Houston Restaurants/Bars

Oui Bahn Mi on richmond

Welcome food center in chinatown is pretty cool. It is a Chinese grocery store Here is the yelp to get an Idea . They have a few deli spots and Asian versions of meat and 3 plates. Great place to grab Lunch and pick up some produce.

Other Chinatown resturants:

Tiger Den: Ramen, usually a wait but there is a good sushi spot next door and Fu Fu cafe is a safe walking distance, fantastic dumblings.

Korean: Jang Geum.

Banana leaf: yelp says its Malayasian, IDK. It was awesome.

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Downtown and midtown would be a plus...as would happy hours involving wine, cocktails or oysters

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Red Lion on Shepperd. British pub food and Brit-Indian food, solid beer selection and just a homey feel.

Don't know what kind of happy hours they run but it is pretty damn good. The curry wings are $$$$$

Kanomwan for Thai food that will change your life....and I can tell you that as somebody who spent quite a good deal of time over in Singapore and Thailand for work. Order the S1, the S3, and the H1z

Also, Hyunh for Vietnamese near downtown.... it's amazing. Order the pulled duck "salad" and pork noodle wraps for appetizer, then order number 70 extra spicy for your entree.

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Also is their a nice meat/cheese and or wine shop like martins or kiefes?

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Revival Market for meat and cheese, but Central Market beats the shite out of that place. Houston Wine Merchant on Shepherd is closest to Martin's...but honestly you're better off at Spec's on Smith Street.

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Spanish groceries would be a plus.

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If you haven't been to Phoenicia Grocery Store, it's worth the trip. Stuff from all over Europe and the Near East.

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Regional chinese like mala, malaysian, african, thai, burmese would all be pluses too.

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Cooking Girl, Pepper Twins (owned by the same girl who helped open Cooking Girl), Les Baget(Vietnamese), Thai Gourmet is the best in town (don't order anything over medium or you will regret it). Night Market just opened is supposed to offer curry from all over Asia. La Mexicana for breakfast one morning, menudo on Sat or Sun.

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Finally, whats the new underbelly, oxheart, reef? As in, what are some of the hot restaurants now?

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Best meals I've had at new joints recently have been at Bernadine's (I-10 platter is a must here) or Hunky Dory next door, Ritual, and the Pit Room-exponentially better than Killen's (yeah I fricking said it).

They aren't the newest, but Coltivare, Oporto Fooding House, and Helen Greek Food and Wine are all fine places.

I've been going back to old standards here-too many new places that just don't match up with the likes of Roost, Mockingbird Bistro (closing at the end of December sadly), Reef, Hugo's/Caracol, Vinoteca Poscol.

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Night Market just opened is supposed to offer curry from all over Asia.

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Went it mein next door on Friday. Walked into night market to check it out. Looks legit, will be going soon

Pit Room has been promoted to a definite meal


Just starting to go through the thread...

Been to the Pit Room once, about a month ago. Got the ribs. Fantastic.

Though I regretted not doing a 2 meat plate because the smoke ring on that brisket just looked like the Divine himself smoked it.

Solid bar list. Can't go wrong at any of these spots.

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Karbach (ZOMG they sold out)

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in their defense, they weren't that great before