Category: Houston Restaurant Reviews

Hugo’s

Ashli Michelle December 8, 2010 0 Comments
Executive Chef Hugo Ortega uses “Regional Mexican Cuisine” to describe the menu at Hugo’s. Many may think this Mexican food is your basic Tex-Mex and yada… False. The “extremely diverse” menu is like that of no other Mexican restaurant in Houston. It ranges from borderline basic to incredibly ingenius. The Spanish style classic décor, along with the high ceilings & never ending...

Truluck’s

Ashli Michelle November 27, 2010 2 Comments
Truluck’s was chosen for our lunch celebration a few weeks ago. We were seated at a table that felt very important… This big comfy booth included not just one waiter, but three, including a person solely in charge of keeping our chilly glass carafe filled with water. There is no denying the service in the dining room at Truluck’s is outstanding. More importantly, the waitstaff uniforms...

Mia Bella Trattoria

Ashli Michelle November 21, 2010 1 Comment
Classical music could be heard playing outside Mia Bella as I reached the entrance. Not the sleepy kind… oh no… It was super fast & hyper, reminding me of Walter Murphy’s "A Fifth of Beethoven" from Saturday Night Fever. The kind of song that makes your feet sting from pure excitement! My foodie friend had already arrived and was seated at a cozy table in the corner. Before I could comment...

Gravitas ~ CLOSED

Ashli Michelle November 11, 2010 0 Comments
“I am very happy to be here… It took two hours to decide on the perfect spot for brunch... I finally chose Gravitas.” These were the first words I spoke upon entering the building that would soon suck the life out of my afternoon. Sunday Brunch is a very big deal to a lot of people. The next hour was successfully painful, to say the least. The bartender began telling stories of life as a...

Table Seven- CLOSED

Ashli Michelle November 7, 2010 0 Comments
Bart would be the bartender on duty during my first visit to Table Seven for lunch. Not long after sitting at the bar with my foodie friend, did Bart begin to make my stomach turn with his, um, gross sow hunting story. sow (noun) 1. a. an adult female pig b. an adult female of certain other mammals, as the bear As my conversation with Bart began to take a turn for the worse, I imagined myself...