Straits Asian Bistro is a CityCentre Saint

CityCentre in Houston is where we recently spent the weekend for a conference. People should know this restaurant's brunch has the ability to bring 100% excellence into every customer's life. At first, it seemed as though the bartender was wearing a bathing suit top with almost-shorts. These almost-shorts were barely there. It was like wearing a bathing suit without a pool in sight. Employees...

The Bird & The Bear

Owner Elouise Adams Jones is known simply as– Ouisie. For starters, she knows the decor deal. While talking decor is usually a bore, it is not this time. There isn’t a human in Houston who can honestly say chairs and tables hanging from the ceiling do not cause excitement higher than most decor levels of excitement do. Everything about the design inside The Bird & the Bear will turn your...

Zoës Kitchen

Zoës Kitchen has several locations around the Houston and Dallas area, with one of the most recent openings being located on Westheimer. All of these restaurants exist because of Zoe Cassimus' lifelong work in the kitchen. Each recipe used at Zoës Kitchen is inspired by her passionate belief in using only the freshest ingredients. Restaurants begin each day creating from scratch. These people...

Greenz

Joel Stabile is the new owner of Greenz on McKinney. He said many different things during a mini-media tasting yesterday, but the one that smacked me in the face is his passion for providing customers with excellent service. He might look like a junior high guy, but this brand new owner is not messing around. Most importantly, he's worked in the industry. People having waited tables or bartended...

The Pass & Provisions

When John told me he was scheduling lunch at Provisions and dinner at The Pass, I almost choked. While he was there as an important magazine article writer, I would take my place as a quiet commoner. Since moving to Dallas, there is only one new restaurant in Houston that excites me beyond words, and this is it. John's request was quite simple: Let me know a date that you will be in Houston and...