeah Sheridan

  • Have you waited till the last minute to make your Valentine's Day plans?
  • Americas River Oaks
  • Cinq at La Colombe d'Or
  • Korma Sutra
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Ava Brasserie
    Photo by Sarah Rufca
  • Spindletop
    Photo by Taggart Sorensen/Hyatt Regency Houston/Facebook
  • Chez Nous
    Photo by Craig Hartley
  • Philippe
    Photo by Michelle Watson/CatchlightGroup.com
  • The Houstonian
  • Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
    Photo by eschipul/flickr.com
  • Strip House

  • Which restaurant do you have at the buzzer?
  • The Big Dance Restaurant Challenge is speedy toward a fantastic finish inseveral first-round matchups.
  • Which chef do you got?
  • Epic buzzer beaters aren't just reserved for Duke-Kentucky and other NCAATournament classics.
  • Gigi's Asian Bistro
    Photo by © Julie Soefer
  • P.F. Chang's

  • Only one restaurant — and chef crew — will emerge from the Big Dance RestaurantChallenge.
  • Have you updated your bracket?

  • It's restaurant vs. restaurant, chef vs. chef, in the intense Big DanceRestaurant Challenge.
  • Who do you have in your bracket?
  • Ninfa's on Navigation...
  • ...vs. Hugo's
    Photo by Paula Murphy
  • Pick your fork — and sides.
  • Monarch Restaurant and Lounge...
  • ...vs. Quattro
  • The Breakfast Klub...
  • ...vs. Max's Wine Dive
  • Hearsay...
    Photo by Julie Soefer
  • ...vs. The Tasting Room in Uptown Park


You choose the winner

Houston restaurants face off in a Final Four challenge

  • Houston Restaurant Week founder Cleverley Stone, center, took the lead inpresenting the check to Houston Food Bank.
    Carolina Astrain
  • Houston Restaurant Week was bigger than ever. It started as a 21-day event andwas extended two more weeks to Sept. 6.

  • The pork chop on Perry's Steakhouse & Grille's Houston Restaurant Week's menu isenormous.
    Perry's Steakhouse/Facebook
  • We loved our $35, three-course dinner at Ouisie's.
  • Brennan's delivers top notch cuisine for Houston Restaurant Weeks diners.
    Photo by Jay Stevens
  • Kristine Mills with Timothy Jones performing at the Bering Omega party at DentiqDentistry.
    Photo by Morris Malakoff
  • Gala after-party co-chairs Liz Gorman and Nick Espinosa held court with a packedhouse at the Omega Bering kick-off.
    Photo by Morris Malakoff

  • Indika
  • Feast
  • Come inside to 51Fifteen and find quite a scene.
  • Hugo's has one of the best lunch options in town.
    Photo by Paula Murphy
  • RDG + Bar Annie
  • Mark's American Cuisine

  • Pigs still rule the Houston food world.
  • These lambs are going to have to wait a while to inherit the earth — or at leastthe Houston food scene. Not that they'll likely mind.
  • Ready to eat!
    Photo by Marene Gustin
  • Del Frisco's pork nachos
  • A variety of sliders at Del Frisco's

Food for Thought

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  • Happy Mother's Day!
    YHYQArt.com
  • Have a trendy mom? Take her to Valentino.
    Hotel Derek/Facebook
  • Cafe Chino is serving dim sum Mother's Day brunch for the first time.

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The procrastinator's guide to Mother's Day

  • Deborah Colton, from left, Nixon Wheat, Lester Marks and Terence O'Neill atpost-gallery party.
  • Brian Teichman partied in New York on Monday.
  • Courtney Hopson, left, John Schiller and Kristi Schiller make the scene at theAlley Theatre underwriter event.
    Photo by Roswitha Vogler
  • Bo Hopson and Marcy Taub Wessel at the Alley Theatre underwriter event.
    Photo by Roswitha Vogler

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