Find barbacoa, fish, and sweet potato tempura tacos at Maximo in West University. | Julie Soefer The buzzy new restaurant from the Local Foods Group boasts short rib pastrami tortas, lentil hummus imbued with chile crisp, and plenty of frozen margaritas to go around Since opening in early April, nixtamalization specialist Maximo has become one of Houston’s most popular new restaurants. The collaborative effort between Benjy Levit and Dylan Murray of Local Foods, Eau Tour, and Lee’s Den’s, and chef Tony Luhrman, pays homage to Mexican and Texan heritage cooking, and the Gulf Coast region. The 1 ..read more

There will be plenty of dishes from all over the world at Sugar Land’s first Bazaar Food and Wine festival. | Courtesy of Sugar Land Town Square Plus, Post Oak Plaza welcomes a new Local Foods location — and more intel In partnership with the James Beard Foundation, the Bazaar Food and Wine Festival will make its debut at Sugar Land Town Square on Saturday, May 18. The festival celebrates Houston’s cultural and culinary diversity through food, drink, dance, music, fashion, and design. Victoria Elizondo of Cochinita & Co, Mayank Istwal of Musaafer, Yotam Dolev of Hamsa, Benchawan Painter of ..read more

A cheeseburger at Cream Burger | Eater Houston Three dishes from restaurants in and around Houston that blew us away There are more than 12,000 restaurants in Houston. With at least 145 languages spoken across town and communities bringing compelling fare from regions like south Louisiana and the West Coast, and countries such as Mexico, Syria, and the Philippines, there’s no shortage of outstanding food in the Bayou City. Check back weekly to see the best things Eater Houston’s editor ate this week. April 8 Cheeseburger at Cream Burger Though my alma mater is right across the street, I’d neve ..read more

Nick the Greek adds its stamp to Houston’s Mediterranean dining community | Courtesy of Nick the Greek Black Restaurant Week continues — and more Houston intel Restaurateur Nick Tsigaris is bringing more gyros, pitas, and Greek plates to Kingwood at the Houston area’s first location of Nick the Greek. To celebrate the grand opening, on Tuesday, April 9, the Greek street food chain will offer free lunch to all patrons from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Established in 2014 in San Jose, CA by “Baby” Nick Tsigaris and cousins Big Nick and Little Nick — all named after their grandfather in accordance w ..read more

On April 8, North America will experience a total solar eclipse | Meagan Ashner Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers some tips When National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) commander Terry Virts observed a total solar eclipse while in space over the North Atlantic in 2015, he knew it was an experience he’d never forget. “It was this big black dot, a couple hundred mile-wide black circle moving across the earth,” he said. “It was a pretty unique experience to see from space.” The total solar eclipse — when the moon eclipses the sun for less than eight minutes — is an unusual sc ..read more

The beloved chef died at age 52 | Kimberly Park Grace Young, Blood Bros. Terry Wong, and others reflected on the chef’s legacy When Thomas Nguyen first met Alex Au-Yeung, he had no idea he was meeting a future colleague and friend. “We blurred that line between business and friendship,” Nguyen says. “And I couldn’t be more grateful that we did.” Nguyen joined countless colleagues, friends, and Houstonians at services earlier this week at the Sugar Land Mortuary to say goodbye to restaurateur and chef Alex Au-Yueng. The owner of the incredibly popular Malaysian restaurant Phat Eatery, passed aw ..read more

A special okonomiyaki at Katami, one of the state’s buzziest new restaurants. | Eater Houston Three dishes from Houston restaurants that blew us away There are more than 12,000 restaurants in Houston. With at least 145 languages spoken across town and communities bringing compelling fare from regions like south Louisiana and the West Coast, and countries such as Mexico, Syria, and the Philippines, there’s no shortage of outstanding food in Bayou City. Check back weekly to see the best things Eater Houston’s editor ate this week. April 1 Chicken finger sub at Cup N Char Buffalo NY Pizza Buffalo ..read more

Houston chef Alex Au-Yeung died March 21. | Kimberly Park The chef and owner of Phat Eatery was 52 years old Alex Au-Yeung, the chef and owner of the wildly popular Malaysian restaurant Phat Eatery, passed away on Thursday, March 21. The 2022 James Beard semifinalist for Texas’s Best Chef award died after a brief battle with cancer, according to a press release provided to Eater Houston. Au-Yeung created almost instantaneous demand for his approach to hawker-style Malaysian cuisine and charmed the Houston community at his Katy restaurant with warm, inviting bowls of curry chicken and roti, pin ..read more

Oysters served three ways will be a mainstay on the menu. | Lauren Holub The Hedwig Village opening is the chef’s third restaurant in Houston Aaron Bludorn’s anticipated Bar Bludorn opened on Friday, March 29, in Memorial’s Hedwig Village. This is the chef’s third restaurant in Houston, following Navy Blue in Rice Village, and Bludorn in the Fourth Ward. Bludorn is joined in his newest venture by his wife, Victoria Pappas Bludorn, partner Cherif Mbodji, and in the kitchen, Alexandra Peña. An alumna of the Culinary Institute Lenotre, Peña was appointed executive sous chef at Navy Blue, and is t ..read more

Reggae Hut is one of several essential stops in Houston’s Third Ward. | Reggae Hut/Facebook The definitive guide on where to eat in the storied Third Ward neighborhood Nestled in the southeast corner of Central Houston is the Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest and most important historic neighborhoods. The Third Ward was one of Houston’s four original districts, as designated by the city’s charter in 1840, and over time, became a centerpiece of Houston’s thriving African American community, and a hub of Black culture in Texas. The neighborhood has produced some of the country’s most importan ..read more