The Blog

Houston has Latin dancing seven nights a week: 9 clubs with salsa, bachata, cumbia, and reggaeton, plus which ones offer free beginner lessons.

The best tiki bars in Houston, from Lei Low's 100-rum list in Sunset Heights to a goth tiki cave in Montrose, with the drink to order at each.

Houston bars with games: book dart bays at Flight Club, play bocce at Wakefield Crowbar, or ping pong at the 1928 West Alabama Ice House. Free for most.

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.

Everything you need for Dream Con Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center: ticket prices, cosplay rules, parking, nearby food, and what to expect.

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.

Acres Homes, Houston: legendary BBQ, trails along White Oak Bayou, a 100,000-bat colony, and one of the South's largest historically Black neighborhoods.