Houston meals consultants dish on hottest new eating places, finest bars, and most fun 2023 openings

As a substitute of the standard three-segment format, CultureMap meals editor Eric Sandler mixes issues up on this week’s episode of What Eric Eats. Sandler appears again on eating this 12 months along with his 4 recurring co-hosts Mary Clarkson, Michael Fulmer, Matt Harris and Linda Salinas.

The dialog begins with panelists discussing a few of their favourite new eating places of the 12 months. They point out varied locations comparable to Navy Blue, Hamsa, Burger Bodega, Tatemo. Every particular person yells out the opposite institution’s favourite dishes, from Marmo’s meatballs to Theodore Rex’s traditional tomato his toast.

Salinas and Clarkson point out favourite new bars comparable to Clarkwood, Refuge and EZ’s Liquor Lounge. From there, the panel turns to the well-known eating places they’ve dined at this 12 months, with Sandler mentioning his first go to to Chez Henoux, a French positive eating staple in Humble.

The episode concludes with a sneak peek at a number of the openings everyone seems to be wanting ahead to in 2023. Most individuals are referring to the proprietor of The Pit Room’s new Reside Hearth his steakhouse, Andiron. Others embody Clarks, an Austin oyster bar, and chef Daybreak Burrell’s Afro-Asian idea coming to Aeon in late August.

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