Pizza? Pink’s, Mellow Mushroom, or Star
Comfort Food? Treebeard’s
Chicken Fried Steak? Killen’s, Mel’s, Goodson’s, or Willie’s
Fried Mushrooms? Willie’s
Queso? Pappasitos or Los Caporales (249)
Fajitas? Pappasitos. ( Sorry, Lupe’s I don’t like the lime flavor)
Italian? D’Amicos (Rice Village), Antonio’s (Deer Park) or Adriatic Cafe
BBQ? Corkscrew or Tejas (admittedly, I don’t sample many since I prefer to cook my own ribs / briskets)
I miss the old Red Onion and their pineapple salsa for something different.
The woman working at the hotel in Cincy was telling me about the Turkey Leg Hut, which I hadn’t heard of before, and the Breakfast Club which, I agreed, normally had a line around the block.
Pretty sure Turkey Leg Hut cane around after I left Houston in January of 2018… I miss Houston!
Steak: Steak 48 and it ain’t even close
Seafood: 1751
Mexican: Superica
Sushi: Uchi or MF
Italian: Rosalie or Giacomo’s
BBQ: Truth (Pinkerton’s a close second)
Deli: Ploughman’s
Something Different: Cafe Adel (Bosnian food)
You’re probably right but I won’t do any taste testing to be sure.
That said, I’ve grown to tolerate mayo when necessary. I think it’s fine (and almost complimentary) on a banh mi or a po boy as long as they don’t go overboard. Definitely don’t need 1/4" - 1/2" coat of mayo on anything. I cringe at what Subway “sandwich artists” consider a “little mayo” on my wife’s sandwiches.
Anyhow…guiding this back to the original topic, the wife and I had a nice meal at Davis Street at Hermann Park. It’s on the ground floor of the condo towers on Almeda at MacGregor, across the street from Hermann Park golf course parking lot.
It’s run by Chef Holley, if anyone was familiar with Holley’s restaurant in Midtown. Pretty much the same menu as the old Holley’s. Lots of good seafood, good drinks, really enjoyed ourselves there.
My favorite will always be Monument Inn. Always thought T-Bone Toms had the best chicken fried steak until I tried it at Monument Inn and it’s all I ever get there now.
Pappas filet mignon (Pittsburg please) - best steak on the planet (and since we’re going all in on cholesterol, hand made onion rings)
Lot of good seafood in Houston. The Palm downtown has an excellent sea bass (broiled, skip the sauce)
Brennan’s, just about anything especially lobster bisque and bread pudding
Kanomwon aka Telephone Thai (currently “temporarily closed” ). S1 and H6. Honorable mention: Vieng Thai panang
Star Pizza (joe deep dish whole wheat) - enough garlic to kill 10 vampires For a foodie city, we don’t make pizza well at all. For an unusual, but tasty variant - palazzos anistasia pizza
Tree beards red beans (I have their recipe) and corn bread
Liberty kitchen gumbo
Bellaire broiler burger RIP
I’m a central TX BBQ snob and haven’t tried the newish places mentioned by others. Tried a place called Feges on long point recently. Brisket was nicely done
Eddie Vs calamari
Need to find a good Mexican place closer in. Lopez is too far
Huynh Vietnamese
Teppay sushi
If you like Feges, try Truth and Pinkerton’s. Both are a notch above Feges, meats and sides.
You should also try Steak 48’s filet. I think you’ll like it.
Superica is good Tex Mex if you live in town. It’s no Hugo’s or Caracol if you are looking for authentic Mexican but it’s in the conversation for best Tex Mex in the city. La Fisheria offers upscale, authentic Mexican seafood. One of the more underrated spots in town.