Giacomo's is pretty good. And a place I've mentioned before, Fresco Cafe. Its a hole in the wall but it's the most authentic place in the city. The Chef/owner doesn't speak English but hosts private dinners for the Italian community in town, where he makes all his off the menu stuff. Italian is definitely limited in a way that no other cuisine in the city is.
Happen to have Smashburger for lunch and it was downright terrible today. Honestly put together worse than a fast food burger with condiments slopped half on the burger and other half on the wrapper which wrapped onto the bread. Usually don’t mind Smashburger but don’t think I’ll be going back for a while.
Bernie's closing is definitely one that stings for me. Great burgers and fries and awesome shakes. Just used all his capital to expand locations and then the pandemic hit. Really sucks.
Always thought the food trucks had better burgers. Hopefully he can return to the bus again. Justin hasn't ruled it out entirely.
Their store front definitely doesn’t do the justice. Potent is excellent for super upscale Italian. Obviously not as popular as Italian but really hard to find good French food in Houston outside of paying some exuberant prices.
www.houstonarchitecture.com is a great site. There are several discussions about Houston's restaurants. The city reportedly has more restaurants per capita than any other city in the country, and I believe it. The link below is all about defunct Houston restaurants. The thread starts in 2004 and the last post is in December, 2019. There are a mind blowing number of places mentioned. It's a real trip! Places from the '50's, '60's, '70's, '80's and into the '90's. If you've been around awhile, like me, you'll love reading it. Some of you probably went to several of these places as a kid. The thread is 26 pages and well worth the read. Not just for places in Houston, either. One guy said he used to fly a small plane to La Grange to eat at the long gone Cottonwood Inn, a stop I usually made going back and forth from Houston to Austin. There's one place not mentioned there that should be. The Old Munich Inn, on Telephone Road across from the Cellar Door, not terribly far from Gulfgate. Best German food I've ever had, outside of Germany, was eaten there. It was a large place, the waitresses were in costumes, there was a little band playing Oompah music, and the wienerschnitzel during dinner literally covered a large plate, with delicious German potato salad served warm, as it should be, and that dark bread. Everyone who worked there seemed to be from Germany. Great lunches. My father loved it and we went there all the time. The waitresses all knew him. Everything was terrific, including the beer. https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/3925-defunct-houston-restaurants/
Every notice that shortening your name and sticking a ‘y’ on the end was big in the 1970s? Barry Larry Gary Harry Jerry Perry Randy Terry etc
You've been snortin' helicopter fumes. Most of those names have been around a lot longer than the 70's.
As long as Kemah Boardwalk, Aquarium, Rainforest Cafe, and Saltgrass is staying open we are good to go bois.
I'll try when we're able to get to Houston. That won't be for a long time yet, but thanks for the suggestion.
stopped at Fuddruckers yesterday and they had a long line of customers for pick up. Busier than pre-covid.
Unfortunately it’s not what it used to be. Rudi no longer runs it, some of their traditional items are no longer on the menu, like the white wine cheese soup as one example, and the overall quality wasn’t the same. I remember being very disappointed on my last visit there. Might be willing to go back at some point for old time’s sake, but with much lower expectations.
The seedy underbelly of the lemonade stand business has been exposed as cute little kids everywhere are out of work this summer. It's ugly out there.
Ugh. This week: Penny Quarter Hard Rock Cafe Cajun Town Cafe Patrenella's. This one really hurts. One of my favorite dating places.
