Houston’s Southern Smoke Foundation Festival Reels in $1.5 Million to Help Restaurant Workers

Eater Houston 10/10 10:41A Brittany Britto Garley

Southern Smoke Festival raises more money for restaurant workers around the country. | Daniel Ortiz James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd’s foundation is using the funding to help food and...

When Houston Workers Couldn’t Stand the Heat, They Worked to Change the Kitchen

Eater Houston 10/8 4:22A Amy McCarthy

Photo-illustration by Lille Allen As climate change drives temperatures up, restaurant staff face uncomfortable, even unsafe, conditions without heat regulations to keep them from harm. Now, some...

The 21 Best Houston Patios

Eater Houston 10/2 12:18P Brittany Britto Garley

Tommy Middleton Patio season is back. Here are the Houston patios promising sunset skyline views, hammock groves, and the best drinking and dining al fresco in the city Houston’s weather can be pretty...

ChòpnBlọk’s First Standalone Houston Restaurant Is a Love Letter to West Africa

Eater Houston 9/25 9:00A Brittany Britto Garley

With new cocktails, artwork, and dishes, ChòpnBlọk will kick off Nigerian Independence Day with the official opening of its first standalone restaurant in Montrose At ChòpnBlọk’s new Montrose...

10 Must-Try Dishes at Houston’s Southern Smoke Festival This Year

Eater Houston 9/23 11:11A Brittany Britto Garley

Daniel Ortiz Southern Smoke Festival will offer unlimited bites of cheeseburger samosas, super crunchy cookies, whole hog served two ways, and much more Southern Smoke Festival , the brainchild of...

Olympian Simone Biles Is Going for the Gold With a New Tex-Mex Restaurant in a Houston Airport

Eater Houston 9/23 10:38A Brittany Britto Garley

New restaurant Taste of Gold is set to be just as ambitious as Simone Biles. | Jamie Squire/Getty Images Simone Biles — the most decorated gymnast in the world, a self-professed “foodie,” and now, a...

16 Essential Lunch Spots in Houston

Eater Houston 9/19 12:00P Brittany Britto Garley

Mid-day meals for every type of Houstonian. | Jenn Duncan With steaming bowls of ramen and gumbo, heaping platters of pasta, and cheesy burgers, these restaurants offer proper sustenance for lunch...

Houston Is Powering Through Lunch

Eater Houston 9/19 11:22A Brittany Britto Garley

Lunch in Houston has changed. | Becca Wright Local restaurant owners noticed Houston diners have less time and money to spend on lunch. So they adapted. Houston chef Jacques Fox, who has worked in the...

Enter a World of Rare, Fantastical Fruits at This Houston Market

Eater Houston 9/19 4:05A Brittany Britto Garley

Linda’s Tropical Fruits is a fun exploration into produce possibilities. | Brittany Britto Garley Linda’s Tropical Fruits sells exotic, hard-to-find fruits like jackfruit, soursop, and even the...

Let These Houston Restaurants Prepare Your 2024 Rosh Hashanah Feast

Eater Houston 9/18 4:16A Brittany Britto Garley

Let the restaurants do the work this high season. | Ralph Smith Studios Kenny & Ziggy’s, Hamsa, and Houston Catering Company are helping families celebrate two of the most important Jewish holidays of...

Houston’s Newest Mediterranean Restaurant Októ Invites Diners to Stay Awhile

Eater Houston 9/3 8:22A Brittany Britto Garley

Okto is Houston’s newest Mediterranean restaurant. | Becca Wright Sister to Doris Metropolitan and Hamsa, Októ incorporates culinary traditions spanning from Morocco to Israel A new restaurant...

Two Shake Shack Locations Are Calling It Quits in Houston

Eater Houston 8/29 5:51A Brittany Britto Garley

Bye, bye, Shake Shack. | Shake Shack The fast-casual burger giant plans to close its Houston outposts in the Galleria and Montrose neighborhood this September after “underperformance” issues New York...

Houston Restaurant Weeks Adds a Month-Long Encore Running Through the End of September

Eater Houston 8/28 7:35A Brittany Britto Garley

With the extension of Houston Restaurant Weeks, diners get more time to eat, and restaurant owners get more time to recoup. | Kirsten Gilliam Event organizers say Houston Restaurant Weeks’s extension...

How to Plan the Ultimate Staycation in The Woodlands

Eater Houston 8/28 5:44A Brittany Britto Garley

A staycation in The Woodlands can feel like a true getaway. | Visit The Woodlands With destination restaurants, drink specials, and plenty of outdoor activities, here’s how to spend 24 hours (or more)...

The Best Houston Speakeasies to Spice Up Your Night

Eater Houston 8/22 1:52A Brittany Britto Garley

These speakeasies aren’t always what they seem. | Michael Ma Hide out, sip cocktails, and spill secrets at some of Houston’s most alluring and hidden watering holes As a throwback to the Prohibition...