FOODIE DIARIES

By Jim Ayres  Marmo, in the new Montrose Collective mixed-use development on Lower Westheimer at Grant, is quite a pleasant, sunny L.A.-style restaurant. Once they tighten a few screws, it

By Jim Ayres  After a particularly dull (if I’m being nice) meal at a Houston institution, I’m warming like the weather to one of Houston’s newer, healthier dining options.   Let

By Jim Ayres  I am not the demographic imagined by the creators of the JOEY Uptown chain when its first Texas location recently opened at The Galleria. No, that demographic

By Jim Ayres  I met a friend recently for dinner at Traveler’s Table on lower Westheimer. It’s a restaurant that may not have the PR pull of Houston’s big players,

By Jim Ayres  Trendy Tennessee-style hot chicken shows no sign of cooling down in 2022. So, in the past month, I’ve had a hot chicken adventure, visiting five inner loop

| FROM GOODNIGHT HOSPITALITY  Experiencing Rosie Cannonball for the first time is… well, it’s like opening a restaurant. Everyone dreams about it, but you must be a little bit eccentric

| A solid standby in River Oaks By Jim Ayres I wasn’t particularly stressed when I went to dinner at Relish, located in that kind of Upper Kirby/River Oaks zone.

By Jim Ayres It’s not even Halloween (as I write this) but I want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! Despite all the craziness, we have much to be thankful

By Jim Ayres Opened as a fried chicken outlet in Guatemala in 1971, Pollo Campero offers excellent, well-priced favorites from all over Latin America — right here in Houston. Ten

By Jim Ayres As I peer out the picture window lined in the splendor of giant banana leaves, I’m filled with the joy of a great day! The sun is