OK...Last Chance....Where to Take Someone Who Has Never Been To Houston

Can't believe yer not stopping by Rud's.

 

Maybe check out some of the downtown nightlife.

Popeye's chicken?

 

Astroworld? Go on a Sunday or a weekday, and the lines are short...

 

Museum district? Miller Outdoor Theatre? Zoo? May be too hot for that but that whole area is pretty unique to H-town.

 

Ginger Man in the villiage is always good.

Downtown at Preston St. on a Friday or Sat night is also always lively. With all the clubs lit up and the Light Rail wizzing by, it's kinda cool.

NASA is such a rip-off. I wish Houston could figure out how to make the "Space City" more spacey. Put a mock-up of the Saturn Rocket standing upright near GRB or something. How cool would that be?

 

Agh! beat me to it! There's also a beautiful rose/flower garden there.

Being plenty of water (possibly the spray/fan bottles) - those Cali people are gonna complain about the heat.

I'd also recommend dinner downtown - it's a lot different nowadays.

 

"unique Houston experience" and yet part of your to-do list is "go to Galveston."???

You could take 'em to the Muesum of Natural Science. Even if they're not into science, they have that Lord of the Rings exhibit going on right now. Me, I'm a fan of the Museum of Fine Arts. Say, how about the museum district? While you're there, check and see if anything's going on at the Miller Outdoor Theater.

Looks like most of the places you're going to @ night are in the Kirby/Bissonnet area? Might as well head over to the Marquis for some long island iced teas then, right? Oh, and after hitting up the night life, you should stay out late enough to enjoy a maragrita at Club No Minor/El Patio.

I'm definitely confused about your restaurant strategy. I think I'd be inclined to throw in places like Otto's BBQ (or Goode Co.) and Spanish Flowers for my Houston Mexican and BBQ fixes. Ragin Cajun's good, but it's a New Orleans style restaurant in Houston. Ninfa's ... uh, to each his own I guess. Cap'n Benny's is a good choice. But you combine that with Ragin Cajun AND Dennis' Seafood and I start to wonder if you're going nuts for the surf.

 

Speaking of nightlife, has anybody been to Sambuca?

 

They might not get the "full effect" unless they come in August but they will get pretty close.

 

Also, if they're theatre people, you could do Alley Theatre, Wortham, Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera.

 

The Firehouse
is this a club on the northside

 

while you're at it you should at least swing by the de menil collection. it's one of the finest museums and most underrated examples of architecture in houston, hell, in the world. Af far as eating, a vietnamese place might be in order. finally, lola's is a total freakshow and is utterly houston. you really should pop in there for a drink or two.