Food & Dining

Houston’s best Asian supermarkets, Hispanic markets, and Middle Eastern grocers — from H Mart and 99 Ranch in Asiatown to Phoenicia on Westheimer.

The best tortas in Houston: Las Tortas Perronas' telera cubana to Las Ahogadas' birote-drowned ahogada — eight shops, with prices and bread types.

Eight old-school Tex-Mex restaurants still open in Houston, from Molina's (founded 1941) to Ninfa's on Navigation, with what to order at each.

The best taco trucks in Houston, from Tacos Tierra Caliente's 20-year Montrose spot to a suadero-only Northside truck, with a late-night route.

The best izakayas and sake bars in Houston: Toukei's late-night private whisky lockers, binchotan yakitori at Toga, Uchi's $3 sake happy hour, and more.

Eight confirmed-open spots for Houston's best burritos: Mission-style foil wraps, handmade breakfast burritos, and Tex-Mex flour tortilla picks.

Beef noodle soup, popcorn chicken, rice rolls, and shaved snow: the best Taiwanese restaurants in Houston, mostly along Bellaire Blvd in Chinatown.

The best mac and cheese in Houston, from Lucille's baked truffle mac to Blood Bros. smoked gouda and Killen's fried version in Pearland.

The best mariscos in Houston: Mexican aguachile counters, Peruvian cevicherias with leche de tigre, and the dish to order at each of 11 verified spots.

The best enchiladas in Houston, from Molina’s 1941 chili-gravy combination plate to Hugo’s three-day mole negro, with 10 verified open spots.

The best cafeterias in Houston, from Cleburne's 1941 tray line to Luby's revival, Treebeards' red beans, and soul food steam tables across the city.

Best catfish in Houston: soul food plates with collard greens, Cajun fillets with hush puppies, and Original Timmy Chan on Scott Street.

Nine Houston spots for Gulf blue crab — Viet-Cajun boils, fried whole crabs, stuffed crab and Cantonese preparations — plus when peak season runs.

Best milkshakes in Houston: a soda fountain since 1938, late-night Montrose shakes, boozy Carvel soft-serve, and Asian-inspired black sesame and ube.

The best ceviche in Houston, from Andes Cafe's Peruvian leche de tigre to Caracol's coastal Mexican and La Fisheria's Gulf aguachile. Ten verified spots.

Best paleterias in Houston: 10 shops for paletas, mangonadas, horchata and aguas frescas from East End to Cy-Fair — with a Save-this checklist.

Find borscht, pierogi, pelmeni, and kolbasa in Houston at 9 verified Eastern European restaurants, delis, and markets, plus the Czech-Texan kolache trail.

Houston's best Jamaican restaurants: Reggae Hut, Cool Runnings, Jamaica Pon Di Road, and six more confirmed open spots for oxtail, jerk chicken, and roti.

The best empanadas in Houston — Argentine baked, Colombian corn-masa and Venezuelan masarepa — at 9 confirmed-open spots sorted by style.

Best German restaurants and biergartens in Houston — 8 verified open spots for schnitzel, pretzels, and bock, plus 180 years of Texas-German history.

Best graduation dinner restaurants in Houston: 11 verified picks with private rooms for Rice, UH, TSU and suburban grads — plus when to book in May.

Ten Houston restaurants where the room earns its own shot: from The Annie’s CES mural to Julep’s copper ceiling — exact photo op and best light at each.

The best smash burgers in Houston, from Trill Burgers’ GMA-winning pop-up to Tookie’s decades-old flat-top. Eight picks, prices and what to order.

Houston's best fast-casual restaurants: 10 locally owned counter-service spots, from Frenchy's 1969 fried chicken to handrolls at Handies Douzo.