News from My Table
The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston
You’ve heard the statistic—according to the Zagat Survey, Houstonians eat out more often than do residents of any other major American city—and it’s true! We’re a city that loves our restaurants. Now, with the August 2008 release of The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston, brought to you by the editors and writers of My Table magazine, dining around town has become an even more delicious adventure.
Capitalizing on My Table’s 14 years of covering everything food in Houston and our reputation as Houston’s only editorially independent magazine devoted solely to dining in Houston, this is not a traditional restaurant guidebook so much as—as the title promises—a food-lover’s guide. The book’s overriding editorial guideline: Where would we send our best foodie friend?
The 5”x8” book—easy to slip into a handbag or briefcase—is divided into three chapters: Local Flavors (bakeries, ethnic markets, farmers’ markets, butchers, seafood counters, chocolate shops, coffeehouses and tea rooms, etc.); Spirited Houston (wine bars, wine and spirits retailers, brewpubs, hotel bars, etc.); and Restaurants & Cafes (everything from fine-dining establishments to quirky ethnic eateries off the beaten path).
Besides the expected listings in each chapter, The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston has dozens of sidebars and boxes with everything from a round-up of our favorite boiled-crawfish spots to local celebrity chefs’ recipes. In other words, this book is richer, deeper and more varied than the traditional restaurant guidebook. And let’s be honest: It’s also highly subjective. We don’t pretend to list everything in town—only those places that are worthy, beloved, compelling, irresistible or simply cannot be ignored.
The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston is currently available at the following local retailers, as well as at national bookstore chains such as Barnes & Noble, Borders and WaldenBooks.
•A Moveable Feast, 9341 Katy Freeway
•Bering’s Hardware, 3900 Bissonnet and 6102 Westheimer
•Blue Willow Book Shop, 14532 Memorial
•BookStop, 2922 S. Shepherd
•Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet
•Brown Book Shop, 1517 San Jacinto
•Central Market, 3516 Westheimer
•Domy Books, 1709 Westheimer
•Goode Co. Hall of Flame, 5015 Kirby
•Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Visitor’s Center, 901 Bagby, Suite 100
•House of Coffee Beans, 2348 Bissonnet
•Houston Wine Merchant, 2646 S. Shepherd
•Impromptu, 2358 Bissonnet
•Issues Magazine Store, 3425 S. Shepherd
•Kaboom Books, 3116 Houston Avenue
•Kuhl & Linscomb, 2424 W. Alabama
•Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bookstore, 1001 Bissonnet
•Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet
•Phoenicia Specialty Foods, 12141 Westheimer
•Pico’s, 5941 Bellaire Blvd.
•Pleasant Hill Winery, 1441 Salem Road, Brenham
•River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer
•Robert Lanzini Salon, 903 Town & Country Blvd.
•Sloan-Hall, 2620 Westheimer
•Spec’s, 2410 Smith Street, 8012 Westheimer at Dunvale, 11990 Westheimer at Kirkwood and 1011 Westheimer at Montrose
•Teas Nursery, 4400 Bellaire Blvd.
•Upper Kirby Visitor’s Center, 3273-B Southwest Freeway
•The Villager, 9311 Katy Freeway at Echo Lane
•The Wine Bucket, 2311 W. Alabama
•Vine Wine Room, 124420 Memorial
•Vineyard on the Square, 16135 City Walk, Sugar Land
You can also order The Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide to Houston on Amazon.com .
