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Review: Arturo’s Uptown Italiano
Arturo’s Uptown Italiano is located at 1180 Uptown Park Boulevard, across the street from the main Uptown Park shopping center and north of the Galleria. Arturo’s is an upscale Italian restaurant. It is fairly
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Review: La Brisa Mexican Bar and Grill
La Brisa is my favorite Mexican restaurant. I’ve been visiting it since it opened in 2003. It’s a nice non-chain family owned restaurant just south of Houston, in Bacliff, Texas, on highway 146. Actually,
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Review: Babin’s Seafood House on the Kemah Boardwalk
Babin’s Seafood House is a restaurant on the Kemah Boardwalk near Houston, Texas. Its theme is the seafood cuisine of New Orleans. It is part of the Landry’s empire. A friend from Germany was visiting.
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Review: Escalante’s
Escalante’s is an upscale Tex-Mex restaurant with five locations scattered around Houston. We went to the Westheimer location, in the Highland Village shopping area. As an appetizer we got the guacamole. It
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Review: Genghis Grill
Genghis Grill is a Mongolian stir-fry. Although the food is Asian inspired, the decor is modern sports-bar type. You are seated, order your drinks, and then carry the metal bowl from your place setting over
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Review: Buca di Beppo
Buca di Beppo is a chain of Italian restaurants. I visited the one at 5192 Buffalo Speedway, in Houston. We ended up at Buca di Beppo by chance (driving around looking for somewhere interesting). It has the
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Review: Indika
Indika is an Indian restaurant, owned and operated by Ravi Jaisinghani and Anita Jaisinghani. It is located in the Montrose area of downtown Houston at 516 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77006. My friend and colleague,
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Review: Tierra Luna Mexican Grill
I’m a strong believer in supporting family run restaurants. Tierra Luna Mexican Grill, in Clear Lake, Texas, is certainly one of those. The restaurant is run by Adela Hernandez, the wife of astronaut Jose Hernandez.
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Review: Benjy’s
I found Benjy’s, a restaurant in Rice Village, to be a series of disappointments. An interesting looking menu with very uninteresting flavors. When we first arrived, I was pleased to see that they do have
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Review: Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant
Gaido’s Seafood Restaurant is on the seawall, in Galveston. It has been in operation since it was opened by S.J. Gaido in 1911. I’ve probably been to Gaido’s five times over the last decade. It
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