Hevle.com - Houston Restaurants

I dine out a lot because I'm single and because I travel a lot. I love to cook, but it's difficult to cook for one, you end up eating the same meal four or five times. Houston is one of the best places I've been to dine out in the US, it has an extremely diverse community, and you can find virtually any time of cuisine. Since I live in town I'm close to most of it. At my last house, I made a list of the restaurants within a mile of my house, and ended up with over 60! My new house is in more of a residential neighborhood, so there are less restaurants that close, but I have discovered a couple of treasures nearby, like Tio Pepe, a Spanish restaurant, and of course the Bellaire Broiler Burger, the best hamburger since the old GM Steakhouse in Austin.

best barbecue

1.	Goode Company Bar B.Q. Kirby	Best sauce in the world, the downside is the small size of the dining area	$$	CC
2.	Luling City Market Richmond	Styled after the most famous BBQ restaurant in the world, Joe Cotten's in Robstown, TX	$$$	CC
3.	Brisket Bar B.Q. 5208 Bissonnet	Great baked potatoes, good barbecue po-boys	$$	C
4.	Charlies Hamburgers and BBQ Bissonnet	Great baked potatoes and chopped beef	$$	C
5.	Otto's Barbecue and Hamburgers Memorial Drive	Houston classic	$$	C

best chinese

1.	Hunan Post Oak Boulevard	White tablecloth and fantastic Chinese food	$$$$	CC
2.	Fu's Garden University		$$$	CC
3.	Ming's Café Montrose	Cheap but very good	$$	CC
4.	Shanghai River Westheimer		$$$	CC
5.	Hunan River West Gray		$$$$	CC

best greek/Mediterranean food

1.	Niko Niko's Montrose	My favorite	$$$	CC
2.	Fadi's Mediterranean Grill Beechnut	Try the specials	$$$	CC
3.	Yia Yia Mary's Greek Kitchen San Filipe	Great hummus	$$$	CC
4.	Dimassis Mediterranean Buffet Richmond	All you can eat	$$$	C
5.	Droubi's Bakery & Imports Hillcroft	Very authentic	$$	C

best hamburgers

1.	Bellaire Broiler Burger Bellaire Blvd	Try the Bellaire Special, onion rings, milk shakes	$$	CC
2.	Prince's Hamburgers Southwest Freeway	50's style burgers	$$	CC
3.	Fuddruckers Southwest Freeway	Side-by-side with Fuddruckers, literally	$$	CC
4.	Becks Prime Kirby	Upscale hamburgers	$$	CC
5.	Baba Yega Restaurant Grant St.	You wouldn't expect a great hamburger at a vegetarian-friendly place, but it is great.	$$	CC

best japanese (sushi)

1.	Azuma Kirby	Great setting	$$$$	CC
2.	Tokyohana Southwest Freeway	Only a small sushi bar in a hibachi restaurant, but great sushi at great value	$$$	CC
3.	Café Japon Westheimer/Kirby	Good and reasonably priced	$$$	C
4.	Sake Lounge Texas Avenue	Can't go wrong	$$$$	C
5.	Kubo's University	New and different	$$$$	C

best japanese (hibachi)

1.	Tokyohana Southwest Freeway	Great hibachi, although expensive	$$$$	CC
2.	Ichiban Greenspoint Drive	Good sushi, too	$$$	CC
3.	Mikado Japanese Grill & Sushi Woodway	I haven't tried this with the new owners	$$$	CC
4.	Bennihana Westheimer	Reliable	$$$	C

best mexican food

1.	Little Pappacito's	$$$	CC
2.	El Pueblito	$$	CC
3.	Chuy's	$$	CC
4.	El Tiempo	$$	CC
5.	Lupe Tortilla	$$	CC

best pizza

1.	Romano's	Great New York style pizza	$$	CC
2.	Star Pizza	Classic Chicago style pizza	$$$	CC
3.	Kenneally's Irish Pub	Really! Unless you've tried it, you can't believe that an Irish bar has great pizza	$$	CC
4.	Barry's		$$	C
5.	Fuzzy's	West U classic	$$	C

best sandwiches

1.	Givral's	C
2.	Schlotzsky's
3.	Jakes Philly Cheesesteaks
4.	100% Taquito
5.	Rocky's Subs

best steakhouse

1.	Morton's	The best	$$$$$	CC
2.	Flemings	New but already one of my favorites	$$$$$	CC
3.	Ruth's Chris	Extremely reliable	$$$$	CC
4.	Pappa Brothers Steakhouse	The informal décor	$$$$$	CC
5.	Fogo de Chão	A classic chirrascoria, or Brazilian steakhouse	$$$$	CC

best thai

1.	Kanomwan	CC
2.	Nit Noi	CC
3.	Thai Pepper	CC
4.	Thai Spice	CC
5.	Mai Thai	CC

best vietnamese

1.	Van Loc	CC
2.	Miss Saigon	CC
3.	Vietopia	CC
4.	Blue Orchid	CC
T5.	Mo Mong	CC
T5.	Kim Son	CC

last twenty restaurants (or so)

Bellaire Broiler

posted by Drew at 6/16/2008 12:55:00 PM | 0 comments

key

$$$$$	More than $50	CC	Great
$$$$	Between $25-$50	C	Good food
$$$	Between $10-$25	B	Just okay
$$	Less than $10	D	Poor
$	Less than $5	DD	Terrible

Last updated 6/21/08

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