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Mar 3, 2025 | 
texasmonthly.com | Courtney Bond |Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
Is it our imagination or are Texas restaurants more, well, imaginative than ever? On our visit to an idiosyncratic spot in the Gulf Coast town of Kemah, we were treated to billowing dry ice, a blowtorch, and a pasta creation that was a dead ringer for a coral snake. In Dallas, we settled into a long, narrow dining room that looked as if it had been uncoupled from the Orient Express.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
editions.communityimpact.com | Cassandra Jenkins |Kevin Vu |Courtney Bond |Patricia Sharpe
The e-edition is an exact replica of the newspaper with interactiveand searchable articles from all your favorite sections.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
In a ceremony in Houston on Monday night attended by the crème de la crème of the Texas restaurant world, France’s Michelin company bestowed single stars on fifteen Texas dining places. The awards are widely regarded as the most prestigious in the culinary world, and it was the first time the French tire company had been successfully coaxed to evaluate the Lone Star State.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
Nobody believes me when I say I’ve decided to retire. “What?!” they exclaim. “You have the best job in Texas!” Yes, I know. My job is fantastic. For the better part of fifty years I have been Texas Monthly’s designated eater, exploring and writing about this state’s rowdy, brilliant, perennially shape-shifting food scene. The pace has been relentless. On a typical day I might roll out of bed in the morning thinking about the lamb kebabs I’d eaten in Houston the night before.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
The summer sun is slip-sliding away when my pal Courtney and I arrive at a labyrinthine two-story compound that houses our destination: Ishtia, an unexpectedly experimental restaurant in the stunningly improbable location of Kemah, a coastal town of about two thousand souls 25 miles southeast of Houston. We have semi-starved ourselves in preparation for the evening’s entertainment: a twenty-course menu dreamed up by chef David Skinner, who has more than once been called the Willy Wonka of food.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
Word on the street—or in the kitchens—over the last week is that restaurants in at least two Texas cities have been asked confidentially to provide certain materials and information to the Michelin Guide. That suggests Michelin’s anonymous inspectors are finishing up their last few bites—and may, in fact, already be through.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
You could be forgiven for thinking that the last thing Tiffany Derry needed was another restaurant. The chef had her hands full with Roots Southern Table, the Farmers Branch venue she opened to considerable acclaim in 2021. On top of that, she was busy babying along the two locations of her fast-food joint, Roots Chicken Shak, which she knew could go national. But Derry and her business partner, Tom Foley, hungered for a new concept. At a meeting, she mentioned how much she loved Italy.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
Inspectors for France’s world-famous Michelin Guide have been secretly eating their way across Texas for months in preparation for the publication, which is released at the end of the year. The guide’s expansion to Texas will include Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
After a couple of visits to Mexta, two things became clear: The restaurant, which opened in March in downtown Austin’s historic Littlefield Building, has all its bases covered, from perennial Mexican favorites (guacamole, ceviche) to exciting, lesser-seen regional specialties (pork belly encacahuatado, tikin xic salmon with xnipec salsa). Second, it intends to be the boldest Mexican restaurant in the city.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
texasmonthly.com | Patricia Sharpe |Pat’s Pick
Texas walked away with just one medallion at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony last night. The near wipeout disappointed many Texas viewers of the gala, which was streamed live on YouTube, especially because the state had initially done well in January, with 39 semifinalist nods. The festivities were held at the Chicago Lyric Opera.
