January 17, 2012
- 12675 Fondren (2 blocks north of S. Main)
My family's route into the big city when I was growing up in Brazoria Co. was right up the old 288 which became Almeda Rd. and would take you right...
January 2, 2012
- 1315 E. 1st Street (aka FM 1960B East), Humble (closed until January 6)
I first encountered this place just over 5 years ago. While tending to some business in Humble I happened across the cart in the driveway of a large convenience store/gas station and pulled in. As I recall I wasn't even aware it was Venezuelan until I got within reading distance of the menu.
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December 24, 2011
- 2424 Dunstan
This new sandwich shop in the Village, next door to and owned by benjy's, has been getting lots of positive reviews in the short time it's been open, in the press and on user review sites. And unlike the flurry of rave reviews that frequently accompany new places on user review sites, these accolades actually seem to be written by someone other than the owner, sitting at the keyboard, menu propped up alongside. (Disclaimer: I have the menu propped up next to the...
December 17, 2011
- 4410 W. 12th Street
I first heard about Total Catch Market last spring when it opened but it wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I stopped by to check it out. Since then it’s become a regular Saturday morning trek for me and seafood has been a lot bigger part of my diet that ever before.
Though I grew up within 15 miles of the coast, seafood was never a big part of my family’s diet. The fish we ate came out of the deep freeze or cans, just the way General Electric,...
December 8, 2011
- Venezuelan holiday tamales
I got my first taste of hallacas last year with a sample from the El Punto Criollo cart on Beechnut at Highway 6. Of the various nacatamales I've had (Colombian, Guatemalan) I liked it best and went back to get a few more to tide me through the year. I've been hoarding my stash up until a couple of months ago when I finished off the last one, buoyed by the expectation that this year I'd be collecting specimens from the other Venezuelan places around the...
November 12, 2011
- 9431 Highway 6 South @ Bissonnet (and on the northeast side).
This trailer has been doing business along Highway 6 for several years but recently moved about a half mile south of it's long time location to a strip center on this corner and is parked right next to the Yum Yum Snow Ball trailer.
I'd been meaning to try it for a long time and had a taste for some barbecue so I wheeled in. The menu lists chicken, sausage and ribs before brisket and I wondered if that was a...
November 11, 2011
- UPDATE 12/19/11 - NOW OPEN
I saw the banner hanging on the space yesterday evening on the way home from grocery shopping - Calliope's, the best New Orleans style po'boys in town, is setting up a new location. And they're not following the herd to the Heights, they're coming to far southwest Houston.
They'll be moving in to the space at 7950 W. Bellfort, one block west of South Fondren. This will be at least the fourth attempt at a restaurant at that location...
November 9, 2011
- 6415 Bissonnet
And the award for Stealth Restaurant of the Year goes to....Myung Dong. The street-side signs are faded beyond legibility, the sign on the rooftop in Korean is gone, the door is...
