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Fresco! Café Italiano is fresh and new!

Fresco! Café Italiano is fresh and new!

Brescia, Italy

Frankly, I never expected to find what I found when we entered this new restaurant in a strip center on the feeder of the Southwest Freeway!  The first positive discovery was the Instito Gastronomico Caterina de Medeci-trained chef of 40 years, Chef Roberto Crescini! Also, I immediately stood in front of art depicting memories of Chef’s beautiful hometown of Brescia in northern…

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Chef Frank Triola's Cafe Now Open!

Chef Frank Triola’s Cafe Now Open!

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Blue Onyx Bistro is a Welcome Addition to the Houston Dining Scene!

Blue Onyx Bistro is a Welcome Addition to the Houston Dining Scene!

The little strip along Richmond avenue just inside the loop has always been a welcome area for Houston’s diners. From Texas Coast seafood to barbeque to Cajun… it’s all good. came Owner and Executive Chef David Changwith an idea and a mission to present his unique vision of seafood and glorious steaks (like 35 day house-aged ribeyes) to Houston. Rather than rustic older buildings that exist…

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Mama Ninfa to be Honored on April 8th in a Fundraiser for The Ninfa Laurenzo Scholarship Fund!

Mama Ninfa to be Honored on April 8th in a Fundraiser for The Ninfa Laurenzo Scholarship Fund!

On April 8th, 1918, 1-4 p.m., The Ninfa Laurenzo Scholarship Fund will hold its first fundraiser, TACOS OVER TEXAS, in collaboration with El Tiempo Cantina and the Original Ninfa’s on Navigation. The event will bring together over a dozen chefs from around the nation in a friendly competition honoring the legacy of Mama Ninfa Laurenzo and celebrating the history and transformation of Houston’s…

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Tony Mandola's Seafood Kitchen - A Good Choice for Easter Sunday Brunch!

Tony Mandola’s Seafood Kitchen – A Good Choice for Easter Sunday Brunch!

What a light, bright airy Louisiana-style dining room in which to enjoy a downhome feast on a spring morning as it rolls to midday! Tony Mandola’s Seafood Kitchen, is located easily south of West Gray on Waugh Drive. Our gracious host, Tom Mandola, stopped by to assure that all was well.

How could it not be with refreshing cantaloupe and pistachio parfait to start?

Canteloupe Parfait With…

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Viva il re! Arturo Boada Cuisine

Rekindle Romance at Arturo Boada Cuisine, our neighborhood gem

A little romantic getaway is tucked along Voss on Del Monte in our neighborhood, nestled near a convenient family-owned jewelry store, salon and florist between the Galleria and Memorial Villages. Arturo Boada begs you to fall in love all over again with your date and the food in this seductive and artistic setting.  The warmth of the…

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Thankful for Laurenzo's

Thankful for Laurenzo’s

We enjoyed some of the best prime rib we’ve ever eaten at Laurenzo’s for lunch.  We were still trying to decide what to serve to our family as a spectacular show-stopper on Thanksgiving (or maybe, Christmas, for that matter)… then Chef Donny told me that Laurenzo’s will be closed on Thanksgiving… yet will be providing complete Prime Rib Dinners TO GO for Thanksgiving(or Christmas or anytime, for…

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Urban Eats Adds Boo-tiful New Lunch Items

Day of the Dead Revival Technique: Go to #UrbanEats!

Haunting Houston? Looking for lunch?

Since Urban Eats served us well in the past and offered comfort food of every description, there was good reason on Halloween to try some new lunch plates offered there. We found no scary surprises and were positively charmed with the lunch plates we ordered to share.

Cowboy

The Cowboy is a Signature Sliderand came on a sesame seed bun and featured a 44…

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Urban Eats Adds Boo-tiful New Lunch Items

Urban Eats Adds Boo-tiful New Lunch Items

Haunting Houston? Looking for lunch?

Since Urban Eats served us well in the past and offered comfort food of every description, there was good reason on Halloween to try some new lunch plates offered there. We found no scary surprises and were positively charmed with the lunch plates we ordered to share.

Cowboy

The Cowboy was a Signature Sliderand came on a sesame seed bun and featured a 44…

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Poor Table Manners That Your Mother Probably Taught You!

Poor Table Manners That Your Mother Probably Taught You!

Poor table manners are usually the rule… not the exception!

As one who dines out at several times a week, as well as one whose parents knocked him on the head with the handle of a butter knife for any infraction at the table (Those are poor manners anyway, aren’t they?), I have observed that poor table manners are the RULE… not the exception in Houston (and everywhere else, for that matter). If…

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Pho & Crab Restaurant is Spicy & Succulent

Pho & Crab Restaurant is Spicy & Succulent

New Orleans Murals Grace Interior of Pho & Crab

After years of enjoying the quiet atmosphere and sumptuous cuisine at the original Pho & Crab Restaurant on Memorial, just past Dairy Ashford,  we were delighted to experience the new location on Westheimer as well  as the new menu. ALL dishes, old and new were wonderful. But the seafood – the seafood is sublime. Lime and garlicky sauce over Bairdi…

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There are two people you’ll meet in your life. One will run a finger down the index of who you are and jump straight to the parts of you that pique their interest. The other will take his or her time reading through every one of your chapters and maybe fold corners of you that inspired them most. You will meet these two people; it is a given. It is the third that you’ll never see coming. That one person who not only finishes your sentences, but keeps the book.

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That satisfaction when you don’t kill your one and only houseplant.

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Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?

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Peli Peli New Year Review Renew

Peli Peli New Year Review Renew

The new year is a time to renew acquaintances. I dropped into Peli Peli at the Galleria with fellow web food writer/blogger Hank Lewis, for lunch. We had decided to pair up to gain the appetite to order all six new items. Peli Peli is different from many fine restaurants in Houston. In addition to being the premier South African cuisine and wine cellar in Houston, Peli Peli has the ability to add…

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