re: Does anyone have a recommendation for favorite restaurant in downtown Houston?

The Mobile area has what I consider bad Mexican food. So my travels to Houston on business 5-6 times a year are greatly anticipated on my end. I really like The Original Ninfa’s on Navigation Street. I absolutely love their fajitas, grilled quail and seafood dishes. The Mexican restaurant right next door, El Tiempo Cantina, is equally good, but has a few other interesting offerings I like. Gosh I can smell the mesquite smoke in the parking lot just thinking about those two places. I also love Hugo’s for Mexican food. Their menu has an entirely different type of Mexican offerings, more upscale dining, and very tasty to put it mildly. Apparently I’m in the mood for Mexican this morning because Houston is one of my favorite big cities due to the variety of delicious restaurants they have. I’d hit those three up since you are going to be there for an extended amount of time. I can 100% guarantee others will chime in with my favorites on steak, BBQ, Asian, and all the other wonderful restaurants in that great city. The residents that have lived in that area for a significant amount of time know a ton of places I've yet to try because I don’t know about them. I’d have a tough time keeping the weight off if I lived over there.