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La Reserve Whiskey Lounge at the Omni is Uptown's Front Porch for Fall
The Houston Omni Hotel off of Riverway and Woodway has been through a lot in the past few years, and soldiers on as one of the premier luxury hotels and meeting facilities in the Uptown/Post Oak...
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HoF on the Road: Uncle Tex visits Twisted X Brewing in Dripping Springs
Howdy Y'all! Hank on Food here reporting with the Ol' Drunken Pork Chop, DRUNKle, I mean UNCLE Tex! Back not too long ago, we were on the road in the Central Texas Hill Country. Had a great stay in...
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Woodlands Wine & Food Week Hit's its 15 Year Mark June 3rd through 9th
Clear the calendar. Tell your digital assistant to schedule the date. For the lovers of gourmet cuisine and vibrant vino, this is the not to be missed event. The week of June 3-9, 2019 is a...
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Review: A Nice Brunch at Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ on Katy Freeway
Now that April is under way and there are A LOT of food festivals to visit before the high heat sets in in Houston, different kinds of barbecue are on everyone's mind. Not too long ago, the family...
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HoF On The Road: Uncle Tex visits Padre Island Brewing on South Padre Island
Well Dear Readers, it has been a spell. I am still soldiering on and the best way to move forward is to jump on in and keep writing. Back at the start of the year, we took a family road trip to South...
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Review: Urban Bricks Pizza in Westchase
The flash baked pizza place has become ubiquitous in the recent years thanks to the easier ability to obtain proper pizza ovens from Italy. What once was unusual has become more common, and with that,...
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January 2019 Odds and Ends
Happy 2019, Dear Readers! It's been a little while since I've done a round up. It's been a while since I've been posting regularly. To say 2018 was challenging for me is an understatement. At the...
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HoF On The Road: Uncle Tex visits Friends & Allies Brewing in Austin!
Well, as followers of my Instagram and Twitter feeds know, I was in Austin on Dec. 9th for the #HOUvsATX BBQ Throwdown 2018 from HouBBQ, which was hosted by Friend & Allies Brewing. The BBQ joints...
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Review: Toasted Yolk Café Near the Galleria
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Add some booze, and it's Brunch, the most fun meal of the day. In Houston, Breakfast and Brunch are Big Business. Whether it's chorizio & egg...
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HoF on the Road: Uncle Tex visits Hops and Grain Brewing in Austin
One of the occasional advantages to being a college professor is not teaching on Fridays. Once a month we have a slew of meetings, I use them for appointments with students who cannot make regular...
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Review: Ramen King Katy
The Greater Houston Area is fortunate to have several styles of Japanese cuisine available downtown, midtown, The Woodlands, Westchase, Sugar Land and Katy. There are Izakayas (gastro-pubs), Sushi...
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Uncle Tex visits Klaus Brewing on Jones Road
It seems that every few months, a new craft brewery opens in Houston. Some to much fanfare and hype, some a bit more under the radar. While Saint Arnold has set the standard others all hope to rise...
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Review: OMG Burgers in Katy has Flavourful Halal Burgers
Not everyone has the same allowable diet for medical reasons, for personal choice, for their faith. Houston thankfully has a plethora of restaurants that are certified vegan, have a gluten free...
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Review: Joy Love Burgers Memorial & Dairy Ashford
OK, Dear Readers! I'm getting my sea legs back so to speak as I am also returning to teaching ECON at Lone Star College University Park. Taking 6 weeks off from just about everything to have surgery,...
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Review: Big Bellys Burgers
As some of you know, I'm a bit of a Comic Book Fan. I've been collecting since I was about 10. Superman is among my favourites, and one feature of the Cities of the DC Universe (Central City, Star...
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Update: Where's Hank been?
In the words of Green Lantern Guy Gardner and the Poltergeists: I'm BA-A-A-CK!!! Many of you, my Dear Readers, already know that I had major abdominal surgery early in July to reconstruct my...
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July 2018 Odds and Ends
A recent visit to aptly namedBig Belly's BurgersAs I am writing this, my upcoming surgery is looming into the front of my field of vision. I have lost 10 lbs in the past 8 weeks. I have consulted...
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Koala Kolache Embodies the Eat Happy Spirit
The Texas Kolache is not the same as the Czech Kolache, as any person of Czech ancestry or some smart-aleck know-it-all will inform you: "Koalches are supposed to contain cream cheese, poppy seed,...
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Tubs Poutine Brings Relatable Comforting Canadian Classic
Those of y'all who've been reading this website since the beginning are well aware of my love of the Canadian loaded French fry snack known as Poutine. Before the website was even published, I did a...
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On Anthony Bourdain and Other Recent Issues....
After my recent 50th Birthday, I did not expect to be writing a post on Anthony Bourdain's recent suicide. This man, who has been a role model and a hero to me as I have pursued this joyous side...
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