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letter from the editor

volume 14 | issue 165 PUBLISHER alejandro martinéz ext 2 a.martinez@002mag.com

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et me preface this: I hope you are not reading this issue on an empty stomach because it’ll have the same effect Pinterest does. You’ll leave starving, unsatisfied and questioning your foodie skills.

WEB DEVELOPMENT mario hernandez jr.

I think Triniti’s Dax McAnear put it best, so I hope he doesn’t mind me stealing his words. When asked why the Houston foodie scene was such a wellkept secret, he answered, “Well-kept secret? Try as I might, I don’t understand the question. Maybe it is a secret because we are newly on the track to be a really cool place to eat. That is what excites me. 2-3 years ago, the bloggers had an unnatural hold on the food scene here in Houston. We seem to be shaking that off, and some serious cooks are opening some awesome concepts. This is just starting. I am proud to be back home in Houston.”

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS vladimir ambia, michael cook, michael garfield, nadia michel, sandra ramani, jenni rebecca stephenson, lance scott walker, scott ward

And he wasn’t the only one that was honestly baffled by that question; a few others thought we were already on the foodie map. So I guess my lesson learned is that who needs national praise or rather daily praise, when all the über-talented people featured in our eight pages are creating phenomenal concepts, food and service right here, right now. So without further ado, dig in, my friends.

Carla Valencia de Martinéz

Editor-in-Chief | Creative Director

PHOTOGRAPHERS sofia van der dys, kennon evett, gabriella nissen, anthony rathbun

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS jenny antill, chad kleitsch, william jones miller, jessica pledger, michael reiland, michael saavedra, roswitha vogler, park hyatt mendoza, for lastnightpics.com: keren dressel, brandon walker, omar mejia INTERNS rebecca driver, lily reich, nicole blaylock

BECOME A HOUSTON FOODIE

Cover photographed by Gabriella Nissen Chalk cover art created by John Munger for Whole Foods Plated dish created by Justin Yu for Oxheart. (Pictured at right creating said dish.) 002houston Magazine is published monthly by NODO Magazine, L.L.C., 1824 Spring Street, Studio 002, Houston, TX 77007. Copyright © 2012 by NODO Magazine L.L.C. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. 002houston Magazine does not knowingly accept false or misleading advertising or editorial, nor do the publishers assume responsibility should such advertising or editorial appear.

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table of contents

COMING IN OCTOBER

fashion issue

SEPTEMBER 2012

4 letter from the editor

Cover Credit JOHN MUNGER has been in the design/illustration field for 25 years in Retail and Promotional Marketing, mainly in illustration with an emphasis in cartooning. He was a Humorous Card Planner with American Greetings. The 52 year old Graphic Artist from Cleveland, Ohio moved to Houston 2 years ago as a transfer from a Whole Foods with his wife Kelly who is also a Graphic Designer with her own design business as one of the top designers of needlepoint canvases; and their 3 children: Jack 15, Grace 12, Olivia 9. “I created chalkboards as a part of my job and since illustrating is something I love to do, it became something for which I was sought out. I now have several people looking to me for exactly the kind of artwork I do at Whole Foods and have other metro WFM stores looking to me to train their new artist hires. I'd never done chalkboards before WFM and had never thought of it as something I wanted to do, it just kind of happened!” Munger collaborated with 002houston’s team to create the chalk cover.

Photography by Gabriella Nissen

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JUSTIN YU – one of the talents behind the acclaimed Oxheart, created the dish that graces the cover.

49 LITTLE SOYA GOES BIG TIME

6 table of contents

50 destination: mendoza, argentina 52 tools + toys + gadgets 53 party pics

54 CHEF’S SPECIAL: COPPA 56 DINE WRITE: BLU

30 8 on our radar

58 open 59 party pics 60 the scene

10 fresh arts scene 11 party pics 12 calendar 14 museum district 16 for art ‘s sake: museum district day 18 art houses + museums + exhibits

20 phone shot 22 born cool, grow hip

66 houston map

23 party pics

68 downtown map 69 uptown + galleria map 70 restaurant listings 74 washington+heights way 77 bea hear now 78 club + lounge review: estate lounge

79 recording: the manichean 80 002 nightlife

24 people of houston

82 party pics + crossword puzzle

26 costume for cocktails 27 party pics 28 things i ♥

30 INDUSTRY INDEX 38 architecture+design: dyson 39 mac® tips

40 FOOD + DRINK SPECIAL

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ON OUR

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FOR ART’S SAKE By Rebecca Driver + Nicole Blaylock

COMMUNITY ParksByYou is a new campaign to connect Houston’s bayous and green spaces by using a plan that’s over 100 years old to create a greener Houston for us, and for future generations. Go to www.parksbyyou.org and check it out! COMMEMORATING NATIONAL ADULT EDUCATION & FAMILY LITERACY WEEK, LITERACY ADVANCE OF HOUSTON PRESENTS THE 3RD ANNUAL SCRABBLE AND THE CITY EVENT SEPTEMBER 13 BEGINNING AT 7PM. SPONSORS AND TEAMS OF FOUR PLAY TWO ROUNDS OF CREATIVE SCRABBLE COMPETING FOR THE GRAND PRIZE: MR. T – THE COVETED SCRABBLE AND THE CITY TROPHY. WWW.SCRABBLEANDTHECITY.ORG The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the start of TSA Pre ™ operations at Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The passenger prescreening initiative implements a more effective, counterterrorism procedure where eligible passengers undergo expedited screening surpassing the standard protocol at the security checkpoint. Benefits include being able to leave shoes, light outerwear and belt on, keeping laptop in its case and 3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-on. For more information, visit www.tsa.gov.

DINEWRITE Yellow Rose Distilling is making Houston history as the first legal whiskey distillery, located just south of Magnolia and west of The Woodlands. GET IN THE LOOP, BECAUSE BRIO IS OPENING A NEW LOCATION IN UPPER KIRBY. Dolce Delights owner Candace Chang delivers specialty recipes that cater to her Hong Kong heritage. She focuses on reduced sugar and vegan offerings that generate natural sweetness, eliminating artificial components without sacrificing flavor. www.mydolcedelights.com • CRAVE Cupcakes partners with the Arts in Medicine Program at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital through September 15 in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness month. Select flavors will feature special toppers designed by MD Anderson patients. For every cupcake sold, CRAVE will donate $1 to the Art in Medicine Program.

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PETER MAX COMES TO HOUSTON SEPTEMBER 22–30, FOR A UNIQUE EXHIBIT FEATURING HIS INTERPRETATIONS OF MASTERFUL WORKS BY VAN GOGH, PICASSO, RENOIR AND MANY OTHERS AT OFF THE WALL GALLERY IN THE GALLERIA. Commissioned by Houston Arts Alliance, The Creative Economy of Houston first-ever report concluded Houston as one of the nation’s fastgrowing creative economic sectors. The study defines creative-sector industries as those in which a creative or artistic element is an integral part of the delivery of its product or service. Experiencing a 16 percent growth in the creative economy from 2001 to 2012, these results show more than 146,000 people being employed in the creative economy, creating an economic impact of more than $9.1 billion.

RETAIL Burberry and MaxMara recently underwent remodels and are open. Burberry’s new store will have Westheimer exposure, a client services department and madeto-measure suiting. BUFFALO EXCHANGE MAKES THE MOVE FROM 249 W. 19TH STREET TO A NEW STORE IN RICE VILLAGE.

Victoria’s Secret PINK launched their newest location in The Woodlands. Towne Lake has announced new commercial development including The Kroger Co. to break ground in the fall of 2012 in Cypress, Texas. Additionally, new development includes The Boardwalk, featuring a collection of waterfront restaurants, retail and office space, centered on a lakeside. The Boardwalk will have waterside parking for residential boats, supplying scenic transportation from home to work, restaurants and shopping. EACH MONTH, STARTING SEPTEMBER, SLOAN HALL HAS INCORPORATED A NEW IN-STORE INSTALLATION REFLECTING THE WORK OF A SINGLE IMPORTANT DESIGNER, COUPLED WITH A LECTURE SERIES AT THE FORMA REVIVO GALLERY. STOP BY THE POP UP DUTCH SHOP AND SEE WHAT’S NEW. Winter and Spring Street Studios invite the public to the Annual Fall Exhibition on Saturday, October 6, at 5pm. The showcase will feature some of the finest art in the First Ward Arts District. With free admission, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to view paintings, sculpture, ceramics, glass, mosaic, photography, mixed media and jewelry crafted by over 110 artists.

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fresh arts scene By Jenni Rebecca Stephenson

DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS. THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED IN MID-SEPTEMBER FOR A FANTASTIC LINEUP OF MUSIC, DANCE, LITERATURE AND ART … MUCH OF IT HAPPENING ON THE SAME WEEKEND. WITH SO MANY OPTIONS, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO BE IN THREE PLACES AT ONCE!

Ars Lyrica: It Takes Two September 21, 7:30pm Grammy-nominated Ars Lyrica Houston – harpsichordist Matthew Dirst and his magnificent band of period-instrument virtuosi – open their season with an evening of concerti including J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 4 and Haydn’s Concerto in F. Soloists include oboist Kathryn Montoya, Canadian violinist Marc Destrubé and Dutch recorder virtuoso Paul Leenhouts. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts– $35+. www.arslyricahouston.org

Deep Sky Objects with Musiqa September 22, 7:30pm Musiqa features the world premiere of “Deep Sky Objects” by renowned American composer Sebastian Currier, set to poetry by Sarah Manguso, whose libretto imagines an intergalactic romance. Scored for soprano, piano quintet and electronics, the performance features soprano Karol Bennett. Additionally, the program includes a Houston Ballet II performance set to a Sebastian Currier work and choreographed by Tina Bohnstedt, a piano quartet by Pierre Jalbert and a set of 10. september 12 | www.002mag.com

violin-piano preludes by Lera Auerbach. The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Zilkha Hall– $20+. www.musiqahouston.org Visible Unseen @ Fresh Arts September 22, 6pm Rooted in m y t h o l o g y, futurism and science, the drawings and collages in Houston artist Regina Agu’s solo exhibition form a self-portrait at levels of observation that usually go unseen. Likening her process to that of a researcher, Agu discovers and documents layers of memories much like the way we examine rings of a cut tree or dig into layers of earth to reveal the realities of the past. Spacetaker Gallery at Fresh Arts (2101 Winter Street)–Free. www.spacetaker.org Opera under the Stars: Houdini the Great September 22, 8pm Bring a lawn chair or blanket and join us in Bayou Bend’s Diana Garden for a magical evening of music and song. This year Opera Vista presents Andy Pape’s and Erik Clausen’s stirring Houdini the Great. The central hall of Bayou Bend will be open for touring starting at 7:15pm. Bayou Bend– $35. www.mfah.org/bayoubend Inprint Junot Diaz Reading September 24, 7:30pm The Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series features fiction writer Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award) and national bestseller Drown. He will read from his new story collection, This Is How You Lose Her, focusing on the heart-wrenching aspects of love. Cullen Theater, Wortham Center (501 Texas Avenue)– $5. www.inprinthouston.org

Photography by Nina Subin

Heart Chamber Orchestra September 21, 7:30pm An audiovisual performance where music literally “comes from the heart.” Heart Chamber Orchestra consists of 12 classically trained musicians from Houston-based Two Star Symphony and the electronic artist duo TERMINALBEACH. The musical score is generated in real time by the heartbeats of the musicians, who are wearing electrocardiogram sensors. Using their heartbeats, the musicians control a computer composition and visualization environment. Part of Aurora Picture Show’s 2012 Media Archeology Festival: Real Time. Barnevelder Movement/Arts Center (2201 Preston) – $15 www.mitchellcenterforarts.org Photography by Antti Ahonen

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EVENT “AT THE END OF THE DAY” BOOK LAUNCH WHY TO BENEFIT SOUTHWEST SCHOOLS WHERE HOTEL SORELLA WHEN JUNE 8 Lewis Senior and daughter/co-author, Laura Senior Garcia, hosted a wonderful crowd of over 150 people to celebrate the launch of their book, “At the End of the Day,” an inspirational, non-fiction memoir. The ballroom at Hotel Sorella was transformed into a Hollywood-themed affair outfitted with red carpet, a beautiful lounge area with white leather couch and student paparazzi. The celebration was full of amazing moments, such as the unveiling of the book cover art winner, auctioning off the entire one-of-a-kind artwork, signing the books for the attendees and the excerpt readings from the book.

Malcom Duncan, David Senior Garcia

April Armwood, Rosalinda Mercado, Janelle James

The Matheson family

Laura Senior Garcia, Lewis Senior

J. Morton, Melissa Bascle Photography by Michael Reiland

Ellie Francisco, Lauren Levicki

Laura and Stephen Waiter

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calendar september

S U N DAY

PERFORMING ARTS + CONCERTS + SPORTS + FESTIVALS + GENERAL INTEREST

M O N DAY

T U E S DAY

W E D N E S DAY

Bayou Music Center Imagination Movers 1 & 5pm Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 1 & 6:30pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 3 Program D, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…3pm Reliant Stadium Texans vs. Tennessee Titans 12pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 3pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 2pm

TO PURCHASE TICKETS, PLEASE CONTACT ALLEY THEATRE: alleytheatre.org BAYOU MUSIC CENTER bayoumusiccenter.com CWMP: woodlandscenter.org HOBBY CENTER: 713.315.2525 thehobbycenter.org HOUSE OF BLUES: hob.com JONES HALL: 713.227.3974 houstonfirsttheaters.com MAIN STREET THEATRE: 713.524.6706 mainstreettheatre.com

9/21 Fiona Apple

Alley November 2:30 & 7:30pm Jones HS: Sixties Hits w/ the Midtown Men 7:30pm MOT Indian Performing Arts- Samskriti: Bollywood Blast 2012, 8pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Cincinnati Reds 1:05pm Stages Life Could Be A Dream 3pm

T H U R S DAY

Alley November 7:30pm

9/9 Slash

Alley November 7:30pm Main Street Girls Only- The Secret Comedy of Women - Preview 7:30pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm

FOR THESE EVENTS AND MORE,

September 29, 3DCAMP Houston. Hosted by The University of Houston College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics & the School of Art. www.3dcamphouston.com

MILLER OUTDOOR THEATRE (MOT): milleroutdoortheatre.com MINUTE MAID PARK: astros.mlb.com RELIANT PARK: reliantpark.com STAGES REPERTORY THEATRE: 713.527.0123 stagestheatre.com TOYOTA CENTER: 1.866.4HOU.TIX toyotacentertix.com WAREHOUSE LIVE: warehouselive.com WORTHAM CENTER: 713.237.1439 houstonfirsttheaters.com

Alley November 7:30pm CWMP HS: Latin American Classical 8pm Hobby Gente de Teatro: Dias Contados (On Borrowed Time) 8pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm Wortham HB: Madame Butterfly 7:30pm

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Alley November 2:30 & 7:30pm HOB Slash w/ Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators 7pm Main Street Girls Only…3pm Reliant Stadium Texans vs. Miami Dolphins 12pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 3pm Wortham HB: Madame Butterfly 2pm

September 9, An Intimate Evening with Deepak Chopra, 5:30pm at the Westin Galleria Hotel. www.foodforeducation.org

Alley November 2:30 & 7:30pm Hobby HSMT: Legally Blonde 1:30pm HOB Ethan Bortnick 3pm | Rockie Fresh: The Electric Highway Tour 7:15pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 1 Program A, 2:30pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies 1:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 3pm Wortham HB: Madame Butterfly 2pm

Minute Maid Astros vs. Chicago Cubs 7:05pm

Alley November 2:30 & 7:30pm Bayou Music Center Pretty Lights 8pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 2 Program B, 2:30pm Main Street Girls Only…3pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 1:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 3pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 2pm

MOT Children’s Performance: Meet the US Presidents 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. Chicago Cubs 7:05pm | Warehouse Epic Kings & Idols Tour 6:30pm

Alley November 7:30pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm MOT Children’s Performance: Cinderella 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. Chicago Cubs 7:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm

Hobby Grace Song Inc.: Lara ClaycombThe Texas Tour 7:30pm HOB The Go-Go’s 7pm MOT Children’s Performance: Hansel & Gretel 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals 7:05pm Warehouse Guided by Voices 8pm

Alley November 7:30pm HOB Beach House 8pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm

Houston Chamber Choir presents Soul Music of Tchaikovsky, Tavener & Gorecki, 7:30pm at Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. www.houstonchamberchoir.org

Bayou Music Center Ben Folds Five 8pm Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 7:30pm MOT Children’s Performance: Hansel & Gretel 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals 7:05pm

Alley November 7:30pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm MOT Children’s Performance: Cinderella 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies 7:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm Warehouse Green River Ordinance 8pm

Houston Fine Art Fair Opening Night Preview, 6pm at Reliant Center. For Platinum Party & VIPS only. To get more info, visit www.houstonfineartfair.com. reNew and reDux Style Show, 6-9pm at Morton Kuehnert Auctioneers & Appraisers. Benefiting The Women’s Home. www.thewomenshome.org

September 13, 3rd Annual Scrabble and the City, 7-10pm at Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Presented by Literacy Advance of Houston. www.scrabbleandthecity.org

September 27, Breakfast with Elizabeth Smart, 7:30am at The Junior League of Houston. Benefiting ChildBuilders. www.childbuilders.org 12. september 12 | www.002mag.com

Fashion’s Night Out, 6-10pm at Market Street in The Woodlands. www.marketstreet-thewoodlands.com

Iron Sommelier Grand Tasting 2012, 6:30pm at the Houstonian Hotel & Spa. Benefiting the Periwinkle Foundation. www.periwinklefoundation.org/wine

Alley November 7:30pm HOB Owl City 6:30pm

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September 29-December 30, CraftTexas 2012 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. www.crafthouston.org

Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 7:30pm HOB 2 Chainz 8pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm MOT Children’s Performance: Hansel & Gretel 11am Minute Maid Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals 7:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm Warehouse Tribal Seeds 7pm September 27-29, Otello by Gioachino Rossini, 7:30pm at Lambert Hall. Presented by Opera in the Heights. www.operaintheheights.org

Alley November 7:30pm Bayou Music Center Rise Against w/ The Gaslight Anthem & Hot Water Music 7pm HOB Citizen Cope 7pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 2 Program C, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm Warehouse Off! 7:30pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 7:30pm

Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 7:30pm HOB My Life w/ The Thrill Kill Kult 8pm | Dark Star Orchestra 8pm Main Street Girls Only…7:30pm MOT Children’s Performance: Hansel & Gretel 11am Reliant Arena The King’s Men 7pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 7:30pm

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Alley November 2:30 & 8pm CWMP Def Leppard & Poison 7pm HOB ½ Way to St. Patrick’s Day w/ Blaggards 7pm Jones HS: Sixties Hits w/ the Midtown Men 8pm MOT Mercury- The Orchestra Redefined: Blazing Baroque 8pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Cincinnati Reds 6:05pm Stages Life Could Be A Dream 8pm Toyota Gigantes 8pm

Alley November 8pm CWMP Kelly Clarkson & The Fray 7pm Hobby Gente de Teatro: Dias Contados 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT Fall for Dominic Walsh Dance Theater 8pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm

Gold Star Luncheon, 11am-1pm at ICE at The Galleria. Benefiting MD Anderson’s Children’s Art Project. For info, call Nancy Walker at 713.745.0188 or nwalker@mdanderson.org.

7th Annual FAAN Walk for Food Allergy, 8am at Hermann Square. www.foodallergywalk.org/houston_tx12

Alley November 8pm CWMP Train 7pm Hobby Humphrey’s School of Musical Theatre: Legally Blonde 7:30pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 1 Program A, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT Michael Londra’s Celtic Fire 8pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies 7:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Wortham HB: Madame Butterfly 7:30pm

Alley November 8pm Bayou Music Center Fiona Apple 8:30pm CWMP HS: Evening w/ Brahms 8pm Hobby Ars Lyrica: It Takes Two 7:30pm HOB Ron Pope 7pm | The Psychedelic Furs 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 7:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Toyota Eric Church 7:30pm Warehouse The Walkmen 8pm

September 21-23, Boogie, Blues & Brews Festival at Walter Hall Park in League City, TX. www.boogiebluesandbrews.com

Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 8pm HOB Cowboy Mouth 8pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 3 Program D, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT Children’s Performance: Hansel & Gretel 11am | Splendid China VII 8pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Warehouse Lecrae 6pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 7:30pm | Da Camera: Opening Night-25th Anniversary Celebration 8pm

Alley November 2:30 & 8pm CWMP Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival 12pm Hobby HSMT: Legally Blonde 1:30 & 7:30pm HOB Beats Antique 7pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 1 Program B, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT El Grito, Festival de la Independencia w/ La Mafia in Concert 8pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies 6:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Wortham HB: Madame Butterfly 7:30pm

Alley November 2:30 & 8pm Bayou Music Center Il Volo 7:30pm Hobby Lewis Black 8pm HOB The Ruby Revue Burlesque Show 8pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 2 Program C, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT Salsa Y Salud 7:30pm Minute Maid Astros vs. Pittsburgh Pirates 6:05pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Warehouse An Evening w/ The Chris Robinson Brotherhood 7pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 7:30pm | Brilliant Lecture Series: A Conversation w/ Betty White 2:30 & 7pm

CWMP Florence & The Machine 7:30pm Hobby GEB: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 2 & 8pm HOB Circa Survive 6:30pm | Red Wanting Blue 7:30pm Jones HS: Best of Brahms Wk 3 Program E, 8pm Main Street Girls Only…8pm MOT Splendid China VII 8pm Reliant Stadium 2012 Bayou Bucket: University of Houston vs. Rice University 2:30pm Stages 2 Pianos 4 Hands 8pm Wortham HB: Woman@ART 7:30pm | SPA: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet 8pm

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museum district By Pixie Ibañez

EXHIBITS EMAIL US AT PIXIE@002MAG.COM

1. THE MENIL COLLECTION www.menil.org

Silence, on view thru October 21. Silence is a powerful force. It can produce profound emotions or conjure startling sensory experiences, and it seems inextricably linked to the passage of time. A prerequisite for contemplative thought, silence has become a scarce commodity in today’s media-saturated world. The exhibition and catalogue project Silence considers this important and little-examined subject in modern and contemporary art. Ranging from uncanny to incantatory to experiential, its broad range of works are not all without sound, but all reflect the many ways artists invoke silence to shape space and consciousness. 2. HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY www.hcponline.org

Learning Curve 6: HCP’s Student Exhibition, on view September 7. Learning Curve is an annual exhibition of selected work made by HCP’s students from the past year. From digital to alternative processes, the exhibition highlights the various educational programs HCP offers through its Learning Center. HCP offers over 300 workshops and classes a year ranging in skill level and medium, reaching over 450 lifelong learners. 3. THE ROTHKO CHAPEL www.rothkochapel.org

The Rothko Chapel, founded by John and Dominique de Menil, was dedicated in 1971 as an intimate sanctuary available to people of every belief in a modern meditative environment inspired by the mural canvases of Russian-born, American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970). 4. HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT www.crafthouston.org

Glass Graphica, on view thru October 14, is an exhibition about the possibilities of glass to convey graphic punch. The show also serves as an unlikely Texas reunion of two artists who met as teacher and student in New York City more than five years ago. Moshe Bursuker, a longtime New Yorker, combines photography and glass in tiled collages that utilize the properties of glassblowing to convey high-contrast images culled from our surroundings. Fluidity of material and a daring combination of disparate techniques are at the heart of Miguel Unson’s flame-worked and kiln-cast glass wheels.

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5. LAWNDALE ARTCENTER www.lawndaleartcenter.org

Lonely Hunters, on view thru September 29. The exhibit showcases a series of drawings that feature the accumulations, creatures and hybrids of flora and fauna, in the dark environments that Angela Piehl incorporates into her work. Piehl’s accumulation drawings reference luxury and opulent decay, recombining elaborately decorative elements with organic material like flesh, hair, tentacles, eggs, fat, bone, muscle, crystalline structures and wood. The title, Lonely Hunters, references the Southern Gothic literary genre, and like characters within the genre, Piehl’s creatures are solitary – at once seductive and repellant, grotesque and beautiful. 6. BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com

This museum pays tribute to African-American military history from the Revolutionary War to modern times. During the 1860s, soldiers of the 10th U.S. Cavalry were nicknamed “Buffalo Soldiers” for their fierce fighting ability and bravery. 7. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON www.hmh.org

“Inheritance: Stories of Memory and Discovery,” on view September 14. This exhibit features a selection of still-life montages of artist and photographer Leslie Starobin composed from the personal belongings salvaged by families under unimaginable distress and often in flight during the Holocaust. The show highlights the bravery and hope of six families through a series of individual photomontages, each depicting their experiences during the Holocaust. 8. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON www.cmhouston.org

Instructables: Made in Your Mind, on view thru November 4, is based on the concepts of Instructables and similar websites. The exhibit explores the quintessential question – “What can this be?” – and encourages you to build objects out of easily accessible or found materials. Gain understanding between invention and innovation and apply the creative process to devices, procedures, games and other pursuits.

9. THE HEALTH MUSEUM www.thehealthmuseum.org

COMING SOON! Siege of the Skeletons, on view October 2012. If you’ve ever dreamed of having your work exhibited in a museum, now’s your chance! This annual exhibition of papier-mâché skeletons features entries created by the community for the community. Submissions are accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis.

10. HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE www.hmns.org

Annual Culinary Feast: Big Bite Nite, September 27. Experience an epic journey of food as HMNS dishes up cuisine from some of Houston’s most prestigious restaurants. This lavish culinary affair will offer tastes from around Houston and around the world. Delve into the multicultural traditions of our diverse city as you dine while enjoying musical entertainment. Feast with us and discover the culinary explorer inside you!

11. HOUSTON ZOO www.houstonzoo.org

Orkin presents DINOSAURS! on view thru October 31. From the towering brachiosaurus to the massive Trex, these animatronic dinosaurs move, roar and even spit water. This year the exhibit features twice the fun with twice the dinosaurs, including species that were once found in Texas, with all but two found in our region.

12. RICE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY www.ricegallery.org

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art , on view September 13. The exhibit features 72 works by 67 artists. The exhibition seeks to redefine the canon of African-American art by offering a more in-depth, inclusive presentation of the artists and their aesthetic and social concerns, according to the Driskell Center. 13. THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON www.mfah.org

Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection, on view September 16. This exhibition highlights several key avant-garde movements engaged in the production of concrete, geometric and kinetic art. The presentation outlines the different paths taken by pioneers such as Lygia Clark, Leon Ferrari, Gego, Hélio Oiticica and Joaquín Torres-Garcia. The exhibition contextualizes

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key aspects of the MFAH collection and reveals the correspondences between several different artistic projects of the 20th century. 14. CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON www.camh.org 

PERSPECTIVES 179 – ALVIN BALTROP, on view thru October 21. Perspectives 179–Alvin Baltrop: Dreams Into Glass is the first major solo museum survey of work by this African-American photographer. His work was rarely publicly presented during his lifetime but has become a focus of art world attention in the last five years, including a cover story in Artforum magazine and an article in The New York Times. This exhibition serves to introduce audiences to Baltrop’s visionary talent as a photographer, one who captured the beauty and decay of some of this country’s most iconic urban landscapes as well as the pivotal moments of a society in transition.

15. THE JUNG CENTER OF HOUSTON www.junghouston.org 

Founded in 1958, The Jung Center is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to the continuing education of the human spirit through psychology, the arts and the humanities.

16. CZECH CENTER MUSEUM www.czechcenter.org 

The Czech Center Museum Houston works to preserve, record and celebrate the language, scholarship and arts of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia.

17. JOHN C. FREEMAN WEATHER MUSEUM www.weathermuseum.org 

Explore animal habitats in the Interactive Climate Zone, touch a tornado, learn how to make your own hurricane preparedness kit and be a weather reporter for WRC-TV. The museum houses nine permanent exhibits and offers many exciting programs including weather camps, Boy/Girl Scout badge classes, teacher workshops, birthday parties and weather labs. 18. ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER www.asiasociety.org 

Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy, on view thru October 7, is an exhibition of 60 works from one of the finest collections of Asian art in the United States. The exhibition includes outstanding examples of bronze and stone sculpture and exquisite ceramics. Treasures of Asian Art explores these stunning works by placing them in the context of American collecting of Asian art in the post-World War II period, specifically the collecting practice of Asia Society’s founder, John D. Rockefeller III, and his wife, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller.

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for art’s sake By Nadia Michel

Photography by Hugh Hargrave/Greater Houston Convention & Visitor Bureau

AMERICA’S NEXT ART CAPITAL SEPTEMBER 15 IS MUSEUM DISTRICT DAY, PROVING ART MAY BE HOUSTON’S CLAIM TO FAME. THE LOWDOWN

THE BIG DAY

WITH 19 MUSEUMS WITHIN A 1.5-MILE RADIUS MEASURED FROM THE MECOM FOUNTAIN IN HERMANN PARK, HOUSTON’S MUSEUM DISTRICT IS CHOCK-FULL OF STUFF TO SEE. “NO OTHER MAJOR CITY THAT I COULD FIND HAS SO MANY MUSEUMS IN ONE AREA. MOST HAVE EIGHT OR NINE,” SAYS LAURETTE CANIZARES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE MUSEUM DISTRICT ASSOCIATION.

The main draw at Museum District Day is the free admission. But Canizares is quick to point out that museum going is always affordable. “Twelve of the museums are free every single day of the year,” she says. “And the rest of them all have dedicated free days,” she adds. Still, the one-day event attracts big crowds. “Through the years, visitation has ranged between 18,000 to 30,000,” she tells 002houston.

There are museums for everything from the human body to tornadoes. New to the scene is the Museum of African American Culture. Opened last February, it has a fresh approach, according to Canizares. “The Executive Director wants to pay homage to the black community that founded Houston, but his vision is also about the contemporary side of it: the music, the new style of artwork…,” she explains.

Participating venues host an array of activities. “All of the museums are really good at organizing something special and unique,” says Canizares. At Menil Collection, Musicircus is an event imagined by American composer and artist John Cage (1912–1992). First staged in 1967 at the University of Illinois, the event includes performers and musicians in a wide range of musical styles, performance genres, levels of experience and ensemble sizes. The groups perform simultaneously, but who plays what, when and where is decided by throwing dice or tossing coins. There’s a lot to see and do, so pacing is everything. “It can be a bit overwhelming, so we recommend visiting about three museums throughout the day,” suggests Canizares.

The area’s location is strategic. Nestled between Hermann Park, The Medical Center and Rice University (The Stanford of the South, as Canizares puts it), the Museum District is in proximity to culture and a range of services. “It’s a very walkable district,” says Canizares. “Businesses are going in, real estate is booming, people see the value of living and playing here. And this area has always been a safe, nice area to live in.” Money talks. The city allocates 19.3% of the state-mandated Hotel Occupancy Tax it collects to the arts. “Out of all the major cities, Houston gives the most back to the arts through that Hotel Tax,” claims Canizares. “A lot of other cities use it for hotel development, convention centers and conference venues, and I think that speaks to how diverse and culturally open Houston is,” she says. 16. september 12 | www.002mag.com

Organizers this year have chucked the usual shuttle buses in favor of more earthfriendly pedicabs. “Even though the museums are within walking distance, we want to accommodate the elderly, those with disabilities and families,” explains Canizares. Also this year is a significant increase in grub. “Some of the museums now have food trucks,” she adds.

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Photography by Chad Kleitsch

Other standouts include The Menil. “It has the largest private collection in the United States and it is set on a beautiful campus,” says Canizares. “Right next to them is the Houston Center for Photography. They offer classes to the community.” The Weather Museum is unique in its kind in the United States. “They have a staff of meteorologists who love their craft so much they wanted to have their own museum. They work with the National Weather Channel, which gets a lot of its information from these guys. Also, the big oil and gas rigs that are offshore receive all their information from the Weather Museum,” reveals Canizares.

BEYOND ARTWORK “People don’t realize that the Zoo is part of us,” says Canizares. Also included are The Children’s Museum and The Health Museum. “The Lawndale Art Center is absolutely amazing because they give local artists a place to showcase their work,” she says. The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is also worth checking out. “They offer a wonderful residency program. Artists get about three to six months in a workshop in the back to specialize in their medium,” she explains. In exchange, artists must dedicate some time to speak to the public, based on a schedule posted on their office door.

PEDIGREE When London’s esteemed Kenwood House needed a place to house their impressive art collection while remodeling, they didn’t send it to some fancy Paris museum. Instead, they chose Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, turning it into an exhibit (through September 3). “Dr. Peter Marzio (former director of MFAH who passed away in 2010) – I think he established an empire there. That’s kind of an insider’s perspective,” she adds.

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EXHIBITS EMAIL US AT PIXIE@002MAG.COM

MUSEUMS 1940 AIR TERMINAL MUSEUM www.1940airterminal.org 8325 Travelair Rd. 713.454.1940 ART CAR MUSEUM www.artcarmuseum.com 140 Heights Blvd. 713.861.5526 BLAFFER ART MUSEUM www.blaffer.org 4800 Calhoun Rd. 713.743.9521 GALVESTON ARTS CENTER www.galveston.com 2127 Strand St. 409.763.2403 HERITAGE SOCIETY www.heritagesociety.org 1100 Bagby 713.655.1912 HOUSTON FIRE MUSEUM www.houstonfiremuseum.org 2403 Milam 713.524.2526 MUSEUM OF PRINTING HISTORY www.printingmuseum.org 1324 W. Clay St. 713.522.4652 MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN HISTORY www.hbu.edu 7502 Fondren Rd. 281.649.3997 ORANGE SHOW www.orangeshow.org 2401 Munger 713.926.6368 PROJECT ROW HOUSES www.projectrowhouses.org 2521 Holman 713.526.7662 STATION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART www.stationmuseum.com 1502 Alabama 713.529.6900 September 22, Art4Life/Arts for AIDS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM www.tsu.edu/museum 3100 Cleburne Ave. 713.313.7145

ART HOUSES 18 HANDS GALLERY www.18handsgallery.com 249 West 19th St. 713.869.3099 AEROSOL WARFARE GALLERY + BOUTIQUE www.aerosolwarfare.com 2110 Jefferson St. #113, 832.748.8369

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ANYA TISH GALLERY www.anyatishgallery.com 4411 Montrose Blvd. 713.524.2299 Opens September 7, MetalUrges by William Cannings ARCHWAY GALLERY www.archwaygallery.com 2305 Dunlavy 713.522.2409 Thru October 4, Perspectives X2

ART LEAGUE HOUSTON www.artleaguehouston.org 1953 Montrose Blvd. 713.523.9530 Opens September 7, Primordial Garden by Adela Andea BARBARA DAVIS GALLERY www.barbaradavisgallery.com 4411 Montrose 713.520.9200 Opens September 7, Duke of Burgundy by Danny Rolph BERING & JAMES GALLERY www.beringandjames.com 805 Rhode Place #500, 713.524.0101 BETZ GALLERY www.betzgallery.com 1208 W. Gray 713.576.6954 BOOKER-LOWE GALLERY www.bookerlowegallery.com 4623 Feagan St. 713.880.1541 Thru September 15, Summer “A5” CANAL ST. GALLERY www.canalstreetgallery.com 2219 Canal St. 713.228.3848 CAROLINE COLLECTIVE www.carolinecollective.cc 4820 Caroline St. 713.825.4613 COMMUNITY ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE www.thecollective.org 1413 Holman 713.523.1616 DAKOTA GALLERY www.dakotaframing.com 2324 Shearn St. 713.523.7440 DARKE GALLERY www.darkegallery.com 5321 Feagan 713.542.3802 Thru September 29, Enlight by Emily Sloan DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY www.deborahcoltongallery.com 2445 North Blvd. 713.869.5151 DESANTOS GALLERY www.desantosgallery.com 1724 Richmond 713.520.1200

DIVERSEWORKS www.diverseworks.org 1117 East Freeway 713.223.8346 DOMY BOOKS www.domystore.com 1709 Westheimer 713.523.3669 FOTOFEST www.fotofest.org 1113 Vine St. 713.223.5522 G GALLERY www.ggalleryhouston.com 301 East 11th St. 713.822.4842 Opens September 1, Dog Park GALLERY 1724 www.gallery1724.blogspot.com 1724 Bissonnet St. 713.523.2547 GALLERY SONJA ROESCH www.gallerysonjaroesch.com 2309 Caroline 713.659.5424 GITE GALLERY www.thegitegallery.com 2024 East Alabama St. 713.523.3311 GOLDESBERRY GALLERY www.goldesberrygallery.com 2625 Colquitt 713.528.0405 GREEN HOUSE GALLERY www.greenhouseartgallery.com 716 W. Alabama St. 713.535.6462 GREMILLION & CO. FINE ART www.gremillion.com 2501 Sunset Blvd. 713.522.2701 H GALLERY www.hgallery.org 617 W. 19th 713.417.4888

HANNAH BACOL BUSCH GALLERY www.hannahbacolbuschgallery.com 6900 S. Rice. 713.527.0523 Thru September 30, Contemporary Watercolor Fine Art by Sirum Guan HCC-CENTRAL GALLERY www.centralfinearts.info 3517 Austin 713.718.6600 HOLLYWOOD FRAME GALLERY www.hollywoodframegallery.com 2427 Bissonnet 713.942.8885 HOOKS-EPSTEIN GALLERIES www.hooksepsteingalleries.com 2631 Colquitt St. 713.522.0718 Opens September 8, Mark Greenwalt HOUSTON LANDMARK GALLERY www.houstonlandmarkgallery.com 1200 McKinney 713.927.8800 HOUSTON STUDIOS 707 Walnut St. 713.223.0951 IMAGO DEI www.imagodeigallery.com 2525 Robinson St. #100, 713.520.5557 INMAN GALLERY www.inmangallery.com 3901 Main St. 713.526.7800 Opens September 7, Landscape Paintings by Dana Frankfort KINZELMAN ART CONSULTING www.kinzelmanart.com 3909 Main St. 713.533.9923 KOELSCH GALLERY www.koelschgallery.com 703 Yale 713.626.0175 Thru September 15, The Book and The Cover by Cisco Tucker Kolkmeier

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4. LAURA RATHE FINE ART www.laurarathe.com 2707 Colquitt 713.527.7700

NOLAN-RANKIN GALLERIES www.nolan-rankingalleries.com 6 Chelsea Blvd. 713.528.0664

LAURA U COLLECTION www.laurau.com 1840 Westheimer 713.522.0855

O’KANE GALLERY www.uhd.edu One Main St. @ UHD 713.221.8042

LAZZARA ART GALLERY www.gallerialazzara.com 5400 Mitchelldale St. 713.681.0681

PARKERSON GALLERY www.parkersongallery.com 3510 Lake St. 713.524.4945

M2 GALLERY www.gallerymsquared.com 339 W. 19th St. 713.861.6070

PEEL GALLERY www.peelgallery.org 4411 Montrose Blvd. 713.520.8122

McCLAIN GALLERY www.mcclaingallery.com 2242 Richmond Ave. 713.520.9988 Opens September 8, In Plain Sight by Aaron Parazette

POISSANT GALLERY www.poissantgallery.com 5102 Center St. 713.868.9337

McMURTREY GALLERY www.mcmurtreygallery.com 3508 Lake St. 713.523.8238 Opens September 8, The Story by Troy Woods MEEK STUDIO & GALLERY www.meekgallery.com 1824 Spring St. #109, 713.259.9226 MEREDITH LONG GALLERY www.meredithlonggallery.com 2323 San Felipe 713.523.6671 MIDTOWN ART CENTER www.midtownartcenter.com 3414 La Branch 713.521.8803 MONTROSE ART SOCIETY www.montroseartsociety.com 4715 Main St. 713.316.0402 MOODY GALLERY www.moodygallery.com 2815 Colquitt 713.526.9911 Opens September 8, Red Drawings & White Cut-Outs by James Drake MOTHER DOG STUDIOS www.motherdogstudios.com 720 Walnut 713.229.9760 NAU-HAUS GALLERY www.texascollaborative.com 223 E. 11th St. 713.261.1409 NEW GALLERY www.newgalleryhouston.com 3225 Milam St. 713.520.7053 Thru September 28, Classic Abstraction, a group exhibit

THE ARTFUL CORNER www.theartfulcorner.com 3423 White Oak Dr. 713.426.4278 THORNWOOD GALLERY www.thornwoodgallery.com 2643 Colquitt St. 713.528.4278 Opens September 15, Conversation Peace by Kevin Box

POST GALLERY www.postgallery.com By appointment only. 713.622.4241

VAUGHAN CHRISTOPHER GALLERY www.vaughanchristopher.com 1217 S. Shepherd 713.533.0816

RECORD RANCH GALLERY www.cactusmusictx.com 2110 Portsmouth 713.526.9272 REDBUD GALLERY www.redbudgallery.com 303 E. 11th St. 713.862.2532 Thru September 30, Zentrospective by Ben DeSoto

WADE WILSON ART www.wadewilsonart.com 4411 Montrose #200, 713.521.2977 Thru September 15, Recent paintings by Tom Berg

RETRO GALLERY www.retrogallery.com 1839 W. Alabama 713.522.7074

WATERCOLOR ART SOCIETY www.watercolorhouston.org 1601 West Alabama 713.942.9966 Opens September 10, Ten Dollar Member Exhibit–Join WAS-H to enter

RUDOLPH PROJECTS I ARTSCAN GALLERY www.rudolphprojects.com 1836 Richmond Ave. 713.807.1836

WINTER STREET STUDIOS www.winterstreetstudios.net 2101 Winter St. 713.862.0082

S & T ART & DESIGN www.sandtartanddesign.com 2424 Sawyer Heights 281.250.4889

XNIHILO GALLERY www.xnil.org 2115 Taft St. 713.622.1846

SICARDI GALLERY www.sicardi.com 2246 Richmond Ave. 713.529.1313

ZARPOSH INDIA GALLERY www.zarposhindia.com 5910 Southwest Fwy. 713.668.2948

SPACE125 GALLERY www.haatx.com 3201 Allen Parkway 713.527.9330

SPRING ST. STUDIOS www.springstreetstudios.info 1824 Spring Street 713.862.0082 STUDIO SEVEN 1107 East Freeway 713.224.5555 TALENTO BILINGUE www.tbhcenter.org 333 S. Jensen Dr. 713.222.1213

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HOUSTON NIGHT LIFE Monica Stewart

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LONELY ROAD Olga Rodina

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born cool. grow hip. By Pixie Ibañez

GETTING LITTLE ONES TO SIT DOWN LIKE LADIES AND GENTS AT THE DINNER TABLE CAN BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE PICKY EATERS ON YOUR HANDS. THE KEY IS TO KEEP THEM ENTERTAINED. INCORPORATING INTERACTIVE, WHIMSICAL DINNERWARE AND UTENSILS DURING MEALTIME MIGHT DO THE TRICK. KEEP IT FUN!

A Sticky Situation The high life

Drink up! Bot straw sippy cup

Bloom’s ultra-modern fresco chrome high chair is the world’s highest baby chair. Its position recline system, 360-degree swivel and easy up/down height adjustment allow baby to join the family at mealtime. www.bloombaby.com

No more tilting the cup every which way to try and get those last sips of juice. Siliflex straw technology moves with the liquid, so you’ll never miss a drop. www.ZoliBaby.com

‘Zoom zoom’ planes and ‘choo choo’ trains Oogaa mealtime set and silicone train spoon – BPA-free, non-toxic and soft for gums. www.oogaa.com

Uno, dos, tres, Kimshwede kids’ Spanish number and food chart placemat – Colorful and educational 2sided placemat encourages kids to learn. www.etsy.com

Oops! Make a Splash Bowl

There’s no use crying over spilled milk. Made of soft, flexible silicone, it’s no accident this bowl is perfect for the most important meal of the day. www.landofnod.com

Monkey around ChimpSticks chopstick set – No monkey business here, these chopsticks are easy to use and fun. www.fredandfriends.com 22. september 12 | www.002mag.com

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Hang on slurpy Drink Divers Bubble Straw – You’ve never seen your fussy eater down a glass of milk so quickly. www.fredandfriends.com

Spreddy Bear Sandwich Plate– This winsome koala holds a slice or two of bread in his recessed nose and a nice helping of peanut butter, jam or fluff in his ears. His smiley red mouth is a handy, safe, plastic spreader. www.fredandfriends.com

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EVENT HARVARD’S 375TH ANNIVERSARY FETE WHY AWARD CEREMONY WHERE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HOUSTON WHEN MAY 11

Gerald Busch, Hannah Bacol Busch

Judy Ley Allen, Dylan Seff

Julia Bailey, Lucy Bailey Photography by Jessica Pledger

The Harvard Club celebrated the 375th anniversary of Harvard University by hosting a fabulous fete. The black tie affair included a cocktail reception, silent and live auction, seated dinner and plenty of dancing. Recipients for the Crimson Awards were Judy Ley Allen, Harris “Shrub” Kempner, Jr. and Robert T. Sakowitz. Special entertainment for the evening included a breathtaking performance by renowned pianist Evelyn Chen and pre-dinner and after-party jazz music by Gary-Michael Dahl Band. Mark Adickes, Super Bowl champion with the Washington Redskins, led the live auction.

Dean Putterman, Carolyn Farb

Alfonso Barrera, Jorge and Adriana Mitre

Hoang Quan Vu, Jean Yeager, William Stern

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ERICA GIBSON sign Leo origin California occupation Restaurant General Manager

people of houston

GARRETT HUNTER origin Texas sign Taurus occupation Interior Designer

Photography by Anthony Rathbun

JANA MEDINA sign Leo origin Cajun French/Mexican occupation Professional Hair Artist

1. ERICA GIBSON • What was the best concert you ever attended? Tim McGraw. • If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Being a compulsive cleaner. • What celebrity would you like to get style tips from? Emma Stone. • What is the last book you read? Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guliano. • What is the most memorable thing you’ve done in Houston? Working towards the Grand Opening of my new restaurant. 2. GARRETT HUNTER • Where is your favorite place to shop? Mortar in Houston, eBay, 1stDibs. • Where is your favorite place to hang out? My office – it faces The Menil, which is incredibly relaxing and I am constantly inspired. • What’s your signature scent? Neroli Portofino. • Where would you like a vacation home? A permanent bungalow at Chateau Marmont. • If you could meet a celebrity, who would it be? Living or dead? John Lautner, just because his architecture is so beautiful and odd. 3. JANA MEDINA What’s your favorite trend? Color blocking and nude shoes. What do you do in your spare time? Work out and attend networking events. What is your favorite movie? Finding Nemo. How would you describe your style? Trendy professional. What’s your favorite room in your house? My bedroom. I thoroughly enjoy my sleep. • What’s your favorite souvenir? Lavaman Towel from my first triathlon. • • • • •

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ABEJAS BOUTIQUE - 5600 Kirby Dr. 713.522.3025 NEIMAN MARCUS - 2600 Post Oak Blvd. 713.621.7100 TARGET - 2580 Shearn St. 713.331.0376

costume for cocktails

Styling by Beatrice Allen Photography by Gabriella Nissen Illustration by Alex Rosa

THIS ERA IS HAVING A REVIVAL. EMBRACE THE MUTED PALATE, LAYERED LOOK FOR THE FALL. IT’S PERFECT FOR THIS TIME. MINUS THE WHOLE HEROIN-CHIC THING THIS TIME AROUND…

We’re having an easy cotton dress moment. To transition, wear this staple with tights. This super-soft version has a forgiving fit with splatter paint touches a la Jackson Pollock. Raquel Allegra dress @ Abejas Boutique

You either love them or hate them. A concealed wedge gives you a touch of height in an otherwise casual look. Comfort, height and a sporty look all wrapped into one. Isabel Marant Bekett suede wedge sneaker @ www.net-a-porter.com

It doesn’t get better than pebbled leather, rose gold hardware, studs in a convertible bucket bag. Alexander Wang Diego Bucket bag @ Neiman Marcus

Instead of bringing along a scarf, tie a sweater/shirt/flannel around your waist for that grunge factor reminiscent of the 90s.. Mossimo Star sweater @ Target

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If it’s good enough for baby, it’s good enough for me. This lotion leaves skin silky smooth with a clean, delicate fragrance. Mustela Hydra Bebe Body Lotion @ Target

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EVENT SAVE AN ANIMAL POKER TOURNAMENT WHY TO BENEFIT CAP WHERE DEL FRISCO’S DOUBLE EAGLE STEAK HOUSE WHEN JULY 13

Bob Rim, Donald Lehde Photography by Roswitha Vogler

Forget the omens and superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th – all the chips were on the table at this year’s event. Guests joined the excitement, sipped on signature cocktails, exquisite bites by Chef Steve Haug and watched poker players bravely take on the superstitious phenomenon. More than 150 guests observed from the sidelines, but some went all in, hoping to get lucky and snatch some of the prizes, which included a Jaguar XJ and Moody Garden Hotel and activities passes for the weekend, Baccarat glassware and Sullivan’s Steakhouse gift basket. All players received Texas Renaissance Festival tickets.

Patti Henry, Renea Menzies

Carol and Tom Sawyer

Kim Padgett, Kalon McMahon, Hershey Grace

John Moritz, Brian Burke

Terry Bryant, Deborah Elias

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things i like

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By Carla Valencia de Martinez Photography by Sofia van der Dys

All things fig… LUSH’s super creamy and hydrating Fig and Leaves Soap packs a double punch, smelling amazing and hydrating my drought-ridden skin.

Hands down the most amazing scented fig home diffusers by True Grace. The scent wafts through my house all day to the point I actually stop and smell it. Available at Kuhl-Linscomb.

I’ve been loving Kiehl’s new Fig leaf & Sage combo from the aromatic blends collection that comes in a body lotion, cleanser and fragrance. Kiehl’s in Highland Village.

Fresh figs from the Rawfully Organic Co-Op… I’m salivating right now.

NOTHING LIKE A PEANUT BUTTER AND FIG JELLY SANDWICH ON WHOLE FOODS SEEDUCTION BREAD. NOTHING. FIG JELLY AT CENTRAL MARKET, SEEDUCTION BREAD AT WHOLE FOODS.

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Although I prefer a little buzz with my bubbles, this’ll do for everyday. Perrier’s ® new Slim Can. Delish on its own or in a cocktail, the grapefruit is perfect for a Paloma (ice, Patron Silver, lime+Perrier grapefruit). www.societeperrier.com

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Oh the sweet simple pleasures of honey. Medicine Mama’s Bee Magic Wand’s all-in-one lip and face balm aids chapped lips, in after-sun care, burn and scar repair, cold sores, cuts, scrapes and bug bites.

Eat or wear it, I won’t judge you. I’m just gonna choose to wear it. John Bartlett’s Ambassador Collection tees donates 10% of sales to www.farmsanctuary.com on behalf of abused and neglected animals. I’m sporting the pig tee, but there’s also a chicken and cow. Available at www.johnbartlett.com.

I GOT A LITTLE SAMPLE POT OF L’Occitane’s ALMOND MILK CONCENTRATE RECENTLY AND HAVE QUICKLY BECOME ADDICTED! WWW.LOCCITANE.COM

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GRANT COOPER

PRESIDENT OF CLARKCOOPERCONCEPTS.INC. CLARK COOPER CONCEPTS. IBIZA FOOD AND WINE BAR, BRASSERIE 19, COPPA RISTORANTE ITALIANO

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TENDERS, COOKS, – WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM – SHARE THEIR PASSION, TIPS AND FAVORITES.

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Are you a chef? No. How do you come up with your restaurant concepts? Our concepts are derived from a desire to create and implement a complete dining experience, one I would like to experience myself. Listening to my guests’ desires and understanding the business potential and marketplace to implement the concept in the right location and time is essential to any business opportunity. My life experiences and travels around the world have helped develop a pipeline of potential restaurant concepts that are all waiting for the right time and place. How many restaurants do you have? 3. Who is your inspiration? My imagination! My family, my friends and my business partners. What is your dream concept if money wasn’t a question? It is always about the money otherwise a concept with no financial repercussions or budget would not inspire me to create. The fear of failure is what motivates me. What do you think makes you successful? The fear of failure and the ability to treat each day as the first day of business. What do you do when you aren’t working? Hang out with my beautiful family. My wife Jacy and two kids, Caymus and Gjelina. Favorite thing on your menu? Too many to narrow down; each restaurant is a different style of cuisine and each one affords me the opportunity to eat the best food in Houston prepared by the best staff in Houston. Right now I am hooked on our homemade pepperoni pizza at Coppa. Photography by Sofia van der Dys

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TYSON COLE

owner/cHef, ucHi and ucHiko

How do you come up with your restaurant concepts? Uchiko is a sister concept to both the other Uchis. It’s based on 12 years of training

CHANDLER ROTHBART executive cHef brc gastropub

What cookbook would you recommend for a novice? The Professional Chef. What defines Houston cuisine to you? For me, it’s ingredients that we find, with ease, throughout Texas. From the great fish from the Gulf, venison, Texas antelope, Texas Longhorn, quail, Texas literally has it all, right here! I’m so glad to be back in my hometown. Were you a picky eater? No. I’ve always appreciat-

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as a master sushi chef. • Who is your inspiration? My guests, my partners, my chefs and my family. • What is your dream concept if money wasn’t a question? A place with the old El Bulli schedule: open 6 months per year fully booked, and the other 6 months pay chefs to experiment and play with new ideas and food. • What do you think makes you successful? Passion, tenacity, patience and a never-ending desire for perfection. • What do you do when you aren’t working? Spend time with our 3 girls. Movies. Eat out. • Favorite thing on your menu? Madai carpaccio. It’s a sashimi of black sea bream from Japan. It’s the best fish in the ocean. Photography by Brett Buchanan

Manabu HoriucHi

ed anyone willing to cook for me. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? I visit Slow Dough Bread Co. once a week to brainstorm with Heath, and slam dunk as much bread as I can. Last week he was testing a square pizza dough. Great to be a taste tester! Unfortunately they are not open to the public yet.

HoriucHi is tHe executive cHef at KATA ROBATA. tHis susHi cHef isn’t Messing around, witH 8 years of intensive training in tokyo, Japan. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? sushi knife. Where do you get ideas for new dishes? i am most often inspired by many other talented chefs. i also get ideas from my dreams. What advice do you have for new cooks? don’t waste time. Life is very short. What would you name your own restaurant? susHi HoriucHi.

Photography by Jenny Antill

DAX McANEAR triniti

What is your personal specialty? You know that chef-y types joke about this question, right? But, I’d say that losing/looking for my tongs (now tweezers). I’d be two years younger if I got all that time back in lump sum! What advice do you have for diners? Itt’d be cool if we had the opportunity to “make things right” in the same way that good bartenders do. I used to watch Bobby (that “Anvil guy”) talk people into four different drinks they didn’t like, then nail the 5th – and those folks were slobbering Bobby’s name all the way home. I’d like the chance to make you happy before you tweet/yelp what a fuck-up I am.

What food is most versatile for cooking? The only thing I use all of the time ... is thyme. I have this ongoing daydream, where some of my favorite ingredients are people, mostly bad-ass martial artist types. Thyme is the Aikido master. Assertive, patient, can handle almost any foe. Ultimately is nonviolent. What knife do you use the most? I recently fell in love with the Miyabi line at sur la table (it is one of their inhouse brands). I have the 8-inch “fusion” (or something). Rocks! Where did you start? I started cooking in Pennsylvania. My first “fine dining” place was Carr’s Restaurant in Lancaster. Honestly, though, I consider The Olive Garden (the OG) my alma mater. Photography by Sofia van der Dys

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LORI AND EFISIO FARRIS OWNERS/Executive Chef

ORI AND EFISIO FARRIS ARE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO BEHIND ARCODORO, THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN THE GALLERIA AREA. THEIR FIRST RESTAURANT, POMODORO, IS IN DALLAS. THE TWO HAVE EXPANDED THEIR BUSINESS TO INCLUDE STAPLES FROM EFISIO’S SARDINIA, INCLUDING THEIR OWN WINE, OLIVE OILS, PANE CRUSTAU, RISOTTOS AND MORE. ALL AVAILABLE AT CENTRAL MARKET AND OTHER RETAILERS. Do you get your hands dirty (if you aren’t a chef)? We both do anything it takes to get it done...host, wait, cook, clean, fix, garden, debone fish, open wine and taste test (of course). • Do you cook at home? Yes, we love to cook for families and friends on Sundays. Efisio visits all the Asian markets and comes home with anything from eel to octopus. Lori does the dishes. • What do you enjoy most about a busy evening? Lori likes greeting the customers. Efisio likes having a beer with the staff and recapping the night’s events. • How did you get into the restaurant business? We met in NYC when we were working at the same restaurant. Although we didn’t think/speak the same l anguage we thought it would be fun to open a restaurant together. That was 25 years ago. • Were you involved in the design, execution of the restaurant space? If so, what did you enjoy most or least? Efisio has designed and been the general contractor of all of our restaurants.

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TERESA TADEO WITTMAN Owner and Executive Chef, Fratelli’s Authentic Italian Cuisine

ITTMAN LEARNED TO COOK ITALIAN CLASSICS IN THE HOME OF HER HUSBAND’S BUSINESS PARTNER’S MOTHER (YES, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO READ THAT ONE AGAIN…) IN RAVENNA, ITALY. OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS, SHE SPENT HER TIME IN THE KITCHEN HELPING FRANCA NANNI COOK THE FAMILY MEALS, LEARNING HOW TO MAKE FRITTATAS, RISOTTO AND HER NOW FAMOUS NINE-HOUR RAGU BOLOGNESE. SHE LEARNED TO COOK VERY SIMPLY AND TO MAKE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH – RAVIOLIS, TORTOLINES AND TAGLIATELLE PASTA, WHICH IS SO WIDE, IT HAS TO BE CUT BY HAND. HER HUSBAND BOB BUILT THE BRICK OVEN WHERE SHE BAKES CRACKER-THIN PIZZAS AND BONE-IN CHOPS.

(L-R) Maria Teresa Jimenez, Blanca Rubio, Maria Arrieta, Teresa Tadeo Wittman and Mercedes Ocampo.

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How did you come up with your restaurant concept? While I was cooking in Franca’s kitchen, learning to make Osso Bucco, Tortellini in Brodo and Melanzane alla Parmigiana, I knew I wanted to open an Italian restaurant and share these foods with everyone. What is your dream concept if money wasn’t a question? This is my dream concept. What do you do when you aren’t working? I spend as much time with my husband as I can and I work in my herb and flower garden.

AQUILES CHAVEZ Owner/Executive Chef, La Fisheria

What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? Shoes: Birki Shoes in orange or black. Where do you get ideas for new dishes? Travels, friends, memories from childhood. What advice do you have for new cooks? This profession is a lot about practice. Also, remember these 3 words: passion, creativity and mise en place. Mise en place (pronounced “miz on plas”, literally “putting in place”) is a French phrase defined by the Culinary Institute of America as “everything in place,” as in set up. It is used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients (e.g., cuts of meat, relishes, sauces, pre-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped vegetables and other components) that a cook will require for the menu items that he or she expects to prepare during his/her shift. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? Houston: Plonk | Mexico City : Nicos. Guilty pleasure… Mexican street tacos. Photography by Jamie Lagdameo

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JUNNAJET “JETT” HURAPAN Executive Chef/Owner BLU

What’s the latest item you added to your menu? Braised curry lamb shank and steak au poivre. • Do you believe in kids’ menus? There’s nothing at all wrong with kids’ menus; they have their place. For us in particular, our dinner setting is tailored to adults who need adult time. • Were you a picky eater? No...what chef was? • Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? I try not to make a routine of any place.

RYAN HILDEBRAND

Executive Chef/Owner, Triniti Restaurant

LE CHAU HAU AND NOT AND

HAS BEEN THE HEAD BARTENDER AT RA SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. WHEN HE’S MIXING UP COCKTAILS, HE’S BOWLING, FISHING TRYING NEW THINGS.

What drink have you invented? Lethal Injection: layered shot featuring vodka, Bacardi 151, apple pucker, Midori, pineapple juice, sweet and sour, blue curacao, Malibu with a black raspberry sinker. • How do you handle over-imbibers? Serve them shots of water and see if they notice.

DAVID LUNA ORN IN TEXAS CITY, TEXAS AND RAISED IN ALVIN, TEXAS WHERE FAMILY CHORES SUCH AS RAISING HOGS, CHICKENS AND RABBITS, AS WELL AS LEARNING TO HUNT, FISH AND PREPARE THE GAME, ENCOURAGED CULINARY CURIOSITY AT AN EARLY AGE. BEFORE COMING HOME TO HOUSTON AND TAKING OVER AS CHEF/COOK/DECKHAND AT THE HOTEL ICON/LINE & LARIAT RESTAURANT,

he native Houstonian and Baylor University graduate with a degree in graphic design decided early on that he was much happier grinding it out in the kitchen for $6 an hour than being confined to a cubicle. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, Hildebrand worked as sous chef under Mark Cox at Mark’s American Cuisine, followed by successful stints as executive sous chef at the Houstonian’s Olivette, sous chef at Bistro Moderne and as executive chef at Patronella’s, Bistro Provence, Bistro Don Comillo and Textile, prior to Triniti. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? Tweezers. • Where do you get ideas for new dishes? Floral design. • What advice do you have for new cooks? Work for at least a year before you go to culinary school. • Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? Herbs. • Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? The culinary community doesn’t support or promote each other like in other cities. • Are you a mentor? Who was your mentor? I hope so; Jim Mills. • Guilty pleasure… Little bitty burger barn and 80’s music. Photography by Sofia van der Dys

LUNA WAS EXECUTIVE CHEF AT BROUSSARD’S IN NEW ORLEANS AND INVESTED IN A MICROBREWERY IN HONOLULU. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? A ballpoint pen. What advice do you have for new cooks? “Don’t put anything on a plate that you wouldn’t put in your mouth.” What would you name your own restaurant? I’ve never really thought about it much, but I like “Victoria”…sounds like a classy gal and a very

pretty town not too far from here. Favorite off the beaten path spot to eat? I love Giacomo’s, although it’s gotten quite busy lately. Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? It shouldn’t be a secret. Food is supposed to be shared. Who was your mentor? My grandmother showed me the stove. Guilty pleasure... Whataburger Chicken Strips (blushing).

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TONY MANDOLA

Owner, Tony Mandola’s What cookbook would you recommend for a novice? A basic cookbook such as Betty Crocker’s first cookbook that my mom had in the 50s. It is full of solid recipes that are great for any beginner. What’s the latest item you added to your menu? When we opened up on Waugh, we added a gumbo pizza and a shrimp pizza to the menu. Both are big hits so far! Any other famous chef you’d like to cook with? I would love to cook with Paul Prudhomme who brought us the creole/Cajun crave. I would also love to cook with Mario Batali but most of all I wish that I could cook with my mother again.

VANESSA O’DONNELL

Do you believe in kids’ menus? Yes. Being a parent to 3 children, my wife and I know that not every child is used to eating Oysters Damien. It’s nice to welcome families to our restaurant and give the children options. Were you a picky eater? Absolutely not. My mother cooked a homecooked meal every night and I was always expected to eat what was put in front of me. Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? The focus is always on the East and West Coasts. With a lot of attention geared towards the other coasts, Houston is not considered to be a popular city. This further defines Houston as a multicultural and innovative city. Houston is not sexy like LA or New York, and Texas is always famous for Dallas and NASA.

Owner/Pastry Chef, Ooh La La the Dessert Boutique Who taught you to cook? Dolores Balusek, a longtime family friend. I began watching her cook when I was 10 years old. What is your personal specialty? At the bakery, cupcakes but at home my husband would say cookies and any dessert out of Southern

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ANDRES CHAPA artist. mixologist. painter. bartender

With over 11 years under his belt in the industry, Chapa uses his creative juices stemming from his passion for the arts to conceptualize handcrafted cocktails at the eighteenth cocktail bar. How many regulars do you have, a la Cheers? A whole lot – too many to name. What drink have you invented? Blind pig bootleggers punch. Do you mix drinks at home? Why, yes, I do when I cook. I’m quite the chef and home is where I practice and experiment, coming up with recipes and formulas. Is this your end-all job or is this how you get by to make your real dream come true? Not my end, just the beginning. I have a creative passion for handcrafting cocktails, slinging drinks and even flare bartending. I am a machine at this. The dream is to become the proprietor of my own cocktail lounge, and to be able to indulge in my passion of painting. Photography by Daniel Ortiz

Living Magazine. I am in the process of making every dessert in the Best of Desserts 2012 Southern Living issue. What advice do you have for diners? Don’t get the same thing every time. There are a lot of good things that people are afraid to try; for example, we had a maple bacon pancake cupcake that was excellent but people were scared and put off by the bacon. Try new things and have an open mind. What food is most versatile for cooking? Salt…it can be great for baking. It can be used for cutting the sweetness of a dessert. There are also

ARTURO BOADA Chef/Owner

In his 30 years of restaurant experience, Chef Arturo Boada has created a great number of locally recognized restaurants. Boada has cooked for the likes of Former President George H.W. Bush at a private home per his request. His cooking experience has also given him the opportunity to consult, create and design restaurants nationally and internationally, advising in concept creation, menu development, recipe development, kitchen design and construction. He owns and runs Arturo Boada Cuisine in the Tanglewood area. How do you come up with your restaurant concepts? I have always been creative and passionate at what I do. What is your dream concept if money wasn’t a question? A tapas restaurant with an international flare and an ocean view couldn’t hurt. Do you believe in kids’ menus? Absolutely NOT! Were you a picky eater? Always in a good way. Favorite off the beaten path spot to eat? Sushi Tora, Dos Amigos, Eurasia. Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? I thought we were well known as a foodie town?? some desserts that are really great because of the salty/sweet aspect of them. Best-kept local secret? In my opinion – the queso at Becks Prime. I tell my husband every time we get it, that we need to tell more people, because it is just so good. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? Dekker’s Grill in Fulshear and The Empire Turkish Grill off of Memorial. What is Houston lacking in the foodie world? I am a sucker for home-cooked Southern food. My real wish would be to have a restaurant that made good comfort-style food, but made it healthy.

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GERMAN P. MOSQUERA

Executive Chef/Owner Roots (Bistro/Juice)

“THE NATURAL SCIENCE OF LIFE HAS WOVEN ITSELF INTO THE ROOTS OF MY BEING, EXTENDING OUT INTO ONE OF THE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE, FOOD. WHOLE, REAL, PURE AND SEASONAL ARE THE FOUNDATIONS AND BELIEFS THAT CREATE THE EXPERIENCE AND SIMPLE FEELING OF JOY AT ROOTS.” What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? Well, there are two: immersion thermal circulator and

SYLVIA CASARES

Owner and Executive Chef

AMED AFTER SYLVIA’S SIGNATURE MENU ITEM, SYLVIA’S ENCHILADA KITCHEN FEATURES NINETEEN ENCHILADAS, AND EACH REFLECTS A SPECIFIC REGION OF TEXAS, THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER AND MEXICO. SHE USES THE BEST INGREDIENTS MONEY CAN BUY TO CREATE SIMPLE HOME-STYLE TEX-MEX, OR SPECIAL MESQUITE GRILLED MEATS LIKE CABRITO AND CARNE ASADA. Who taught you to cook? My father, Everardo Issassi Casares, taught me how to grill meats over a mesquite fire. I taught myself how to smoke meats. And my paternal grandmother, Sara Casares, and my mother, Severa Casares, taught me how to cook everything else. Advice to diners? Educate yourself on the restaurant where you plan to dine. Review their menus. Check out what the local restaurant critics have to say and chat with your friends. Online reviews are a great resource, too. Most versatile food for cooking? Chilis. They can be used fresh, dried, smoked or grilled, and based upon how they are prepared, will give you different and unique flavors. They can be used in desserts, sides and marinades and cocktails.

DAGAN LYNN Executive Chef

A TRANSPLANT TO HOUSTON’S 024 GRILLE IN THE WESTIN MEMORIAL CITY, LYNN FOLLOWED ADVICE FROM AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE WESTERN CULINARY INSTITUTE, PORTLAND, OREGON: “ATTACH YOURSELF TO A STAR.” AN INTERNSHIP FOR THE HIGHLY DECORATED ALAIN DUCASSE IN NEW YORK CITY AND INFLUENCES LIKE THOMAS KELLER AND DOUG PSALTIS HELPED HER HONE HER SKILL. What is your personal specialty? Anything from the ocean. It seems throughout my cooking career I have been running fish stations.

What advice do you have for diners? Keep an open mind. Do not put a preconceived notion in your head about a dish. Try it, and then make a conclusion. • What knife do you use the most? NENOX 10-inch chef knife. • Where did you start out on your restaurant career? A place in upstate New York called Groover’s Café. I started my career at ADNY, Essex House. • Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? BBQ Garden Korean (on Gessner). • Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? If you love BBQ, it’s no secret. Farm-totable methodology is nationwide. It is gaining traction. • What is Houston lacking in the foodie world? A Michelin Star Restaurant! Investors, anyone???

Air-O-Chill Unit. Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? Yes, I love lemon verbena. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? I really enjoy Pepper Tree. I know, but the spinach dumplings are my style, light and simple. Why do you think Houston’s foodie reputation is still a well-kept secret? As big as we do things in Texas I don’t think we have the gaudy mindset to let it be known, but make no mistake that we have the best of everything – from our China town to the Montrose strip – of pure love of the best food.

LANCE FEAGAN

Executive Chef and Co-owner of BRC Gastropub What cookbook would you recommend for a novice? I imagine there is a reason I have owned and continued to use The Joy of Cooking since I was in high school. If you are wanting to be serious about cooking get On Food and Cooking. What’s the latest item you added to your menu? Cape Cod Lobster – we have them flown in every Thursday and are sold out by Saturday – and our Tomahawk Ribeye for 2. What defines Houston cuisine to you? Diversity in culture and ranges of value. The youngsters opening up their own places now are also helping define a new era in Houston cuisine. Any other famous chefs you would like to cook with? I have been blessed and (cursed) to work with quite a few but Daniel Patterson at Coi in San Francisco looks to be doing some great things and considering its location on breadth of available products...I would have a blast working with him. Do you believe in kids’ menus? I totally believe in kids’ menus when they make sense. For instance it works at our Liberty Kitchen in the Heights but wouldn’t work at BRC. If you limit options for people, especially with children, you are losing a great potential long-term, loyal customer base. Were you a picky eater? Not at all. You wouldn’t survive in an Italian family from New Jersey if you were. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? Mi Pueblito Colombian, up around 9400 Richmond. Pork Belly, Lechona Tolimense...very authentic, good vibe and great value.

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ROBERTO CASTRE

executive Chef and Co-Owner of the awardwinning Latin Bites Cebiche & Pisco Bar

CASTRE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE KITCHEN AS A TEENAGER IN PERU, ATTENDING THE ESCUELA DE ALTA COCINA FROM LOS ANDES CULINARY SCHOOL. HIS MOTHER CONSTANTLY TOOK CULINARY CLASSES AND EXPERIMENTED AT HOME, WHILE STAGING WEEKEND COOKING CONTESTS BETWEEN CASTRE AND HIS SIBLINGS (WHICH HE ALMOST ALWAYS WON). CASTRE HEADED TO MIAMI SIX MONTHS AFTER GRADUATING FROM CULINARY SCHOOL TO EMBARK ON HIS CAREER. Where do you get ideas for new dishes? From my trips to Peru and its different regions. There are over a thousand different dishes throughout Peru. Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? Yes, I have a few Peruvian herbs and spices here in Houston. I only grow a little bit for my personal use; because of the soil and weather conditions it cannot be grown in larger quantities. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? In Houston, Café Pita, a small place with very tasty home-style Bosnian food. I also have a few favorite spots in Peru like “La Lucha,” a sandwich shop. Guilty pleasure… Chicharron Sandwich. It’s delicious but is not precisely the healthiest of all dishes.

Lee eLLis

Owner BRC, Liberty Kitchen Petite sweets

Do you get your hands dirty? Yes, i am the best bus boy in the business. • Do you cook at home? Yes, i am the executive chef at home. • How did you get in the business? Because i love food and people. • Were you involved in the design of your restaurants and shops? Yes, the entire process. • Least favorite part of the design process? Dealing with the City. • Favorite thing on the menu? House smoked salmon and fresh oysters.

RONNIE KILLEN Chef, Killen steakhouse

What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? Cryovac machine. Where do you get ideas for new dishes? Going out to eat. What advice do you have for new cooks? Cook for the right reason. You really have to love cooking or being a chef will chew you up and spit you out. Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? Yes, I grow my own heirloom tomatoes. Nothing better than a fresh tomato. • Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? Lila’s Mexican restaurant in Pearland, Texas. • Who was your mentor? My grandmother. • Guilty pleasure… Shipley’s donuts.

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ROLANDO “ROLAND” SOZA

executive Chef, Bistro Alex, A Brennans Family Restaurant

CLIMBING UP THE RANKS SINCE 1999 WHEN HE STARTED AS A LINE COOK, SOZA EARNED A DEGREE IN CULINARY ARTS FROM HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH HONORS. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? I have several, but my favorite would have to be my KitchenAid stand mixer. Because of the variety of attachments, it’s like getting multiple gadgets in one. Using it for making cookies and cakes is just the beginning. I have used it for so much, from grinding meat for homemade sausage and making fresh pasta to experimenting with new ice cream flavors. Where do you get ideas for new dishes? Some of our ideas (including my team) come from seasonal items and visiting the local farmers markets. Others come from favorites when we were kids. I have lots of great memories from cooking with my grandparents and

parents. Cooking at home with my kids is something we do as often as possible. Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? Not anymore. We had a tomato plant…like I said we “had” one. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? The Pho Binh Trailer on Beamer Road (south side). It was one of the best finds. It’s a tiny place that is very popular. So much so that if you get there too late you might be out of luck. Guilty pleasure… Hmmm…..my wife and kids would probably say Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Man, those things are my Achilles’ heel. Photography by Shannon O'Hare

MIKE RAYMOND Owner, Reserve 101

ORIGINALLY FROM NEW JERSEY, RAYMOND COOWNS RESERVE 101 AND HAS BEEN IN THE FOOD+HOSPITALITY WORLD FOR 24 YEARS. What drink have you invented? – The cocktail push pops. I really enjoy the salted caramel, bacon and bourbon creamiscle. • Do you mix drinks at home? I’m pretty lame when it comes to drinking at home. Besides, my girlfriend tends to drink all the whiskey at the house before I get home – haha. • Is this your end-all job? I wouldn’t do what I do if I didn’t love it!

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JOHN SIKHATTANA ORN IN THAILAND BUT RAISED IN HAWAII, JOHN GAINED AN EARLY APPRECIATION FOR FOOD FROM HIS PARENTS, BOTH FARMERS. AT 17 YEARS OLD, HE STARTED WORKING AT ROY’S HAWAIIAN FUSION RESTAURANTS. FAST FORWARD TO 2000 AND JOHN WENT ON TO OPEN THE FIRST ROY’S LOCATION IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE HE MET CHRIS YEO, THE OWNER OF STRAITS. TODAY HE’S THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT STRAITS ASIAN BISTRO AND LOUNGE. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? Korean Scallion Slicer. • Where do you get ideas for new dishes? From market fresh products and my cravings. • Do you have a vegetable or herb garden at home? I have a Thai Chili Pepper Plant. • Favorite off the beaten path spot to eat? Aloha Grill on Westheimer. • Guilty pleasure… Beignets.

MATT HARMS TQLA Houston

HARMS HAS A PASSION FOR TEQUILA, AND MIXOLOGY. THE HEAD BARTENDER/ BAR MANAGER AT TQLA HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 10 YEARS. How many regulars do you have, a la Cheers? Probably 30-40. What drink have you invented? I have come up with several of the specialty cocktails here at TQLA. One of them called the El Mateo, which encompasses habanero-infused tequila with our housemade green sangrita. It’s sweet, spicy and absolutely delicious.

JOSE HERNANDEZ Chef de Cuisine, Triniti Restaurant

What cookbook would you recommend for a novice? Larousse Gastronomique, The World’s Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia. What’s the latest item you added to your menu? Blood sausage with purslane. What defines Houston cuisine to you? Diversity. Houston embraces a variety of cuisine. Any other famous chef you’d like to cook with? There are many. Thomas Keller is one of them. He’s the most creative chef in the U.S. Do you believe in kids’ menus? No, I don’t. Parents can develop a child’s palate and teach them early on to be adventurous eaters. Exposure is the key. Children can be taught from an early age to appreciate all kinds of foods. Favorite spot to eat off the beaten path? In Houston, I like Tacos El Cilantro on Telephone Road and 45. They sell great tacos de suadero. There’s this taco place in New York called La Pinche Taqueria. They serve the best chilaquiles. I like the tortas ahogadas at El Faro inChicago.

RENE HIDALGO

Owner/Manager Maria Selma Restaurant Do you get your hands dirty? Yes, every time that I have to get things done. • Do you cook at home? Rarely. Just some grilling on holidays. • What do you enjoy most about a busy evening? When customers leave happy after a good meal and thank me for it. • How did you get into the restaurant business? I’d been working in the industry since 1988, so when I had the opportunity to open my own place, I took it, and 10 years later here we are. • Were you involved in the design, execution of the restaurant space? Yes, I was, and I enjoyed every corner of the restaurant because I did a lot of the remodel myself. • Favorite thing on your menu? I love my dish call “La Gringa” which is a marinated pork in achiote, served with grilled onions, pineapple and melted cheese and, of course, with handmade corn tortillas.

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DAVID GROSSMAN

Chef, Branchwater Tavern

Who taught you to cook? My grandmother. • What is your personal specialty? Fish and seafood. • What advice do you have for diners? Be open to trying new things and dining adventures. • What food is the most versatile for cooking? FISH – a multitude of cooking techniques can be applied to it along with different flavor combinations. • Best-kept local secret? Kayaking on Buffalo Bayou. • What knife do you use the most? Butter knife. • Where did you start out your restaurant career? Austin, Texas. • Favorite off the beaten path spot to eat? Mala Sichuan. • What is Houston lacking in the foodie world? An authentic Thai restaurant.

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architecture + design

Digital Slim

We’ve been huge fans of James Dyson since the moment we first met, interviewed and shot the now famous vacuum inventor 8 years ago. A three-year redesign and development plus millions invested resulted in the updated Dyson Digital Slim™. Don’t be fooled by the name – this cordless slim is a beast of a machine. The 5lb Slim uses patented Root Cyclone™ technology and the Dyson digital motor – a small, lightweight, high-density motor which in essence means that it’s three times faster than conventional motors. An updated newer battery technology gives a 20-minute cordfree run time with no loss of suction.

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Plus the option of a trigger button that reduces the time to 8 minutes of super-duper boost suction, perfect for stubborn dirt or deep crevices. We’ve tested the Slim and it’s amazing. $399.99

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TIPS& TRICKS iPhone® | iPad® by Vladimir Ambia

Mountain Lion has been released in the wild! Available on the Mac® App store for just $19.99. What’s new? The first thing I love about 10.8 is AirPlay®. If you own an Apple® TV, you can now share what’s on your Mac wirelessly – no more cables. This is great for sharing videos, websites, presentations etc. Another neat addition is the notification center, just like iOS 5.0 has. Calendar alerts, emails, tweets, Facebook® notifications (coming soon) – all on one screen. For more information, visit apple.com/osx. iPhone® Tips If you see that your iPhone is running slow, quit all running apps by double tapping the Home button, then click and hold any running app until it starts to wiggle. The little red icon will appear. Push it and there you go. I also recommend rebooting the iPhone by holding the Home and Power buttons until the Apple logo shows up on the screen (12-15 seconds).

In iOS 6.0, coming this month, you are going to be able to share your photos websites straight to Facebook, Twitter, Address Book or mail. This update should be released mid-September – can’t wait for everyone to have it! Plus, don’t forget that if you double tap the Home button you will be able to stream audio to any AirPort Express® or the audio of any video on any Apple TV in your house. And, yes, I have an Airport Express in my bathroom. I love music everywhere, what can I say. Don’t forget about Folders on your Dock! You will be able to put your favorite folder on your dock for easy access. Just empty a space on your iPhone/iPad® dock and place your favorite folder.

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S P E C I A L

Photography by Kennon Evett

WITH OVER 5,000 RESTAURANTS TO CHOOSE FROM LOCALLY, IT'S NO WONDER IT CAN BE A DAUNTING TASK TO NARROW IT DOWN. IN THIS SPECIAL FOOD AND DRINK SECTION A WELL-ROUNDED MIX SHARE WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO DINE WITH THEM.

Dig In!

OoH LA LA dessert boutique

SPARROW bar+cookshop

Ooh La La Dessert Boutique, Katy’s cutest one-stop dessert shop, is making Houston a little sweeter with the addition of their latest location – Town & Country Village in Memorial! With award-winning JUMBO cupcakes, creamy cheesecakes, ice-box pies, cookies, pastries and more, kick back on their patio or bring your laptop and take advantage of free Wi-Fi while sipping on one of their dozens of coffee, frappe and tea offerings. Ooh La La also has two locations in Katy, at Cinco Ranch and at Park Row. For locations and hours visit oohlalasweets.com. Subscribe to their newsletter and receive a FREE jumbo cupcake just for signing up, and another whenever your birthday rolls around.

www.oohlalasweets.com

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Recently, celebrated Houston chef and restaurateur Monica Pope left behind her landmark t’afia in its prime to chart a new culinary adventure – a fresh start that is a result of Pope’s continually evolving dialog with food, family and community. Sparrow Bar & Cookshop is a backto-basics concept that finds its story in the intimate, 1930’s era warehouse building at 3701 Travis Street, where t’afia was born and helped to re-gentrify a now bustling neighborhood. Sparrow represents a new freedom, a more free-flowing and easily shareable menu that often activates guest interaction in the final composition of dishes. “At Sparrow, I am going to be cooking the things I would make at home for my family and friends – fresh, unpretentious and full of flavor,” says Pope. “I want people to stop by without a reason or reservation, but we’ll certainly accommodate that too.”

3701 Travis | 713.524.6922 | www.sparrowhouston.com

Arturo Boada cuisine This vibrant gem is located off Voss Road at Del Monte. The neighborhood eatery serves up an eclectic blend of Italian, Spanish and Latin cuisine not to be missed. Try unique tapas like the camarones henesy en hamaca, mussels tomatillo, ceviche and many more. The wood-burning oven puts out authentic thin crust pizzas, with favorites such as the carnitas pizza. We also offer a flavorful selection of seafood and steaks. Our homemade desserts are a must, from wood oven baked apple pastry to Arturo’s famous crème brûlée. The hand-picked wine list offers a variety of boutique and exclusive wineries. We are very happy to accommodate any of your special requests. OPEN FOR LUNCH & DINNER TUE – SUN

6510 Del Monte Dr. | Houston, TX 77057 713.782.3011 | www.Boadacuisine.com

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FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE & WINE BAR

PUB & KITCHEN "KEEP CALM & DINE ON" Come celebrate our 2-year anniversary in September. London-style Gastropub with British and Indian Cuisine Est. 2010

2712 Richmond | Houston, TX 77098 713.533.0022 | www.thequeenvicpub.com

QUEEN VIC AND OPORTO BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE "CULINARY COUPLE" RISHI HOSPITALITY RICK DI VIRGILIO SHIVA PATEL

OPORTO food and wine bar “Europe without the Passport” Est. 2006

3833 Richmond | Houston, TX 77027 713.621.1114 | www.oporto.us

JOIN OUR NIGHTLY CELEBRATION OF FOOD, WINE & MEMORABLE TIMES • Fleming’s features the finest prime steaks and an award-winning list of 100 wines by the glass. • “5 for $6 ’til 7” Bar Menu • Kick off your evening with our unique selection of 5 cocktails, 5 wines by the glass and 5 appetizers, priced at $6 each and served at the bar until 7pm. Then, indulge yourself with the finest prime steak, aged to perfection, as well as fresh seafood, innovative side dishes and decadent desserts. Our month-long celebration featuring the debut of the new Fleming’s 100 will be more exciting than ever this year! • Fleming’s last call where guests can get an amazing value on our featured wines for the month. • Nights of discovery every Friday from 5 - 7pm. For $20 per person guests can sample a taste of 20 wines from our new Flemings 100, hand-selected for the Fleming’s 100. • Raymond wine dinner coming in October. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FLEMING’S FOR FULL DETAILS ON OUR SEPTEMBER MONTH OF DISCOVERY AS WELL AS UPCOMING WINE DINNERS AND TASTINGS.

PRIVATE DINING FOR ALL OCCASIONS Whether you’re hosting a small social gathering or large business function, Fleming’s will custom-tailor an event worthy of the occasion. It’s the personal touches that make an event special, and no one understands this better than our Private Dining Directors. They’ll work with you to ensure that every detail – from the food and drinks to the ambience and timing – is exactly right. FLEMING’S TOWN & COUNTRY is located just minutes from the Memorial City Medical Center and Houston’s renowned Energy Corridor, and conveniently located near the Memorial suburbs, Katy and Uptown/Galleria. FLEMING’S RIVER OAKS is located in the heart of Houston, between Greenway Plaza, the Galleria, the Houston Medical Center and Downtown.

Please contact us for complete offer details. • Fleming’s Town & Country 788 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. | 713.827.1120 • Fleming’s River Oaks 2405 W. Alabama | 713.520.5959 www.flemingssteakhouse.com

*Excluding tax and gratuity.

THE QUEEN VIC

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MAJORCA BISTRO AND TAPAS Come dine with Midtown’s best, Majorca Bistro and Tapas. Once you walk through the doors the Spanish-chic art and culture will sweep you away as you enter the medieval portal of romance. The room is spacious and we can accommodate up to 100 people for holiday parties, business events and also wedding receptions. Let restaurateur Ali Bendella and co-owner/chef Hicham Naff guide you on a never-ending culinary journey with the amazing combinations from their Majorcan menu of dishes. Lunch, dinner and happy hour specials are perfect to enjoy with friends and family. Looking to experience Midtown’s nightlife, come enjoy our entertainment on Thursday through Saturday. Plus, Sunday brunch with a DJ that brings a variety of sounds to satisfy the audience. Majorca exemplifies what words cannot attempt to capture.

207-A Gray St. | Houston, TX 77002 www.majorcabistroandtapas.com Contact us for reservations at 832.582.7176.

Offering a unique rotating selection of craft and micro brews, served alongside a creative menu of truly inspired and sophisticated “pub” food.

Michael’s Cookie Jar Michael’s Cookie Jar is Houston’s only locally owned cookie bakery featuring chef-prepared cookies made with real butter and natural flavors. Our menu features home-style Americana cookies, fancy tea shortbreads, dessert bars, specialty ethnic cookies, hand-decorated cutouts, logo cookies, gift boxes and party trays. We always have complimentary samples at the bakery! Visit us MonFri (9am-6:30pm) and Saturday (9am-5pm).

www.brcgastropub.com 519 Shepherd Drive, Houston, TX 77007 713.861.2233

5330 Weslayan St. | 713.771.8603 www.michaelscookiejar.com

Piatto Ristorante Wash away the end of summer blues at Piatto Ristorante’s Happy Hour from 4pm to 7pm, Mon-Fri. Drink specials are just $4 and $5, with $7 appetizers at this Carrabba Family eatery! Happy Hour at Piatto is perfect for a ladies’ night out, special date night or just because! Owned and operated by John M. Carrabba, the four generations of recipes pay tribute to the traditional, flavorful home-style Italian cuisine. Piatto is a casual, yet elegant atmosphere, also offering private banquet rooms, full-service catering, box lunches and delivery at each location: Royal Oaks, 11693 Westheimer, 281.759.7500 and Galleria, 4925 W. Alabama at Post Oak Blvd., 713.871.9722. Piatto Galleria’s private dining room seats up to 30 guests; Piatto Royal Oaks has two private dining rooms that seat up to 25 and 50, but can be combined to seat 75.

For more information: www.piattoristorante.com or call either location. Find Piatto on Facebook!

cheeseburger egg roll

Black Walnut Café

KUNG FU SALOON

The Woodlands, Rice Village, Sugar Land, Cinco Ranch and now open on Memorial Drive, Black Walnut Café is a contemporary American restaurant with over 100 unique items made from scratch, prepared and cooked to order. Whether you want an eggs benedict, coffee, dessert, martini, a hand-crafted sandwich, certified Angus pot roast or an Asian tuna salad, Black Walnut Café has it all. Now open on 5512 Memorial Drive in Houston, offering morning and afternoon happy hour specials, to-go and catering.

Kung Fu Saloon on Washington Avenue is known for three things; their 17 Old School Arcade Games, their selection of local beers on tap and pickle shots. Now, Washington Avenue’s best spot for drinks is also Washington Avenue’s best spot for food. On the menu you’ll find some unique Asian-inspired dishes including cheeseburger egg rolls, a stir fry philly cheesesteak and a sweet and sour chicken sandwich, just to name a few. For a full menu, check out their website: www.kungfusaloon.com/houston. Kung Food is served weekdays starting at 3pm and 11am on the weekends.

www.blackwalnutcafe.com

5317 Washington Avenue #A | Houston, TX 77007 713.864.0642 | www.kungfusaloon.com Mon-Fri: 4pm-2am | Sat-Sun: 11am-2am

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Sardinian Pizza

ARCODORO Giancarlo is always searching for the freshest, seasonal ingredients to prepare in true Mediterranean fashion. A native Italian, he creates daily dishes of treasures from the sea, bounty from the garden and the best of the terra. Experience Italy...the Sardinian way! Chef Giancarlo

5000 Westheimer Rd. | Houston, TX 77056 713.621.6888 | www.arcodoro.com Gourmet Sardinia www.gourmetsardinia.com

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LA Bar Dominic B. Mandola’s new concept feels like you’re stepping through a door down in the warehouse district of New Orleans. From the Old World brick bar accented by mahogany wood trim to the casual grace of dimly lit chandeliers, L.A. Bar is a full-service restaurant offering an Old New Orleans-style dining experience. Contemporary Creole cuisine shines with dishes like Char-Grilled Oysters (a New Orleans tradition) and Shrimp Creole, Seafood LaFourche Pasta, New Orleans Style BBQ Shrimp, Jumbo Lump Wedge Salad and homemade NOLA Beignets. Come in, relax with a cold one or your favorite cocktail and enjoy our Happy Hour Menu!

Open for Lunch & Dinner – Tuesday–Sunday 4302 A Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77027 713.335.2227 | www.ragin-cajun.com

TILA’S

SWEET

If Cheech Marin and Frida Kahlo ever had a daughter, she’d probably grow up to open a place like Tila’s, Houston’s eclectic home for authentic Mexican cuisine. For over a decade, savvy aficionados have gathered at this cozy River Oaks abode, formerly a tailor shop, to savor recipes handed down from generations to original dishes found nowhere else. Tila’s is all about fresh ingredients that tease and titillate! From brie and pear quesadillas to tequila-marinated salmon with fresh kiwi and mango slices, the cuisine is anything but predictable. Only the vivid imagination and tequila-inspired tastes of Tila’s could conjure up such extraordinary fare. The patio provides the perfect retreat to unwind with Tila’s one-of-akind, all-natural margaritas and an impressive selection of over 80 premium tequilas. Patrons will be inspired to do absolutely nothing at all and love every minute of it.

If you’re looking for a caffeine or sweet fix served to you by a friendly staff in an unpretentious environment, SWEET is your spot. Not another chain or franchise, locally owned SWEET proudly serves locally roasted coffee, freshly baked croissants, cupcakes, cookies and macarons all prepared from scratch daily on premise. No matter what side of town you’re in, SWEET is happy to deliver anywhere in Houston and sweeten any occasion at the office, at home, for a party or a wedding. From corporate meeting sweets or personalized party favors to individual 6” cakes or elaborate wedding dessert tables, SWEET is happy to cater it. The sweetest part of it all is SWEET’s eco-awareness – from its recycled storefront interiors to baking in unbleached liners, to all of its recycled packaging, boxes and cups included! Be sure to try their mini key lime pies, macaron ice cream sandwiches and tea with tapioca!

1111 S. Shepherd | Houston, TX 77019 713.522.7654 | www.tilas.com

801 Town & Country Blvd. Suite A120 | Houston, TX 77024 713.64.SWEET (79338) | www.sweethouston.com

TINTOS RESTAURANT & WINE BAR At Tintos, plan on having a posh and relaxing experience. With two separate dining rooms to choose from and a shady, tropical patio available, come enjoy delicious Spanishinspired tapas and sip on a great glass of wine from your favorite Spanish region. Alberto J. Alfonzo, Chef and Owner, comes from Spanish immigrant culture, tasting and cooking the foods of his parents’ homeland. To create his menu, Alberto traveled to Spain, one of his favorites places in the world, to visit with family and friends, restaurant owners and chefs, to not only enhance his family recipes, but to explore the latest food trends in Spanish cuisine. With resources in hand, combined with a lifetime full of dreams and over 15 years of experience, Tintos Spanish Restaurant & Wine Bar was born. Open daily for lunch and dinner and Sunday brunch.

2015 W. Gray @ Shepherd Houston, TX 77019 713.522.1330 www.tintosrestaurant.com

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TEQUILA REVOLUCION TEQUILA REVOLUCION IS A STYLISH BRAND THAT DOES NOT TRY TO FIT IN. It is for the individual who is not defined by the masses – nor is it for the masses. It is the cultured renegade that rebels against the ordinary and laughs at the commonplace. Tequila Revolucion is understated elegance. The Revolucion is in the bottle and in your mind. When you drink it you want to rebel against the ordinary and revel in the extraordinary. Other tequilas are consumed and tasted; Tequila Revolucion is experienced.

Join the Revolucion!!! Visit us online at www.TequilaRevolucion.com.

GREEN SEED VEGAN Green Seed Vegan is serving up local plant-based cuisine for all who have pondered the thought of “eating clean,” folks who are curious as to what vegans eat or simply those who would love to grant their digestive organs a long overdue vacation, and would prefer their meal liquid à la 16oz. Maybe you are just ecstatic the vegan gods have answered your prayers and Houston finally has real vegan food (anti-tofu zone). Join us and taste the rainbow of locally grown fruits and vegetables, nutritious gluten-free superfoods, and while you are at it, grab a fresh pressed raw juice from our elixir bar.

www.greenseedvegan.com 4320 Almeda Road, Houston, TX 77004 713.487.8346

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“TRINITI IS A SERIOUS RESTAURANT,WITHOUT A WHIT OF TRENDINESS OR FADDISM.” John Mariani, Esquire Magazine

Executive Chef/Owner Ryan Hildebrand

uova da raviolo ~ lemon thyme ricotta, rabbit ragout

A la Carte Menus available at Lunch and Dinner Three-Course Prix Fixe menu Available at Lunch Tasting Menus Available at Dinner Happy Hour Weekdays 4pm -7pm Private space available for holiday parties. For off-site parties, Triniti at Home brings a full-service restaurant into your home or business.

Photography by Debora Smail

LUNCH Monday - Friday 11am - 2:30pm DINNER Monday - Thursday 5pm - 10pm Friday & Saturday 5pm - 11pm Sunday 4pm - 10pm Bar opens daily at 4 pm Sunday wine specials

Please join us Sunday, September 23, as we collaborate with Mercury, the orchestra redefined, in celebrating autumn and the launch our new fall menu at "Concerto in Eight Courses: A Choreographed Celebration of Music, Food and Wine."

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ABSOLVE Lucio’s has been Houston’s premier BYOB restaurant since opening its doors in 2007. With favorites such as the butternut squash risotto topped with jumbo scallops and our famous sesame-crusted ahi tuna with wasabi mashed potatoes, it’s easy to see why! Now open for lunch, Lucio’s central location between Downtown and River Oaks makes it the perfect spot for a business luncheon or a casual meet-up with friends. Our award-winning patio is the perfect shady spot to try the sockeye salmon served with a sweet corn cake and topped with horseradish cream, one of many featured entrees on the new Fall menu. Join us on the patio for Happy Hour and wine dinners throughout the season. Visit www.luciosbyob.com for details and to make your online reservations.

905 Taft Street | Houston, TX 77019 713.523.9958 | www.luciosbyob.com

WINE LOUNGE Located in the booming Washington Corridor, Absolve Wine Lounge offers a stylish, edgy twist on the Houston wine bar experience. The interior décor of Absolve is a playful mix of modern, baroque and Bohemian. The wine menu is an ever evolving balance of the most popular wines in the market and hand-selected boutique wines. We feature an extensive wine list including many offerings by the glass. We also have a tremendous selection of beers that include local, domestic, import, premium import, craft, specialty and seasonal. The food menu consists of classic and creative tapas dishes. Our happy hour is every day of the week from 4-7pm and features $5 glasses of wine and appetizers. Specials Monday: Half-price Glasses | Tuesday: Wine Flights Wednesday: Happy Hour All Night Sunday-Thursday: 4pm-12am Friday-Saturday: 4pm-2am

www.absolvewinelounge.com 920 Studemont St., Suite 150, Houston, TX 77007 281.501.1788

Serving creative, inspired seafood and classic American comfort food, with an edge. Make our neighborhood joint, your neighborhood joint.

www.libertykitchenoysterbar.com 1050 Studewood St., Houston, TX 77008 713.802.0533

BABA YEGA CAFE 2607 Grant St. Houston, TX 77006 713.522.0042 www.babayega.com Enjoy an explosion of confectionary flavors and textures, baked fresh daily.

Baba Yega Café is an unexpected hideaway in the heart of Montrose that offers a tranquil atmosphere overlooking a koi pond and waterfall. Come by and check out our daily deals! Monday-Friday, 11am–2pm Express Lunch Buffet $12 Plus $3 Daily Drink Specials! Saturday, 10am–2pm Express Breakfast Buffet $12 Sunday Brunch: 9:30am–3pm $21 It’s awesome! $2 Mimosas and Bellinis all weekend! Sunday Industry Night with 50% off your check with your pay stub! Monday Steak Night 4–9pm $12 Tuesday Pasta Night 6–9pm $12 Wednesday Burger & Beer Night $6 Burgers and $2 Beers Thursday Vegetarian Night All Vegetarian Fare $6 Happy Hour Monday–Thursday, 4–7pm and Friday, 3–8pm; $2 off All Appetizers and $1 off All Drinks.

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Macarons. Cupcakes. Cookies. Frozen Custard. Coffee. Conversation.

www.petitesweetshouston.com 2700 West Alabama Street, Houston, TX 77098 713.520.7007

Convivio restaurant+tapas+bar A taste of Spain. Convivio means “get-together,” party, reunion. At Convivio you can have a great night with friends, eating the most authentic Spanish food Houston has to offer and enjoying an excellent wine list. Dine on recipes from the owner’s family, ones passed down from generation to generation. Chef Alberto Flores and his team spent three years in Spain learning the original cuisine. Specialties include the “croquetas de chorizo” and the “albondigas.” Convivio also features a bar and lounge where you can enjoy signature cocktails like the Agua de Valencia, a refreshing mimosa with vodka, gin, cava and fresh orange; El Mouro Martini which has saffron-infused vodka, mango and sweet vermouth; or a wine list that features 90% imported Spanish wine. The fun never ends at Convivio where happy hour is every day from 5-7pm.

700 S. Durham | 832.360.1750 | www.conviviohouston.com

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LATIN TRIO MIX

POLLO CAMPERO FRESH LATIN FLAVORS So fresh! So bold! So Latin! It’s time to take your taste buds on a culinary adventure. From Guatemala to Argentina and all tastes in between, when it comes to fresh Latin flavors, Pollo Campero doesn’t miss a beat!

NIKO NIKO’S GREEKFast Ask people what they love most about breakfast at Niko Niko’s, and you’ll get answers as varied as the menu. For some, it’s the chance to start the morning with a bracing jolt of strong Greek coffee and a classic pastry. For others, it’s the healthy indulgence of a Greek Yogurt Parfait, with layers of honey, sour cherry and walnuts mingling with creamy, authentic Greek Yogurt. But almost everyone agrees that their breakfast pita is the best Greek invention since democracy. Niko Niko’s had scarcely introduced their breakfast pita when the Houston Press named it one of their “100 Favorite Dishes” in Houston. Just one bite, and you’ll see why. It starts with warm, fluffy pita bread wrapped around an unimaginable combination of eggs, potatoes, steak, falafel, grilled onions and peppers, Greek link sausage and Kasseri cheese. These were the original classics that had the critics raving, the bloggers blogging and customers lining up around the block. But Niko Niko’s didn’t stop there. They’ve just added the Cypriot Breakfast plate, a mouth-watering mélange of sunny-side-up eggs, Loukaniko sausage, grilled Halloumi cheese, marinated tomatoes, olives and cucumbers served with a soft, warm pita. Try one today and see if the morning sun doesn’t shine a little brighter. But it’s not just meat and potatoes for breakfast. For those with a sweet tooth, Niko Niko’s is now offering Baklava French Toast. It’s classic French Toast, but topped with walnuts and homemade honey sauce, and sprinkled with powdered sugar, cinnamon and orange rind. And for the health-conscious, there’s always the delicious Greek Yogurt Smoothie, made with 0% fat, strained Greek Yogurt and your choice of strawberry, mango or pomegranate and blueberry. Start your morning at Niko Niko’s and see how fresh, how fast and how delicious breakfast can be.

2520 Montrose | 713.528.4976 301 Milam | 713.224.4976 www.nikonikos.com

Famous worldwide for our authentic Latin fried and citrus-grilled chicken, Pollo Campero offers a big, bold and exciting menu of fresh flavors and ingredients from all across Latin America. Think Chicken Molcajete and Argentinean Steak Tacos, handmade Cubana Pork and Tamarindo Chicken Empanadas. Or Peruvian Quinoa Salad, Sweet Plaintains and Golden Yucca Fries. All served fresh and made to order. What’s more, you can create your very own Latin tour of taste with our new “Latin Mix Dishes” – your choice of any 2 or 3 of our fresh hand-rolled empanadas, 7 made-to-order taco recipes or a quarter of Peruvian Citrus Grilled or Traditional Fried Chicken plus a signature side. Starting at $6.99, it’s the ideal way to explore all our fresh Latin flavors. But no Latin adventure is complete without one of our refreshing Horchata, Mango or Guava Agua Frescas or ice cold Latin cervezas. But save room for dessert because the Chocolate Dulce de Leche is the best. Or as we say, “¡Lo mejor!” Located in Washington Heights, Webster and Missouri City, there’s a Latin adventure just waiting for you to take. For directions, or to skip the line and order ahead, visit Houston.pollocampero.com. And, yes, Pollo Campero would please any crowd. Just ask for a catering menu full of Fresh Latin Flavors to enjoy.

Houston - 4701 Washington Avenue Missouri City - 6324 Texas Highway 6 Webster - 702 West Bay Area Blvd. Katy - 557 S. Mason Road, Katy (Coming Soon)

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KENNY & ZIGGY’S

CHAMA GAúCHA

NEW YORK DELICATESSEN RESTAURANT There are a lot of derisive jokes on how Texans feel about New York, but when Kenny & Ziggy’s opened in Houston 12 years ago, a whole lot of Lone Star State folk were biting their tongues. Literally. Tongue, on a tripledecker sandwich that came with corned beef, turkey and Russian dressing. Kenny & Ziggy’s is the star of the Lone Star, known for its sky-scraping sandwiches, bountiful breakfast plates and Old World favorites. Ziggy Gruber is the chef/owner and third-generation “deli maven.” His family opened the first Jewish deli on Broadway. Theatrical? The menu definitely is! Look for Fiddler on the Roof of My Mouth, Seize Her Salad, and Give Me Liverty of Give Me Schmaltz! Love the classics? Try Hungarian Goulash, Corned Beef and Cabbage, Kasha Varniskas, and delectable Smoked Fish. Dessert? Whoa! New Yorkstyle Cheesecake, Pecan Someone Your Own Size Pie and the World’s Largest Éclair.

2327 Post Oak Blvd. | 713.871.8883 www.kennyandziggys.com

CHELSEA GRILL Located in the heart of The Museum District, The Chelsea Grill offers menu items such as Braised Beef Short Rib and a Cajun Pasta that will keep you wanting more. The casual dining grill also offers a great Sunday Jazz Brunch Buffet for just $16.95 with traditional breakfast items and four lunch items that change each week. We are located at

4621 Montrose Blvd. 713.942.9857 for reservations and visit our website www.chelseagrill.com.

Located near the Galleria, Chama Gaúcha is Houston’s newest and most lavish Brazilian steakhouse. Known for outstanding service, the authentic Brazilian “churrascaria” offers a variety of succulent flame-roasted meats – including lamb, pork, chicken and beef on skewers – carved tableside by gauchos. In addition to several cuts of meat, the continuous service includes a trip to the fresh and bountiful salad bar followed by a basket of traditional, mouthwatering pão de queijo (cheese bread). Fried plantains, buttery garlic mashed potatoes and fried polenta are served family style. An excellent, extensive wine list and authentic Brazilian cocktails complement the unlimited fare. The fine dining surroundings feature an inviting yet modern atmosphere reminiscent of the beautiful Pampas in southern Brazil and include three private rooms and a swanky bar lounge. Chama Gaúcha Brazilian Steakhouse is open for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Reservations recommended.

5865 Westheimer at Fountainview, Houston, TX 77057 713.244.9500 | www.chamagaúcha.com

laurenzo’s prime rib Family is the foundation of Laurenzo’s Prime Rib, which grew out of six decades of family recipes for spaghetti sauces, tortillas and more – luckily, the Laurenzos consider customers to be kin. Owner and Executive Chef Domenic Laurenzo aims to delight customers, serving Prime Rib seasoned to perfection with kosher salt, black pepper and garlic, seared Ahi Tuna Steak with a sesame crust and miso vinaigrette and the Green Chile Bacon Burger served on brioche with applewood smoked bacon and a smothering of melted Asadero cheese, Hatch green chilis and guacamole. From the first course to the finish, the staff wants you to “Enjoy Every Moment,” anticipating every detail to serve you a meal that hangs somewhere between family dinner and culinary splendor.

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Little Soya

goes Big Time By Nadia Michel | Photography by Sofia van der Dys

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A TALE THAT PROVES, ONCE AND FOR ALL, THAT SIZE DOES MATTER.

GARY MURPHY wore many hats before coming up with Little Soya. He was a doorman in the city’s “hottest nightclubs,” a private investigator and a serial entrepreneur whose biggest success was a small company called MACH 5 Couriers. “It’s one the largest courier companies in Texas, that I grew from two employees to about 320,” he boasts. He sold it in 2004. Then he opened a bar, 6 Degrees Lounge, and sold. Around that time, Murphy also began making frequent trips to China, in search of his true calling, and probably a little adventure. In 2008, after Murphy’s dream of opening a nightclub and restaurant in Shanghai collapsed, he sought refuge in Las Vegas, where he ran Arisa China Global Sourcing, a little outfit that specialized in importing building materials like glass and granite. “That was when the market, especially in Vegas, was going crazy,” recalls Murphy in his faint Southern drawl. Soon, a Senior Vice President from Ceasar’s Palace assigned Murphy and his company a task that would be the defining moment in Murphy’s entrepreneurial life: to find the best soya sauce in the world, in a fish-shaped container. “Because on one of his trips, somewhere in Asia, he had seen this before,” explains Murphy. After months of research that involved sending samples from all over Asia to the executive offices at Caesar’s Palace, Murphy received his first order for 50,000 little fish. “After that, “says Murphy, “the orders kinda never stopped coming.” Back in Texas in 2010, Murphy’s mother helped seal her son’s fate, when she suggested Murphy go out and try to sell his soya sauce elsewhere. “She had a fish in her hands and said “Vegas loves it. Maybe some other people will love it,” recalls Murphy. So he put a handful of fish in his pockets and began approaching local sushi chefs to gauge their interest. Convinced, Murphy founded Little Products Co. The first shipment of a new and improved Little Soya arrived just before Christmas Eve 2010. Murphy delivered the sauce himself, dragging a dolly and knocking on the back doors of Houston’s best sushi restaurants. “EVERYONE WAS GETTING READY TO PARTY AND GET WITH FAMILY AND HERE I WAS, LUGGIN’ SOYA SAUCE AROUND,” he remembers.

In 2011, Murphy assembled a team of serious investors. He also appointed his businesssavvy father (whom he credits for much of his success) as CFO and his brother as bookkeeper. The consensus was there was a real need for gluten-free, low sodium soy sauce. Murphy convinced the Chinese factory he was working with to change their timehonored recipe in favor of a more modern, healthy version. Through trial and error, Murphy and the chefs settled on a final product. “It wasn’t just me thinking, yeah, I like it. It was a sushi-trained chef giving me that feedback,” emphasizes Murphy. In addition to cute containers, Little Soya’s twelve-pack packaging has a kind of anime vibe. “I asked for a cross between Wendy’s and Hello Kitty,” says Murphy, who interviewed nine Asian graphic designers before settling on local Korean-American designer Nick Suh. The process was tedious. “He literally almost fired us because of so many changes,” laughs Murphy. As a result, Little Soya was a finalist for a Sofi Award, a prestigious food-industry accolade. Little Soya’s distinctive look also landed on Holly Madison’s (yes, Hugh’s ex) Instagram account, alongside the caption “CUTEST SOY SAUCE HOLDERS EVER AT MARQUEE!” After a testy period in the isles of local specialty grocers Spec’s, Phoenecia and Rice Epicurean, Little Product Co.’s growth is moving at what Murphy calls “breakneck speed.” It is now sold in 600 grocery stores in the US and will be in 1500 stores by the end of the year. The company recently inked a deal with Virgin America Airlines to serve Little Soya with all First Class meals. And in a coup that shocked even Murphy, Norway’s Harlem Foods, the largest sushi supplier there, has placed an order this is expected to total 6 million units throughout the next year. Although there is an element of overnight success to his story, Murphy is quick to point out it’s been a long time coming. “Don’t forget, when I started Little Soya last year, I had about 20 years of sales, marketing and branding experience,” says Murphy. “If I hadn’t had that, no way we would have exploded like we have now,” he says. “Plus, ten years going back and forth to China. All that together is the perfect storm.“

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destination By Sandra Ramani Photography courtesy of Park Hyatt Mendoza

PARK HYATT Mendoza MASTERS OF FOOD WINE argentina

ACK IN THE DAY, LUXURY TRAVELERS LIKED TO ENJOY THE BEST PRODUCTS OF THE WORLD NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE – FRENCH CHAMPAGNE IN SOUTH AFRICA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR RUSSIAN CAVIAR ON THE RIVIERA. TODAY, HOWEVER, TRAVELERS OF ALL PRICE POINTS ARE SEEKING OUT THE LOCAL AND SEASONAL IN THEIR MENUS, AND ARE EVEN VISITING DESTINATIONS SOLELY FOR THE HOMEGROWN FOOD AND WINE OFFERINGS. Understanding this trend, Park Hyatt hotels this year launched Masters of Food and Wine experiences at all 27 of their properties worldwide. (Events are open to all hotel guests; extra fees may apply. www.park.hyatt.com.) Taking place every January, March, June and September, the events might include things like visits to local artisanal food producers, cooking demos and special tastings. In the Maldives, for example, guests can take a fishing excursion led by the hotel’s Executive Chef, then learn how to cook what they caught, while in Beaver Creek, Colorado, you can enjoy après-ski reserve wine samplings from area producers. In addition to these seasonal activities, the Park Hyatt in sunny Mendoza, Argentina – in the heart of the country’s northern wine region – hosts one legendary, supersized Masters weekend every year. Originally founded to help promote Argentinean vintages, the non-stop, multi-day feast has grown to feature chefs from around the world cooking at area vineyards, coffee and chocolate pairing lessons, and all-day, sommelier-led wine tastings. We checked out the 2012 event and got a taste of the region’s incredible flavors – and what it might feel like to be on an episode of “Top Chef.” (The next Mendoza Masters weekend will take place May 1-4, 2013; visit mendoza.park.hyatt.com to book.)

Home Base� The weekend is centered around the 186-room Park Hyatt Mendoza on central Plaza Independencia, boasting a beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial façade and contemporary interiors. The Masters opening reception takes place in the hotel’s central courtyard, where all the participating chefs dole out made-to-order appetizers, from seafood risotto to traditional empanadas, accompanied by bottomless glasses of Malbec and Torrontes wine, and a live tango show. The weekend’s closing night dinner is also hosted at the hotel’s Bistro M, and this year’s gala was helmed by Chef Lee Hilson of the Royal Palms Resort & Spa in Arizona. Hilson’s menu included braised beef ribs with Porcini mushrooms, onion tempura and black pudding risotto cake, paired with a powerful Luigi Bosca Cabernet Franc wine. Afterwards, diners retired to the balmy patio, where Nespresso stations proffered coffee of varying strengths. Bodega Ruca Malen� Set up with plush white couches on the lawn, overlooking the Andes Mountains, and complimentary straw hats to guard against the bright sun, this boutique winery – here since the 1880s – kicked off the weekend with an open-air tasting of their top wines paired with fresh-flavored small bites. Spoons of

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The Rutini winery

quinoa salad topped with caramelized apples were matched with a crisp Chardonnay 2011; roast beets with cinnamon, honey and goat cheese with a fullbodied Syrah 2008; and pork loin with olive oil, cheese and Malbec syrup with a rich Malbec 2010. www.bodegarucamalen.com Catena Zapata� With its imposing, pyramid-shaped winery standing tall among acres of vineyards, this family-owned label has set the standards for microclimate wine-making for over 20 years. On their terrace, chefs Janaina Rueda (from Brazil) and Martin Molteni (Argentina) served dishes like pork stew with creamed corn, and lamb grilled with asparagus, peppers and mushroom and topped with chutney, while pastry chef Mauricio Asta – who hosts a popular Argentinean TV show – dazzled with his signature flavored macarons and pistachio mousse. Inside, guests could wander the various floors to taste some of the noted house blends, including the Angelica Zapata Alta line, made with high-altitude grapes, and the standout violet-hued Nicolas Catena Zapata 2007. www.catenawines.com Bodega Trapiche� Argentina’s largest premium wine exporter is based at this massive complex in the Andean foothills. After a champagne toast on the terrace, guests were seated in the winery where – while acrobats performed routines overhead – Brazilian chef Rafa Costa e Silva served egg yolks dipped in coconut milk, suckling pig in broth (balanced by a Trapiche single-vineyard Malbec) and sea bream with a yellow wild manioc sauce, paired with a Grand Medal Chardonnay 2009. In true Argentinean style, it was past midnight by the time dessert (chocolate and guava jelly served with Port) was served, but those who stuck it out were rewarded with a bottle of wine to take home. www.trapiche.com.ar Bodega Rutini� Founded in 1885, this popular winery is located in the Uco Valley, about 30 minutes from central Mendoza. As Chef Jose Rocha (from Mexico, working in Dubai) and Rhode Island-based pastry chef Andrew Shotts put the finishing touches on lunch, guests were divided into teams and given a challenge to blind taste wines – unfinished and right out of the barrel – and decide which were Torrontes, Malbec, Chardonnay and Tempranillo. Afterwards, winners and losers were rewarded with scallop ceviche with watermelon and pomegranate tabouleh, “shawarma” profiteroles with pineapple-jalapeno salad and a rich chocolate cream topped with pink grapefruit jelly and apple crumble. www.rutiniwines.com

Winery at wo

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WE CHECKED OUT THE 2012 EVENT AND GOT A TASTE OF THE REGION’S INCREDIBLE FLAVORS – AND WHAT IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE TO BE ON AN EPISODE OF “TOP CHEF.”

Vineyard view

Bodega Familia Zuccardi� The iconic Zuccardi family has several vineyards in the region, including a beautiful estate in the Maipu area with a restaurant, olive oil press, art gallery, visitors’ center and plenty of spots for picnics under the olive trees. (They also offer cooking classes and harvest packages.) For the Masters’ closing brunch, guests were treated to a tour of the olive press and tastings of green-colored first-press oils (thought to be the most healthy), followed by a meal of cheese-and-meat platters, fresh empanadas (stuffed with cheeses or meat), trout with smoked paprika and traditional Argentinean cookies and cakes. It was all washed down with wines from the Zuccardi, Santa Julia and Fuzion lines, which include an eco-friendly Sangiovese Bonarda and Malbec Rose. www.casadelvisitante.com.ar The Vines of Mendoza� Located around the corner from the Park Hyatt Mendoza, this tasting room – a sponsor of the Masters weekend – offers the chance to sample from over 100 top regional wines, including some from their own private label bottles. They are also a great resource on arranging wine tours and visiting private estates, and can help recommend the best off-the-beaten-path producers. www.vinesofmendoza.com Chefs at work at Rutini Wines Winery at work

Catena Zapata Winery

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tools+toys+ gadgets

MAUI JIM® COLLEGIATE SUNGLASSES

Three of my favorite things ever are technology, sunglasses and my Texas Longhorns. Thank you, Maui Jim, for hitting my trifecta. The maker of some of the highest-tech eyewear recently launched a line of college-branded sunglasses. Students at 11 universities can sport their schools’ colors on four different styles. Features include frames in the schools’ colors along with school-branded cleaning cloths and cases. The lenses feature the company’s proprietary PolarizedPlus®2 technology that reduces 99.9 percent of harmful glare and cuts 100 percent of UV rays. Plus nine layers of protection, as well as a bi-gradient mirror technology to eliminate eye fatigue. All Maui Jim sunglasses use waterproof coatings to repel water and grease and a scratch-resistant technology on the lenses. Sorry, Aggies…no glasses for you yet. Hook ’em Horns! $179-$199

PANASONIC LINK-TO-CELL PHONE SYSTEM Do you like using your cell phone at home but don’t like carrying it around or wasting battery power? Now you can make and receive cell phone calls though your cordless home phone with the Bluetooth®-powered Panasonic Link-to-Cell. Link2Cell works with or without landline telephone service. Simply place the base unit wherever cell reception is strongest and then pair up to two cell phones to the system. Once paired, cell phone calls will ring on all handsets. Users can transfer up to 3,050 entries from a cell phone address book to the handset with the touch of a button. My fave feature: iPhone users can import their ringtones. $60-$150 (1-5 handsets)

BOWERS & WILKINS P3 HEADPHONES I practically live with headphones on due to my six radio shows each week. I need comfy “cans” – as we call them in the business – and this is my current choice, the new P3 from Bowers & Wilkins. The main reasons: portable and light, yet rugged. Built from aluminum and durable rubber, the headphones feature an ultra-light acoustic fabric on the ear pad covers. Available in black or white finish, they fold up and stow away into a compact hard-shell carry case. The ear pad fabric has been designed to improve the sound quality, and the use of memory foam cushions on the ear pads also improves the listening experience. The P3 comes with a hard carry case and two cables: one with a remote/microphone attachment that works seamlessly with your iPhone®, and another one for all other mobile phones and MP3 players. Tune in to my show to hear how happy I sound with these on. $199.99

Michael Garfield is known as “The High-Tech Texan®.” His radio program airs on The 9-5-0 weekdays from 12pm-2pm and Saturdays 11am-2pm. See the full review of these products at www.hightechtexan.com and follow him at @hightechtexan. 52. september 12 | www.002mag.com

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EVENT THE MOMMIE SERIES-HOUSTON WHY FALL EDUCATIONAL SERIES PRESENTATION WHERE LA MODE LINGERIE WHEN AUGUST 13

Photography by Karen Dressel for lastnightpics.com

Babies don’t come with an instruction manual, but now Houstonian mothers can get some direction thanks to MISTI STYLE, who recently introduced The Mommie Series-Houston. The refreshing take on motherhood is designed specifically for the modern mom. A team of successful family experts enlighten, educate and entertain mommies with their knowledge of family, health, finance and fashion. Guests were treated to champagne, hors d’oeuvres from Green Plate Kids, a trendy swag bag and one-on-one interaction with guest speakers. All in an intimate setting (this time at La Mode Lingerie), making the fashion part easy and perfect for the hot summer months.

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the chef’s special Photography by Kennon Evett

Favorite late night spot for a bite? Lately, it has been Hay Merchant. Their beer selection is stellar and I like the simple take on bar food. The burger is delicious, and who can resist pig ears? I also like El Real across the way. A bowl of green chile posole, which I think is the best in the city, and a tin can taco really hits the spot after a long day at work.

chef brandi key RESTAURANT COPPA Ristorante Italiano 5555 WASHINGTON, HOUSTON, TX 77007 | 713.426.4260 ITALIAN | WWW.COPPARISTORANTE.COM

Sumac

Best breakfast? For a simple, classic breakfast, I have always been a fan of Harry’s in Midtown. When I moved back from San Francisco, I lived in Midtown and Harry’s was our go-to. Good eggs, good toast, good fresh-squeezed orange juice and their pancakes are killer. I also like La Guadalupana for eggs and enchiladas and Laredo Taqueria on Washington for breakfast tacos. Best brunch? Brasserie 19. Brunch for me has to start with oysters and champagne and B-19 has the best oysters in town. With choices like charcuterie, housemade pastries, croquet monsieur, truffle egg salad, brioche French toast and one of the best burgers in town, you can’t go wrong. What ingredient can you not live without in the kitchen and why? Lemon in all shapes and forms. Our kitchen is full of whole lemons, lemon juice, Meyer lemons, lemon olive oil and a beautiful spice called sumac. Sumac comes from the Middle East and gives food a lemony flavor that is so unique. It is a huge component in our cooking. What utensil can you not live without? Microplane. We use orange zest, lemon zest, lime zest and grapefruit zest in so many of our recipes. We also use a microplane to finely shred dry salami and parmesan cheese for the best mouth feel. I also like to microplane garlic because it breaks down the garlic so finely that a little goes a long way.

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What’s your pet peeve? When young cooks, or even chefs, wear their whites outside of the kitchen. When I was in San Francisco, I would get on the bus in the Civic Center area and there would always be this kid on the bus going to or from the culinary academy in the area with their chef shoes and pants and chef coat still on. Whites are for the kitchen. It just looks so dirty and disrespectful to what we do every day. It happens here in Houston too and it drives me crazy.

Favorite affordable wine? Gruet Rose is my favorite. I love bubbles and rose and at $14 a bottle, it is affordable with great quality.

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Favorite place for dessert? A) I’m not a dessert person. B) I don’t like chocolate. C) 9 times out of 10, I will always skip dessert at a restaurant because I just don’t want anything overly sweet and heavy at the end of a meal. But there is one restaurant here in town that I never skip on the dessert and that’s Uchi Houston. Don’t get me wrong, I go to Uchi for the sushi, but there is something about their desserts that make me swoon. The cantaloupe dessert on the features menu right now is the best dessert I have ever had. Who are your favorite chef, restaurant and dish? Chef: Cindy Pawlcyn, owner/chef of Mustards Grill, Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen & Brassica in Napa Valley. Restaurant: COTOGNA in San Francisco. Dish: roasted chicken for two with warm bread salad at Zuni Café in San Francisco. Is there a food you won’t eat? I am not a big fan of sea urchin, foie gras or bone marrow. I know that my chef friends will just shake their head in disbelief at me, but these are things that I just never crave or really ever order at a restaurant. Kaz and Page (Uchi) have been changing my mind about sea urchin and Amanda

FAVORITE SANDWICH banh mi FAVORITE ICE CREAM MIX-IN/TOPPING yogurt chips FAVORITE TRUCK FOOD Good Dog Hot Dog FAVORITE PICNIC SPOT Lake Shore, Chicago, IL

(Brasserie 19) always gets me to try the foie torchon but I just won’t order it on my own. Do you anticipate publishing a cookbook? Writing a cookbook is definitely on my bucket list! What is your comfort food? Broccoli Rice Casserole. My mom made it every day, Sunday or holiday. It just feels like home. Do you use a recipe or wing it? When recipes should be used, I use them; charcuterie ratios, sausage making, desserts, bread and doughs, sauces and dressing. Consistency is key and I believe in recipes. When we cook though, it is all about feel and taste. There is a beauty in ‘winging it’ when you put yourself in a place mentally and physically where you are using all of your senses to produce the best tasting food.

IT’S A DANCE, AN ENERGY, A ZONE, FOR A BETTER WORD, THAT WHEN COOKS CAN GET INTO IT, MAGIC HAPPENS. At home, what do you keep on hand to serve drop-in guests? Champagne! What would people be surprised to find in your home refrigerator? There really isn’t anything in my refrigerator. It is all condiments and drinks and eggs. That’s about it.

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dine write

OUT OF THE CITY, INTO THE BLU

By Beatrice Allen Photography by BLU

1. blu tuna tataki | 2. crispy red snapper fish | 3. lower 9th iced tea 007 4. lamb on the bone | 5. chef jett hurapan

BLU 2248 TEXAS DR. | SUGAR LAND, TX 77479 281.903.7324 | www.blusugarland.com

SAMPLE MENU main • CRISPY PEKING DUCK- Steamed buns, scallion, cucumber, chili plum sauce $24 • MASSAMAN BEEF SHORT RIBS- Braised ribs w/ spice, potato, peanut, coconut-tamarind $19 • GRILLED THAI BEEF SALAD- w/ mint, tomato, green onion, toasted ground rice, dried chili and lime juice $10

rice-noodles • PAD-THAI- Stir-fried rice noodles, chicken, shrimp, tofu, egg, paprika, bean sprouts, scallion, ground peanuts $13 • HONG-KONG FRIED RICE- Jasmine w/Chinese sausage, egg, scallion, cashew nut, soy, chicken, pork, shrimp $11

brunch menu • BENEDICTS- Two poached eggs on English muffin, hash browns or salad • CRAB CAKE BENEDICT- Spinach tomatillo salsa $1 • FARMERS MARKET EGGS WHITE OMELET- Tomato, basil, low-fat muenster cheese $11 • BLU POACHED EGGS & HASH BROWNS- w/ tomato, basil n’ hollandaise $9

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UGAR LAND’S MARKET PLACE HAS A MASTER CHEF IN ITS MIDST. AFTER HIS DEPARTURE FROM GIGI’S, CHEF JETT HAS FOUND HIS PLACE AND SHARES HIS BRILLIANCE AT BLU.

With a history rooted in the food industry, the Bangkokborn chef was introduced to the world of food and beverage as a 14-year-old kitchen prep cook at an Upper West Side restaurant, at the urging of his father, now a noted chef and restaurateur in his own right. And as his father’s career blossomed, so did opportunities for Jett. Most pivotal to both men’s successes was an alignment with then fledgling BR Guest and famed restaurateur Stephen Hanson, who remains a friend and mentor after two decades. In 2000, Jett took on the role of executive chef at Rain, where the older Hurapan was a partner. The three-year post helped to realign his cooking, earned several industry awards, led to a chance meeting with his wife – and launched a second career as a racecar driver with VW/Audi which ended in 2003 after a bad crash. Following his recuperation, Jett was back behind the stove, leading to Blu. The expansive space that transforms into a lounge after hours has patio seating plus an indoor dining room that can be converted to outdoors by simply opening all the glass doors that face street front. Essentially every seat is a good seat. Along the back wall is a bar that stretches

almost the entire wall with a screen above it that is the same length. In a far corner, a secondary bar plus lounge seating is set up. Our visit came on a Saturday for what we thought would be lunch. We were completely unaware of their brunch but pleasantly surprised to get to sample fare from Chef Jett for the menu. It’s hard to skimp on favorites for brunch so we mixed our order with pieces from their complete menu and brunch. We went with family-style ordering so we would get to sample everything at the same time. We couldn’t miss out on the Kaya Beef, Edamame Dumplings and the Wok Eggplant. The Kaya Beef is oven-baked jerky served in a mound surrounded by a sriracha chili sauce. This isn’t the tough, “pull with all your might” kind of jerky pieces but tender pieces of perfect beef. The spice is just enough to eat it quickly without breaking a sweat.

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Introduced to this side by my sister, I admit I was skeptical – eggplant isn’t the easiest of vegetable to make shine. The Wok Eggplant has chunks of eggplant sautéed in a chili basil sauce, coating each piece and making this surprisingly delightful mildly spicy side perfect for rice. The serving is enough to be a meal or share it (if you can) to experience more of what the menu has to offer. The texture of dumplings isn’t one I tend to like but their Edamame Dumpling is simply one that I can’t go without. The texture of the tapioca wrap is smooth and perfect for the edamame puree inside. Topped with melted truffle butter and pepper, this is a decadent bite in a small package. Excited by the offering for brunch we went with Chef Jett signature dishes including the Gruyere and Cheddar Quiche and the Wild Mushroom Quiche. A decent slice of Gruyere, cheddar and broccoli make for a vegetarian-friendly quiche served with a side of greens. The classic and sophisticated ingredients turn a traditional dish into a unique experience. The same is true for the exotic Wild Mushroom version. Smoked bacon, sweet onions and Gruyere quiche is drizzled with truffle oil for just a touch of the essence in each bite.

BLU HAS MOLDED ITSELF INTO A SUGAR LAND STAPLE AS WELL AS A DESTINATION SPOT.

Don’t overlook the bottom of the brunch menu, Catharsis (Greek for cleansing or purging), with the equally exciting offering of fresh, raw non-alcoholic juices. Juicing is slowly catching on and we couldn’t be more excited. We were treated to a sample serving of each fresh juice. The Doctor Tré is equal parts apple, celery and carrot for a sweet but earthy juice. The Pepino Limón is light, crisp, refreshing with cucumber, lime and soda. Catharsis juice is a deep, rooty mix of celery, berries, Asian Pear and beet. Last but not least is Tears of Gypsy, a blend of wheat grass, barley grass and watermelon making a surprisingly mild, mostly watermelon-flavored juice. If the sample version is available, I highly suggest it to get familiar with all the juices. It makes for a beautifully colorful presentation as well. Blu has molded itself into a Sugar Land staple as well as a destination spot. Not only for Chef Jett’s already mind-blowing dinner menu but also for this shining brunch. The space feels like nowhere else in the city, bringing the outside in. Combined with the stellar fare, Blu is worth the trip.

HOURS Dining Hours: Tues-Sun 11am-10pm Lounge Hours: Wed-Sat 10:30pm-2am, Sun 10pm-12am

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By Beatrice Allen

street eats

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BERNIE’S BURGER BUS www.berniesburgerbus.com twitter: @BerniesBurgers | facebook: berniesburgers CUISINE MADE FROM SCRATCH BURGERS FINALLY! THIS SCHOOL BUS IS OUT AND ABOUT ALL THE TIME BUT I’VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR IT TO MAKE IT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT DAY HAS COME. The excitement is palpable. Serving up “100% made from scratch burgers and fries, plus homemade condiments there’s no way you won’t fall in love.” I’m ready for that challenge. With a school theme, burgers by the names The Principal, Detention and Recess and sides referred to as Extra the principal burger Curricular Activities, the concept is genius. This theme continues onto their website as well. My time had come and I made it to the bus stop, so to speak, at Inversion Coffee House. I ordered the Principlal and a side of sweet potato fries with chipotle aioli. The Principal is the signature burger topped with mayo, pickles, lettuce, roasted tomato, onion, homemade ketchup and mustard. The smell from my to-go bag in my car while being stuck behind a train driving back to my office was pure TORTURE! It smelled heavenly. And, just as all their fans have said, it’s equally amazing in taste. From the buttery soft bread to the buttery juicy meat, the burger is a labor of love. The mere fact that it’s made from scratch is a huge selling point. The sweet potato fries are served piping hot, crispy and the creamy aioli is a subtle spice. I would slather it on a burger too. And while at $7.75 the price might be steep for some, a handmade burger from scratch from Bernie’s is priceless. So you can have your cheaper fast-food (that’s the only place you’ll find a cheap burger) burger, I’ll get mine from Bernie’s. School’s in session! 58. september 12 | www.002mag.com

LA BAR 4302-A RICHMOND AVE. www.ragin-cajun.com | 713.355.2227

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CHEF DOMINIC MANDOLA

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Located right next door to Ragin Cajun (in the same spot Mandola’s Liquors used to be) is where you’ll find this quaint tablecloth-style gem. Don’t let the tablecloth fool you though; it’s the same warm, welcome, familiar establishment like next door. Booths, tables, bar height seating and a bar make up the space with exposed concrete flooring, mahogany wood accents and brick. TVs are strategically tucked into corners so you don’t miss one minute of action. This is for those looking for full service and elegantly presented delicious Cajun delights with Italian twists. FAN FAVORITES ON THE MENU INCLUDE LA BAR’S GRILLED OYSTERS AND NEW ORLEANS-STYLE BBQ SHRIMP. Served piping hot, a platter of oysters dressed in a lemon butter sauce, herbs and an Italian cheese blend can turn an oyster loather into a lover. And the BBQ shrimp, elegantly presented with three large shrimp, head and tail included (adds to the flavor after all), in a BBQ sauce will have you reaching for bread to sop it up. It’s not BBQ as you know it in consistency. It’s lighter, less sweet, with a kick. To top off this flavor filled ride, don’t miss out on the colossal (no joke) crab cake with their signature Remoulade sauce (amazing) and we can’t leave without mentioning the Seafood Lafourche pasta. Penne pasta is served with sautéed Gulf Coast shrimp, crawfish, sundried tomatoes and spring peas all in a homemade Alfredo sauce topped with jumbo lump crabmeat. It’s to die for! I suggest splitting it for your waistline’s sake. Dessert can’t be skipped! I’m jealous to think this family gets to enjoy these on a regular basis. I’m not a huge bread pudding fan but their Mama’s homemade bread pudding with rum sauce is outstanding. The flavors are perfection, the rum is subtle and the texture is divine. If you’re a chocolate fan the Chocolate Delight will transport you to childlike giddiness. It’s beautifully presented in a milkshake glass, layers of whipped cream, chocolate mousse, cookie crumbles – all to be scooped up and enjoyed in one bite. It’s a great balance of textures without the chocolate being too overwhelming. It’s an unforgettable meal at an unforgettably storied establishment with a consistent attention to detail, experience and service.

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TEXADELPHIA’S NEWEST HOME IS LOCATED AT STUDEMONT AND WASHINGTON in the corner spot of a shopping center that used to house Terlingua. This seems more suitable to the area. Boys flock to this establishment. Just ask our Associate Editor Pixie Ibañez who found herself to be the lone female there one day waiting for her lunch. My husband is one of those boys who loves it. You would imagine I’ve had it before but nope. I think it’s a misunderstanding on the fare. It wasn’t until I tasted a bite of Pixie’s cheesesteak that I understood the allure. For my first order ever, I went with a classic Angus beef, grilled onions, mozzarella cheese plus their mustard blend on the side. The bread is soft and absorbs the beef flavor, while the subtle addition of cheese melts to the warm beef. Add in the grilled onion, the mustard blend and it’s a warm savory mix. NO mystery meat here – just 100% certified shredded Angus beef pieces that are perfectly tender with each bite. The mustard sauce is a savory but sweet blend of what seems to be spicy and honey mustards. With a name like cheesesteak I expected it to be smothered in cheese and not much else. Well, the very opposite seems to be true. The beef is sliced thin and then diced up into tiny pieces but the sandwich is loaded with it and just a showing of cheese. The beef is truly the star, with the cheese playing second fiddle. Now that I am educated on the Texadelphia cheesesteak, I get it. I like it. And not only do they offer this appetizing sandwich but they are a sports grille, i.e., TVs for sports viewing. Next time the game is on and you need a place to go, this sandwich and sports grille classic sandwich should be on your list!

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EVENT UNRIVALLED SPLENDOR WHY VIEWING OF THE KIMIKO AND JOHN POWERS COLLECTION WHERE THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS WHEN JUNE 7 An intimate group of guests enjoyed an exemplary evening of dinner and cocktails in celebration of Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art. MFAH Director Gary Tinterow and Christine Starkman, Curator, Asian Art: Ancient to Contemporary Art, made opening remarks and welcomed esteemed art collector Kimiko Powers. After a brief speech, guests proceeded to their tables, which were beautifully adorned with honey gold pintuck linens and a mix of light and dark pink lilies and roses. Guests enjoyed an elegant three-course dinner by City Kitchen and live entertainment by The Apollo Chambers Group.

Joan Lu, Javier Moreno-Valle

Steve Roddy, Amy Purvis

Photography by Jenny Antill

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Nanako Tingleaf, Kimiko Powers

Dee and Pat Osborne

Jahaira Lazo, Patrick Hsu

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ARTHOUSTON Photography by Karen Dressel for lastnightpics.com 2ND ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE POOL PARTY Photography by Omar Mejia and Brandon Walker for lastnightpics.com

WHITE LINEN NIGHTS Photography by Omar Mejia for lastnightpics.com TRESPA ANNIVERSARY Photography by Omar Mejia for lastnightpics.com CASINO NIGHT Photography by Michael Saavedra

EVENT ARTHOUSTON 2012 WHY ARTHOUSTON WHERE DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY WHEN JULY 13

Bites by Philippe Deborah Colton

Stella Artois Beer

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The city’s art scene tends to wind down in the summer, with the exception of one notable event, ArtHouston 2012. Deborah Colton, together with 0 0 2 h o u s t o n m a g a z i n e , hosted a crowd of more than 250 art enthusiasts, collectors, artists and friends. Hundreds strolled through the maze-like white corridors admiring one-of-a-kind masterpieces, sipping IKAL wines, Stella Artois beer and noshing on delicious bites by Philippe Restaurant + Lounge. The exhibit featured art by contemporary Latin American artists Alfredo Scaroina, Roberto del Rio, Tania Marmolejo, Becky Soria, Marjon F. Aucoin and Michael Macedo-Meazell.

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EVENT 2ND ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE POOL PARTY WHY RESIDENT SOIREE WHERE SAWYER HEIGHTS LOFTS WHEN JULY 21 Sequels are rarely better then the original but with more than 300 guests in attendance during the Sawyer Heights Lofts 2nd Annual Black & White Summer Pool Party, this was an exception. The Sawyer Heights team – with the help of Enchanted Rock, Monster, Zummo Meat Company, SWEET, Rebecca Creek and Blackfinn American Grille – proved why they are the reigning champions for the Best Summer Pool Party for 2012. Spinning the perfect summer tunes was resident DJ Ibrahim of Roak.

Wobble, baby, wobble

Bud Light

“i Love Sweet”

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summer chic

Year after year, those who love the Heights break out those white threads, brace the heat and head to the historic Houston Heights. This year’s theme – “Local Faces, Local Flavor, Local Fun!” – shined the spotlight on artists, musicians and businesses, which thrive in the eclectic neighborhood. 19th Street was the festivities’ epicenter, but patrons roamed freely throughout the quaint streets before making their way to the WLN Fashion Show. Models showcased fashions by Jubilee, Replay on 19th, Langford Market, Casa Ramirez and many more. Patrons enjoyed live performances from Mercury Chamber Orchestra, Suchu Dance Company, Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company and Kiki’s Sordid Sideshow Burlesque Clown.

the mohawk

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More than 150 family, friends and loyal clients gathered at REEF to celebrate with TreSpa Salon guru Trey Gillen and crew. The event was a smashing success thanks to the support of 22 different businesses that kindly donated items for the deluxe goodie bags (worth more $250 each), which were later raffled during the silent auction. Igniting a bidding war were items such as Texans tickets, I.W. Marks jewelry, Katsuya and REEF gift certificates and T o y S t o r y dolls autographed exclusively by Joan Cusack, just to name a few. Every year Trey Gillen supports a different charity, and this year Rally for Kids with Cancer won his heart. Upbeat music by DJ Jacob Stögner, delicious hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and wine kept the party going beyond schedule. wild hair

Salon Owner Trey Gillen

EVENT TRESPA FIRST ANNIVERSARY WHY TO BENEFIT RALLY FOR KIDS WITH CANCER WHERE REEF WHEN JULY 17

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Lucky Charms

EVENT CASINO NIGHT 2012 WHY TO BENEFIT HOUSTON CHILDREN’S CHARITY WHERE BMW WEST WHEN AUGUST 9

BMW West and 94.5FM The Buzz joined forces and rocked another great event. Casino Night 2012 raised over $5k for Houston Children’s Charity’s annual backpack drive, which will provide at least 250 underprivileged children with a backpack full of school supplies to start off the new school year. Lost Element rocked the house, while Taft McWhorter showcased his artistic gift during a live painting demonstration. To add to the fun, magician Ben Johnson delighted guests with some jaw-dropping tricks. Guests enjoyed signature cocktails courtesy of Tucca, Southern Comfort, Deep Eddy and ice-cold Bud Light and Stella Artois beers. Guests noshed on signature BMW Burgers from Houston Texans Grille. Special thanks to DLG Ice Factory, Buzz Buddy, Amber Magic Studios, Bullshirts, Houston Flowery, Intricate Edibles, VitaminWater and Nothing Bundt Cakes.

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Downtown............................................1 Holocaust Museum..............................2 Galleria...............................................3 Uptown Park.......................................4 River Oaks Park..................................5 Rice Village.........................................6 Highland Village.................................7 Memorial City......................................8 Town & Country Village.......................9 CityCentre..........................................10 Sam Houston Race Park.....................11 Katy Mills..........................................12 Sugar Land........................................13 Zoo ..................................................14 Museum District.................................15 George Bush Intl. Airport...................16 Hobby Airport....................................17 Space Center Houston........................18 Kemah...............................................19 Miller Outdoor Theatre......................20 Contemporary Arts Museum...............21 Houston Museum of Fine Arts............22 Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum............................23 Houston Museum of Natural Science........24 Houston Arboretum...........................25 Houston Theater District....................26 The Woodlands..................................27

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restaurant listings

houston | sugar land | the woodlands

american 024 GRILLE 945 Gessner Road. 832.358.0600 *17 | inside Hotel Alden 1117 Prairie. 832.200.8888 www.aldenhotels.com

51fifteen

CROSSROADS | HOB 1204 Caroline. 888.402.5837 www.houseofblues.com

RELISH 3915 San Felipe. 713.599.1960 www.relishhouston.com

DAILY REVIEW CAFÉ 3412 West Lamar. 713.520.9217 www.dailyreviewcafe.com

RUGGLES GREEN •2311 West Alabama. 713.533.0777 •CityCentre 713.464.5557 www.rugglesgreen.com

DANTON’S GULF COAST SEAFOOD 4611 Montrose. 713.807.8889 www.dantonsseafood.com EDDIE V’S PRIME SEAFOOD •12848 Queensbury Ln. 832.200.2380 • 2800 Kirby@West Ave. 713.874.1800 www.eddiev.com

ARTISTA | inside the Hobby Center 800 Bagby. 713.278.4782 www.cordua.com BARNABY’S 5 Houston locations www.barnabyscafe.com BISTRO ALEX 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., CityCentre 713.827.3545 www.bistroalex.com BLACK FINN AMERICAN GRILL 1910 Bagby, #100. 713.651.9550 www.blackfinnamericangrille.com BOWL 607 Richmond. 832.582.7218 www.eatatbowl.com CAFE EXPRESS 12 convenient locations in Houston www.cafe-express.com CANOPY 3939 Montrose Blvd. 713.528.6848 www.canopyhouston.com

CINQ | at La Colombe d’Or 3410 Montrose Blvd. 713.469.4750 www.lacolombedor.com

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THE CHELSEA GRILL 4621 Montrose Blvd. 713.942.9857 www.chelseagrill.com

FOUNDATION ROOM | HOB 1204 Caroline. 832.667.7800 www.houseofblues.com

THE GROVE 1611 Lamar. 713.337.7321 www.thegrovehouston.com

HAVEN 2502 Algerian Way. 713.581.6101 www.havenhouston.com

THE LAKE HOUSE 1600 McKinney. 713.337.7320 www.thelakehousehouston.com

51FIFTEEN | inside Saks Fifth Avenue 5115 Westheimer. 713.963.8067 www.51fifteen.com AMERICAS •21 Waterway Ave. 281.367.1492 •2040 West Gray. 832.200.4782 www.cordua.com

SPARROW BAR+COOKSHOP 3701 Travis. 713.524.6922 www.sparrowhouston.com

TRINITI 2815 South Shepherd. 713.527.9090 www.trinitirestaurants.com hearsay

HEARSAY GASTRO LOUNGE 218 Travis St. 713.225.8079 www.hearsayhouston.com KENNY & ZIGGY’S 2327 Post Oak Blvd. 713.871.8883 www.kennyandziggys.com LINE & LARIAT| Hotel Icon 220 Main. 832.667.4470 www.hotelicon.com

MARIPOSA inside Neiman Marcus 2600 Post Oak Blvd. 713.621.7100 ext.2166 www.neimanmarcus.com MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK’S 3 Houston locations www.mccormickandschmicks.com NOE 4 Riverway. 713.871.8181 www.noerestaurant.com OXHEART 1310 Nance St. 832.830.8592 www.oxhearthouston.com QUATTRO 1300 Lamar. 713.276.4700 www.fourseasons.com

RDG | Bar Annie 1800 Post Oak Blvd. 713.840.1111 www.rdgbarannie.com

WHICH WICH [dt tunnel] •Pennzoil Place. 713.222.2999 •El Paso Energy Place. 713.658.9161 www.whichwich.com YARD HOUSE 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., CityCentre 713.461.9273 www.yardhouse.com

asian AUNTIE CHANG’S DUMPLING HOUSE 2621 S. Shepherd. 713.524.8410 www.auntiechangs.com

LES GIVRAL’S KAHVE [vietnamese] 801 Congress St. 713.547.0444 www.lesgivrals.com MAI’S [vietnamese] 3403 Milam. 713.520.5300 www.maishouston.com NIT NOI [thai] 8 Houston locations www.nitnoithai.com

NORI SUSHI BISTRO 700 Town and Country Blvd. 713.467.0400 www.norisushibistro.com

ra sushi

RA SUSHI •3908 Westheimer. 713.621.5800 •12860 Queensbury Ln. #234, CityCentre 713.331.2792 www.rasushi.com RED PIER [asian fusion] 2701 Milam St. 713.807.7726 www.theredpier.com

STRAITS [singaporean] 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N. 713.365.9922 www.straitsrestaurants.com SUSHI RAKU 3201 Louisiana. 713.526.8885 www.sushi-raku.com UCHI 904 Westheimer. 713.522.4808 www.uchirestaurants.com

BLUE FISH SUSHI 550 Texas. 713.225.3474 www.thebluefishsushi.com

FISH [sushi] 309 Gray St. 713.526.5294 www.fishhouston.com

KAM’S [chinese] 4500 Montrose Blvd. #C. 713.529.5057 www.kamscuisine.com KATSUYA [sushi] 2800 Kirby. 713.590.2800 www.sbe.com/katsuya

GOODE COMPANY TX BARBECUE 5109 Kirby. 713.522.2530 www.goodecompany.com

breakfast+coffee+ diners+juice bars ANTIDOTE COFFEE 729 Studewood. 713.861.7400 www.antidotecoffee.com

ARAYA artisan chocolate 2013 W. Gray St. 832.967.7960 www.arayachocolate.com AVALON DRUG CO. & DINER •2417 Westheimer. 713.527.8900 •12810 Southwest Frwy. 281.240.0213 www.avalondiner.com BABA YEGA CAFE 2607 Grant St. 713.522.0042 www.babayega.com CAFÉ BRASIL 2604 Dunlavy. 713.528.1993 www.brasilcafe.net COCO’S CREPES 218 Gray St. 713.521.0700 www.cocoscrepes.com CRAVE CUPCAKES 1151 Uptown Park Blvd. 713.622.7283 www.cravecupcake.com DIRK’S COFFEE 4005 Montrose. 713.526.1319 www.diedrich.com EMPIRE CAFÉ 1732 Westheimer. 713.528.5282 www.empirecafe.net FOUNTAIN VIEW CAFÉ 1842 Fountain View. 713.785.9060

uptown sushi UPTOWN SUSHI 1131 Uptown Park Blvd. 713.871.1200 www.uptown-sushi.com ZAKE 2946 S. Shepherd. 713.526.6888 www.zakehouston.com

KONA GRILL [japanese+american] •501 Westheimer. 713.877.9191 •16535 Southwest Freeway. 281.242.7000 www.konagrill.com

ZUSHI 5900 Memorial Dr., #102. 713.861.5588 www.zushihouston.com

KUBO’S 2414 University Blvd. #200. 713.528.7878 www.kubos-sushi.com

BROOKSTREET BBQ 10705 Westheimer. 713.783.3600 www.brookstreetbbq.com

bar-b-que

FUEL KITCHEN+HEALTH BAR 1005 Waugh Dr., #C. 713.528.5282 www.fuelhealthbar.com HARRY'S RESTAURANT The Globe on Your Fork! American, Greek & Latin Cuisine 318 Tuam @ Bagby. 713.528.0198 www.harrysrestaurantcafe.com This Houston institution serves breakfast and lunch daily. Open 7 Days a Week. INVERSION COFFEE HOUSE 1953 Montrose, #A. 713.523.4866 www.inversioncoffee.com ISLAND GRILL + JUICE BAR 2 Houston locations www.islandgrillhouston.com

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restaurant listings KRAFTSMEN BAKING 4100 Montrose, #C. 713.524.3737 www.kraftsmenbaking.com

ZYDECO LOUISIANA DINER 1119 Pease. 713.759.2001 www.zydecolouisianadiner.com

MICHAEL’S COOKIE JAR 5330 Weslayan St. 713.771.8603 www.michaelscookiejar.com

european

MORE THAN CAKES 325 Heights. 713.652.5135 www.morethancakes.com RUSTIKA CAFÉ 3237 Southwest Frwy. 713.665.6226 www.rustikacafe.com SALENTO WINE CAFE 2407 Rice Blvd. 713.528.7478 www.salentowinecafe.com SPRINKLES CUPCAKES 4014 Westheimer. 713.871.9929 www.sprinkles.com SUGAR BABY’S CUPCAKES 3310 S. Shepherd. 713.527.8427 www.ilovesugarbabys.com

SWEET CityCentre. 713.647.9338 www.sweethouston.com TAFT STREET COFFEE 2115 Taft. 713.522.3533 www.taftstreetcoffee.org THE BREAKFAST KLUB 3711 Travis. 713.528.8561 www.thebreakfastklub.com THE BUFFALO GRILLE •3116 Bissonnet. 713.661.3663 •1301 S. Voss. 713.784.3663 www.thebuffalogrille.com OPEN COFFEE CLUB 2503 Bagby. 713.874.0082 PETITE SWEETS 2700 West Alabama. 713.520.7007 www.petitesweetshouston.com

BISTRO LE CEP [french] 11112 Westheimer. 713.783.3985 www.bistro-lecep.com BRASSERIE 19 [french] 1962 W. Gray. 713.524.1919 www.brasserie19.net

BRASSERIE MAX + JULIE [french] 4315 Montrose. 713.524.0070 www.maxandjulie.net CHARIVARI [european] 2521 Bagby. 713.271.7231 www.charivarirest.com

FEAST [european] 219 Westheimer. 713.529.7788 www.feasthouston.com GREEN SEED VEGAN 4320 Almeda Road. 713.487.8346 www.greenseedvegan.com

LE MISTRAL [french] 1400 Eldridge Parkway. 832.379.8322 www.lemistralhouston.com OPORTO [european] 3833 Richmond. 713.621.1114 www.oporto.us

PHILIPPE REST+LOUNGE [french] BLVD. Place. 713.439.1000 www.philippehouston.com THE QUEEN VIC PUB [european] 2712 Richmond. 713.533.0022 www.thequeenvicpub.com

ARTURO BOADA CUISINE 6510 Del Monte. 713.782.3011 www.boadacuisine.com BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE CityCentre. 713.973.9610 www.brioitalian.com

CANDELARI’S www.candelaris.com 14545 Memorial Dr. 281.497.0612

PIATTO RISTORANTE 2 houston locations www.piattoristorante.com RISTORANTE CAVOUR 1080 Uptown Park. 713.418.1004 www.granducahouston.com SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE 901 Commerce @ Travis. 713.229.9715 www.meatballs.com A Warehouse Full of Food, Friends, Families and Fun! Great Kids Menu! Large and Small Groups Welcomed. Open 7 Days A Week. Deliveries and Catering Available. TONY MANDOLA’S 1212 Waugh. 713.528.3473 www.tonymandolas.com

latin

ARGENTINA CAFE 3055 Sage Rd. 713.622.8877

KIRAN’S 4100 Westheimer. 713.960.8472 www.kiranshouston.com NARIN’S BOMBAY BRASSERIE 3005 West Loop South. 713.622.2005 www.narinsbombaybrasserie.com

PONDICHERI www.pondichericafe.com 2800 Kirby @ West Ave. 713.522.2022

BERRYHILL [texmex] 10 Houston locations www.berryhillbajagrill.com BISTRO BAR [puerto rican] 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. CityCentre 713.973.1601 www.houstonsorella-citycentre.com BULLRITOS 5 Houston locations www.bullritos.com CAFÉ PIQUET [cuban] 5757 Bissonnet. 713.664.1031 www.cafepiquet.net

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CHAMA GAÚCHA [brazilian] 5865 Westheimer. 713.244.9500 www.chamagaucha.com

LAS VENTANAS [mex] 14555 Grisby Rd. 281.752.6990 www.lasventanas.net

DECCO CAFE 5120 Woodway Dr. 713.963.8273 www.deccocafe.com

LUCIO’S [new american latin] 905 Taft. 713.523.9958 www.luciosbyob.com

CYCLONE ANAYA’S [mex] 4 Houston locations www.cycloneanaya.com

EL GRAN MALO [mex] 2307 Ella Blvd. 832.767.3405 www.elgranmalo.com

EL MESON [cuban] 2425 University. 713.522.9306 www.elmeson.com

EL PATIO [mex] 6444 Westheimer. 713.780.0410 www.elpatio.com EL REY [cuban-mex] 3 Houston locations www.elreytaqueria.com

EL TACO TOTE 6154 Westheimer. 713.706.3233 www.tacotote.com

EL TIEMPO CANTINA [mex] •3130 Richmond. 713.807.1600 •1308 Montrose. 713.807.8996 www.eltiempocantina.com

VALENTINO Hotel Derek 2525 West Loop South. 713.850.9200 www.valentinorestaurantgroup.com

indian

cajun+creole +southern

TREEBEARDS 5 Houston locations www.treebeards.com

ARCODORO 5000 Westheimer. 713.621.6888 www.arcodoro.com

AMAZON GRILL 5114 Kirby Dr. 713.522.5888 www.cordua.com

ASHIANA 12610 Briar Forest Dr. 281.679.5555 www.ashiana.cc

THIS IS IT SOULFOOD 2712 Blodgett St. 713.521.2920 www.thisisithouston.com

italian

PORTUGALLIA [portuguese] 12126 Westheimer. 281.497.8012 www.portugallia.com

TINY BOXWOOD’S •3614 W. Alabama St. 713.622.4224 •3636 Rice Blvd. 713.667.3402 www.tinyboxwoods.com

L.A. BAR 4302 A Richmond Ave. 713.335.2227 www.ragin-cajun.com

SHIVA 2415 Times Blvd. 713.523.4753 www.shivarestaurant.com

LATIN BITES CAFE [peru] 5709 Woodway Dr. 713.229.8369 www.latinbitescafe.com

MAJORCA [spanish] 07-A Gray St. 832.582.7176 www.majorcabistroandtapas.com

maria selma MARIA SELMA [mex] 1617 Richmond. 713.528.4920 www.mariaselma.com NINFA’S THE ORIGINAL 2704 Navigation Blvd. 713.228.1175 www.ninfas.com

RADICAL EATS [vegetarian mexican] 3903 Fulton St. 281.222.7647 www.radicaleats.com RIOJA [spanish] 11920 Westheimer. 281.531.5569 www.riojarestaurant.com TACOS A GO-GO 3704 Main. 713.807.8226 www.tacosagogo.com

FREEB!RDS WORLD BURRITO 17 Houston locations Catering 888.392.2287 www.freebirds.com GLORIA’S 2616 Louisiana. 832.360.1710 www.gloriasrestaurants.com

gloria’s GUADALAJARA HACIENDA [mex] 4 Houston locations www.guadalajarahacienda.com IRMA’S [mex] •22 N. Chenevert. 713.222.0767 •1314 Texas. 713.247.9651 www.irmassouthwest.com

THE LEMON TREE [peru] 12591 Whittington. 281.556.0690 www.thelemontreeonline.com TILA’S [mex] 1111 S. Shepherd. 713.522.7654 www.tilas.com TINTOS [spanish] 2015 West Gray. 713.522.1330 www.tintosrestaurant.com

TORCHY’S TACOS 2411 S. Shepherd. 713.595.8226 www.torchystacos.com XUCO XICANA [mex] 2416 Brazos. 713.523.8181 www.elxucoxicana.com

mediterranean +greek CAFE LILI [lebanese] 5757 Westheimer. 713.952.6969 www.cafelili.com

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MEDITERRANEAN TREATS mediterranieantreats@gmail.com www.etsy.com/shop/mediterraneantreats

niko niko’s NIKO NIKO’S www.nikonikos.com •2520 Montrose. 713.528.4976 •301 Milam @ Market Square. 713.224.4976 PHOENICIA DELI [lebanese] •12151 Westheimer. 281.558.0416 •1001 Austin St. 832.360.2222 www.phoeniciafoods.com

pizza ALTO PIZZERIA 2800 Kirby Dr. 713.386.6460 www.avaalto.com BOMBAY PIZZA CO. 914 Main St. 713.654.4444 www.bombaypizzaco.com DOLCE VITA PIZZERIA ENOTECA 500 Westheimer. 713.520.8222 www.dolcevitahouston.com FRANK’S PIZZA 417 Travis. 713.225.5656 www.frankspizza.com

PINK’S PIZZA 4 houston locations www.pinkspizza.com

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE 6213 Richmond Ave. 713.789.2333 www.ruthschris.com

SHULA’S STEAKHOUSE Hyatt Hotel 1200 Louisiana St. 713.375.4777 www.donshulas.com SPENCER’S STEAKS + CHOPS 1600 Lamar. 713.577.8325 www.spencersforsteaksandchops.com

SUGAR LAND BENIHANA 2579 N. Town Center Blvd. 281.565.8888 www.benihana.com BLACK WALNUT CAFE 16535 Southwest Fwy. 281.565.7800 www.blackwalnutcafe.com BLU [euro-asian] 2248 Texas Dr. 281.903.7324 www.blusugarland.com

BOMBAY PIZZA CO. 636 Hwy. 6, #100. 281.242.1131 www.bombaypizzaco.com BROOKSTREET BBQ 1418 Highway 6. 281.313.4000 www.brookstreetbbq.com CAFE INDIA 2319 Williams Trace Blvd. 281.565.5881 GRIMALDI’S PIZZERIA 16535 Southwest Frwy. 281.265.2280 www.patsygrimaldis.com

PIOLA 3201 Louisiana St. 713.524.8222 www.piola.it

JAPANEIRO’S [sushi+latin] 2168 Texas Dr. 281.242.1121 www.japaneiro.com

STAR PIZZA •77 Harvard. 713.869.1241 •2111 Norfolk. 713.523.0800 www.starpizza.net

NAPA GRILLE URBAN WINE BAR 14019 Southwest Freeway. 281.277.2599 www.napagrille.net

steak+chops FLEMING’S 3 Houston Locations www.flemingssteakhouse.com MORTON’S •5000 Westheimer. 713.629.1946 •1001 McKinney. 713.659.3700 www.mortons.com MO’S 1801 Post Oak Blvd. 713.877.0720 www.mosaplaceforsteaks.com PAPPAS BROS. STEAKHOUSE 5839 Westheimer Rd. 713.780.7352 www.pappasbros.com

PERRY’S GRILL 2115 Town Square. 281.565.2727 www.perryssteakhouse.com PHO MAI NOODLE HOUSE 16200 Kensington Dr. 281.491.1528 www.phomainoodlehouse.com RAGIN CAJUN 16100 Kensington Dr. 281.277.0704 www.ragin-cajun.com RED OAK GRILL 203 Century Square Blvd. 281.491.2890 www.redoak-grill.com

THE BURNING PEAR 16090 City Walk. 281.275.5925 www.theburningpear.com WASABI [sushi] 14019 Southwest Freeway. 281.242.3899

WILLIE’S GRILL + ICE HOUSE 945 Highway 6. 281.242.2252 www.williesrestaurants.com

THE WOODLANDS AMERICAS 21 Waterway Avenue. 281.367.1492. www.cordua.com

BENIHANA [asian] 1720 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.292.0061 www.benihana.com

HUBBELL & HUDSON KITCHEN 4526 Research Forest Dr. 281.203.5650 www.hubbellandhudson.com KITA [japanese] 24 Waterway Ave. 281.298.1888 www.kitawoodlands.com LA TRATTORIA TUSCANO 4233 Research Forest Dr. 281.419.2252 www.latrattoriatuscano.com

LUCA & LEONARDO [italian] 20 Waterway Ave. 832.510.2110 www.lucaleonardo.com MASA’S SUSHI 4775 W. Panther Creek Dr. 281.298.5688 www.sushimasahouston.com

BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.465.8993. www.brioitalian.com

SAKEKAWA [japanese] 6777 Woodlands Parkway. 281.419.5988 www.sakekawa.com

CAFÉ EXPRESS 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.298.2556. www.cafe-express.com

SITAR CUISINE OF INDIA 25701 Interstate 45. 281.364.0200 www.sitarcuisineofindia.net

CAFFE DI FIORE [italian] 10110 Woodlands Pkwy. 281.298.1228 www.caffe-di-fiore.com

COAL BURGER 20 Waterway Ave. 281.292.6385. www.coalburger.com CRU - A WINE BAR 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.465.9463 www.cruawinebar.com

SWEET BELLA ITALIAN KITCHEN 202 Sawdust Road. 832.585.0066 www.sweetbellaitalian.com THE MELTING POT 19075 Interstate 45. 936.271.7416 www.themeltingpot.com TOMMY BAHAMA 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.292.6878 www.tommybahama.com

DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT 10700 Kuykendahl Road. 281.298.8422

www.dickeysbarbecuerestaurants.com

DIMASSI’S [ethnic] 1640 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.363.0200 www.dimassisbuffet.com

GENGHIS GRILL [asian] 9300 6 Pines Drive. 281.363.4745 www.genghisgrill.com GROTTO 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.419.4252 www.grottohouston.com GURI DO SUL STEAKHOUSE 1400 Research Forest Dr. 281.907.4146 www.guridosul.com

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WAY

J. BLACK’S FEEL GOOD KITCHEN & LOUNGE IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. STOP IN TO EAT AND STAY FOR A NIGHTCAP. HEIGHTS MARKETPLACE HAS POPPED OVER OFF YALE @ KOEHLER WHERE DIRT BAR USED TO BE LOCATED. ACROSS THE STREET IS WALMART’S NEW HOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE (SLATED FOR THIS FALL). OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN THE MARKETPLACE IS SANDWICH MECCA WITH SUPER-FAST DELIVERY, JIMMY’S JOHN’S GOURMET SANDWICHES. SOON TO OPEN IN THAT SAME CENTER IS SMASHBURGER. THEIR HANDCRAFTED BURGERS ARE SMASHED, SEARED AND SEASONED TO ORDER USING THEIR FRESH PREMIUM BEEF. RUMOR HAS IT A STARBUCKS AND TACO CABANA COULD BE IN THAT SAME AREA. ECO-CHIC RETAILER ONE GREEN STREET HAS MOVED TO THE

AEON THEATRIX

AEON THEATRIX 1824 Spring., #222. 1.888.669.2366 www.aeontheatrix.com

ALVAGRAPHICS 1102 Shepherd Dr. 713.863.1211 www.alvagraphics.com AMERICAN TITLE-HEIGHTS 5225 Katy Frwy. 713.864.5335 www.americantitleheights.com BEDROCK CITY 4602 Washington. 713.862.0100 www.bedrockcity.com C&D HARDWARE 314 E. 11 St. 713.861.3551 www.canddhardware.com CAMERA CO-OP 801 Durham Dr. 713.522.7837 www.cameracoophouston.com CENTRAL BANK 1550 W. 18th St. 832.485.2354 COASTAL FUMIGATORS 1119 W. 34th St. 713.863.7378 www.coastalfumigators.com DAVID, ETC. A SALON 706 E. 11th St. www.davidetc.com DAVIS HARDWARE 1028 Studewood. 713.864.4574 www.davishardware.com

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GEN’S ANTIQUES 540 W. 19th St. 713.868.2368

RJ’S BOOT COMPANY 3321 Ella Blvd. 713.682.1650

HOUSTON PIANO 1600 W. 13th St. 281.727.0395

ROCKEFELLER HALL 3620 Washington. 713.869.3344 www.RockefellerHall.com

HYDROSHACK 1138 W. 20th St. 713.292.1921 www.hydroshack.com INEX 742 E. 20th St. 713.862.1707 INTEGRITY BANK 4040 Washington. 713.335.8700 www.ibanktx.com I SOLD IT HOUSTON 4720 Washington. 713.426.4266 www.isoldithouston.com IVISION 920 Studemont. 713.862.0500 www.ivisionhouston.com JAMES CRAIG FURNISHINGS 4500 Washington. 713.741.2266 www.jamescraigfurnishings.com JOSHUA’S NATIVE PLANTS 502 W. 18th St. 713.862.7444 KATIE & CO. 4500 Washington. 713.802.1345 www.katie-co.com KEEP IT CLEAN CARWASH 3700 Washington. 713.426.3877 www.keepitcleancarwash.com KITCHEN & BATH WIZARD 2102 W. 34th St. 713.956.9595 LA CAMELLA BOUTIQUE 3122 White Oak Dr. Suite C. 713.808.9377

SIGN A RAMA HOUSTON 519 Durham Dr. 713.864.9211 www.sarhouston.com SSQQ DANCE STUDIO 1431 W. 20th. 713.869.0777 www.ssqqdance.com THE AMISH CRAFTSMAN 5555 Washington. 713.862.3444 www.amishcraftsmanfurniture.com THE RESERVE SUPPLY CO. 2205 Washington. 713.750.9582 www.reservesupplycompany.com

ABSOLVE WINE LOUNGE 920 Studemont St. 281.501.1788 www.absolvewinelounge.com

BRIXX BAR 5110 Washington. 713.864.8811 www.brixxhouston.com

CYCLONE ANAYA’S 1710 Durham Dr. 713.862.3209 www.cycloneanaya.com

ANDY’S 1115 E. 11th St. 713.861.9423

BUFFALO WILD WINGS 3939 Washington. 832.356.2980 www.buffalowildwings.com

DACAPO’S PASTRY CAFÉ 1141 E. 11th St. 713.869.9141 www.dacapospastrycafe.com

CANDELARI’S 6002 Washington. 832.200.1474 www.candelaris.com

D’AMICO’S 2802 White Oak. 713.868.3400 www.damico-café.com

CANYON CREEK CAFÉ 6603 Westcott St. 713.864.5885 www.onioncreekcafe.com

DAN ELECTRO’S 1031 E. 24th St. 713.862.8707 www.danelectrosguitarbar.com

CATALINA COFFEE 2201 Washington. 713.861.8448 www.catalinacoffeeshop.com

DARKHORSE TAVERN 2207 Washington. 713.426.2442 www.dhtavern.com

CEDAR CREEK CAFE 1034 W. 20th St. 713.808.9623

DOWN HOUSE 1801 Yale St. 713.864.3696 www.downhousehouston.com

ANTIDOTE COFFEE 729 Studewood. 713.861.7400 BB’S CAFÉ 2701 White Oak Dr. 713.868.800 www.bbscafe.com BEAVER’S 2310 Decatur St. 713.864.2328 www.beavershouston.com BERRIPOP FROZEN YOGURT 3939 Washington. 713.861.7171 www.berripop.com

URBAN CLEANERS 9200 Studemont. 713.880.9910

BERRYHILL BAJA GRILL 702 E. 11th St. 713.225.2252 www.berryhillbajagrill.com

WABASH ANTIQUE 5701 Washington. 713.863.8322 www.wabashfeed.com

BIG STAR 1005 W. 19th. 281.501.9560 www.bigstarbar.com

WEST END BICYCLES 5427 Blossom St. 713.861.2271

BLOCK 7 WINE COMPANY 720 Shepherd Dr. 713.572.2565 www.block7wineco.com

WEST END CLEANERS 4918 Washington. 713.864.2365 www.westendcleaners.com

food+drink 360 SPORTS LOUNGE 4601 Washington. 713.677.0398 www.360sportslounge.com 360 SPORTS LOUNGE

business

CHATTER’S CAFÉ & BISTRO 140 S. Heights Blvd. 713.581.8486 www.chatterscafe.com CHICAGO’S PIZZA 1777 Airline Dr. 713.862.2828 www.chicagospizzaheights.com CHILOSO’S TACO HOUSE 701 E. 20th St. 713.868.2273

BOOM BOOM ROOM 2518 Yale. 713.868.3740

www.theboomboomroomhouston.com

COLLINA’S ITALIAN CAFÉ 502 W. 19th St. 713.869.0492 www.collinas.com

BRANCH WATER TAVERN 510 Shepherd Dr. 713.863.7777 www.branchwatertavern.com

CONVIVIO [spanish] 700 S. Durham. 832.360.1750 www.conviviohouston.com

BRC 519 Shepherd Dr. 713.861.2233 www.brcgastropub.com

COPPA 5555 Washington. 713.426.4260 www.copparistorante.com

DRAGON BOWL ASIAN BISTRO 1221 W. 11th St. 713.426.2750 www.dragonbowlbistro.com DRY CREEK CAFÉ 544 Yale St. 713.426.2313 www.drycreekcafe.com EI8TH 5102 Washington. 281.989.3467 EL REY TAQUERIA 910 Shepherd Dr. 713.802.9145 www.elreytaqueria.com EL TIEMPO CANTINA 5602 Washington. 713.681.3645 www.eltiempocantina.com FITZGERALD’S 2706 White Oak. 713.862.3838 www.fitzlivemusic.com

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DRIVE,

THIS

YOUR

“ORGANIC LIFESTYLE DESTINATION FOR SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY, ECO-CHIC LIVING WITH FOCUSED ATTENTION ON DESIGN AESTHETICS.” WELCOME JULEP, A COCKTAIL BAR FROM ALBA HUERTA AND ANVIL, TO THE BLOCK AT 1919 WASHINGTON AVE. SLATED OPENING FOR JANUARY 2013. ON A RANDOM NOTE, BURGER GUYS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE KORMA SUTRA SPOT OFF MAIN.

FIVE GUYS 3939 Washington. 713.426.5558 www.fiveguys.com

LAURENZO’S 4412 Washington. 713.880.5111 www.laurenzos.net

PIZZITOLA’S BAR B CUE 1703 Shepherd Dr. 713.227.2283 www.pizzitolasbbq.com

FOX HOLLOW 4617 Nett St. 713.869.2117 www.foxhollowhouston.com

LES GIVRAL’S KAHVE 4601 Washington. 832.582.7671 www.lesgivrals.com

POLOVINA 4500 Washington. 713.861.1042 www.polovinaitaliancafe.com

GABBY’S 3101 N. Shepherd. 713.864.5049

LIBERTY STATION 2101 Washington. 713.640.5220 www.libertystationbar.com

PORCH SWING PUB 69 Heights. 713.880.8700 www.porchswingpub.com

LUPE TORTILLA 1511 Shepherd. 713.231.9040 www.lupetortilla.com

REBEL’S HONKY TONK 5002 Washington. 281.851.5224 www.rebelshonkytonkhouston.com

MANOR ON WASHINGTON 4819 Washington. 713.426.0123 www.manoronwashington.com

REVIVAL MARKET 550 Heights Blvd. 713.880.8463 www.revivalmarket.com

MARDI GRAS GRILL 1200 Durham. 713.864.5600 www.mardigrasgrill.net

ROOSEVELT 5219 Washington. 713.869.8779 www.rooseveltbar.com

MAX’S WINE DIVE 4720 Washington. 713.880.8737 www.maxwinedive.com

SALT BAR 4218 Washington. 713.868.1109 www.saltbarhouston.com

MENCHIE’S FROZEN YOGURT 512 W. 19th St. 713.861.9600 www.menchies.com

SAM’S CAFÉ 920 Studemont. 713.861.1109 www.samscafehouston.com

ONION CREEK COFFEE HOUSE 3106 White Oak Dr. 713.880.0706 www.onioncreekcafe.com

SAWYER PARK SPORTS BAR 2412 Washington. 713.398.8442 www.SawyerParkHouston.com

PANDORA 1815 Washington. 832.296.6220

SHADE 250 W. 19th St. 713.863.7500 www.shadeheights.com

GLASS WALL 933 Studewood. 713.868.7930 www.glasswalltherestaurant.com HICKORY HOLLOW 101 Heights Blvd. 713.869.6300 www.hickoryhollowrestaurant.com HUGHES HANGAR 2811 Washington. 281.501.2028 www.hugheshangar.com LITTLE WOODROW’S 2631 White Oak. 713.862.4670 JAVA JAVA CAFÉ 911 W. 11th St. 713.880.5282 JAX GRILL 1613 Shepherd Dr. 713.861.5529 www.jaxgrillhouston.com JENNI’S NOODLE HOUSE 602 E. 20th St. 713.862.3344 www.noodlesrule.com KUNG FU SALOON 5317 Washington. 713.864.0642 www.kungfusaloon.com KRAFTSMEN CAFE 611 W. 22nd St. 713.426.1300 www.kraftsmencafe.com KRIS BISTRO & LOUNGE 7070 Allensby. 713.358.5079 www.krisbistro.com

PATRENELLA’S 813 Jackson Hill St. 713.863.8223 www.patrenellas.net PIE IN THE SKY 632 W. 19th St. 936.760.3301 www.pieintheskypieco.com

SOMA 4820 Washington. 713.861.2726 www.somasushi.com SOMEBURGER HAMBURGER 745 E. 11th St. 713.862.0019

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DESSANGE PARIS SALON 5535 Memorial Dr. 713.457.8800 www.dessangetexas.com

WASHINGTON AVE PILATES 2203 Washington. 281.352.5791 www.wapilates.com

ANYTIME FITNESS 1102 Yale St. 713.869.3222

DJ’S BETTER BODY Personal Fitness 2500 E. TC Jester. 713.409.6254

ZUMBA FITNESS 502 E. 20th St. 832.667.8003

TAMPICO 2115 Airline Dr. 713.862.8425

BAYOU CITY CROSSFIT 3622 Golf Dr. 713.230.8299

EGMA’S SALON 4620 A Washington. 713.880.8319

TAPS HOUSE OF BEER 5120 Washington. 713.864.0650 www.tapshouseofbeer.com

BAYOU CITY SMILES 4000 Washington #201. 713.518.1411 www.BayouCitySmiles.com

IMPERIUM CROSSFIT 1608 22nd St. 713.591.6966

TEOTIHUACAN MEXICAN CAFÉ 1511 Airline Dr. 713.426.4420 www.teothihuacanmexicancafe.com

BLISS DAY SPA 701 Shepherd Dr. #100. 713.864.8787 www.blissdayspa.biz

THE COUNTER 4601 Washington. 713.966.6123 www.thecounterburger.com THE DUBLINER 4219 Washington. 713.861.2300 THE LOT 4212 Washington. 713.868.5688 www.thelothouston.net TIPPY’S SOUL FOOD 4400 Yale St. 713.694.2500 TQLA 4601 Washington. 281.501.3237 www.tqlahouston.com VIETNAM 605 W. 19th St. 832.618.1668 www.thevietnamrestaurant.com W GRILL 4825 Washington. 713.861.9933 www.wgrilltogo.com WASHINGTON DRINKERY 4115 Washington. 713.426.3617 www.washavedrinkery.com

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BLUE TREE YOGA “Infrared Heated Studio” 1824 Spring St. 713.839.9642 www.bluetreeyoga.com COSA BELLA SALON & DAY SPA 1543 Yale. 713.869.1441

CROSSFIT H-TOWN 1919 Silver. 281.989.8740 www.crossfithtown.com CURVES COMPLETE 625 W. 19th St. 713.861.9602 www.curvesinformation.com DESIGN DENTAL GROUP 4500 Washington. 713.869.0334 www.Design-DentalGroup.com

home GREENWOOD KING 1801 Heights Blvd. 713.864.0888 www.greenwoodking.com MEMORIAL BY WINDSOR 3131 Memorial Ct. 713.864.7602 www.windsorcommunities.com

INNOVATIVE DENTIST OF HOUSTON 427 W. 20th., Suite 400. 713.864.1315 JOY YOGA CENTER 4500 Washington #900. 713.868.9642 www.joyyogacenter.com LA PAZ SPA & SALON 101 W. 14th St. 713.864.2244 MEMORIAL HEIGHTS DENTAL 920 Studemont #500. 713.869.0600 www.ddsforyou.com MEMORIAL PARK VISION 5535 Memorial Dr. #1. 281.888.9256 www.memorialparkvision.com MERCER SALON 5555 Washington. 281.888.9810 www.mercersalon.com

ROSE TEAM REALTY 4720 Washington #B-1. 713.880.8444 www.intownhouston.com SAWYER HEIGHTS LOFTS

TEXADELPHIA 920 Studemont. 713.861.7826 www.texadelphia.com

health+beauty

BLUE TREE YOGA

TACOS A GO GO 2912 White Oak. 713.864.8226 www.tacosagogo.com

ZELKO BISTRO 705 E. 11th St. 713.880.8691 www.zelkobistro.com

CROSSFIT H-TOWN

STAR PIZZA II 77 Harvard St. 713.869.1241 www.starpizza.net

SABINE STREET LOFTS 150 Sabine Street. 713.221.3400 www.SabineStreetLofts.com SAWYER HEIGHTS LOFTS 2424 Sawyer Heights St. 713.861.3737 www.sawyerheightslofts.com TEXAS REAL ESTATE & CO. 2420 Washington. 713.337.1410 www.txreco.com

SATORI SALON 3616 Washington. 713.869.2444 www.satorisalons.com

URBAN LIVING 5023 Washington. 713.868.7226 www.urbanliving.com

SAWYER DENTAL 1919 Taylor St. Suite 3A. 713.864.4414 THE DENTIST 650 Heights. 281.974.4086 www.650heights.com VAULT HOUSTON 1824 Spring St. #124. 713.880.8161 www.gyrotonichouston.com

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Bea Here Now

By Beatrice Allen

SEPTEMBER IS HERE! ALWAYS AN ODD MONTH FOR ME. WE GET OUR LAST HOLIDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING, NOTHING REALLY EVENTFUL OCCURS, I’M WAITING FOR IT TO COOL OFF SO IT ACTUALLY PLAYS THE PART OF FALL... I DIGRESS. I’M BASICALLY ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF OCTOBER FOR HALLOWEEN! IT BEGINS THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN MY HOUSE. DECORATIONS GO UP, HOLIDAY MUGS COME OUT, MOM STARTS HAVING CANDY AND COOKIES AROUND HER HOUSE; I THINK THIS “BUG” BITES EVERYONE AROUND THIS TIME. IT’S EXCITING AND AWFUL. BECAUSE THEN COMES THE REALIZATION: I HAVE 30 DAYS TO FIGURE OUT MY COSTUME AND MAKE IT! OR IN MY CASE, MY SUPER CRAFTY SISTER MAKES IT WHILE I SCROUNGE UP ALL THE PROPER MATERIALS TO MAKE IT COME TO LIFE. SO MAYBE I’LL SPEND SEPTEMBER DRAFTING MY COSTUME…IN THE MEANTIME, I MIGHT HAVE INDULGED TOO MUCH. FROM FEELING LIKE I WAS ON A EUROPEAN VACATION, TO AN ITALIAN FAVORITE, TO A NOSTALGIC SANDWICH, TO TASTING A NEW “GAME” AND ALMOST HAVING TO ROLL MYSELF OUT OF A RESTAURANT, THIS MONTH’S LINEUP LEFT ME CLOCKING EXTRA HOURS AT THE GYM.

EPICURE CAFÉ 2005C W. Gray 713.520.6174 www.epicure-café.com Escape for lunch to this cute café reminiscent of something you’d find in Europe. They offer a numerous amount of fairly healthy options. Among those you’ll find a quiche; this one is a spinach and mushroom version, with a side salad. I like to get a bit of quiche plus a bit of salad all in one bite. It’s crunchy, cold and savory all at once. If you want a sandwich, their tabouleh and feta is light and exciting with the addition of lettuce, tomato and oregano on whole wheat. EINSTEIN BROS. BAGEL 5300 Kirby Dr. 713.528.1992 www.einsteinbros.com There are few things I miss from working in retail: the discount and lunches at Einstein. Located across the street from my former retail job, I used to eat here almost twice a day. My favorite is the veggie bagel sandwich. Ordered on an Everything bagel, they smear on veggie shmear and layer sprouts, tomato, red onion, lettuce and cucumber. The shmear is what makes the sandwich. I don’t want to think of the calorie count. It’s all veggies anyway, right?!

COPPA RISOTORANTE 5555 Washington Ave. 713.426.4260 www.copparistorante.com I will want to eat here after typing this. A favorite this month is the burratta salad (I actually like this one ALL the time) a – chunk of burratta cheese is served with a mound of arugula, campari tomatoes, coppa toasted bread, all drizzled in olive oil. Basic but beautiful. The semi-new pizza, with pesto sauce, cheese, fennel, zucchini and mint is mind-blowing. I would never think to combine those elements but it’s genius. And a classic masterfully executed cacio e pepe. Three to four three-foot long strands of pasta make up this dish with just butter, cheese and pepper. It is imperative that you do NOT leave without ordering their Zeppole for dessert. These fried Italian donuts are amazing. Not too sweet, dusted in powdered sugar with berry conserva and melted chocolate sauces for dipping. HOTEL ICON/LINE & LARIAT 220 Main St. 713.224.4266 www.hotelicon.com Under new direction, this restaurant is serving up

Texas delights. From pimento cheese to antelope, Line & Lariat is looking to tug at your heart string and spread the Texas love to visitors. Speaking of antelope, it was my first time to try it and it is perfection. Not gamey in the least – tender, a beautiful piece of meat, prepared equally so. An ideal spot for dinner, drinks (the bar is amazing), any occasion. Tonight is the perfect occasion! CARRABBA’S 3115 Kirby Dr. 713.522.3131 www.carrabbas.com It’s not the healthiest of meals but it was the most decadent! We started with goat cheese medallions in marinara sauce with toasted, buttered bread for dipping. If you find that overwhelming, order some bread sans butter. It’s just as amazing. We split classic pasta Carabba because really, you just should if you don’t want to pass out at the table right afterward. Fettucini is mixed with chicken, peas and mushrooms in a rich alfredo sauce. Yeah, mind-blowing, pant-busting deliciousness. As if that wasn’t enough, we topped it off with ice cream in a caramel sauce with candied pecans. Needless to say not everything was consumed, otherwise you might find me still there, one with the floor.

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club+lounge review

By Michael Cook Photography by Nilo Aranzamendez

ESTATE LOUNGE

“THIS IS THE SEXIEST BAR I HAVE EVER WORKED AT”

house party!

2303 richmond Aave. | houston, tx 77098 832.581.3196 | www.estatehouston.com

“T

HIS IS THE SEXIEST BAR I HAVE EVER WORKED AT.” WOW. WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION THAT? THESE WORDS, MY FRIENDS, ARE WORDS OF WISDOM FROM ONE OF THE LOVELY BARTENDERS AT THE SEXIEST LOUNGE IN TOWN (OK, AT LEAST IN UPPER KIRBY) – THE NEW ESTATE LOUNGE.

Pulling in we have fond memories of this little enclave of town. Blue Fish House, Hobbit Café, Yelpa Playa Mexicana (R.I.P.). So many good meals here. Estate Lounge recently moved in taking over the former Yelapa restaurant spot. The parking lot…well, those who know it know it’s a little dicey. Fear not. We assume Estate Lounge owners recognized this area to be an adventure and as savvy club owners do, they have it covered with the valet option. Of course there are some interesting street parking options as well. Or, call us crazy, but we bet city cabs would be happy to drop you off and maybe even pick you back up should you want to avoid the parking situation altogether. You might not want to drive after an evening at this house party anyway.

Walking up we are greeted by a friendly doorman, who opens the Estate and lets us inside. Safe to say any remains of Yelapa are long gone. A sleek bar, manned by plenty of hot bartenders, opens the scene as you walk in. The lighting, wood and tile floor and brick arches are nice accompaniments. That’s a huge bookcase. Oh, we get it. It’s an Estate! Stately – we think that’s the idea here. Dimly lit areas with plenty of low lounging tables (preset for bottle service, mind you) in just the right locations – some for privacy or some people watching, just depends on who you are and what you are in the mood for. People watcher? Might as well reserve a table; vantage point is the key to a successful night. Just here for the scene? Dress up and chances are you’ll get let inside. What happens inside, well, that’s up to you: be who you want to be. Back to the layout. With a dance floor and a DJ mixing away, the downstairs was screaming club. Dude played some good selections. It’s starting to feel like a house party, but not just any house party – a real nice one! The outside patio was pretty chill during our visit, not just because of the fans, or the huge fire pits it just hadn’t picked up out there quite yet. Upstairs – it’s a little different. Separate space literally and figuratively, having its own full bar and patio.

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Upstairs has the lounge vibe downstairs writes off. wrong with that, we like it up here just fine.

Nothing

The bars are stocked with some high-quality liquors; no specialty drink menu just yet but they are working on that. We said the bartenders look good; rest assured they can make a good drink too. Vodka tonic, Jager bombs, martini, you name it; it can be yours here at Estate Lounge as they can make any party fuel you want. A modest selection of bottled beers are offered as well, so if need be you can slam a few Bud® Lights. You know, since you cabbed it and in the name of dancing better. Food? Not yet, but looks like that’s in the works too. We were told brunch might be coming in the future. We know for sure Estate Lounge is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10pm – 2am. Latin Nights dominate the calendar of events, holding down Thursday evenings since the recent grand opening. Guest DJs are planned, as are acoustic nights and some other special events too. We figure if things keep going at this rate, Estate Lounge is going to be open waaaay more often than just 3 days a week.

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recording

Interview by Lance Scott Walker Photography by Anthony Rathbun

the MANICHEAN It was recommended I ask you about the origins of the name, but since you’ve been asked that a million times, and the name is different conceptually to you than its origins — how has it evolved for you as a storyline? Cory Sinclair: The name of our project came from the name of one of our songs, the first song on our “Whispers” EP, and the name of the song came from the words of Voltaire. Our story progressed from there, and everything written post hence has been a reflection of that idea, the idea of this character on a path early in life wandering between threads of love and madness and death and redemption. When will LOVERS be released? Is that what you recorded in Galveston? Justice Tirapelli-Jamail: We will be releasing LOVERS on November 10th at Warehouse Live. We did in fact record much of the album in Galveston, TX. Sean Spiller (lead guitarist) is, among other things, a very prolific sound engineer. This allowed for us to rent equipment and set up our own studio, the Cadillac Hotel, in a close-to-empty house on the bay. This is where we recorded all of the guitars, spoken word and random instruments and sounds: things that ranged from toy piano and organ to different wind chimes to lapsteel to guqin (an ancient Chinese string instrument). We had lots of fun experimenting there and then finished the album at Sound Arts Recording Studio in Houston.

CS: The isle of Galveston is a ghost town with a tragic past and influences quite a bit of our style. That being said, Justice and I take a lot of time planning and executing anything we hope to release. When we release LOVERS it will have been over a year since we began tracking it and two years since we began pre-production.

CS: That’s a great question. LOVERS is supposed to provide the origin or genesis of our entire “Whispers Saga,” kind of like a prologue. What could drive this character of ours to the madness that follows more than these acts of love and pining and desperation? JTJ: We’ll have many different projects along the way, different stories that weave in and out in linear fashion and occur in separate worlds. The projects we have released thus far as well as the few to be released over the next few years will effectively complete and exist as the “Whispers Saga.”

Was the live performance in June a confirmation of the direction you’re going or are you tweaking some things based on that experience? CS: The performance of LOVERS at the Alley Theatre was most certainly a reflection of where we want to take our art. There is What are your plans beyond the THE ISLE OF always a relative measure of adjustrelease of LOVERS? That simul-tour GALVESTON IS A ment that is necessary after such an of both coasts at the same time GHOST TOWN WITH endeavor but we now have a certain finally going to happen? A TRAGIC PAST AND degree of confidence based upon JTJ: We are focusing on a full-length that performance. film that will incorporate footage INFLUENCES from the preparation for and perQUITE A BIT OF JTJ: While we felt it necessary to showformance of LOVERS at the Alley OUR STYLE. case LOVERS the way that we did, I have Theatre as well as trips to Galveston to no doubt that we will choose to present each record and capture whatever strange beaualbum differently. There will be many changes ty we can find there. All of that is being imagined made along the way in order to give each album the with and produced by the awe-inspiringly talented visual representation we feel translates properly. Alejandro Sescosse and Michelle Hempton of Adorable Creative. We’ll also be releasing a music How does the “Whispers Saga” fit in with LOVERS? Is video for a song off of the upcoming album. It’s going “Whispers” something that weaves in and out to be really intense. between other Manichean projects? www.themanichean.com

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downtown C&F DRIVE INN B 6714 N. Main. 713.861.0704 CHAPEL SPIRITS B 534 Texas St. 713.836.2278 www.chapelspirits.com CHAR BAR B F 305 Travis. 713.222.8177

DIVE LOUNGE @ Aquarium L 410 Bagby St. 713.223.3474 EIGHTEEN TWENTY B 1820 Franklin. 713.224.5535 www.myspace.com/1820bar ETTA’S LOUNGE L LM 5120 Scott. 713.528.2611 FLYING SAUCER B 705 Main St. 713.228.9472 www.beerknurd.com HOUSE OF BLUES B LM 1204 Caroline. 1.888.40.blues www.hob.com/houston JAZZ @ THE MAGNOLIA B LM 1100 Texas St. 713.221.0011 JET LOUNGE L LM 1515 Pease. 713.659.2000 www.thejetloungehouston.com LA CARAFE W 813 Congress. 713.229.9399 LONE STAR SALOON B 1900 Travis. 713.757.1616 LUCIE’S FABULOUS LIQUORS Bl 500 Texas St. 713.836.2276 www.luciesliquors.com LUCKY STRIKE LANES L F 1201 San Jacinto. 713.343.3300 www.bowlluckystrike.com MAINSTAGE B LM 2016 Main St. 713.751.3101 MOLLY’S PUB B 509 Main. 713.222.1033 www.mollyspubs.com

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PBR HOUSTON A COWBOY BAR B 500 Texas St. 713.836.2277 www.pbrhouston.com

REMINGTON BAR B F St. Regis Hotel 1919 Briar Oaks Ln. 713.403.2631 www.stregis.com/houston

PETE’S DUELING PIANO BAR B 1201 Fannin. 713.337.7383 www.petesduelingpianobar.com

RICHMOND ARMS B 5920 Richmond. 713.784.7722 www.richmondarmsonline.com

RESERVE 101 B 1201 Caroline. 713.655.7101 www.reserve101.com

ROXY C 5351 W. Alabama. 713.850.0703 www.clubroxy.com

SAM BAR | inside Alden Hotel C 1117 Prairie. 832.200.8800 www.aldenhotels.com SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFÉ B LM 909 Texas Ave. 713.224.5299 www.sambucarestaurant.com SHARK BAR B 534 Texas. 281.300.1568 www.sharkbartx.com SHAY MCELROY’S B 909 Texas, Suite A. 713.223.2444 www.mcelroyspub.com STATE BAR & LOUNGE B+L 909 #2-A Texas. 713.229.8888 www.thestatebar.com THE BREWERY TAP B 717 Franklin. 713.237.1537 THE DIRT B 1209 Caroline. 713.658.3988 www.dirtbar.com TOC BAR C 711 Franklin. 713.224.4862 www.tocbar.net VENUE C+L 719 Main. 713.236.8150 www.venuehouston.com

galleria+uptown BAR 12•21 @ MORTON’S L F 5000 Westheimer. 713.629.1946 www.mortons.com

BELVEDERE L 1131 Uptown Park. 713.552.9271 www.belvedereinfo.com CHAMMP’S SB F 1121 Uptown Park. 713.627.2333 www.champps.com PAPARRUCHOS B F 3055 Sage. 713.212.3178 www.paparruchos.com

THE BLACK SWAN |Omni Hotel C 4 Riverway. 713.871.8181 THE TASTING ROOM W 4 Houston locations www.tastingroomwines.com

DOUBLE CROSS LOUNGE

BARS + CLUBS + LOUNGES + WINE BARS

DOUBLE TROUBLE B L 3622 Main St. 713.874.0096 EPIC LOUNGE L C 3030 Travis. 713.522.2531 ESCOBAR L C 2905 Travis. 832.443.5781 www.escobarhouston.com FRONT PORCH PUB B 217 Gray. 713.571.9571 www.frontporchpub.com

WILD WEST C 6101 Richmond. 713.266.3455 www.wildwesthouston.com WINETOPIA W 6363 San Felipe St. 832.858.1149 www.winetopiatx.com

midtown 13 CELSIUS W 3000 Caroline. 713.529.8466 www.13celsius.com

GLITTER KARAOKE B 2621 Milam. 713.526.4900 www.glitterkaraoke.com GROVE PARK LOUNGE L 33 Waugh. 832.582.0611 www.groveparklounge.com HOWL AT THE MOON L 612 Hadley. 713.658.9700 www.howlatthemoon.com

3RD BAR B F 2600 Travis. 713.526.8282 BAR MUNICH B sb f 2616 Louisiana. 713.523.1008 www.barmunich.com BRAZOS RIVER BOTTOM B F 2400 Brazos. 713.528.9192 www.brbtx.com

STATUS C 2404 San Jacinto. 713.659.5400 www.statushouston.com THE MAPLE LEAF B 514 Elgin. 713.520.6464 www.themapleleafpub.com THE MINK/THE BACKROOM B 3718 Main. 713.522.9985 www.minkonmain.com UNION BAR B+L 2708 Bagby. 281.974.1916 www.myspace.com/unionlounge WONDER BAR B L 2416 Brazos. 281.974.5083 www.wonderbarhouston.com

montrose + shepherd 611 B 611 Hyde Park. 713.526.7070

AGORA B F 1717 Westheimer. 713.526.7212 www.agorahouston.com

KOMODO’S B 2004 Baldwin. 713.655.1501

ANVIL+REFUGE B F 1424 Westheimer. 713.523.1622 www.anvilhouston.com

PUB FICTION SB F 2303 Smith. 713.400.8400 www.pubfiction.com

COMMUNITY BAR B 2703 Smith St. 713.526.1576

RED DOOR C L 2416 Brazos. 713.256.9383 www.reddoormidtown.com REPUBLIKA L 2905 Travis. 713.498.9662

CECIL’S B 600 W. Gray. 713.524.3691

KHON’S WINE W 2808 Milam St. 713.523.7775 www.khonsbar.com

COACHES SB 2204 Louisiana. 713.751.1970 www.coachespubmidtown.com

DOUBLE CROSS LOUNGE L 114 Gray. 713.526.3423 www.doublecrosshouston.com

SHOT BAR B 2315 Bagby. 713.526.3000 www.shotbarhouston.com

ABSINTHE L F 609 Richmond. 713.528.7575 www.absinthelounge.com

NOUVEAU ANTIQUE ART BAR B 2913 Main St. 713.526.2220 www.art-bar.net

DOGHOUSE TAVERN B 2517 Bagby. 713.520.1118

CATBIRDS B 1336 Westheimer. 713.523.8000 www.catbirds.com

JUNCTION SB 160 W. Gray. 713.523.7768

CHRISTIAN’S TAILGATE B F 2000 Bagby. 713.527.0261 www.christianstailgate.com

CONTINENTAL CLUB B 3700 Main. 713.529.9899 www.continentalclub.com

SAINT DANE’S BAR + GRILL B F 502 Elgin. 713.807.7040 www.saintdanes.com

RICH’S C 2401 San Jacinto. 713.759.9606 www.richsnightlife.com

AVANT GARDEN B+L LM 411 Westheimer. 832.519.1429 www.avantgardenhouston.com

CEZANNE JAZZ CLUB B LM 4100 Montrose. 832.592.7464 www.cezannejazz.com ETRO LOUNGE B 1424-A Westheimer. 713.521.3876 www.etrolounge.com GRAPPINO DI NINO M 2817 W. Dallas. 713.528.7002 GRIFF’S SB 3416 Roseland. 713.528.9912 www.griffshouston.net GUAVA LAMP L 570 Waugh. 713.524.3359 www.guavalamphouston.com J.R.’s B 808 Pacific. 713.521.2519 LOLA’S DEPOT B 2327 Grant. 713.528.8342 MCELROY’S PUB B 3607 Sandman. 713.524.2444 www.mcelroyspub.com METEOR B 2306 Genesee. 713.521.0123 www.meteorhouston.com MONTROSE MINING CO. B 805 Pacific. 713.529.7488 NUMBERS C 300 Westheimer. 713.526.6551 www.numbersnightclub.com ORANGE SPORTS BAR SB 1613 Richmond Ave. 713.528.4920

BLUR BAR B 710 Pacific St. 713.529.3447 www.blurbar.com

PJ’S SPORTS BAR B 614 W. Gray. 713.520.1748 www.pjssportsbar.com

BOHEME WINE & CAFÉ BAR W F 307 Fairview. 713.269.0859 www.barboheme.com

POISON GIRL L 1641-B Westheimer. 713.527.9929 www.myspace.com/poisongirlbar

BOONDOCKS B C LM 1417 Westheimer. 713.522.8500 www.myspace.com/boondocksbar

RED LION PUB B 2316 S. Shepherd. 713.782.3030 www.redlionhouston.com

BYZANTIO B F 403 W. Gray. 713.520.6896 www.byzantiohouston.com

ROEDER’S PUB B 3116 S. Shepherd. 713.524.4994 www.roederspub.com

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RUDYARD’S B F 2010 Waugh. 713.521.0521 SHERLOCK’S B F 1952 W. Gray. 713.521.1881 SONOMA WINE BAR W 2720 Richmond. 713.526.9463 www.sonomahouston.com SOUTH BEACH C 810 Pacific. 713.529.7623 www.southbeachthenightclub.com THE HAY MERCHANT F B 1100 Westheimer. 713.528.9805 www.haymerchant.com THE FLAT B 1702 Commonwealth. 713.521.3528 www.barflathouston.com THE HARP B 1625 Richmond. 713.528.7827 www.theharphouston.com THE NEXT DOOR B L 2020 Waugh. 713.520.1712 THE STAG’S HEAD B 2128 Portsmouth. 713.533.1199 www.stagsheadpub.com VELVET MELVIN PUB B 3303 Richmond. 713.522.6798 ZIMM’S B L 4321 Montrose. 713.521.2002 www.zimmsbar.com

museum district

MONARCH LOUNGE Hotel ZaZa L 5701 Main. 713.526.1991 www.monarchrestauranthouston.com

outer loop 300 HOUSTON BOWLING B 925 Bunker Hill. 713.461.1207 www.300houston.com DENIM BAR B F 16090 City Walk. 281.275.5925 www.theburningpear.com FIREHOUSE SALOON C LM 5930 Southwest Frwy. 713.977.1962 www.firehousesaloon.com HOUSTON TEXANS GRILLE SB 12848 Queensbury Ln. #208 713.461.2002 www.houstontexansgrille.com

CLUB

BAR

WINE BAR

LOUNGE

SPORTS BAR

LIVE MUSIC

FOOD

HOUSTON TEXANS GRILLE

ICON KEY

THE DERRICK TAVERN B LM 1127 Eldridge. 281.759.4922 www.thederricktavern.com VINE WINE ROOM W 12420 Memorial Dr. 713.463.8463 www.vinewineroom.com YARD HOUSE B F 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. CityCentre. 713.461.9273 www.yardhouse.com

rice village ARMADILLO PALACE B F 5015 Kirby. 713.526.9700 www.thearmadillopalace.com BAKER STREET PUB B LM 5510 Morningside. 713.942.9900 www.bakerstreetpub.com BRIAN O’NEILL’S B 5555 Morningside. 713.522.2603 www.brianoneills.com BRONX BAR B 5555 Morningside. 713.520.9691 HUDSON LOUNGE L 2506 Robinhood. 713.523.0020 www.hudsonlounge.com KAY’S LOUNGE L 2324 Bissonnet. 713.528.9858 LITTLE WOODROW’S B 5 Houston locations www.littlewoodrows.com SALENTO WINE CAFE W F 2407 Rice Blvd. 713.528.7478 www.salentowinecafe.com

THE LOUNGE AT BENJY’S B F 2424 Dunstan. 713.522.7602 www.benjys.com

SAM’S BOAT B 5720 Richmond. 713.781.2628

criver

SIGNATURE LOUNGE L 5959 Richmond. 713.636.2087 www.signatureloungehouston.com

BAR MALATESTA B 1080 Uptown Park. 713.418.1000

SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE B 5901 Westheimer. 713.266.7768 www.spotlightkaraoke.com

oaks + kirby

BIG WOODROW’S B F 3111 Chimney Rock. 713.784.2653 www.bigwoodrows.com BLANCO’S B 3406 W. Alabama. 713.439.0072 BLVD LOUNGE B F 1800 Post Oak Blvd. 713.840.1111 CAPONE’S B LM 4304 Westheimer. 713.840.0010 www.caponeshouston.com CRU W 2800 Kirby. 713.528.9463 www.cruawinebar.com DOWNING STREET B L 2549 Kirby. 713.523.2291 www.downingstreetpub.com ESTATE LOUNGE B L 2303 Kirby. 254.718.7952 www.estatehouston.com KENNEALLY’S IRISH PUB B 2111 S. Shepherd. 713.630.0486 www.irishpubkenneallys.com LOBBY LOUNGE B L InterContinental Hotel 2222 W. Loop South. 713.627.1132

STEREO LIVE 6400 Richmond. 832.251.9600 www.stereolivehouston.com SAINT GENEVIEVE 2800 Kirby. 713-524-2441 www.saintgen.com THE BAR B InterContinental Hotel 2222 W. Loop South. 713.627.7200 THE BIG EASY B LM 5731 Kirby. 713.523.9999 www.thebigeasyblues.com THE RAILYARD B 4200 San Felipe. 713.621.4000 www.railyardhouston.com THE RED ROOM L 2736 Virginia St. 713.520.5666 www.redroomhouston.com UNDER THE VOLCANO C 2349 Bissonnet. 713.526.5282 W XYZ BAR B 5415 Westheimer. 713.622.7010

warehouse district

LIZZARD’S PUB B C 2715 Sackett. 713.529.4610

EIGHTEEN TWENTY L 1820 Franklin. 713.224.5535

LUMEN LOUNGE L 5000 Kirby. 281.807.7567

LUCKY’S PUB SB F 801 St. Emanuel. 713.522.2010 www.luckyspub.com

SIMONE ON SUNSET W 2418 Sunset. 713.636.3033 www.simoneonsunset.com

MERCER LOUNGE C 3302 Mercer. 713.627.1132 www.mercerhouston.com MEZZANINE LOUNGE SB F 2200 Southwest Frwy. 713.528.6399 www.mezzaninelounge.com

THE GINGER MAN B 5607 Morningside. 713.526.2770 www.gingermanpub.com

MUGSY’S B 2239 Richmond Ave. 713.522.7118 www.mugsyshouston.com

THE EIGHTEENTH COCKTAIL BAR B 2511 Bissonnet. 713.533.9800 www.18thbar.net

RON’S PUB B 1826 Fountainview. 713.977.4820 www.ronspub.com

THE GREEN ROOM C LM 813 St. Emanuel. 713.225.5483 WAREHOUSE LIVE LM 813 St. Emanuel. 713.225.5483 www.warehouselive.com

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EVENT “IT’S AN URBAN JUNGLE OUT THERE” KICK-OFF SOIREE WHY TO BENEFIT THE 26TH ANNUAL CELEBRITY PAWS GALA WHERE HOTEL ZAZA WHEN JUNE 28

The Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP), a nonprofit organization that provides shelter, adoption, foster care, rescue and other valuable services for our furry friends, provided the perfect answer for a hot summer night by hosting a fabulous kick-off at the popular Hotel ZaZa. Over 130 animal lovers took over the posh hotel. Guests cooled off with Bombay Sapphire East cocktails and noshed on Monarch signature bites as they mingled with friends and colleagues. In addition to the tasty bites and spirits, guests were treated to goodie bags filled with pet knickknacks courtesy of Animal Tales.

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OO2CROSSWORD Julie Agee, Erica Garner, Kristy White

Brian Teichman, Cheryl Byington, Andy Cordes

Kelley Oncale, Uchenna Agu, Lanie Townsley

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Jennifer Buenik and Kirby Janke

Carolyn St. Claire, Gordon Strobeck

Nick Altman, Carol and Bill Simmons

Photography by Michelle Watson

Kelli Letos, Greg Letos, PD Letos

ACROSS 1. Cookbook writer Julia 6. Canned meat 10. “___ brillig...” 14. More tremendous 15. Prefix with spherical 16. Cougar maker, briefly 17. Greek alphabet ender 18. Cupid’s Greek counterpart 19. Roman statesman with nine tails? 20. Galleria-area venue for the finest in raw fish 23. Seattle clock setting: Abbr. 24. Seek damages in court 25. Pesters 27. Wray of “King Kong” 30. Terrific, in slang 33. Scheme 34. Bar brews 36. Massages 38. British Prime Minister 1945-1951 41. With “Houston,” an annual period of deals at local eateries that benefits the local food bank 44. 1938-40 Argentine president Roberto 45. Guinness or Baldwin

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46. NCO two levels above cpl. 47. Treebeard’s race 49. Spike and Stan 51. Wind direction 52. Economic bloc 54. Pastoral place 56. Harvard, Yale or Princeton 57. Noted Mexican eatery on North Shepherd near the loop 64. Bamboo, for example 66. Canvas bag 67. Supersized 68. Big name in supercomputers 69. Prefix with “while” 70. “Your gamblin’ days ___” (Bob Dylan lyric) 71. Governess Jane 72. Pronounces 73. Test versions of computer programs DOWN 1. Chinese dynasty 2. Camel feature 3. “___ no kick from champagne” 4. Bricks for kids 5. Draft an initial illustration 6. Cows and sows 7. Lima’s land

By Scott Ward

40. Punta del __ (Uruguayan beach resort) 42. Ancient Mexican 43. Immune system component 48. Candidate listings 50. Aquanaut’s habitat 52. “Odyssey” sorceress 53. Cartoonist Tex 55. Without ___ in the world 58. “___ the Explorer” (kids’ show) 59. “___ Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” 60. “___ go!” 61. Poker Flat creator Harte 62. It’s wet in Juárez 63. Sales agents, briefly 65. Easter egg need

8. “Famous” cookie maker 9. Fender bender, e.g. 10. HBO competitor 11. Unarmed 12. Bohemian 13. Highlanders, e.g. 21. India’s first prime minister 22. Relative 26. Hoopsters Archibald and Thurmond 27. Casino card game 28. Ranger or Mariner, briefly 29. Days of yore 31. Distinctive atmosphere 32. Little League precursor 35. Time on the job 37. Snick or ___ 39. Heart charts, for short

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