John Writes: "The Foodie Finder Award of the Day goes to my dear friend of many years, Professor and Navy Veteran BK Silva, who shared with me a Friendswood spot that one of her students told her about--The Cuban Flavor (709 W. Parkwood Ave.). The student is from Miami and told BK that the Cubano here is on par with the best of southern Florida. Having lived in and eaten many of these glorious sandwiches in Miami, I had to try it.
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Heights - Houston Heights Foodies "Recommend"
Heights - Houston Heights Foodies "Recommend"
I live just east of the official Houston Heights in the Woodland Heights. Incredible growth in our neighborhood due to proximity to downtown.
The Houston Heights Foodies is a Facebook group that I belong to, and, over the past few months I have been collecting recommendations for places to eat in the Greater Heights area from that site. (as you can probably guess, the same queries come up all the time, which has been great for providing me with this baseline of recommendations). Note: I haven't provided addresses at this time as many of these places show up in several categories and are easily searched for / located via your favorite search engine. Additional Note: Even though the recommendations are supposed to be tailored to the Greater Heights Area, many responders ignore this and recommend places all over town, so, “caveat emptor” if you are looking for a restaurant specific to the Heights.
“On January 15, 2022, a person posted to the Group “I am always underwhelmed at the restaurants in the Heights”. There were over 175 responses to this query and from that query I have pulled together the recommendations that the group posted in response as follows:
Alice Blue
Al Quick Stop
Better Luck Tomorrow
Chivo’s
Coltivare
Da Gama
Elliot’s Table
Field & Tides
Hando’s
Heights Bier Garten
Hughies
Jus’ Mac & Cheese
Ka Sushi
Kin Dee Thai
Kolache Shoppe
La Lucha
Lai Thao Market
Maison Pucha
Mary’z Lebanese
Mastrantos
Melange Creperie
Mico’s Hot Chicken
Noe Franco
Pinkerton’s Barbecue
Saigon Hustle
Savoir
Someburger
Squable
Street Food Thai Market
Superica
TJ Birria
Trattoria Sofia
Ume Sushi
Urban Eats
1751 Sea & Bar
On March 9, One Member Asked for a Recommendation for a Restaurant Open on Monday (But It Wasn’t Long Before People Started Throwing Out Names Without First Checking If It Was Open On Monday) (And Very Quickly, the Recommendations Moved to Places Outside of the Greater Heights, Making It Fairly Useless to the Original Poster)
Here Is That List:
Armando’s
Better Luck Tomorrow
Brasserie 19
Brennan’s
Candente
Cavatore
Coltivare
Coppa
Da Gama
El Tiempo
Field of Tides
Gratify
Hidden Omakase
Hobbit Café
Hughie’s
La Lucha
Laurenzo’s
Liberty Kitchen
Local Foods
Loro
Mastro’s
Maison Pucha
Plonk
Postino’s
Potente
Riel Restaurant
Rosie Cannonball
Ruggles Black
Savoir
Superica
Squable
State of Grace
Theodore Rex
Tony’s Mexican Restaurant
Trattoria Sofia
Traveler’s Table
Turner’s
Xochi
1751 Sea and Bar
“Best Places To Take Out Of Towners To Introduce Them To Houston”
Barbecue Inn (For fried chicken and for fried shrimp)
Bayou City Seafood
Blood Brothers Barbecue
Bludorn
Caracol Mexican Restaurant
Cielito Cafe Mexican Restaurant
Christie's Seafood
Crawfish and Noodles (Vietnamese cuisine and spicy crawfish)
Cuchara
Grace's
Himalaya Indo-Pak
Hugo's Mexican Restaurant
Kanau
Kata Robata Japanese
La Sicilia Italian Bakery
Nancy's Hustle
Pico's Mexican Restaurant
Shun Japanese
Soto
Tampico Seafood
Tiger Den
Truth Barbecue
Viola and Agnes (Clear Lake NASA Road 1)
Xochi Mexican Restaurant
Birthday (Note: many are not in Greater Heights) (Brunch or Other)
Alice Blue
Bistro Menil in Montrose
BCN
Bludorn
Chivo’s
Caracol
Cavatore
Coltivare
Da Gama
Degust
Gaucho’s
Harry’s in Montrose
Joey Uptown
KP’s Kitchen
Melting Pot
Rainbow Lodge
Rosie Cannonball
Savoir
Squable
Trattoria Sofia
Wild Oats
Breakfast
Katz’s
Laredo’s Tacos
Lola’s
Roast & Brew
Simo’s on Shepherd
Toasted Yolk
Yale Grill
Brunch (Or, “Girl’s Night”, Or Other)
Alice Blue
Alma Latina
Backstreet Café in River Oaks
Better Luck Tomorrow
Canary Café
Common Bond
Da Gama at MKT
Dish Society
Field and Tides
Harold’s
Homestead Kitchen & Bar (at MKT)
Hugo’s in Montrose
La Lucha
Local Table
Lola’s
Maison Pucha
Melange Creperie
Neo Baguette
Oporto
Postino
Rainbow Lodge
Riva’s
Savoir
Snooze
Squable
Superica
Trash Panda
Traveler’s Table in Montrose
Urban Eats
Cake
Alchemy Bake Lab
Aliyan’s Sweets
Ashley’s Cakes
Becca Cakes in Garden Oaks
Butter Baby Bakery
Cakes by Gina
Common Bond
Elizabeth Smile
Fluff Bake Bar
Jody Cakes
Lane and Simple
La Tartine
Lene Sue Baggett
Leona’s Bakeshop
Cake (but, Chocolate Cake, specifically)
Barnaby’s
Black Walnut on Memorial
Chocolate Bar in Montrose
Dessert Gallery on Kirby
Empire Cafe
Fluff Bake Bar
Gabriel Gooley (Special Order)
Red Dessert Dive
Semilla Baking Company
Three Brothers (Death by Chocolate)
Truth Barbecue
Cake (But, Gluten Free and Refined Sugar Free)
Awesome Bites Company
Bare Bakery
Jodycakes Custom Cakes & Cupcakes
LSB Baking Creations
Cheese (Better Quality)
Central Market
Dairy Maids
H.E.B.
Montrose Cheese and Wine
Phoenicia
Railway Heights
Revival Market
Chicken Fried Steak
Barbecue Inn
The Branch (Spring Branch)
Hughie’s
Jax Grill
Killen’s Heights
Mia’s Table
Monkey’s Tail (Tuesdays)
Rainbow Lodge (Sunday Night)
Chilaquiles
Hugo’s
La Chingada
Las Fuentes Taqueria
Teotihuacan
Cocktails and Beverages
Be More Pacific
Riva’s (Bottomless Mimosas)
Coffee Shop Recommendations (to work and study) (note: not all are in the Heights)
A 2nd Cup
Active Passion
Agora
Amsterdam Company
Antidote
Blendin Coffee Club off of Allen Parkway (pay for street parking though)
Boomtown on 19th
Brass Tacks in Eado
Catalina on Washington (One of the Oldest Artisanal Coffee Shops in Houston)
Campesino in Montrose
Common Bond
EG on Heights Blvd
Luce Coffee on Washington
Roast and Brew
Slowpokes
Sunday Press
Tenfold Coffee Company
The Tipping Point
Uncle Beans
West End Coffee Shop
Wild on Shepherd
Yellow Cup on Washington
Coffee Shops WITH Light Lunch
2nd Cup
Active Passion
Alice Blue
Amsterdam Company
Bluestone Lane
Boomtown
Canary Café (Now Closed)
Common Bond
Kraftsmen
Melange Creperie
Onion Creek
Roast & Brew
Slowpokes
Comfort Food
Alice Blue
Barbecue Inn
Barnaby’s ( did their Heights location close?)
Cleburne’s Cafeteria (not the Heights)
Federal American Grill
Grace’s (not the Heights)
Harold’s Restaurant
Highline Park
Killen’s Heights
La Lucha
Max’s Wine Dive (fried chicken)
Miller’s (not the Heights)
Onion Creek Café
Ousie’s Table (not the Heights)
World Famous Foodie Barr
Cookshack on Washington
Gus's Fried Chicken on Washington
Just Mac
Max's Wine Dive on Washington
Shandy's
Urban Eats
Cookies and Other Diabetes Inducing Treats
The Bearded Baker
Crumbl Cookies
Fluff Bake Bar
Pudgy’s Fine Cookies
Crawfish
BB’s
The Boil House (when open…seasonal)
The Boot
Cactus Cove
Crawfish Café Heights
Onion Creek
Crawfish AND Live Music
Acadian Coast in Eado
Axelrad (sometimes)
Bobcat Teddy’s Ice Houst(sometimes)
The Boot
Cupcakes
Ashley Cakes on TC Jester
Awesome Bites Sawyer Yards
Becca Cakes on 34th
Bearded Baker
Crave Cupcakes (not in the Heights)
Fluff Bake Bar on 15th off of Durham
Leona’s Bakeshop
LSB Baking Creations
Marchese’s Kitchen
Nina Fitzhugh (Cake and Eat it Too in Sienna Plantation)
Pretty Baked
Red Dessert
Rose Bear Bakes
Rustika Bakery
Sally Delights Cakes
Semilla Baking
Small Cakes on Westheimer at Shepherd
Sprinkles Cupcakes
Sweet at Sugar Room
Suzies Cakes
The Caker
Three Brothers Bakery
Dog Friendly
Better Luck Tomorrow
Common Bond
D’Alba
Da Gama
Dish Society
Dry Creek
Heights Bier Garden
Loro
Onion Creek
Urban Eats outside patio
Cupcakes (Gluten Free and Refined Sugar Free)
Awesome Bites Company
Bare Bakery
Jodycakes Custom Cakes & Cupcakes
LSB Baking Creations
Downtown (Theater District)
BB Lemon on Washington
Birraporreti’s
Common Bond Brasserie
Diana American Grill in the Hobby Center
Nash
Nancy’s Hustle
Vic and Anthony’s
Fire Pits
The Barking Pig
Cottonwood
D’ Alba
8 Row Flint
FM Kitchen
Fuego’s Saloon
Heights Bier Garten
Liberty Station
Little Woodrow’s
Memorial Ice House
Platypus Brewing Company
Raven Tower
Shady Acres
Spring Street
Trash Panda Drinking Club
Friday Night Take-Out
Cava
Collina’s
Dream Wing
Duck N Bao
Fusion Tacos
Hughie’s
Rice Box
Fried Chicken
Barbecue Inn
Cookshack
Greedy Chicken in Heights Railway Market
Gus’s Fried Chicken
La Lucha
Max’s Wine Dive
Mico’s
Pollo Campero
World Famous Foodie Barr on Durham
Xin Chao (though, I, personally, was underwhelmed by it)
Fried Rice
Asia Market
Be More Pacific
Connie's Seafood
Ginger & Fork
Golden Seafood
Golden Wok
Hunan Bo
Hughie's
Jennie's Noodle House
Rice Box
Shokku Ramen
French Fries
Barnaby's (various locations)
Harold's on 19th
Maison Pucha
"Fun" Places and/or Parties
Bungalow Heights
FM Kitchen
Heights Bier Garden
Hughie's
King's Bierhaus
Onion Creek
Postino
8 Row Flint
Gluten Free and Refined Sugar Free
Awesome Bites Company
Bare Bakery
Jodycakes Custom Cakes & Cupcakes
LSB Baking Creations
Greek
Gyroville on Shepherd
Roast and Brew
Groups (Group of 8)
Be More Pacific
FM Bar Food
Hugo’s
Gluten Free Bakery
Anchor Bake Shop
Awesome Bites in Sawyer Yard
Caroline’s Healthy Eatery
Leven Baking Company
Red Dessert
Gluten Free Dining (Restaurants)
Backstreet Café
Be More Pacific
Bellisimo at 902 E. 33rd
Carrabbas
Caracol
Cavatore
Chivo’s
Cleburne Cafeteria
Coltivare
Da Gama
Dish Society
District 7
El Meson
Flower Child
Grace’s on Kirby
Hugo’s
Kin Dee
Max’s Wine Dive
Oporto
Quin Dynasty on Buffalo Speedway
Rainbow Lodge
Ruggles Black
Savoir
Tony’s Mexican Restaurant
URBE
Verdine
Xochi
Gumbo (Note: I did a gumbo article on my blog, Houston Food Explorers. I disagree strongly with some of these recommendations. But, the purpose of this document is just to document whatever was recommended by the group, even if the recommendation is not in the Heights or if it is, in my opinion, really bad gumbo)
Acadian Coast in EADO
Acme Oyster House
Bayou City Seafood on Richmond
BB’s in the Heights
The Boot
Captains Benny’s (various locations)
Crawfish Café
Davis Street at Hermann Park
Esther’s on N Shepherd
Eugene’s
Eunice
Floyd’s (not in the Heights, though)
Frank’s Americana on Westheimer
Gatlin’s Fins and Feathers
Laurenzo’s on Washington
Liberty Kitchen
Little Daddy’s Gumbo Bar in League City and, also in Galveston
Madeo’s in Galveston
Preslee’s
Rainbow Lodge
Reel Seafood in Missouri City
Rouxour (various locations…none in the Heights)
Tony’s
Tony Mandola’s (not the Heights)
Treebeard’s (various locations)
Willie G’s (various locations)
Hamburgers (aka “Burgers”) Note: Many of these are not in the Heights
Barnaby's (various locations)
Berryhill on 11th
Burger Joint
Burger-Chan
Cantina Barba
Christian’s Tailgate
Federal Grill on Shepher and I-10
Hubcap Grill on 19th
JLB Burgers (multiple locations…none in the Heights)
Lankford Grocery
Little Bitty Burger Barn
Mia’s
Midtown Café & Deli
Miller’s
Monkey Tail
Peaky Grinders in Railway Heights Market
Rainbow Lodge (on Fridays)
Someburger
Southwell’s Burgers
Squable
Stanton’s on Houston Avenue
Underbelly Burgers
Yale Street Grill
Happy Hour (for food and drinks)
1751 Sea and Bar
BB’s
Better Luck Tomorow
Crowbar
Da Gama
Eight Row Flint
Lupe Tortilla
Maison Pucha
Soma Sushi
Urban Eats
Valencia Tex Mex Garage
Happy Hour (all day)
Be More Pacific (all day)
Lei Low (Wednesday)
Max’s Wine Dive
Maison Pucha (Wednesday)
Postino’s
Soma Sushi (Sunday)
Sozo Sushi (Sunday)
8 Row Flint (Wednesday)
Healthy Choice
Active Passion
Aladdin’s Middle Eastern
Bellagreen
Bluestone Lane
Cava
Cedar Creek (for salads)
Flower Child
Green Earth Juicery and Café
Kale Me Crazy
Local Foods
Original Chop Shop on San Felipe
Roast & Brew (Greek salad with a protein)
Shandy’s
Sweet Green
Hot Pot
Chongqing Chicken Pot
Haidi Lao
Happy Lamb
H Mart
Malubianbian
Niu Jiao Jian
Ramen Fun
Shabu House
Shabu Square
Shabu Zone
Xiao Long Kan
Italian
Amalfi Ristorante
Bellissimo
Cavatore's on Ella
Ciro
Collina’s
Coltivare
Da Marco
Damian’s
Fiori
Fresco’s
Giacomo’s
NoPo
Nundini’s Chef’s Table
Perbacco
Port Vino
Riva’s
Rocco's
Roma Ristorante (West University)
Sorrento
Spaghetti Western
Trattoria Sofia
Vincent’s
Italian ( But….”Casual” Italian)
Bellissimo
Cavatore
Chicago Italian Beef & Pizza
Collina’s
Coltivare
Crisp
De Paul’s
Fegen’s
Nundini’s Chef’s Table
Rocco’s
Spaghetti Western
Italian ( But….”Homemade” Italian)
Adriatic
Amalfi
Bellissimo
Bombetta
Cavatore on Ella
Ciro’s
Collina’s on 19th
Damian’s in West University
Da Vinci in Katy
George’s Pastaria on Dairy Ashford
Giacomo’s on Westheimer
Impero Italian
Luigi’s on Jones Road
Marchese’s Kitchen on Pinemont
Mastranto’s on Studewood
Nundini’s Chef’s Table
Perbacco in Downtown Houston
Rocco’s
Roma in West University
Romano’s on West Gray
King Cakes
Artisana Breads
Central Market
El Bolillo
French Gourmet Bakery
Gambino’s via Boil House (when open)
Leona’s Bakeshop
Maceo’s (Galveston)
Montgomery Bakehouse (Conroe)
Red Dessert
Rios Bakery (Spring, Texas)
Three Brothers Bakery
Two Friends Bakery in Memorial
Urbe
World Famous Foodie Barr
Late Night
Burger Joint
Katz Deli
Kin Dee Thai
Marco’s Pizza (Ella at 43rd)
Pink’s Pizza
Rice Box
Taco Stand (on N Shepherd)
Trash Panda
Voodoo Doughnut
Outdoor
Backstreet Café
Better Luck Tomorrow
Bluestone Lane
D’Alba
Da Gama
Dish Society
Harold’s Terrace
Hobbit Café
Homestead
King’s Bierhaus
Maison Pucha
Rainbow Lodge
Savoir
Tiny Boxwoods
Urban Eats
Urbe
Wild Oats
Pastries and Sweet Things
Awesome Bites
Bearded Baker
Brilliant Bakery
Common Bond
El Bolillo
Fat Cat Creamery
Fluff Bake Bar
Hugs & Doughnuts
Kraftsmen Bakery
Magnol
Red Dessert
Shandy’s Heights
Sweet Like Mom
Three Brothers Bakery
Urban Eats
Wild Coffee
Patio
Annie Café & Bar
BB Lemon
Backstreet Café
Better Luck Tomorrow
Bistro Menil
Bludorn
Brassiere 19
Casa Nomad
Da Gama
D’Alba
Field & Tides
Gratify
Harold’s (the terrace)
Heights Bier Garten
Henderson Heights
Hungry’s
La Lucha
Lei Low
Loro
Maison Pucha
Monkey’s Tail
Mutiny Wine Room
Ostia
Pondicheri
Postino
Savoir
Sonoma Wine Bar
Spanish Flowers
Toulouse Café
Urban Eats
8 Row Flint
Pecan Pie (again, not places in the Heights)
Costco
Flying Saucer Pie Company
Goode Company
House of Pies
Leona’s Bakeshop
Pappas Restaurants
Red Dessert on Studewood
Spec’s on Milam
Taste of Texas
Three Brothers
Whole Foods
Pho and Vietnamese
Local Pho on Sawyer
Pho Ben on Shepherd
Pho Binh on White Oak
Pho King on Washington
Nam Eatery and Vietnamese Café
Pizza
Brother's Pizza in Garden Oaks on Shepherd
Buffalo Bayou Brewery
Cane Rosso
Collina's
Coltivare
Crust Pizza on Shepherd
La Fresca
Luna on Yale
Nundini's
Mellow Mushroom
Pink's
Pizaro's in Montrose
Rocco's
Po-Boy Sandwiches
Angeloz (OST)
BB’s
The Boot
Flying Fish
Heads & Tails
Karbach (shrimp po-boy(
Paulie’s Po-boys (Bellaire)
Winnie’s Houston (Midtown)
Posole (again, very few of these are in the Heights0
Alma Latina
Cuchara
Goditas Aguascalientes
La Rosa Blanca
Local Foods
Pico’s
Rio Verdence
Studewood Cantine
Superica
Taqueria Arandas
URBE
Valencia’s
Organ Meats (Not All Are in the Heights)
Bludorn
Café Piquet
Fegen’s
Kenny and Ziggy’s
Mary’s Mediterranean
Naro mak
Phau Lau Vietnamese
Savoir
Taqueria Tacambaro at the Airline Food Market in back
Ramen
Izakaya Ramen on West Gray in Midtown
Jinya Ramen
Ninja Ramen on Washington Avenue
Rakkan at the MKT complex
Ramen Tatsu-ya in Montrose
Samurai Noodle on I-10 at Dunlavy
Shokku Ramen on Studewood
Tamashi Ramen on Holcombe (or Silber)
Sandwiches
Bluestone Café
Mendocino Farms at MKT complex
Ploughman’s
World of Sourdough (Kroger shopping center on Studemont)
Skyline View of Downtown
B&B Butchers
Buffalo Bayou Brewery
POST HTX
Saint Arnold’s
Urban Eats patio
Zone23
Soup Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao)
Duck & Bao
Wanna Bao
Steak Night, or, Steaks Recommendations
B&B Butchers on Washington
Elliot’s Table
Guard & Grace (noted: expensive)
Laurenzo’s on Washington
Savoir (Patton’s)
The Barking Pig in Garden Oaks
Wild Oats (steak night on Tuesdays)
Sushi (note: very few of these are actually in the Heights)
AKA
Bluefish
Fukuda (in the Woodlands)
Ginza
Handie Douzo
Hando
HEB
Jellyfish
Ka Sushi
Kanua Sushi
Kata Robata
Kokoro (downtown)
Miyako
Miyagi
MF Sushi
Nippon Sushi
Oishi
Osaka
Roka Akor
Sage 400
Shun Kitchen
Soma Sushi
Soto
Tamashni
Teppay Sushi
Tobiuo
Uchi
Ume Sushi
Uptown Sushi
Taco Tuesday
Chilosos
Berryhill’s
El Rey
Fusion Taco
High & Dry
La Calle Tacos
La Chingada
McElroy’s Pub
Star Sailor HTX
Tacos a Go Go
Taqueria Laredo
Tio Trompo Taqueria
Torchy’s
Velvet Taco
Tex Mex (Note: I have removed recommendations from the group that weren't really "Tex Mex". Someone even posted Laurenzo's lol)
Alma Latina on Shepherd
Chilosos
Don Teo's on 34th (technically Garden Oaks not Heights)
El Chaparro
El Tiempo on Washington
La Carreta
Laredo's Taqueria on Washington
Mi Sombrero on 34th (technically Garden Oaks not Heights)
Puebla's Mexican Kitchen
Spanish Flowers
Spanish Village on Almeda
Studewood Grill (aka Studewood Cantine)
Superica / La Lucha
Taqueria Arandas on Shepherd
Teotihuacan
Tony's on Ella
Thai
Asia Market Thai Lao Food (North Main)
Kindee
Mint Thai (on Waugh)
Nara Thai
Nidda Thai (outside of the Heights on Westheimer)
Sao Lao Thai Café (Thai, Lao, Cambodian)
Street Food Asian (Cavalcade)
Thai Lanna
Tres Leches
El Bolillo
Henderson & Kane – Treacherous Leches Cakes
La Guadalupana Bakery on Dunlavy
Lucy Pearl at the POST HTX
Tout Suite in EADO
Vietnamese
Asia Market Thai Lao Food (North Main)
Dinette Vietnamese Kitchen and Bar
Les Bagets
Pho Ben
Saigon Hustle on Ella