i thought this would be a good place for us to mention some of our favorite places in houston to grub... i know there are a helluva lot of excellent dining establishments around our glorious city that many of us have never been to or may never have known that they even exist. i went to Dharma cafe in the heights for brunch today and was quite impressed.... the food was good and had a nice urban-feeling atmosphere. also like onion creek's take on pub grub (fantastic personal pizzas) to complement there solid beer selection, coffee, and wine.... great patio (that can get pretty crowded on nice days or happy hour) with a very austin feel to it which is appropriate b/c it was started by 2 guys from UT i believe. so let's here 'em.
Indian: Savoy on Wicrest Cuisine of India on Nasa Parkway Pakistani: Sheik Chili on Hilcroft Bilmillah on Hilcroft Chinese: Chinese Cafe on Bellaire or Richmond PF Changs Mediterranean: Layal on Richmond Ranosh on Fondren Fine Dining: Marks Americas Aldos Tex-Mex: Lupe Tortilla on Bay Area Taco Milagro on Kirby (Margaritas kick ass!) Mexican: Taco stand on Sheperd and I10 Pizza: Fuzzys on Kirby Connellys (sp?) Burger: My own freakin grill cause nobody does it better!!!
Mexican/Tex Mex Chuy's Pappasittos Lupe for fajitas only El Tiempo ( all around great food, drinks and desert) Chinese Fu's Garden in the village Ming's Other Asian Thai Spice Thien An Indian Bombay Brasserie (no one can compete with their cooks) Mayurri (best mix of North and south Indian as well as Indo-Chinese cuisine) Pizza Barry's on Fountainview Double Daves - best pizza buffet Random Katz (nice place to eat late at night. A bit overpriced but it is next to a Police Station so I feel safe taking the wife there at 1am) Mai's (late night) Cues Burgers and More - awesome breakfast tacos, hell awesome everything Mambos on 45 and west - great mix of randoms eafood, asian friend rice, etc Texadelphia - just great and great queso. Freebirds-mmmmm mmmm mmmmm Bubba Burger Shack under Westpark Lankford Grocery - best burger in Houston!
Tex Mex: El Tiempo - my favorite restaurant in town. Best margaritas and food you can find. Ninfas on Navigation Thai: Thai Gourmet - Nothing else comes close Vietnamese: Pho One Pho Da Lat Pho Binh Chinese: Cafe Taipei Hunan Plus on Bellaire Feng Ling Italian: Damians Divino Burritos: Mission Burrito - Chipotle's food tastes like garbage compared to Mission Sushi: Kubos Kaneyama Zake (great happy hour and atmosphere. decent sushi) Pizza: Collinas
Asian: Pho Saigon (downtown) Pho 21 (gesser/westpark) China star (UH) : I like it because it's close to me Others: Chachos Ragin Cajun is pretty good Wings n More House of Kabob Fogo de Chao : if it only wasn't so expensive Todai
When I am in Houston I eat at the following establishments: Comfort food: Lupe Tortilla Goode Co BBQ Christians U Totem Fine Dining: Marks Hugos Late Night: Mais Various Taquerias
Tex-Mex: Red Onion Ninfa's on navigation Molina's of Buffalo Spdwy Escalante's in Highland Village El Meson in Village Chinese: China Stix Hin's Garden Yao BBQ: Luling City Market Goode Co. BBQ Burgers: Armadillo Christian's Totem Lankford Sushi: Kubo's Oishii Sandwiches: Nielson's Brown Bag Deli Jersey Mike's Pizza: Fuzzy's Kennealey's Star Pizza Misc: Goode Co Seafood Goode Co Taqueria Pho Vang 2 (viet) 100% Taquito
Tooo freaking many, but here are a few..... Sushi - Sage 400 Indian - London Sizzler, Bombay Sweets Chinese - Fu Fu Cafe Italian - Damian's Belgian - Cafe Montrose Pakistani - Himalaya Cafe TexMex - Teotihuacan Middle Eastern - Schwarma King French - Cafe Rabelais BBQ - Williams Brothers Smokehouse Clubby Atmosphere - The Palm Pho/Vietnamese - Thu Thu Deli - Kenny & Ziggy's Coffee Shop - NY Bagel Shop Fried Chicken - Frenchy's
Indian - London Sizzler Burgers - Christian's Tailgate Omelete - Andre Thierry Cafe Salad - Pappa's Burgers, Andre Thierry Cafe Sushi - Uptown Sushi Mexican - Hugo's
"888" on woodridge and 45 S very good chinese/vietnamese it would help if y'all would post location w/ restaraunt
nice to see some london sizzlers love, but the food there isn't traditional indian, it's actually more of an indian/african hybrid.... owner is an indian from kenya who's good friends with my brother-in-law. we go once every 3 or 4 weeks. another good indian restaurant is kiran's (located at the old bombay palace). only been there once, but the food was terrific. the chef/owner is a very nice lady and told us her food isn't really traditional indian either, more of an "indian fusion," her words. amerigos in the woodlands (owner is a very good family friend) and prego in the village are both phenomenal italian places.... really want to try damians (that's the one in midtown, right?) yeah, we definitely need locations.
off the top of my head... Chuy's - great Tex-Mex at a good price. El Tiempo - Great tex mex. Expensive. Freebird's - by far, the greatest giant burrito in town (regardless of what anyone else says) 59 Diner - great diner food at a good price James Coney Island - a staple for hot dogs in Houston Magnolia Bar & Grill - get the boiled crawfish Pappadeaux Cajun - they ain't cheap, but the crawfish ettoufé is excellent. Kim Son Chinese Food (Americanized) downtown Antoine's Po boys - (though they're overpriced a bit) Fuzzy's Pizza Buffalo Wild Wings - good chicken wings (cheap on Tuesdays) and a fun time I think I'm just a cheap guy 'cause most restaurants today seem to charge WAY too much for their food. Also haven't found the good burger joint. I hear Christians Totem is good, but I've never been there, even though I live less than a mile away. I have not yet found an Italian food restaurant that has a good balance of food quality and price. Most are overpriced for food that is just decent.
I luv that place. When I visit the parents I pick up a slice. I was practically raised on the stuff when it was located inside West Oaks Mall.
brother's pizza is awesome... at least the one on cypresswood in spring was. best new york style pizza in town.
