* = Our Favs

Ask us if you want more detail on things to do!

BBQ:


*Pinkertons BBQ: Houston Heights $$


Red River BBQ: Clear lake/kemah area $


Truth BBQ: Houston Heights $$


Killens BBQ: Pearland $$$

Cajun:


*BBs texorleans: Multiple locations $$


Viola and Anges neo soul cafe: clear lake/kemah area $$


Ragin Cajun: galleria $

Seafood:


*Monument Inn $ great seafood with a view


Papadeaux: $$

Mexican / Texmex:


Chuy's: Multiple locations $$


*Tia Maria's: Houston Heights $


Molinas: Houston Galleria $$


El Toro: Baytown $$
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Any Hugo Ortega Restaurant ( Backstreet cafe, Caracol, Hugos, Xochi): Spread out through Houston $$$ (Mexican fine dining highly recommend, each restaurant features a different region of Mexico)

Tacos:


*Torchy's Tacos: Multiple Locations $


Velvet Tacos: Multiple Locations $


Random taco trucks: Random parking lots (1/2 $)


El Rey: Multiple Locations $

Asian:


*Rice Box: Houston Heights $


Auntie Changs Dumpling House: Houston Midtown $


Kim Son: Houston Downtown $

Misc:


Etoile Cuisine Et Bar (French): Houston Galleria $$$


Oh My Gogi (Korean Fusion food truck): Rice Village $


Underground Hall (boujee food court): Houston Downtown $$


The Burger Joint (It's in the name): Multiple Locations $


*Whiskey Cake: (a whole wall of whiskey and delicious farm to table food) Clear Lake $$


Pluckers (Best wings other than Olivers Tavern): Multiple Locations $


*tbone toms: live music and southern cooking, featured on diners drive in and dives: kemah$
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*house of pies: delicious pies 24 hours a day, various locations $


*Gus' chicken(delicious fried chicken): heights $

Zoo Lights: Houston Zoo, Med District

-The Houston Zoo is lit up every year with a walkthrough Christmas Lights tour

Houston parks, some of our favorites for outdoor fun:

-Memorial Park

-Hermann Park (zoo is here)

-Discovery Green

-Buffalo Bayou

NASA Johnson Space Center: Clear Lake (30 mins)

-tour mission control center, space shuttle, atlas V rocket, Spacex Falcon Rocket, see the museum

Kemah Boardwalk: Kemah

-small theme park, restaurants, bars, carnival type atmosphere

San Jacinto Monument and Battleship Texas:

-Site of the final Battle for Texas Independence, museum

-not a ton to do here, but cool to see

Galveston

-The beach, lots of fun/cute stores to shop at, and the food/bar scene is super laid back. This is a great place to relax and take it easy for a down day!

Minute Maid Park

NRG stadium

Rice Village

This is an outdoor shopping center that stretches out for a few blocks. There are lots of well known stores, some cute boutiques, coffee shops, lots of delicious food and dessert, fun bars, and much more!! Some of our top recommendations for food are located here too!

Galleria

The Galleria is any shoppers dreamland, you can find all of your favorite stores at all ranges of price here! What we like about the Galleria is the food options in the area (of course), and the skating rink! Let it be known that Sarah keeps up very well with the Yankee on ice!

Outlets

There are two great outlet mall locations near Houston, one is in Texas City (on the way to Galveston), and the other is in Cypress (on the way to Austin). Sarah loves shopping and finding great deals, so she highly recommends both for the smart shopper in the family!

19th Street in Houston Heights

There are so many great boutiques and antique stores on 19th Street between Yale and Ashland! Sarah’s favorite little Mexican goods store, Casa Ramirez, is located here. Grab some good food and then walk it off browsing these awesome, unique stores!

Cavender's:

Buy some cowboy boots and a hat!

East Downtown

-Group of fun bars near downtown and the stadiums

-*Truckyard, 8th Wonder, True Anomaly

Main Street/Downtown

- We love going to Pastry War (try the strawberry balsamic margarita), Deans, Little Dipper; ask Sarah and Leo about a couple speakeasy places in the Main Street area!

- *Pete's Piano Bar is a super fun place where everyone gets into singing and the audience gets up close and personal with performers. R-rated humor. Recommend making reservations!

- Our absolute favorite place ever, *Saint Arnold's Brewery will give you life.

Heights:

-Some of our favorites are Cedar Creek, Height's Bier Garten, Better Luck Tomorrow, *Karbach Brewery, and King's Bierhaus

Midtown/Montrose:

-Anvil, Stone's Throw, Little Woodrow's

Clear Lake / Kemah:

- Saloon Door Brewery

- Barge 295 (floating bar on the lake)

- Voodoo Hut (gets clubby at night)