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Grumps carp that the Cordúa brothers' extraterrestrial rain-forest fantasia is overrated, but it's hard to argue against Chicago wonderboy Jordan Mozer's cutting-edge decor, or -- when the largely reliable kitchen is on -- the creative Pan-American menu. Captivating quail taquitos, lamb... 
Enormous windows inside this three-story-high restaurant frame the downtown skyline. The shelves behind the romantically lit bar are two stories high. It's a treat just to walk into the place. Artista bills its food as "contemporary American cuisine," but that's a bland understatement. In fact,... 
Punchy Middle Eastern food comes in a friendly mom-and-pop package at this tiny storefront. Spry standards (baba ghanoush, hummus) are augmented by unusual specialties: lemony lima bean salad, haunting vegetable stews (try the okra), minty fatoush salad tossed with pita croutons. Deftly... 
At this fabulous Cordúa brothers enterprise, it's easy to revel in the signature charcoal-grilled tenderloins, garlicky chimichurri sauce, plantains and extracurricular vegetables. Unusual South American-inspired pork and chicken dishes, great appetizers and bargain lunch specials all... 
No longer "Galveston's best-kept secret," Clary's is now known as the best seafood restaurant on Galveston Island. The fried shrimp, baked shrimp, boiled shrimp, flame-broiled shrimp, jumbo lump crabmeat and dark spicy gumbo are all unbeatable. 
Fashionable in its New American sensibility yet down-home in its unpretentious ingredients, this little 48-seat cinderblock cafe has received accolades in both the local and national press. Classics such as "DRC chicken potpie with fennel, carrot and celery in rich cream sauce" and "pan seared... 
You'll get the best pizza and pasta dishes in the city at this intimate and unassuming little Montrose restaurant. And you'll also find cutting-edge fare such as tuna tartare salad and an appetizer of cold lamb's-tongue slices served with the Tuscan mustard-brined fruits known as mostarda. Some... 
Despite the little old lady ambience, the enormous selection of exotic mezeler (appetizers), hearty salads and fascinating main dishes makes this the most exciting Turkish restaurant in town. If you're bored with dry kebabs, have a "yogurt grill" with the grilled meat served over bread cubes... 
Go for the spicy mudbugs and the wonderful fried Cajun food. Avoid the gumbo and étouffée. There's often a long wait for a table — if you're a cocktail lover, join the festivities at the ever-jolly boat-shaped bar. 
It would be difficult for even the most refined carnivore to refrain from licking his chops when first laying eyes on this South Brazilian restaurant. Scurrying from table to table are seemingly dozens of waiters in gaucho garb with flashing knives and long skewers of meat. Lunch and dinner are... 
Creole chicken wizard Percy Creuzot opened Houston's most famous chicken stand in 1969. The dry, spicy coating is always crunchy, never greasy. The amazing crust doesn't slip off the chicken with your first bite, either. The fact that there are always people standing in line at Frenchy's... 
Chef and owner Hoi Fung, a Hong Kong transplant, is from a family of serious chefs. The menu lists 400-plus items, including seafood selections from six aquariums in the front of the room. The menu is sophisticated, as are the customers. A mundane-sounding dish like scallops with garlic turns... 
This is one of the best new restaurants that's opened in Houston in years. Call it a "New American Surfer Bistro" if you're looking for a category. But don't get too fixated on anything in particular, because the menu changes monthly. You can only hope they have some slow-cooked short ribs and... 
If you love big juicy burgers, ice-cold beer and all things Texan, this restaurant, saloon and Wild West museum may soon become your favorite hangout. 
The jewel in Emperor Goode's crown displays his peculiar cross-cultural genius. Mexico, Louisiana and the Texas Gulf Coast collide in revelatory seafood cocktails, grilled catfish or shrimp with authoritative salsas, thrillingly chilified boiled crawfish and accomplished frying (oysters,... 
Chef Hugo Ortega, long the top toque at Backstreet Cafe, is now turning out cutting-edge Mexican food at this stunning new spot on Westheimer's restaurant row. You won't find any nachos, fajitas or chips and salsa here. What you will find is roasted rabbit in guajillo adobo with mashed sweet... 
This may be the best Indian restaurant in the country. What makes Anita Jaisinghani's food great is that it's not only among the most creative takes on Indian cuisine in America, it's also muy picante when it's supposed to be. In New York and San Francisco, innovative Indian chefs have to please... 
This Mexican plate-lunch spot keeps accreting like some whimsical coral reef. Savor the irrepressible Irma Galvan's burgeoning decor, politically wired clientele and enormously comforting mom-food: landmark cheese enchiladas, real mole, chiles rellenos, pork ribs in home-style tomatillo sauce.... 
Decades' worth of Houstonians have knocked for admittance on this unmarked Warehouse District door. Inside, the current incarnation serves up respectable Tex-Mex and stout green-chile-and-potato soup. Same old booths, same vintage glass-block bar, same funky patio -- now with funky local... 
The Magnolia Bar & Grill opened in 1983 during Houston's Cajun restaurant boom. And it's one of the last restaurants of that era that still serves authentic Cajun food. The gumbo has a spicy bite, and the fish is incredibly fresh. It's also a great place for oysters on the half shell and boiled... 
Most of the menu here is designed to appeal to mainstream tastes. But Chef Michael deserves a lot of credit for bringing innovative "new-style sashimi" items to serious sushi fans in the NASA neighborhood. 
This is a perfect place to enjoy a big fat steak with french fries and an earthy Rhône red wine or a hamburger and a cold beer. The American-Mediterranean menu doesn't try to wow you with cleverness, but in many cases, the quality of the ingredients elevates the simple dishes to unexpected... 
This place has it all: Manhattan ambience, great bagels and a dainty Reuben, too. Unlike the open-faced monstrosities served at many delis, you can actually pick up the Reuben here and eat it with your hands. But the best noontime meal is something called a Triple Salad Plate. It's a scoop of... 
Fans of great Greek food flock to this converted service station whenever their inner Zeus starts whispering sweet-as-baklava nothings to their hungry stomachs. Warm, fluffy pita; fragrant, juicy lamb kabobs and crisp (not to mention remarkably greaseless) falafel bring them back. Daily specials... 
Leave it to Elouise A. Jones to bring out the trendy and elegant best in old, homey favorites. The cream of mushroom soup, for example, in its thin, milky broth, is loaded with tons of mushrooms that fairly pop with freshness; fried oysters, for another, are so tender and juicy that they seem... 
