Our hearts go out to
Sylvia Casares of
Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen as we hope she will make a quick and speedy recovery after a tragic
incident this week concerning her business partner and boyfriend.
March 21 and Houston committee members and local artists will demonstrate their crafts and sell bowls at the Whole Foods Market on Kirby. Benefiting the
Houston Food Bank in conjunction with the
Empty Bowls Houston event. Whole Foods plans to donate 5 percent of the day’s sales from all four area locations to the Houston Food Bank.
Oxheart opened this week. Among the Uchi’s and Underbellys of the culinary scene
Oxheart is right up there with them. Be sure to put it on your to-try list for March.
This Monday, March 19th
The Last Chef Standing Restaurant Challenge will kick off at
The Tasting Room from 6 - 8 p.m. The competition will have local restaurants compete against in each other in a bracket-style competition to determine a People’s Choice Winner over the course of five rounds.
Be sure to check out
Eater Houston’s Amber Ambrose’s interview with
Lyle Lovett on growing up in Klein, Texas and some of his favorite restaurants in Houston like
Ninfa’s on Navigation, RDG Cafe Annie and the like.
Over the weekend a favorite local restaurant,
Haven experienced a honey heist.
That’s right - someone stole
Haven’s beehive right out of their backyard garden. Oh Houston, you never cease to
amaze us.
Da Marco gets an almost perfect Zagat rating for 2012 with a
29/30 .
Surprise, surprise,
Houston leads the country in most meals eaten outside of the home at an average of 4.1 per week. The survey released March 6 also stated that the national average to-go mean intake is 3.1. That’s not that
bad
America’s Favorite Cookie turns 100 years old this
week. That’s right we’re talking about you -
Oreo.
Underbelly is officially open at 1100 Westheimer Rd. We’ve got reservations.
Paul Qui of Uchiko a sister restaurant to Tyson Cole’s Uchi wins Top Chef Texas.
Underbelly is now accepting reservations. Make yours
here.
Another month, another list. Check out
Culture Map’s Top 10 restaurants to try out right now. Including Roost, Artisans and Hay Merchant.
Crawfish Season can be confusing. Where to get tail is something that is on everyone’s mind. Thankfully our friends at Eater Houston have solved that problem with the
Boiled Crawfish Map.
Eatsie Boys the food truck, will be food truck no more. As they expand their franchise they will lose their wheels. Expected to open somewhere in Montrose hopefully this
summer.
Liberty Station’s annual Chili Cookoff will be March 10th. The cookoff will benefit Young Texans Against Cancer. Team Entry is $25 per team get more info
here.
Houston may have just been ranked the #1 most overweight
city, but at least we’re not the most obese. We’ll leave that spot for our friends in
Dallas.
James Beard Award Semi-Finalist Nominees were released this week. This year, Houston has six chefs in the
running, that’s one more than last year.
Sprinkles Cupcakes is featuring a limited edition cupcake to honor the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s opening of the Japan Gallery. The special cupcake features Cherry Blossoms and will be available until
March 20.
Johnny Mandola named General Manager of Damian’s Cucina Italiana, located at 3011 Smith St., Houston, TX 77006.
From Chicken and Waffles to Meat Chips to a Crispy Lamb Sweetbread Po’boy
Hay Merchant is open and we’re excited.
Trader Joes is said to open in The Woodlands first, then Montrose as originally expected in the Alabama Theatre but now we’re hearing Memorial too on S. Voss near San Felipe.
Uchi opened February 2nd and now a month later,
Katsuya schedules to open it’s doors March 2nd. Must be something in the water.
Cinq Chef Jeramie Robinson is leaving Houston for Austin as Chef Tyson Cole offers him a job with Uchi Austin.
Acclaimed Mexican chef
Aquiles Chávez opens his upscale Mexican and seafood restaurant this Saturday — La Fisheria. Filming for the new show
Aquiles in Houston begins soon.
Come celebrate Fat Tuesday at
BB’s. Festivities start at 5:30 p.m. with live music from Keyun & They Zydeco Masters. Expect Abita beer specials, King Cake and of course Crawfish. 2701 White Oak.
Guadalajara Bakery will
close it’s doors February 29th after 45 years in business. The new building owners have decided to turn the well-loved taco-spot into a bar. The Chavez family has no plans to reopen their doors elsewhere.
We walked you through Uchi step by step. Now, it’s
Katsuya’s turn.
CultureMap gives us a first look at Philllipe Starck’s latest concept expected to open it’s door in Houston this spring in the West Ave shopping center.
Next up on
HOUSTON CULINARY TOURS - Chef Bryan Caswell of Reef, Stella Sola and El Real along with cookbook author Robb Walsh explore all-things oyster. The tour is Sunday, March 18, 2012. Tickets on
sale now.
Doug Kurz and Matt Taormina of
RICHMOND CHILL are rumored to be opening a new establishment sometime this year named Oak Forest Chill, located on the corner of Oak Forest and Judiway.
BRC GASTROPUB has released their spring menus. BRC Gastropub now has a brunch, lunch and dinner menu available. We can’t wait to get in and try out the Infamous Coop-Style Burger, Eggs Queso.
Eater Houston takes the cliche that we eat with our eyes to the next level by hosting the
HOTTEST CHEF OF 2012 contest this month. Check out who's the most
delicious.
The much anticipated
UCHI has opened. When you get there, we suggest the
Shag Roll.
Jonathan Jones steps down from
XUCO XICANA.
New York City’s famous restaurant
LE CIRQUE launches a series of
pop-up restaurants, with one of them in Houston. New executive chef
Olivier Reginensi hosts the pop-ups; he started his culinary career with Le Cirque in 1993 and is excited to be back.
EATSIE BOYS food truck sits down for an
interview with
Eater Houston on their one year anniversary.
THE RAILYARD, a River Oaks bar, is a finalist in the
2012 Nightclub & Bar Awards for “
Small Wonder Bar of the Year,” only one of two Texas bars to reach the finals. The other nominee is
STATS SPORTS BAR AND GRILL of Tomball, TX as a finalist for “
Sports Bar of the Year.”
GEORGIA'S MARKET opens a
downtown store January 27th. With four distinct sections, is there anything Georgia’s doesn’t have? Complete with the famous all-day buffet, an organic grocery store, a second-floor area meant to be a reading loft and last? The cellar soon to start serving up local microbrews and sustainable wines that can also be found up stairs in the grocery.
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