Food & Dining

The best vegan restaurants in Houston: Green Seed Vegan, True Food Kitchen, Local Foods, Pondicheri, Cascabel, and Field & Tides. Where to eat plant-based and what to order.

The best seafood restaurants in Houston: Hugo Ortega's Caracol, Pier 6 in San Leon, Goode Co. Seafood, Truluck's, Eddie V's, Loch Bar, and Goode Co. Fish Camp.

The best cocktail bars in Houston: Anvil, Refuge, Julep, Better Luck Tomorrow, Squable, and Captain Foxheart's. Where to drink, what to order, and how to get a seat.

The best bakeries in Houston: Common Bond, Three Brothers, Crave Cupcakes, Koffeteria, French Gourmet, and the family operations behind them. Where to go and what to order.

The best Tex-Mex restaurants in Houston for fajitas, queso, and margaritas. The Original Ninfa's on Navigation, El Tiempo, Pappasito's, Lupe Tortilla, Goode Co Tex-Mex.

The best coffee shops in Houston: Slowpokes, Greenway, Boomtown, Common Bond, Tout Suite, and the third-wave roasters worth driving for. Where to go, what to order.

The best brunch in Houston, from Brennan's jazz brunch and Hugo's buffet to wings and waffles at The Breakfast Klub. 12 verified picks by style and price.

Houston Mother's Day brunch reservations: Brennan's, Hugo's, Theodore Rex, State of Grace, The Breakfast Klub and the rest of the city's best mom-worthy rooms.

The best Mexican restaurants in Houston for regional cooking: Hugo's mole, Caracol's Gulf seafood, Cuchara's Mexico City breakfast, and the family-run Montrose classics.

The best BBQ in Houston, ranked by Texas Monthly nods and our own pit visits. Pinkerton's, Truth, Killen's, CorkScrew, Roegels, Tejas, and the day-trip greats.

The best Vietnamese restaurants in Houston, from Bellaire Boulevard pho temples to Midtown banh mi counters and the Viet-Cajun crawfish boil that started a movement.

Houston farmers markets by day: Urban Harvest, Heights Mercantile, Rice Village, Tomball, Sugar Land and more, with typical hours from official sources.

The best restaurants in Houston, from Michelin-starred tasting menus to brisket, Tex-Mex and Viet-Cajun crawfish. 27 verified picks by cuisine and price.

A locals guide to Houston Chinatown on Bellaire Boulevard: where to eat, where to grocery shop, the festivals, and how to do a first Asiatown visit right.

Trill Burgers is Bun B's Houston smash-burger brand. S. Shepherd flagship, NRG stadium stands, Spring and Missouri City locations, menu and prices.

Houston Restaurant Weeks 2026 runs Aug 1 to Sept 7. Prix fixe menus from $25, top participating restaurants, how to book, and where the money goes.

The best restaurants in Missouri City, TX: Pier 36 Seafood, Frenchy's, Mum's Caribbean, Pappadeaux, plus the Highway 6 Korean, Vietnamese, and Indian standouts.

The best Humble restaurants, from French dining in a former church to a cafe in a 1914 Main Street building, plus Tex-Mex and diners near IAH.

The best League City restaurants, from Main Street barbecue and gumbo on FM 646 to marina dinners near Clear Lake and Kemah, plus a one-day food route.

Aiello's Italian (since 1985), Larry's Mexican, Swinging Door BBQ, plus the FM-359 and Grand Parkway corridor. The complete Richmond, Texas dining guide for Houston-area food lovers.

Best restaurants in Meyerland Houston: Saba's kosher restaurant, Three Brothers Bakery, and the Asiatown food halls just west. A local guide to where to eat in southwest Houston.

The best Atascocita restaurants on FM 1960 and Atascocita Road, from hibachi and ramen to Caribbean oxtail and French dinner in a 1940s church.

Best restaurants in the Energy Corridor: Eddie V's, the Houstonian's TRIBUTE, Local Foods Memorial, Perry's Steakhouse, Pappadeaux, and the CityCentre lineup.

Best restaurants in Spring, TX: Wunsche Bros. Cafe (since 1902), Pueblo Viejo, Aldine Mail Route, Old Town Spring, and barbecue and Tex-Mex anchors north of Houston.