Things To Do In Houston

The Burger Guys and the Zen of the Burger

Compared to the harsh fluorescent lighting and low, acoustical-tiled ceilings of downtown Houston's underground restaurants, The Burger Guys' bright yellow awning stands... More »

Oxheart: Challenging the Idea of What Dinner Can Be

Five days a week, five and a half short hours each day, chef Justin Yu and his team at Oxheart spring to life like a clock that's striking noon. Watching Yu and his corps... More »

The Signature Sandwiches of Bocca Deli Are Fancier Than Usual

Take a tour through Bocca Deli in this week's cafe slideshow.Situated in the endcap of a new stucco-clad strip mall that also houses a liquor store, the prim and tidy... More »

The Rice Village bar, which hosts an assortment of accomplished blues and roots-rock acts on Wednesday nights, has a food and drink menu as diverse and eclectic as the performers onstage. Under the Volcano's selections range from roast beef sandwiches and seafood campechana to Italian... More »

An enormous longhorn armadillo in front, walls littered with antlers and bison heads, saddle-covered bar stools, six-shooter door handles, and a guitar-playing cowboy on the mic. We reckon every imaginable Lone Star cliche can be found at Goode's Armadillo Palace.The Kirby restaurant... More »

The walls of Warren's Inn are already covered in plaques commemorating the bar's previous Best of Houston® wins for everything from Best Jukebox to Best Bar, period, so we just hope there's room for one more. But until we find a better place to relax with an after-work cocktail or two,... More »

The 66-foot-high ceiling in the Jones Hall lobby is home to this year's Best Public Art winner, Gemini II. Commissioned by the Houston Endowment in 1966, Gemini II was created by Richard Lippold. The hanging sculpture looks like a flash of light swooshing overhead. But while it seems... More »

For those who believe that the young brain should be exposed to all sorts of culture, Houston's one-stop spot is Super Happy Fun Land. Husband-and-wife team Brian Arthur and Olivia Dvorak -- who, in 2008, moved the now nine-year-old project from a Heights-area house to its current East... More »

Grooves is an apropos name for this Third Ward hot spot: It's groovy. Besides hip-hop and R&B;, the club also also plays jazz, which probably accounts for the mixed bag of ages found here. One word of caution, though: Get there early, and dress to impress. Grooves' popularity means the... More »